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Blue Water (A Little Mermaid Reverse Fairytale Book 2)

Princess Erica can't live under the ocean and Ari can't live above it and yet they are destined to be together, bonded by magic. With circumstances keeping them apart and magic bringing them together, they find themselves living impossible lives with no way around it. Snatching time together here and there is one thing, but when Erica's father becomes ill and with Erica due to ascend to the throne, even that has to stop.
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The Good Neighbor

Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and to taking their fears, concerns, and questions about the world seriously.The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated episodes, written in collaboration with experts on childhood development. An engaging story, rich in detail, The Good...
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The Tyranny of Lost Things

A tale which will resonate with the millennial generation.Having dropped out of university, Harmony returns to the site of the urban commune where she lived as a child, now divided into flats. She rents a room in the hope of uncovering the source of her nightmares about a red-headed woman who haunts the house and, her obsession with lost objects from her childhood. As the London riots explode in the streets, the two hot summers converge, blurred by the drugs and sex and cheap wine, and Harmony begins to discover what really happened at Longhope twenty years ago. Can she grow up at last, and build her own future?
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Badger and Crab and the Flood

The third book from the author of Badger and Crab's Adventure and Badger and Crab to the Rescue.Focuses on the significance of teamwork, problem-solving and the importance of friendship.For 7-9 year olds – contains entertaining illustrations from Shrewsbury artist Carol Davies. Life is hard in the woods. Spring should have sprung but day after day and night after night it has been raining. Worms are hard to find; they've buried themselves deep down in the ground. Badger has to roam away from his normal territory to find food for himself and his family. Fox cannot find enough to feed himself either and Tawny Owl cannot hunt in the rain. On the beach all is well. Rain doesn't matter. The seaside animals are in no danger of starvation. However, the stream on the beach has flooded and Badger is stranded on the wrong side. He can't get home before daybreak. It takes great courage and ingenuity from Crab to find a solution. But Badger is...
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Freerunner

14-year-old Patrick and his mother leave their small town for the city. After Patrick is caught stealing a pair of headphones, the police officer, Constable Jack, is willing to drop the charges if Patrick agrees to train with his parkour club for twelve weeks. Patrick soon discovers he has a talent for parkour and bonds with a girl named Parker, which sparks a rivalry with his teammate Jayden. When a parkour competition puts the prize for best club on the line, Patrick and Jayden will have to learn to work together.
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