Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Did P.E. in his Pants Written by A.F. Harrold Illustrated by Sarah Horne A bright and bold new package for the highly successful and widely praised Fizzlebert Stump series, featuring a boy, a circus and a lot of silliness. Going to school isn’t very exciting, but for Fizzlebert Stump it’s a whole new adventure because he lives in a circus. After being lost in the woods and mistaken for a very rude girl, he finds himself in school, at the back of the class, confusing the teacher. Can he find his way back to the circus? Or will he be forced to sit up straight and pay attention forever? 14th January 2021 Bloomsbury Children’s Books PAPERBACK / 9781526616487 / £6.99 TRANSLATION RIGHTS: BLOOMSBURY TERRITORY: WO
Fizzlebert Stump and the Great Supermarket Showdown Fizzlebert Stump lives in a circus. But when the ringmaster sells Fizz’s circus, disaster strikes! All the acts who aren’t fired are forced to work in a supermarket. Not an easy task if your only skill is plate-spinning or being a trapeze artist, or indeed a sea-lion! Will the ex-circus performers adjust to their new lives as shop assistants, or will Fizz find a way to save them all? A.F. Harrold is an English poet and novelist who writes and performs for both children and adults. He is the owner of many books, a handful of hats and one beard. He lives in Reading with a stand-up comedian and two cats.
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Sarah Horne grew up in Derbyshire and specialises in funny, inky illustration and words for children’s fiction and picture books.
The Storm Keepers’ Battle Catherine Doyle The highly-anticipated epic finale to the bestselling Storm Keeper trilogy is everything fans could have dreamed of … Fionn Boyle, Storm Keeper of Arranmore, is facing the fight of his life. The terrifying allpowerful sorceress Morrigan has been raised from the dead and has sealed off the island from all help. Worse, she’s stealing souls for her vast army of soulstalkers, the new faces sewn in screams on her cape. Fionn is the only thing that stands between her and a dark future. He’s got to find a way to defeat her. But there are some terrible choices in store for Fionn as the dark sorcerer begins to take his nearest and dearest for her own. With only two candles left to burn, will Fionn master his powers in time to stop her?
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WINNER OF THE BAMB READER’S AWARD FOR MIDDLE GRADE SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS ‘Magical in every way’ – EOIN COLFER ‘So magical and wild that it’s like being swept away by the sea’ – KATHERINE RUNDELL Catherine Doyle grew up beside the Atlantic Ocean in the west of Ireland. The Storm Keeper’s Island was her debut middle-grade novel, followed by its sequel, The Lost Tide Warriors. 9781408896884
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