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Boy meets boy. boys become friends. boys fall in love. an lgbtq+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the third volume of heartstopper, for fans of the art of being normal, holly bourne and love, simon. ‘absolutely delightful. sweet, romantic, kind. beautifully paced. i loved this book.’ rainbow rowell, author of carry on charlie didn’t think nick could ever like him back, but now they’re officially boyfriends. nick’s even found the courage to come out to his mum. but coming out isn’t just something that happens once – there’s nick’s older brother, and a school trip to paris, not to mention all the other friends and family – and life can be hard, even with someone who loves you by your side. as their feelings get more serious, charlie and nick will need each other more than ever before. heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. it encompasses all the small stories of nick and charlie’s lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us. ‘the queer graphic novel we wished we had at high school.’ gay times this is the third volume of heartstopper, which has now been optioned for television by see-saw films.

Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. now he’s readying naglfar, the ship of the dead, armed with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the norse gods and begin the final battle of ragnarok. it’s up to magnus chase and his friends to stop loki’s plans, but to do so they will have to sail across the oceans of midgard, jotunheim and niflheim in a desperate race to reach naglfarbefore it’s ready to sail on midsummer’s day. along the way, they will face angry sea gods, hostile giants, and an evil fire-breathing dragon who happens to be a former acquaintance. but magnus’s biggest challenge will be facing his own inner demons. to defeat loki, magnus will need to use words, not force. this will require finding a magical elixir so deadly that it will either make magnus chase powerful enough to out-talk the silver-tongued loki, or destroy magnus utterly.

The #1 uk bestseller, with over 200,000 copies sold: a rare, wise and uplifting novel – a book to recommend to everyone.

The number one sunday times bestseller over 2 million copies sold!’astounding. thrilling. amazing’ gillian flynn’one of those rare books that really is unputdownable’ stephen king’twisted to the power of max’ val mcdermid’a dark, twisty confection’ ruth ware what did she see? it’s been ten months since anna fox last left her home. ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old new york house, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside. anna’s lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits, watching her neighbours. when the russells move in, anna is instantly drawn to them. a picture-perfect family, they are an echo of the life that was once hers. but one evening, a scream rips across the silence, and anna witnesses something horrifying. now she must uncover the truth about what really happened. but if she does, will anyone believe her? and can she even trust herself?

‘and as for this book,’ said hermione, the tales of beedle the bard… i’ve never even heard of them!’ ‘you’ve never heard of the tales of beedle the bard?’ said ron incredulously. ‘you’re kidding, right?’ (taken from harry potter and the deathly hallows) bloomsbury, in association with the children’s high level group, is delighted to announce the tales of beedle the bard, the first new book from j. k. rowling since the publication of the final book in the harry potter series, harry potter and the deathly hallows. the tales of beedle the bard, played a crucial role in assisting harry, aided by his friends ron and hermione, to finally defeat lord voldemort. fans will be thrilled to have this opportunity to read the tales in full. the tales of beedle the bard is without doubt an exciting addition to the canon of harry potter. they also reveal the wonderful versatility of the author, as she tackles with relish the structure and varying tones of a classic fairy tale. there are five tales included in the book: ‘the tale of the three brothers’, which is recounted in harry potter and the deathly hallows; plus four more — ‘the fountain of fair fortune’, ‘the warlock’s hairy heart’, ‘the wizard and the hopping pot’, and ‘babbitty rabbitty and her cackling stump’. each tale has its own magical character and will variously bring delight, laughter and the thrill of mortal peril. the tales of beedle the bard, translated from the original runes by hermione granger, is introduced and illustrated by j. k. rowling. also included are notes on the stories by professor albus dumbledore, which appear by generous permission of the hogwarts headmasters’ archive.