Yvonne Clemenson

Fearne has landed her dream job to run Mode. Except the dream isn’t quite so rosy in reality, the print magazine is struggling and Fearne is determined to save it!

In 1966, desperate to escape her life, Nancy moves to London with her brilliantly unpredictable friend Suze to achieve their dream of writing for Mode magazine together.

For Mode to survive Fearne needs to recreate the magic of the early issues and she is on track to find Suze – Mode’s longest-serving editor. Unbeknownst to Fearne, what she uncovers might be the biggest story of her career…

From a plant-loving pirate to an Ethiopian goat, from the crescent of the croissant to a Tofu trailblazer, Tasty Tales offers a fascinating, sometimes surprising and always appetizing journey across historical periods and diverse cultures. The incredible origin stories celebrate how ingredients and dishes have travelled the globe to be shared and loved in new and exciting ways – and how food truly connects us all.

With a unique blend of fact and fairy tale that will appeal to fiction fans and non-fiction readers alike, this is a beautiful and delicious book to treasure. Who knew history can make you hungry!

Primrose Hill, London. Once the domain of railway workers, now teeming with an eclectic mix of characters and history, old money and new.

And now home to an author who, deeply hurt by the rejection of her latest book, has fled to a small flat to lick her wounds.

Broke and hopeless, she destroys and buries the manuscript, and throws herself into the mundanities of day-to-day life.

Then she meets the charming Charlie Le Bon, a handyman whose working-class family have lived in Primrose Hill for generations, and, as she slowly but surely integrates into the local community, begins to feel herself coming back to life.

And as hope returns so, too, does her mysterious manuscript, which has begun to speak to her from its resting place...

This is the incredible true story of a wartime sisterhood of women pilots: a group of courageous pioneers who took exceptional risks to fly Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancasters to the frontlines of World War II.

The women pilots of Air Transport Auxiliary came from all countries and backgrounds. Although not allowed into combat, they demonstrated astonishing bravery in their supporting role: flying unarmed, without radios or instruments, and at the mercy of the weather and enemy aircraft, they delivered battle-ready planes to their male counterparts, the fighter pilots of the RAF.

The story of these remarkable women pilots – among them Amy Johnson and Lettice Curtis – is a riveting account of women in wartime, and a fitting tribute to their spirit and valour.

You can’t escape from English – it’s everywhere. You can’t escape from English GCSEs either… and they can be a real challenge.

Not to worry. This brilliant CGP Revision Guide clearly explains everything you’ll need for success in GCSE English Language and Literature – all fully up to date for the latest Grade 9-1 courses.

We’ve included example answers that show you how to tackle exam questions plus unbeatable advice on how to score top marks in the real GCSEs. Plenty of prose, no cons.

Bess has left the London workhouse behind for a job at a rural cotton mill. But life at the mill is hard and cruel - a far cry from the fresh start Bess hoped for. The only way to survive is to escape, but the mill is like a prison with no way out.

Meanwhile, rumours are spreading about a vicious creature that lurks in the millpond. Bess is sure it's all nonsense, until one night she sees something stir in the murky water.

But is it really a monster that lives in the depths of the pond? Or a creature trapped and alone, just like Bess, desperate to escape…

Northamptonshire, April 1926. Emily lost her husband during the Great War, and now lives with her son Chadwick. Over the Easter weekend, he takes her to visit her beloved family home. But, for Emily, returning to Alleyn Dene dredges up the pain of the past.

The memories soon come flooding back. Of the girl she once was, of her lost innocence, of how life used to be before that fateful night at the ball at Nethercote Hall when she was seventeen. She has kept her secret since that day and has lived with her pain ever since.

Her husband was a good man, and she is blessed that Chad has grown up to be just like his father, but Emily is still waiting for the sun. Now, after a chance meeting with a handsome bus conductor on a trip to London, Emily is finally starting to feel like the clouds might part.

Anisha is all set to be a (reluctant) bridesmaid at Aunty Bindi's wedding... until a secret ransom note arrives. Bindi's groom has been kidnapped and will only be released IF THE WEDDING IS CALLED OFF! With best friend Milo, mischievous Granny Jas, a runaway lobster and some super skills of logic and observation, it's up to Anisha Mistry to find her uncle, before the big family wedding of the year becomes a big disaster. Book one in the series

There is much excitement at court as the famous painter Levina Teerlimc arrives to paint the Queen's portrait.

The Maids of Honour are recruited to help entertain the Queen during the sittings, and to pose for the painter whilst the Queen is busy. They love being in the studio but have to beware as deadly arsenic is used in one of the paints!

One of Lady Grace's fellow Maids of Honour, Carmina, begins to act rather strangely - she seems confused and always tired. Her family has recently been involved in a feud with another noble family after her father was killed in a jousting tournament - is it possible that Carmina is being poisoned?

Could the painter or her assistant be involved? Can Grace solve the mystery and discover the truth behind the strange happenings at Court?

When Flick Simons returns to Heartcross she only expected to stay for a few days. Love Heart Lane might be her home, but the place holds too many painful memories, and of one man in particular – Fergus Campbell. When a winter storm sweeps in, the only bridge to the main land is swept away. As the villagers pull together, Flick finds herself welcomed back by the friends she once left behind. And as the snow begins to melt, maybe there is a chance that Fergus’s heart will thaw too…

London's soul has gone missing. Lost? Kidnapped? Murdered? Nobody knows - but when Sharon Li unexpectedly discovers she's a shaman, she is immediately called upon to use her newfound powers of oneness with the City to rescue it from a slow but inevitable demise. The problem is, while everyone expects Sharon to have all the answers - she doesn't have a clue where to start.

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, but they struggle to find any exciting mysteries to investigate. That is until Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym...Book one in the series

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home for the holidays, and Daisy's mother is throwing a tea party for her birthday. Then one of their party falls seriously, mysteriously ill - and everything points to poison. The Detective Society must do everything they can to reveal the truth . . . no matter the consequences. Book two in the series

A stranger arrives at the seaside village of Trevay in need of a safe haven. The fact that he is a Hollywood heartthrob makes villagers Penny and Dorrie even more keen to help. But it’s not long before he’s helping some of the villagers find the answers to their own problems. In return, they find a place for him in their hearts. Quick Reads

For Cat Morland life being home-schooled in Dorset is unendurably ordinary. To cope, she devours as many novels as possible, especially anything supernatural. If Cat can tear her eyes away from the page, she’s in for a shock: the very stuff of her dreams is about to come true. Part of ‘The Austen Project’, where renowned authors adapt Austen’s novels for the present day.

Fiona has been sent to the School For Manners by her guardians as a last resort, for at nineteen, the beautiful Scottish heiress still has no prospect of a suitable marriage. The Tribble sisters are puzzled, however, by their charge's demure perfection, until they take her to her first ball - and discover she is an incorrigible flirt! And when Fiona betrays her real feelings ... so the sisters are forced to confront the truth about her past!  Book 2 of series.

Maria Kendall is a dream client - beautiful, impeccably mannered, graceful and extremely well dowered. In short, she doesn't seem to need the Tribbles' help at all. But then the sisters meet her parents and realise that they do have a problem on their hands - not with the perfect Maria, but with her overweening, gauche and socially over-ambitious parents!  Book 5 of series.

Since the publication of Cicely Mary Barker's first book in 1923, the Flower Fairies have been ethereal companions to generations of readers around the world. Her charming poetry and delicate illustrations have sparked the imaginations of children for over ninety years and continue to inspire a life-long love for fairies and all things magical.

Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, Yanka has always wondered about where she is from. When she starts looking for answers about who she really is, a journey far beyond one that she ever imagined begins: from icy rivers to smouldering mountains she meets an ever-growing herd of extraordinary friends along the way.

In grey, 1930s England, Bea has grown up knowing that she will one day have to marry someone her parents choose - someone rich enough to keep the family estate alive. Bea longs for so much more and when she gets the chance to spend the summer in Italy with her bohemian uncle, a whole new world is opened up to her. But storm clouds are gathering across Europe, and home is calling. Every summer has to end - but for Bea, this might be just the beginning.

Fifteen-year-old Kenzie wakes up in hospital to the devastating news that she has been struck down by a rare genetic condition that has made her skin become transparent, revealing everything inside of her – and Kenzie feels repellent to look at. But when a medical photo of her is leaked and goes viral, the press attention is massive. How can Kenzie live like this, when she doesn’t want to be seen at all? Can a boy who can’t even see her, be the only one to help her to find the answers… ?

Half vampire, half fairy, totally unique! Isadora Moon is special because she is different. She loves the night, bats, and the colour black, but she also loves the outdoors, using her magic wand, and the colour pink. When it's time for Isadora to start school she's not sure where she belongs - vampire school or fairy school?

Lou's world is changing, breaking down, chaos is seeping in- a touching , unsettling and darkly hilarious novel told by a cool narrator who observes the world-school, family, love- in a way that makes you want to laugh and cry.

Gazing at the stars from five storeys up, smelling the bins from five storeys below. Overheard arguments, overheard laughter. A disappearing father and a Mermaid-Queen mother; statues that sing for flesh and blood; bullies who kick you under the table; perfect red trainers - and the things that lurk in the library...Award-winning poet Joseph Coelho's astonishing new collection is a powerful and moving poetic narrative about growing up in the city

Deryn’s father is the lighthouse keeper on Featherstone Island. When an emergency arises and her parents have to travel to the mainland, Deryn is left alone to keep watch over the lighthouse and finds herself in a terrible situation when the lamp runs out of oil during a wild storm. With time running out to rescue a fishing boat at sea, Deryn seeks help from an unusual source. A story of magic, myth and history.

Mary loves stories, but the stories in her daydreams are far more thrilling than those in any book. After a troubled childhood, Mary runs away to Switzerland with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and her step-sister in tow. One dark and stormy night, after learning about electricity that can make dead frogs twitch, she has a nightmare that triggers the birth of one of the greatest scary stories of all time: Frankenstein...

Berta is a young girl with an artistic soul growing up on a farm in the Swedish countryside at the beginning of the 20th century. Her father doesn’t understand her and her mother is dying. But Berta longs to be an artist and can’t stay on the farm forever.

Based on the life of Swedish artist Berta Hansson, this is the story of a young woman with the bravery to live her own truth and follow her own path, despite the protests of her father and society at the time.

Out of the blue arrives an exotic young woman from a foreign land. Fearless and strong, 'Princess' Caraboo rises above the suspicions of the wealthy family who take her in. But who is the real Caraboo? In a world where it seems everyone is playing a role, could she be an ordinary girl with a tragic past? Is she a confidence trickster? Or is she the princess everyone wants her to be?

Thirteen-year-old Safiya and her family have been driven out of Syria by civil war. Safiya knows how lucky she is – lucky not to be living in a refugee camp, lucky to be alive.

As they struggle to rebuild their lives, Safiya realizes that her family has always been incomplete and with her own future in the balance, it's time to uncover the secrets that war has kept buried.

Cat Sparrow is on the road. She's following her sister, Meg, who was torn from their convent home and sent to London. But Cat isn't like other people - she thinks differently - and for a girl like her the world holds many perils. Luckily she befriends a young actor, Jacques, and together they follow Meg's trail to a wondrous place called the Field of Cloth of Gold. But here, they discover that the kingdoms of England and France are both in terrible danger ...

When Holly and her husband Tom move to a pretty English village Holly hopes to lay to rest the ghosts of her past. Her peace of mind is shattered when she discovers a moondial at the bottom of the garden which, at every full moon, enables her to see into the future. Richard & Judy Bookclub

For generations, Quentance Bank has managed the wealth of its rich and aristocratic clients. When Edie is pushed into joining the family business she unearths some shocking details on the sinking of the Titanic in the family archive, as well as more recent secrets. She soon realises that she no longer knows whom she can trust.

A Norman heiress was a chattel to be sold in marriage to the highest bidder. Matilda de Risle’s first husband gives her the Saxon’morning gift’ of Dungesey in the Fens as a bolthole .When trouble comes in the form of civil war, Matilda finds herself fighting for her land, her son’s safety and her own life.

From a very early age Cath Kidston loved to play shop, whether she was selling the contents of her mother's store cupboard back to her or her aunt's vegetables to passers-by, from a tray on the pavement. Almost half a century later Cath Kidston has become an internationally acclaimed household name and playing shop has become a serious game.

In July 1957, an inquest was opened into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs Bobbie Hullett. She died after months of apparent barbiturate abuse - the drugs prescribed to calm her nerves by her doctor, Dr John Bodkin Adams. The inquest brought to the surface years of whispered suspicion that had swept through the town.

Amelia has a dream: toasting chestnuts by the fire with her husband Jack in their own cosy cottage. Their real life is another world, in a cramped one-bedroom flat. But when life takes a surprising turn, they are soon heading to the Kent countryside. As Amelia's ideas about love and family change, will her fireside dream finally come true?