A shop-witch and a hero must work together to fulfil an important quest in this magical adventure from award-winning children's author Aisha Bushby. In a magical world where heroes go on exciting quests while witches keep everything running behind the scenes, Laurel works in her parents' shop, supplying everything from enchanted yarn to magical carpets. The shop is struggling after the opening of a big shopping centre nearby, so when a hero waltzes in with a long list of expensive items, Laurel sees an opportunity to help. But there's one item on the list that isn't in stock, and it's going to be very tricky to find, so join Laurel and her wise cat familiar as they take the reluctant hero on a quest to save her parents' shop. Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 7.

The Shop Witch's Quest

Children's Books

Bushby, Aisha

Action & Adventure

Barrington Stoke

Moonchild: City of the Sun: Magical middle grade series inspired by Arabian Nights and perfect for fans of Michelle Harrison and Sophie Anderson (The Moonchild series) (Book 2)

Animals

Farshore

A Pocketful of Stars

Can piecing together the past help you change the present? 
When I next open my eyes, I’m back . . . in front of the house again. 
It’s night time. The stars wave hello, like they’ve been expecting me. 
The door of the house, Mum’s house, is wide open, like it expects me too. 
This time, I go inside . . . 
Safiya and her mum have never seen eye to eye. Her mum doesn’t understand Safiya’s love of gaming and Safiya doesn't think they have anything in common. As Safiya struggles to fit in at school she wonders if her mum wishes she was more like her confident best friend Elle. But then her mum falls into a coma and, when Safiya waits by her bedside, she finds herself in a strange alternative world that looks a bit like one of her games. And there’s a rebellious teenage girl, with a secret, who looks suspiciously familiar . . . 
A Pocketful of Stars is a story about family, friendship and finding out who you are . . . with a sprinkling of magic. 
Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Ross Welford and Kiran Millwood-Hargrave. 
Aisha Bushby was selected as one of only four previously unpublished authors in the Stripes anthology for BAME writers, A Change is Gonna Come, alongside writers such as Patrice Lawrence, Tanya Byrne and Nikesh Shukla. The anthology was awarded a YA Book Prize Special Achievement Award. A Pocketful of Stars is her debut novel.

Literature & Fiction

Egmont

A magical new middle grade adventure from a rising star author, inspired by The Arabian Nights 
The Sahar Peninsula lies just beyond the horizon, but it isn't the easiest place to get to. No maps will take you there, nor can it be charted by gazing up at the stars, or down at a compass... 
Twelve year old Amira has only ever known a life at sea with her sea-witch mothers. So when their ship is wrecked in a great storm, Amira is delighted to have an opportunity to explore land – accompanied by her best friend Namur – a jinn in cat form. Amira soon finds a boy who has a jinn like her, and learns that their spirit companions are connected to the mysterious storm that gets stronger each day. 
When Namur goes missing Amira discovers she has to visit a magical place; a place where lost things can be found. But will Amira also discover her own destiny, and find out what it truly means to be a Moonchild?

Moonchild: Voyage of the Lost and Found: Book 1 (The Moonchild series)

Safiya and her mother have never seen eye to eye. Her mother doesn't understand Safiya's love of gaming, and shy Safiya doesn't think she has anything in common with her vibrant, sometimes volatile mother. But when her mother falls into a coma, Safiya's whole world shifts. She finds herself dreaming about an unfamiliar setting and a rebellious girl who's distinctly familiar. Gradually she realizes that she's experiencing her mother's memories of her childhood in Kuwait. As Safiya unlocks these memories the way she would unlock levels in a game, she finds a path to accepting loss and embracing who she is--someone not so different from her mother after all.

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Carolrhoda Books ®

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