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Quang & Lien – Girl Giant and the Jade War

In this sequel to Girl Giant and the Monkey King, Thom and her friends set off on a far flung adventure to save the Heavens and the Jade Emperor from certain destruction.

This richly woven middle-grade fantasy series illustrated by Quang & Lien is full of humor, magic, and heart.

‘Girl Giant and the Jade War’ will be published by Roaring Brook Press this December.

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Levente Szabo – Circus Maximus: Race to the Death

Middle grade historians will love ‘Circus Maximus’, a story about the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory.

Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story with stunning cover art by Levente Szabo.

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Quang & Lien – The Bookshop of Dust and Dreams

Our super-talented Vietnamese duo, Quang & Lien have worked their magic on this fantastic new middle grade cover design.

‘The Bookshop of Dust and Dreams’ hits shelves this October, published by Penguin Random House.

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Sam Caldwell – Wodge and Friends

‘The Mystery in the Garden: Wodge and Friends’ is a hilarious new adventure for middle grade readers, illustrated by Sam Caldwell.

Packed with daring escapades and oodles of laughs, the story features a particularly grouchy fairy statue, a nosy twerp of a neighbour and a mysterious creature with an all-consuming love for broccoli ice-cream.

Perfect for 7+ fans of laugh-out-loud adventures, this humorous tale is available now from Hardie Grant.

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Anjan Sarkar – Little Olympians

Little gods, big personalities! This new series follows little versions of the Greek gods who are at a camp to learn how to control their powers and use them properly – as well as learn how to get along with one another.

Illustrated by Anjan Sarkar, the first two books in the Little Olympians series: ‘Zeus, God of Thunder’ and ‘Athena, Goddess of Wisdom’ are available this June from Little Bee Books.

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Laura Catalan – Daughter of the god Sulde

Laura Catalan expands her superb middle grade portfolio with this wonderful cover illustration & accompanying black and white chapter art for ‘Daughter of the god Sulde’.

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Anjan Sarkar – Level Up: Beast Battles

Popular video-game based series Level Up! continues with this new adventure, ‘Beast Battles’. Illustrated by Anjan Sarkar, best friends Flo and Max are stuck in one of their favourite games, Critter Clash, where teams of creatures battle to become champions in epic arenas.

Expect fast-paced action from this epic new story due to hit bookshelves this April from Stripes.

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Levente Szabo – The Disaster Days

Levente‘s dynamic cover art for ‘The Disaster Days’, a new epic and thrilling survival story about pushing oneself to the limit in the face of a crisis. Available from Sourcebooks.

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Christian Garland – Slamdown Town

In this series-launching debut ‘Slamdown Town’, puny 11 year old Ollie transforms into a star wrestler.

A host of larger-then-life personalities feature in this new middle grade fantasy story, all brilliantly brought to life by Christian Garland‘s awesome illustrations.

Available this January from Amulet Books.

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Anne Yvonne Gilbert – New Covers

Anne Yvonne Gilbert adds three fabulous new book cover illustrations to her accomplished portfolio.

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