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New books: July 2025

We have two spectacular summer stories to kick-start the holidays!

What winning has meant for Lucas Maxwell

Lucas Maxwell was announced as the winner of the 2024 Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition, an annual prize that aims to uncover new talent in children’s fiction. His story, You Have Selected Power Drive, is the story of Elias, an autistic fourteen-year-old ...

Writing for Modern Teens - Top tips from Marisa Linton

Times / Chicken House award winning author and professor Marisa Linton shares her top tips for writing YA for modern teenagers below!
The Binding Spell is in the tradition of classic fantasy – the books I loved as a kid – but its ...

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