*Wildlands by Brogen Murphy 

The Financial Times calls it "one of the best titles of the year so far"*WINNER of the Children's Wainwright Prize for Fiction 2025Shortlisted for the Peters Children's Book of the Year 2026 A UTOPIAN FUTURE. A FORBIDDEN WILDERNESS. TWO KIDS TRYING TO SURVIVE.

Twenty-five years into the future, no humans are allowed in the Wildlands – a vast area in Britain where wolves, lynx and bison roam free. The only exception is a high-speed train line between London and Glasgow that crosses right through the heart of the project. Thirteen-year-old Astrid and her little sister, Indie, are onboard when their train slows to a brief, unexpected stop … and they find themselves accidentally left behind.

*The Moonlighters by Lee Newbery

-Peter Pan meets Oliver Twist in the magical new book by rising star Lee Newbery, author of Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, The Last Firefox. Ten-year-old Theo finds himself a tenant of the Casablanca Lily - by day, a run-down and unloved hotel; by night, a palace of magical wonders. Each night, their family of runaways and ne'er-do-wells, the Moonlighters, out into London in search of lost magical artefacts, gifting them their own magical powers as a reward.