Best Selling Books by Sally Nicholls

Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels, and things that have happened to him.

A touching exploration of family love and the challenges of being a younger sibling, from multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls.

A soul-stirring reimagined Grimm tale by award-winning author Sally Nicholls and hauntingly illustrated by Júlia Sardà that will spellbind and thrill readers of all ages. When a poor fisherman chooses Death to be godfather to his son, he’s certain he’s made a good choice—for surely there’s no man more honest than Death? At the christening, Death gives the fisherman a gift that seems at first to be the key to the family’s fortune, but when greed overcomes the fisherman, he learns that nobody can truly cheat Death...

A deadly contagion races through England... Isabel and her family have nowhere to run from a disease that has killed half of Europe. When the world she knows and loves ends for ever, her only weapon is courage. The Black Death of 1349 was the deadliest plague in human history. All Fall Down is a powerful and inspiring story of survival in the face of real-life horror.

Bridgerton fans rejoice! This epistolary confection—told in letters among three school friends—is perfect for devotees of gossipy costume drama. Tirzah, Sophia, and Polly are best friends who’ve left boarding school and gone back to very different lives. The year is 1896, and Polly is teaching in an orphanage, Sophia is scouting for a rich husband at the London Season, and Tirzah is stuck acting as an unpaid companion to her grandmother. In a series of letters buzzing with atmosphere and drama, the friends air their dreams, hopes, frustrations, and romances. Can this trio of very different young women—one industrious, one artful, and one in exile—find happiness and love near the dawn of the Edwardian era? From the award-winning author of the Carnegie Medal–nominated historical romance The Silent Stars Go By comes a playful, feel-good story of friendship and aspiration pitched just right for fans of Jane Austen and her contemporary disciples.

Abby struggles with feelings of anxiety about school during a period of family upheaval in this sensitive and touching story from Sally Nicholls.

This silly and sweet picture book introduces young children to colors through humor and clever interactive elements. For fans of Hervé Tullet''s Press Here. Here''s a button. I wonder what happens when you press it? Follow a group of animal friends as they discover a collection of mysterious buttons, all of which do different things! From a blue singing button to a purple tickle button, from a rude sound button to a mysterious white button, there''s only one way to find out what they do: press them all! And thankfully, there''s even a sleeping button to lull the animals to sleep after a busy day. A lively introduction to colors and shapes, The Button Book is the perfect interactive book for storytime (and bedtime!).

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2019, National Book Award, Books Are My Bag Readers'' Awards and the YA Book Prize Includes an exclusive preview of The Silent Stars Go By by Sally Nicholls Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote. Evelyn is seventeen, and though she is rich and clever, she may never be allowed to follow her older brother to university. Enraged that she is expected to marry her childhood sweetheart rather than be educated, she joins the Suffragettes, and vows to pay the ultimate price for women''s freedom. May is fifteen, and already sworn to the cause, though she and her fellow Suffragists refuse violence. When she meets Nell, a girl who''s grown up in hardship, she sees a kindred spirit. Together and in love, the two girls start to dream of a world where all kinds of women have their place. But the fight for freedom will challenge Evelyn, May and Nell more than they ever could believe. As war looms, just how much are they willing to sacrifice?

Molly and Hannah have just lost their mother, and while Dad "figures things out," they''re sent to stay with their grandparents in a quiet country town. Everything starts to change when Molly comes to the rescue of an injured man--a man with something magical about him.

A beautiful, bittersweet WWI romance lights up an English village at Christmas with harrowing secrets, love lost and found, and the breathtaking power of forgiveness. Vivid and achingly real, Sally Nicholls’s latest historical romance explores the fallout from an unexpected pregnancy during the First World War. It’s Christmastime, 1919. Three years before, seventeen-year-old Margot Allan, a respectable vicar’s daughter, fell passionately in love. But she lost her fiancé, Harry, to the Great War. In turn, she gained a desperate secret, one with the power to ruin her life and her family’s reputation, a secret she guards at all costs. Now Margot’s family is gathering at the vicarage for the first time since the War ended. And Harry, it turns out, isn’t dead. He’s alive and well, and looking for answers. Can their love survive the truth? Based on the author’s family history, this evocative and stirring exploration of the human and emotional side of war is young-adult historical fiction at its finest, written with the immediacy and understanding of the complexities of the human heart that are the hallmark of the author’s work.

Enthralling children''s fiction for everyone who loves Robin Steven''s Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries and Frances Hardinge''s The Lie Tree. Twelve mysteries. Twelve authors. One challenge: can YOU solve the crimes before the heroes of the stories? These are twelve brand-new short stories from twelve of the best children''s crime writers writing today. These creepy, hilarious, brain-boggling, heart-pounding mysteries feature daring, brilliant young detectives, and this anthology is a must for fans of crime fiction and detection, especially the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, The Roman Mysteries and The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow. The Crime Club are twelve UK-based authors who are mad about crime fiction. Clementine Beauvais, Elen Caldecott, Susie Day, Julia Golding, Frances Hardinge, Caroline Lawrence, Helen Moss, Sally Nicholls, Kate Pankhurst, Robin Stevens, Harriet Whitehorn and Katherine Woodfine can be found anywhere there is a mystery to be solved, a puzzle to be cracked or a bun to be eaten, and they are always ready for the next puzzling case.

Alex and Ruby are back in their SECOND time-slip adventure, tumbling back into a Victorian Christmas! From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls comes another brilliant action-packed adventure for 7+ readers, beautifully illustrated by Rachael Dean. When Alex and Ruby fall through the mirror in their aunt''s house, they find themselves in a different historical period, each time with a different task to perform before they can return to the present. From Edwardian crime capers to Victorian Christmasses, their time-slip stories are always exciting and beautifully told. A Victorian Christmas is lovely - all the food and candles and games and singing - unless you''re poor, motherless Edith who is condemned to be sent to a cruel boarding school on Boxing Day. Can Alex and Ruby persuade her strict father that home is where the heart is instead? Full of action and humour and featuring exciting black-and-white illustrations throughout, this is another superb time-slip story which brilliantly brings history to life as part of an adventure. ''A clever vehicle for introducing the differences between then and now in an accessible way, with a fast-paced plot and a lovely spooky ending'' - The Times on A Chase in Time Have you read Alex and Ruby''s other adventures: A Chase in Time , An Escape in Time and A Secret in Time ? Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath.

Poetically written by award-winning Sally Nicholls and beautifully illustrated by Carolina Rabei, this gorgeous book features a non-fiction section about the different types of forests around the world, their importance to our ecosystem and the impact of deforestation on our planet.

Alex and Ruby are back in their THIRD time-slip adventure, tumbling back into the time of the French Revolution! From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls comes another brilliant action-packed adventure for 7+ readers, beautifully illustrated by Rachael Dean. When Alex and Ruby fall through the mirror in their aunt''s house, they find themselves in a different historical period, each time with a different task to perform before they can return to the present. From Edwardian crime capers to Victorian Christmasses, their time-slip stories are always exciting and beautifully told. When a furious French aristocrat lands in Alex and Ruby''s hallway, they have to hide her in Regency England. Can they stop her causing chaos? Probably not... Full of action and humour and featuring exciting black-and-white illustrations throughout, this is another superb time-slip story which brilliantly brings history to life as part of an adventure. ''A clever vehicle for introducing the differences between then and now in an accessible way, with a fast-paced plot and a lovely spooky ending'' - The Times on A Chase in Time Have you read Alex and Ruby''s other adventures: A Chase in Time , A Christmas in Time and A Secret in Time ? Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath.

Alex and Ruby are back in their FOURTH time-slip adventure, tumbling back into 1947! From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls comes another brilliant action-packed adventure for 7+ readers, beautifully illustrated by Rachael Dean. When siblings Alex and Ruby tumble back through the mirror, they find themselves in the freezing-cold winter of 1947. Food is scarce in the aftermath of the Second World War and life at Applecott House is hard. As Alex and Ruby discover they must solve the mystery of a missing family heirloom to ever have hopes of returning home, their adventure takes them trekking across the snow and treacherous ice on a perilous treasure hunt. Will they make it home and back to the present day or will they be stuck in 1947? Full of action and humour and featuring exciting black-and-white illustrations throughout, this is another superb time-slip story which brilliantly brings history to life as part of an adventure. ''A clever vehicle for introducing the differences between then and now in an accessible way, with a fast-paced plot and a lovely spooky ending'' - The Times on A Chase in Time Have you read Alex and Ruby''s other adventures: A Chase in Time , A Christmas in Time , An Escape in Time ? Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath.

An arranged marriage interferes with star-crossed love in this sweeping medieval romance from Sally Nicholls – perfectly pitched for struggling teen readers.

A fast-paced adventure full of car chases, arson and cake! The old gilt-edged mirror has hung in Alex''s aunt''s house for as long as he can remember. Alex hardly notices it, until the day he and his sister are pulled through the mirror, back into 1912. It''s the same house, but a very different place to live, and the people they meet need their help. Soon they''re caught up in car chases and treasure hunts as they race to find a priceless golden cup - but will they ever be able to return to their own time? From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls, A Chase In Time is the first in a brilliant time-slip adventure series for 7+ readers, beautifully illustrated inside by Rachael Dean, with cover illustrations by Isabelle Follath.

1914: war has broken out across Europe and beyond. Nothing will ever be the same again for those caught up in the conflict. This collection of short stories explores how the First World War changed and shaped the lives of women forever. A courageous nurse risks her life on the Front Line; a young woman uncovers a spy in wartime London; and a grief-stricken sister comes to understand the heroism and sacrifice of the forgotten Indian soldiers. Through these and other tales, War Girls presents a moving portrait of loss and grief, and of hope overcoming terrible odds. Cover art by Garry Walton

From one of the brightest talents in teen fiction and the winner of the Waterstones Children''s Book prize comes a new novel about family and friendship.

Nobody suspects that intelligent life exists on other planets until a cylinder falls to Earth and lands in the town of Woking. From this ominous metallic cylinder emerge the unsightly Martians, equipped with terrifying killing machines. Although the Martians initially provoke local curiosity, this rapidly turns to fear as the savage attacks begin.

From fingers that tickle to bellies that need to be gobbled up, join in with each family as they play their own games to name different bits of the body.

Sam ist elf und hat Leukämie. So erschüttert seine Umwelt reagiert, so tapfer geht Sam damit um. Er nutzt die verbleibende Zeit und schreibt wild entschlossen ein Tagebuch über die Fragen, die er noch hat: zu Ufos, Horrorfilmen und Mädchen - aber vor allem die Fragen, die ihm keiner beantwortet: "Wieso lässt Gott Kinder krank werden? Tut Sterben weh?" Nicht nur seine Erkenntnisse, sondern auch seine Wünsche hält er in zahlreichen Listen fest, zum Beispiel: in einem Luftschiff fahren, einen Weltrekord aufstellen und Teenager sein - das heißt für Sam: rauchen, trinken, eine Freundin haben. Mit seinem Freund Felix gelingt es ihm sogar, diese Liste auf höchst originelle Weise abzuarbeiten. Ermutigendes Bestseller-Debüt einer 23-Jährigen aus England zu einem wichtigen Thema!

Als im Jahr 1349 die Pest ihr Dorf erreicht, gibt es für die 14-jährige Isabel und ihre Familie kein Entkommen. Das Leben, wie sie es kannte und liebte, endet abrupt. An die Stelle von Fürsorge und Vertrauen treten Angst und Schrecken. Weder Gottesfürchtigkeit noch Isolation können die Familie schützen. Als Isabel begreift, dass die fürchterliche Seuche alle Gebote der Menschlichkeit außer Kraft setzt, stemmt sie sich entschlossen gegen die Panik. Couragiert versucht sie, ihr Leben zu leben, und beweist Hoffnung, Mitgefühl und Mut in einer Zeit des Terrors und der Trauer. Ein packendes Jugendbuch über eines der dunkelsten Kapitel unserer Geschichte und – die Kraft des Einzelnen.

Clare knows she''s at least partly to blame for her problems at school, but she''s learned that it hurts to make friends when you''re a foster kid and you''ll be moved on again. It''s a relief to meet Maddy, who knows what it''s like to be in the system. But then Maddy disappears. Clare has opened her heart at last, and she can''t let it go - will she find her friend?

It''s early 1945, the War is nearly over and across the country, evacuees are returning home. Judy is excited to be back in London, reunited with her mum. But when she arrives, she finds everything has changed. Her house has been destroyed, her mum seems distant, and her dad is still away with the army. And all around her, London is different too: there are bombsites on every corner and the danger of war still looms. As Judy explores the city, she begins to see that the bombsites are more than just rubble. Can they help her to remember what her home used to be like? And will she ever be able to get her old life back? With themes of loneliness, family relationships, and finding out what home really means, award-winning children''s writer Sally Nicholls brings to life the experience of living through the Second World War.

A poor and desperate fisherman travels the kingdom in search of an honest man who will agree to be the godfather of his newborn son. He rejects God (too unfair), rejects the Devil (too cruel), and is about to give up when a shadowy figure approaches him on horseback along the road. It is Death. Perfect! She is honest, fair and very powerful. The perfect godmother, unless... you dare to disobey her.

A en Sam li agraden les dades científiques. Vol saber coses d''OVNIS, de pel*lícules de terror, de dirigibles, de fantasmes i d''investigadors; i també què se sent quan fas un petó a una noia. I, com que té leucèmia, vol estar informat sobre què és exactament la mort. Necessita resposta per a aquelles preguntes que ningú mai no vol respondre. Per això escriu un diari, ple de llistes i d''interrogants, explicant la seva vida, a casa i a l''hospital.

Perdida de sua irmã, Molly vê um rapaz sendo caçado numa floresta. Aterrorizada, ela tenta ajudá-lo e sente compaixão. Voltando para a casa de seus avós, conta a todos o que ocorreu, mas quando procuram o homem ferido, não o encontram e atribuem a imagem à fértil imaginação da menina. No dia seguinte, numa velha igreja, Molly percebe, surpresa, que o rosto daquele misterioso rapaz está esculpido em uma coluna. Quem seria ele? No desenvolver da história, nos envolvemos com o misto entre mistério e magia que envolve aquela noite de perseguição, ao mesmo tempo em que nos sentimos comovidos pela triste histórias das irmãs, órfãs de mãe e levadas pelo pai para serem criadas pelos avós. Vemos o texto se desenvolver pela ótica de Molly, o que nos leva a imaginar o mundo dela, como uma criança. Ao mesmo tempo, o livro nos faz lembrar das fábulas de infância que tanto admirávamos e nos causa grande impacto, pelo fato de alguém tão jovem ter que lidar com algo tão complexo como a doença e a morte da mãe.

Sam aime les dirigeables, les loups et le jeu Warhammer. Il veut être scientifique quand il sera grand. Sain est un garçon de 11 ans comme les autres. Ou presque. Car Sam a une leucémie. Alors pour savourer chaque moment de son existence, il décide d''écrire un livre. Un journal intime dans lequel il raconte son quotidien et dresse la liste des huit choses qu''il veut faire. Huit rêves à réaliser absolument avant que la maladie ne gagne la partie. Huit souhaits extravagants qui retiennent le jeune garçon sur le chemin de la vie...