Polly Ho-Yen

• Jul-2025
• / General Fiction
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The storm had been brewing for weeks.When I look back and remember those days of dripping rain, the thick grey cloud blanketing the sky, the rolling thunder, I wonder how we didn't see it coming. We didn't realise it was building into something.Back ...

• Apr-2025
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A mesmerising illustrated young fiction offering from Polly Ho-Yen & Sojung Kim-McCarthy, perfect for early readers. When Ziggy goes to sleep in his new bed at his dad's house, he wakes up in the middle of the dark and scary night forest. When e...

• Jun-2024
• / General Fiction
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From award-winning author Polly Ho-Yen, comes a beautifully illustrated story for readers aged 7+. Yara has only glimpsed the last dragon on Earth twice. She's got other things to worry about: her sister is in hospital, her parents are panicking,...

• Nov-2023
• / Fantasy
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Ita is afraid of lots of things. She's afraid of talking to her classmates at her new school. She's afraid of walking through her new town. But most of all she is afraid of water. When one day she realises the river in her new town turns her into a f...

• Jul-2022
• / General Fiction
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An out-of-this-world middle-grade adventure about finding friendship in the most unlikely of places. From the bestselling and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted author of BOY IN THE TOWER. Perfect for fans of Stranger Things and aut...

• May-2022
• / General Fiction
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A charming illustrated (black & white) early reader, for readers aged 5-7, by the much-loved author of The Boy In The Tower. Nature-loving Timi is unsettled by the arrival of a new sibling and turns to tending a tree growing in his local library....

• Jul-2021
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• Jul-2021
• / General Fiction
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A brilliantly imagined new 8+ adventure about resilience, family and hope. From the bestselling and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted author of BOY IN THE TOWER. Perfect for fans of Ross Welford, Lisa Thompson and Onjali Rauf.Rule numbe...

• Mar-2021
• / Dystopian
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For fans of Black Mirror and The Handmaid’s Tale, a mother desperately tries to keep her family together in a society where parenting standards are strictly monitored. "With fabulous world-building and a plot so tight you could bounce a quarte...

• Jul-2020
• / General Fiction
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Book Band: Brown - Ideal for ages 7+

Thought-provoking contemporary fantasy from best-selling author Polly Ho-Yen.

Mae spends a lot of time in hospitals. She's had asthma since she was little and sometimes she just can't...

• Jan-2020
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• Jul-2017
• / General Fiction
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Feeling lost and alone in a strange new city, Leelu wishes she could fly away back home - her real home where her dad is, thousands of miles away.London is cold and grey and the neighbours are noisy and there's concrete everywhere.But Leelu is not al...

• Jul-2016
• / Mystery
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The children of Mivtown have grown up hearing the legend of the monsters of the loch. But it's only a story - a warning to stay away from the water.Then strange things start happening in the village. Effie's rabbit Buster escapes from a locked hutch,...

• Feb-2015
• / Mystery
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When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out...