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Firefly Press
Catalogue
Celebrating 5 years of children’s and YA publishing
at Five
Books from Wales
Firefly YA and
Teen Fiction
The Territory, Truth Book 3
NEW! Sarah Govett
April 2018 £7.99 232pp 12+ fiction
978-1-910080-70-2 (paperback) 978-1-910080-71-9 (ebook)
UK and Commonwealth rights and audio c/o Firefly Press
Limited Space
‘A distinctive voice …
requires Limited Govett’s humorous and
Numbers. Can Noa unflinching handling of
save her friends, plot and character make ‘thrilling and
herself and the truth? this feel vivid and fresh.’ thought-
The Guardian provoking’
The Times
‘Truly heart-wrenching! ‘A truly
... the 1984 of our time’ exceptional novel,
Cara, teen book reviewer exciting, gripping,
in the Guardian. intense…’
Book Trust
The Territory Sarah Govett
shortlisted for
tion Prize
th exams looming.
May 2015 £7.99 208pp 12+ fiction
978-1-910080-18-4 (paperback) 978-1-910080-19-1 (ebook)
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SARAH GOVETT
The Territory, Escape Book 2 Sarah Govett
an novel …
system. ‘Brilliantly plotted,
utterly gripping’
ension was almost too Gemma Malley
elling debut.’
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Oct 2016 £7.99 202pp 12+ fiction
ies... ’
SARAH GOVETT 978-1-910080-46-7 (paperback) 978-1-910080-47-4 (ebook)
Purge Kat Ellis
September 2016 £7.99 328pp 15+ fiction
978-1-910080-40-5 (paperback)
978-1-910080-41-2 (ebook)
English language UK & Commonwealth c/o Firefly Press,
translation c/o The Bent Agency
A gripping futuristic thriller -
can Mason and Eden survive ‘deeply compelling’
the lies that surround them? Stephanie Burgess
Kat Ellis studied English with Creative Writing at Manchester Blackfin Sky Kat Ellis
Metropolitan University. Blackfin Sky was also released May 2014 £7.99 332pp 13+ fiction
by Running Press in the US, where it was an American 978-1-910080-00-9 (paperback)
978-1-910080-01-6 (ebook)
Libraries Association recommendation. Running Press also
English language UK & Commonwealth c/o Firefly Press,
published Kat’s horror thriller Breaker in May 2016. translation c/o The Bent Agency
1
Firefly YA and
Teen Fiction
Behind Closed Doors NEW!
Miriam Halahmy
July 2018 £7.99 334pp 14+ fiction
978-1-910080-78-8 (paperback) 978-1-910080-79-5 (ebook)
UK and Commonwealth rights c/o Firefly Press
Uplifting YA novel about teenage homelessness, friendship and
love. Fifteen year olds Tasha and Josie are near-neighbours but not
friends. Yet when their families let them down, they find themselves
unlikely allies in a battle for survival.
Miriam Halahmy writes novels, short stories and poetry. Hidden
(2011) was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and was
Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week.
A stage adaptation tours the UK in 2018.
Books include Illegal, Stuffed and The ‘Moves at a
Emergency Zoo. Behind Closed Doors was breathless pace.
I thoroughly
published in US by Holiday House in 2017.
enjoyed it.’
Anne Cassidy
Hope Rhian Ivory
September 2017 £7.99
978-1-910080-62-7 (paperback) 978-1-910080-63-4 (ebook)
UK and Commonwealth rights c/o Firefly Press
A novel about music, family and having the courage to ask for help.
‘Real characters to root for,
laugh with, cry for, and a
subject that should be more
widely shared.’ Joanna Nadin
‘FREAKING MINT.’
Rae Earl
The Boy who Drew the Future Rhian Ivory
September 2015 £7.99 254pp 11+ fiction
978-1-910080-26-9 (paperback) 978-1-910080-27-6 (ebook)
Compelling thriller: Can the future be redrawn?
Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.
Rhian got her first publishing deal at 26. Hope is her
sixth novel. She is a National Trust writer in residence
and a Patron of Reading in Buckinghamshire.
2
Firefly books for
8-12 year olds
The Heart of Mars Book 3 Paul Magrs
NEW! March 2018 £7.99 284pp 8+ fiction
978-1-910080-58-0 (paperback) 978-1-910080-59-7 (ebook)
World rights and audio c/o Firefly Press
The finale of the much-praised Lora trilogy ‘Brilliantly inventive,
funny and original – a
When the disappearances start, freewheeling delight’
Lora and her family must leave their Naomi Alderman, The
homestead on the Martian prairie and Power
journey to the Heart of Mars.
Paul Magrs has written five Doctor Who novels
with BBC books. His previous books also include
Exchange (Booktrust Teenage Book Prize shortlist,
Carnegie Medal longlist) and Diary of a Doctor ‘One of my all-
Who Addict (Leeds Book Award shortlist). time personal
favourites.’
Mr Ripley’s
‘Ingeniously inventive, involving Enchanted Books
and wildly witty … sci-fi, but not
as you know it.’ Lovereading4kids
Lost on Mars Paul Magrs
May 2015 £7.99 352pp 11+ fiction
978-1-910080-22-1 (paperback) 978-1-910080-23-8 (ebook)
The Martian Girl Book 2 Paul Magrs
September 2016 £7.99 220pp 11+ fiction
978-1-910080-44-3 (paperback) 978-1-910080-45-0 (ebook)
Flight Vanessa Harbour
August 2018 £6.99 224pp 9-12 fiction
978-1-910080-76-4 (paperback) 978-1-910080-77-1 (ebook)
World rights c/o Firefly Press
A thrilling MG WWII adventure. Can Jakob and Kizzy escape
with the Lipizzaner stallions over the mountains, away from the
Nazi officer who wants to kill them all?
Vanessa Harbour is Senior Lecturer
in Creative Writing at the university
in Winchester. She is Academic and
NEW!
Business Consultant at the Golden
Egg Academy. Flight is her first novel.
3
Firefly books for
8-12 year olds
Alex Sparrow and the Furry Fury NEW!
Jennifer Killick
May 2018 £6.99 308pp 8-12 fiction
978-1-910080-74-0 (paperback) 978-1-910080-75-7 (ebook)
World rights c/o Firefly Press
Selected as a highlight in the Spring Bookseller Buyers’ Guide.
Alex Sparrow is a super-agent in training.
He’s also a human lie detector. Can
‘A brilliantly
he control his unexpectedly smelly
bonkers,
superpowers and save his friends?
sidesplitting
superhero
story’ ‘Cracking adventure full of daft
MG Leonard stunts, villainous villains, and one
far too cute hedgehog’ James Nicol
Sequel to the hilarious Coming
spring 2019:
Alex Sparrow and the Really Big Stink Alex Sparrow
and the Zumbie
Jennifer Killick Apocalypse
May 2017 £6.99 250pp 8-12 fiction
978-1-910080-56-6 (paperback) 978-1-910080-57-3 (ebook)
World rights c/o Firefly Press
Jennifer Killick did a Creative Writing MA at Brunel University, which is where
she first got the idea for ‘The Really Big Stink.’ She lives in Uxbridge, in a
house full of children, animals and Lego. Both Alex Sparrow titles have
been selected for the Summer Reading Challenge, in 2017 and 2018.
Dog Town Lu ze Pastore illustrated by Reinis
P tersons Translated by Žanete V vere Pasqualini
April 2018 £6.99 186pp 7-12 fiction
978-1-910080-72-6 (paperback)
World English rights c/o Firefly press ‘Charming adventure,
‘A gem of a full of surprises,
Times children’s book of wisdom and quirky
the week: ‘Delightful doggy book’ Outside
in World humour.’ Daniel Hahn
adventure,’ Alex O’Connell
Lu ze Pastore won the Annual Latvian Literature Prize for
NEW! the best children’s book of 2013 with this story of myths,
maps, talking dogs and summer adventures in the big
city. Dog Town is Firefly’s first translated fiction title.
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Autumn
2018
Seaglass Eloise Williams
NEW! September 2018 £6.99 280pp 9-12 fiction
978-1-910080-80-1 (paperback) 978-1-910080-81-8 (ebook)
United Kingdom, Commonwealth and audio rights c/o Firefly Press
A salty, windswept MG ghost story.
‘She will come for you.’
‘A darkly delicious
romp … I loved it!’
‘Gorgeously raw, dark and Emma Carroll
Dickensian.’ Lucy Strange
Gaslight Eloise Williams
April 2017 £6.99 196pp 9-12 fiction
978-1-910080-54-2 (paperback)
978-1-910080-55-9 (ebook)
United Kingdom, Commonwealth rights c/o Firefly Press
Eloise Williams worked in the
theatre in wardrobe, then studied
Wales
Drama. After working for over ten Arts Review
years as an actress, she studied Young People’s
for a Masters in Creative Writing Book of the
at Swansea University. Year
The Sea House
Coming
spring
Lucy Owen illustrated by Rebecca Harry
Spring 2019 £6.99 124pp 5-8 fiction
2019 978-1-910080-82-5 (paperback) 978-1-910080-83-2 (ebook)
World rights c/o Firefly Press
Coral discovers a magical world when she wakes to find her
house underwater!
Lucy Owen is a newsreader for BBC
Wales and presents the consumer
programme X-Ray. She previously
read the news for HTV and the ITV
NEW!
news across the UK. She has also
published a picture book Boo-a-bog
in the Park.
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Autumn
2018
The Clockwork Crow Catherine Fisher
October 2018 £6.99 200pp 9-12 fiction
978-1-910080-84-9 (paperback) 978-1-910080-85-6 (ebook)
World rights c/o Firefly Press
A mysterious gothic tale, set in a snow-bound country house. Can
Seren Rhys find Tomas, the boy who has been lost for a year and a
day? An extraordinary MG winter story from a world-class fantasy
writer.
Catherine Fisher is a poet and children’s
author. Her bestselling books include The
Snow-Walker trilogy, the Oracle trilogy, the NEW!
Incarceron series and the Chronoptika seres.
Three Strikes
Lucy Christopher, Kat Ellis and Rhian Ivory
October 2018 £7.99 320pp 14+ fiction
NEW!
978-1-910080-86-3 (paperback) 978-1-910080-87-0 (ebook)
World English c/o Firefly Press
Dark and intense novella collection from three great YA
authors
Undergrowth - Lucy Christopher: Kasha sits by herself writing, ignoring the
other members of The Tribe. But what is the red light in the undergrowth,
watching them all?
The Twins of Blackfin - Kat Ellis: Every evening Bo visits her best friend
Sky’s grave. One night she hears a girl’s voice. Following it leads her to a
journal and a crypt.
Matchstick Girl - Rhian Ivory: a modern YA retelling of The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen.
Busking, runaway Nia is mugged and left badly hurt in a tunnel. All she has is three matches, and she
starts seeing pictures in the light... A story of grief, love and music.
Lucy Christopher is the author of Stolen, which won the Branford Boase Award
2010 in the UK and the 2010 Gold Inky in Australia. She’s also written Flyaway, The
Killing Woods and Storm Wake (May 2018). Stolen is being made into a film.
Kat Ellis is the author of Blackfin Sky and Purge (see page 1)
Rhian Ivory is the author of The Boy Who Drew the Future and Hope (see page 2)
6
Firefly books for
8-12 year olds
The Jewelled Jaguar Sharon Tregenza
September 2017 £6.99 200pp 8-12 fiction
978-1-910080-64-1 (paperback) 978-1-910080-65-8 (ebook)
World rights c/o Firefly Press
When Griff’s house is swallowed up in a sinkhole, he and his cousin
Cinnamon (and her pet rat Ruby Ruby) find themselves in the middle
of a gripping mystery of cliffs, mines and a cursed obsidian dagger, the
Jewelled Jaguar.
Shortlisted for the Tir na N’og Welsh children’s books prize and
the Calderdale Children’s Book of the Year 2018.
The Shiver Stone
Sharon Tregenza
September 2015 £6.99 182pp 8-12 fiction
978-1-910080-08-5 (paperback)
978-1-910080-09-2 (ebook)
World rights c/o Firefly Press
Carys has a mystery to solve: thrilling cliff-top
adventure from a prize-winning author.
Adventures through the Fairy Door:
Joe and the Adventure Door Pirates
Laura Sheldon, illustrator Erica Jane Waters
March 2018 £6.95 32pp 3-9 fiction
978-1-910080-73-3 (paperback)
World rights and audio c/o Firefly Press
Joe must go through the Adventure Door to stop the pirates and
rescue the tooth fairy treasure.
From the same author and illustrator:
Sophie Finds a Fairy Door
Laura Sheldon, illustrator Erica Jane Waters
£6.95 32pp 3-9 fiction
978-1-910080-53-5 (paperback)
World rights and audio c/o Firefly Press
Laura Sheldon is a teacher and author. Her first book, Mr Mahli’s Shed and a
ghost named Dylan, was published by Firefly Press in 2014. Erica Jane Waters
is a renowned illustrator of children’s picture and novelty books.
Fairydoorz was started seven years ago by Philippa Edmunds, a mum of two,
from her kitchen table in Penarth. It now sells its magical products worldwide.
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Firefly books for
8-12 year olds
Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds
Horatio Clare, Illustrated by Jane Matthews
May 2017 £7.99 244pp 8-12 fiction
978-1-910080-50-4 (paperback) 978-1-910080-51-1 (ebook)
World English Language c/o Firefly. Translation c/o Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd
Sunday Times children’s book of the week
It’s the Easter holidays, you’ve just become as small as an earwig,
and then a spider wakes you up in the middle of the night and
asks you to save the world...
‘Horatio Clare has the
‘Fantastically funny and voice of a great storyteller.’
amazing, I just couldn’t put it Michael Morpurgo
down.’ Seren Daly, age 10
Coming
sequel to the Branford Boase Award winning in 2019:
Aubrey and
Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot the Terrible
Horatio Clare, Illustrated by Jane Matthews Spiders
May 2015 £7.99 212pp 8-12 fiction
978-1-910080-28-3 (paperback)
World English Language c/o Firefly. Translation c/o Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd
Winner of Winner of the FCBG Longlisted Longlisted Shortlisted for the
the Branford North Somerset for the for the UKLA Awesome Book
Boase first Teachers’ Books CILIP Children’s Awards and the Surrey
children’s novel Awards, quality Carnegie Book Awards Libraries Children’s
Award 2016 fiction category Medal 2017 2017 Book Award 2017
Horatio Clare's first book, Running for the Hills, won a Somerset Maugham Award, was longlisted
for the Guardian First Book Award and saw him shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of
the Year. His subsequent books include Truant, A Single Swallow, The Prince’s Pen and bestselling
travelogue Down to the Sea in Ships, winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year 2015.
Fug and the Thumps Malachy Doyle
February 2018 £5.99 124pp 8-11 fiction
978-1-910080-68-9 (paperback) 978-1-910080-69-6 (ebook)
World English rights c/o Firefly Press
Ben has to get away from the bullies, but is the tiny island he runs to a refuge or a trap?
Malachy Doyle has written over a hundred books, from picture books
to teenage novels. He’s won the Nestle Smarties Prize, the Tir na n-Og
Award and the English Association Award. His previous Firefly book
was Pete and the Five-a-Side Vampires, illustrated by Hannah Doyle.
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Dragonfly books
for 7-9s
Thimble Holiday Havoc
Jon Blake, illustrator Martin Chatterton
November 2017 £5.99 164pp 7-9 fiction
978-1-910080-66-5 (paperback) 978-1-910080-67-2 (ebook)
World rights and audio c/o Firefly Press.
When the whole family go on a house-swap holiday in France,
what could possibly go wrong?
Sequel to
Thimble Monkey Superstar
Jon Blake, illustrator Martin Chatterton
April 2016 £5.99 160pp 7-9 fiction
978-1-910080-34-4 (paperback) 978-1-910080-35-1 (ebook)
World rights and audio c/o Firefly Press.
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Shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Awards 2017, 6-8 category, selected for the Reading
Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge 2017 and Toppsta’s Summer Reading Guide 2017.
Jon Blake’s previous books include the bestselling You’re a Hero Daley B, Stinky Fingers’ House
of Fun and The Last Free Cat.
Martin Chatterton’s own books include Monster and Chips (OUP) and some of the Middle School
books with James Patterson. He has illustrated many books, including stories by Julia Donaldson
and Tony Bradman.
The Dragon Trilogy Shoo Rayner
World all languages c/o Firefly Press
In this much-loved series inspired by Arthurian legend, Harri makes his
own dragon for a school project, and begins an extraordinary adventure.
Dragon Gold Shoo Rayner
2014 £5.99 160pp 7-9 fiction
978-1-910080-04-7 (paperback) 978-1-910080-05-4 (ebook)
Coming
in 2019:
Dragon White Shoo Rayner Walker by
2015 £5.99 124pp 7-9 fiction
Shoo
978-1-910080-30-6 (paperback) 978-1-910080-31-3 (ebook)
Rayner
Dragon Red Shoo Rayner
March 2017 £5.99 144pp 7-9 fiction
978-1-910080-48-1 (paperback) 978-1-910080-49-8 (ebook)
Shoo Rayner, well known for his many fast-paced series for newly confident readers,
has built a worldwide following for his award winning how-to-draw videos on YouTube.
9Also from Firefly Press
www.fireflypress.co.uk for full details
Early Readers Mr Mahli's Shed Laura Sheldon,
ill Huw Aaron
The Flying Bedroom Heather Dyer, £5.99 • pb 9781910080177
illustrator Chloe Douglas eb 9781910080160
£5.99 • pb 9781910080023 World rights c/o Firefly Press
eb 9781910080030
World rights c/o Firefly Press Steve's Dreams: Steve and the
Sabretooth Tiger
Dan Anthony, ill Huw Aaron
7-9 Fiction £4.99 • pb 9781910080061
Dragonfly is a series of illustrated stories eb 9781910080078
for 7-9 year olds set in Wales. World rights c/o Firefly Press
Arthur and Me Sarah Todd Taylor, Steve and the Singing Pirates
ill Peter Stevenson Dan Anthony, ill Huw Aaron
£4.99 • pb 9781910080146 £5.99 • pb 9781910080320
eb 9781910080153 eb 9781910080337
World rights c/o Firefly Press World rights c/o Firefly Press
Dottie Blanket and the Hilltop
Wendy Meddour, ill Mina May Fiction for 10+
£4.99 • pb 9781910080122 Alien Rain Ruth Morgan
eb 9781910080139 £7.99 • pb 9781910080382
World rights c/o Firefly press eb 9781910080399
World rights c/o Firefly Press
Elen's Island Eloise Williams,
ill Gabby Grant Scrambled Huw Davies
£5.99 • pb 9781910080108 Finalist Heart of Hawick Children’s
eb 9781910080115 book Award 2017, Junior Fiction
World rights c/o Firefly Press category
£6.99 • pb 9781910080368
Grace-Ella: Spells for Beginners eb 9781910080375
Grace- Ella
Dad’s fumbling fingers pressed redial.
‘Is it an emergency?’ came a dry voice.
Sharon Marie Jones,
‘Yes!’ cried Dad. ‘The monkey. . .
the one in the excavator. . .
he’s heading for the police station!’
Spells for Beginners World rights c/o Firefly Press
ill Adriana J Puglisi
Life is never boring now that Jams and his family
have a monkey to look after. Jams and his mum love
Thimble, but Dad is determined to get rid of him – to
a zoo, a school, even a demolition site. But when Jams
and his dad are in mortal danger, Thimble proves once
and for all why he is a Monkey Superstar!
£5.99 • pb 9781910080429 A laugh-out-loud story from the author/illustrator
team of Little Stupendo, shortlisted for the
Children’s Book Award.
Fiction for 14+
‘A funny, delightful book’
eb 9781910080436
- Boyd Clack
Sharon Marie Jones
World rights c/o Firefly Press Dragonfly
Illustrated by
Adriana Puglisi
White Petals Maria Grace
£7.99 • pb 9781910080245
Pete and the Five-a-Side Vampires eb 9781910080252
Malachy Doyle, ill Hannah Doyle World rights c/o Firefly Press
£5.99 • pb 9781910080108
eb 9781910080115
World rights c/o Firefly Press
10NEW!
OCTOBER
2018
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