New Releases by Kate Howard

On a warm Italian evening, fourteen-year-old Gaia vanishes after walking away from a village festa. Two decades later, the mystery still shadows everyone who knew her: Frank, the distant father who never understood her; Paul, the American half-brother who had only just begun to; and Bree, who met Gaia during that long-ago holiday and found the girl’s presence unsettling in ways she has never fully faced. Now Bree returns to Italy with her young daughter whilst grieving for her mother and hoping to reconnect with Frank and Paul. But Paul is consumed by a secretive documentary project about his sister’s disappearance, and Bree is drawn back into the tangle of desires, jealousies and omissions that shaped the summer Gaia went missing. As past and present collide, painful truths about that night begin to surface – truths that threaten the fragile bonds Bree has rebuilt and force her to confront the consequences of what she witnessed.

The Bad Guys are back for their second big-screen movie, and it''s bigger and BADDER than ever! It takes a bad guy to catch a bad guy! Get ready for another thrilling adventure for our favourite bad guys. Fresh out of prison, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, Ms. Tarantula, and Mr. Piranha struggle to make it as good guys. That is, until a fresh wave of crime sweeps the city. Can the Bad Guys help catch these dastardly foes? Read and find out in the action-packed novelization. Includes an eight page full-coloured insert. Perfect for Bad Guys fans The exciting follow-up to the hit 2022 film Includes eye-catching insert popping with colour

The Bad Guys are back for their second big-screen movie, and it''s bigger and BADDER than ever! It takes a bad guy to catch a bad guy! Get ready for another thrilling adventure for our favorite bad guys. Fresh out of prison, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, Ms. Tarantula, and Mr. Piranha struggle to make it as good guys. That is, until a fresh wave of crime sweeps the city. Can the Bad Guys help catch these dastardly foes? Read and find out in the action-packed novelization. Includes an eight page full-colored insert.

Discover what happens in the new season of the hit Disney Plus and Hulu series in this official Goosebumps YA novel! Includes an exclusive ending only available in this book! Thirty years ago, four teenagers disappeared while exploring an abandoned military bunker. Their story become a local legend in Gravesend, and when Devin and Cece come to visit their dad for the summer, they’re dared to go inside. But something strange happens to Devin when he enters the old fort.... Soon, things in Gravesend are changing. In order to stop the effects from spreading, Devin, Cece, and their friends have to figure out what happened to the group of kids who vanished. If they don’t hurry, they’ll become the bunker’s next victims. This official YA novel tells the story of the hit series Goosebumps: The Vanishing -- plus additional scenes and information not seen on the show!

Five Nights at Freddy''s fans won''t want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...

Discover what happens to Isaiah, Margot, Nathan and the rest of the folks in Port Lawrence in this official Goosebumps novel based on the hit Disney Plus series! Includes an exclusive ending only available in this book! Thirty years ago, Harold Biddle died in a tragic accident - but there''s more to the story. Now, the teenage kids of Harold''s classmates are determined to find out what happened to him all those years ago ... as long as Harold''s spirit doesn''t exact his revenge first! But Harold Biddle isn''t the only monster roaming the streets of Port Lawrence. From doppelgängers to haunted books and one creepy dummy, Isaiah, Margot, James and the rest of their friends have to fight to stay alive or risk becoming monsters themselves! This official novel tells the story of season 1 of the hit Goosebumps series plus additional scenes and information not seen on the show, including resolving the show''s cliffhanger ending! Includes an exclusive ending! Perfect for horror fans and fans of the beloved Goosebumps series

The Bad Guys are back in another holiday adventure! This time, Mr. Wolf and the team are taking on the spookiest day of the year... Halloween! Heists, candy, and maybe a few hilarious costumes. Join the Bad Guys in this novelization based on the new Netflix Halloween special, coming your way in Fall 2024. Includes a sheet of stickers.

Create your own Dog Man adventures in this creativity book-from the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Dav Pilkey! You''ve read all of Dog Man''s adventures with Petey, Li''l Petey, Chief, and 80-HD-now come up with your own in this exclusive Dog Man creativity book! It features more than 100 pages of guided content, including fill-ins, story starters, and complete-the-comic activities. With full-color illustrations and a huge Dog Man squishy on the cover, this is the perfect book for any Dog Man fan!

After DUPLO aliens invaded Bricksburg, things changed. The once-amazing city was turned to rubble. Now it''s called Apocalypseburg! Based on the movie starring Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Alison Brie, and more, this reader is sure to delight fans of all ages.

Join Emmet, Lucy, Unikitty and more in this leveled reader based on The LEGO(R) MOVIE 2(TM). A leveled reader with stickers based on The LEGO(R) MOVIE 2(TM)! After DUPLO aliens invaded Bricksburg, things changed. The once-amazing city was turned to rubble. Now it''s called Apocalypseburg! Explore Apocalypseburg and meet Emmet''s new friends (and frenemies) in this all-new story! Based on the movie starring Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Alison Brie, and more, this reader is sure to delight fans of all ages.

The official Junior Novelization of The LEGO(R) MOVIE 2(TM). Includes full-color images from the film! The Junior Novelization of The LEGO(R) MOVIE 2(TM), starring Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Alison Brie, and more! Things have changed in Bricksburg since the DUPLO aliens attacked. The city is in ruins. The Justice League(TM) is missing. Unikitty has become Ultrakatty. Lucy spends her idle time brooding. But among them remains one ever-cheerful, awesome hero - Emmet Brickowski. For Emmet, Bricksburg becoming Apocalypseburg isn''t the worst thing in the world, so long as he has his best buddies by his side and a coffee (with twenty-five sugars) in his hand. But when Emmet''s friends are taken by a mysterious helmeted figure and flown into space, it''s time for this hero to get tough and bring them back . . . or else. Includes 8 pages of full-color images from the film.

The Goosebumps Movie 2 captures the chills, thrills, and giggles of Scholastic''s original bestselling series -- and of the first movie. Slappy’s back! The demented dummy and all his creepy pals are back for this sequel to the hit 2015 Goosebumps movie. Scholastic’s junior novelization has all the chills, thrills, and laugh-out-loud horror of the new movie, due in theaters October 12, 2018. With forty-eight pages of color photos from the movie.

Lloyd''s dad, Lord Garmadon, has been gone for months now. He''s in the Departed Realm, and there''s no way for him to return...or is there?

Meet George and Harold, two fun-loving best friends with a special talent for trouble. The only thing they love more than pulling pranks is creating comic book heroes like the Amazing Captain Underpants. The Official Handbook is your complete guide

Story poems are poems that tell a story in rhythm and rhyme. It is a straightforward, folk-friendly kind of writing without vague allusions to some other writings or with fanciful language that leaves a person wondering what the whole thing was all about. This book contains four different sections: (1) the deeper and more serious poems, (2) just for the fun of it poems, (3) cowboy poetry, and (4) word painting. A student once wrote about the trip from Oklahoma to California on Route 66, telling about, among other things, dirty diapers strewn along the road. The instructor advised her that it would be more poetic to describe it as bits of white cotton dotting the landscape. What? Did they not pick all the cotton in the field? No wonder people dont like poetry. I like a clever use of words, but I am not fond of obtuse and rambling descriptions of people or landscapes. I tell a story with what I fondly believe has a humorous twist or has interesting action. I write the kind of stuff that I enjoy reading and that I hope others will enjoy also.

An all-new easy-to-read adventure based on the latest season of the hit LEGO Ninjago TV show on Cartoon Network! There''s a new gang in Ninjago City -- the sons of Garmadon, named after Lloyd''s dad. These crooks are tough, and they are determined to steal the famous Oni Masks. If they get all three masks, they could become all-powerful. It''s up to Lloyd and the ninja to catch those crooks! Can they protect the masks -- and Lloyd''s dad''s good name?

It takes a special hero to join the NEXO KNIGHTS(TM) team! In this official guide you''ll meet the NEXO KNIGHTS heroes, discover the history of Knighton and the Cloud of Monstrox, explore the knights'' newest, gear, learn all about their shields enemies, vehicles, weapons, and more! If that wasn''t enough, you''ll also get a sneak peek at what''s next for the heroes of Knighton. Plus, it includes a scanable Forbidden Power! It''s everything you wanted to know about the NEXO KNIGHTS heroes!

It takes a special hero to join the NEXO KNIGHTS(TM) team! In this official guide you''ll meet the NEXO KNIGHTS heroes, discover the history of Knighton and the Cloud of Monstrox, explore the knights'' newest, gear, learn all about their shields enemie

Learn about George and Harold, the amazing Captain Underpants, mean old Mr. Krupp, and others, in this official handbook to the movie.

The LEGO(R) NINJAGO(R) Movie(TM) hits cinemas on September 22nd 2017, with an all-star cast featuring Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen and more. Meet Lloyd. He''s the leader of the secret ninja force, a high school student, and his dad is pretty much the most evil guy ever - Lord Garmadon. It''s up to Lloyd and the rest of the Secret Ninja Force to take down Garmadon and save Ninjago City! Featuring full-colour images from the film.

Lord Garmadon has used his Mega Weapon to turn back the clock and bring the fossil of an ancient monster back to life. That''s when Cole, Jay, Kai, and Zane interrupted him - and got turned into kids again!

Yo-kai Komasan and his younger brother Komajiro are excited to explore the big city, but the more they see, the more they miss their beloved mother at home in the country.

In this exquisitely dark debut, Kate Howard delivers a stirring tale on the cost of beauty, packed with suspense and period detail worthy of Kate Mosse, Jessie Burton, and Tracy Chevalier.Cursed from birth by the bird-shaped blemish across her face, Flavia spends much of her life hidden from the outside world. Lonely and alienated even from her family, she sabotages her sister’s wedding in a fit of jealous rage and is exiled to serve in the convent of Santa Giuliana. Soon she finds that another exile dwells in the convent: a former Venetian courtesan named Ghostanza whose ostentatious appearance clashes with the otherwise austere convent and sparks gossip throughout the town. When Ghostanza claims Flavia as her ornatrix—her personal hairdresser and handmaid—Flavia is pulled into a world of glamor and concealment where admiration is everything and perfection is the ultimate, elusive goal. And she soon finds that with beauty in her grasp, in the form of the poisonous but stunning white lead cerussa, Flavia will do anything to leave her marked face behind.Rich in description and character, Kate Howard’s stunning novel is painted against a vivid historical landscape with themes and characters relevant today, tackling issues of belonging, female identity, and the perception of beauty.

It''s a peaceful time on Ninjago Island. The ninja have defeated the Preeminent and destroyed the Cursed Realm. Now Cole, Jay, Kai, Zane, Lloyd, and Nya are famous throughout the land, and they''re enjoying a little time off. Enter Nadakhan the djinn, a famous pirate and genie. He''s back in Ninjago, and he''s got big plans for the Destiny''s Bounty, his old ship -- and for the ninja. Can they stop him before he tears their group apart for good?

Set in the futuristic, high-tech world of the Kingdom of Knighton, LEGO(R) NEXO KNIGHTS(TM) follows five young knights in their quest to battle Jestro, his sidekick, the Book of Monsters, and their Lava Monster Army. Heroic knight, Clay Moorington, leads the band of knights, including alpha superstar Lance Richmond, hipster Aaron Fox, Macy Halbert, a princess who would rather be a knight, and Axl, the giant. Together, under the tutelage of Knights'' Academy mentor and Great Digital Wizard, Merlok 2.0, they join forces to defeat the enemy.

Nate and Whisper befriend the adorable, but naughty, Jibanyan, a cat Yo-kai.

"Chairman Drek has a plan. He wants to destroy every planet in the Solana Galaxy. The only thing standing in his way are the Galactic Rangers, a team of heroes dedicated to protecting the galaxy. Drek thinks he''s got a plan for the Rangers, too. But he''s not betting on the galaxy''s two most unlikely heroes--Ratchet, a rare Lombax who works as a mechanic, and Clank, a cast-off robot from Drek''s own forces. When the Rangers'' plan fails, it''s up to Ratchet and Clank to stop Drek. Can they work together to save the galaxy?"--Back cover.

The Nexo Knights discover that in the latest plot from Jestro and the Book of Monsters, they must defend Knighton from villains that look exactly like them, while everyone else believes that they are the ones who have turned evil.