Books published by Pan Macmillan

A teenage girl is pulled into investigating the truth behind her new boarding school¿s decades-old legend, in this debut speculative thriller by Tomi Oyemakinde.All schools have secrets. Some are better left buried.When seventeen-year-old Ife joins Nithercott School through its prestigious Urban Achievers Program, she knows immediately that she doesn't fit. Wandering its echoing halls, she must fend off cruel taunts from the students and condescending attitudes from the teachers. When she finds herself thrown into detention for the foreseeable future, she strikes up an unlikely alliance with Ben, a troublemaker with an annoyingly cute smile. They've both got reasons to want to get out of Nithercott - Ben's brother is missing, and no one seems to be bothering to find him.For Ife, it's just another strange element of this school that doesn't care about its students. But as more and more people start going missing, including one of Ife's only friends, she starts to feel haunted.Who is the figure she's started seeing in the shadowy halls, who looks mysteriously like herself? And is there any truth in to the strange urban legend that travels the school like mist . . . the legend of the Changing Man?

Governments have a massive influence over our lives and so often they make the wrong decisions. &i>Why Governments Get it Wrong &/i>looks at why and, crucially, what they can do to get it right.

Rosie and the Friendship Angel, created by bestselling author Lucinda Riley and her son Harry Whittaker, is a reassuring story about making new friends, part of the enchanting Guardian Angels series.Because somewhere, an angel is listening . . .Rosie has just started a new school, and is just getting used to lots of new things when her teacher asks the class to draw their best friend. Rosie's not sure what to do - she doesn't have a best friend yet. Luckily, Frederick the Friendship Angel is on hand to show her that friendship is always around the corner.The third title in the Guardian Angels series, illustrated by award-winning Jane Ray.Enjoy more books in this heartwarming series:Grace and the Christmas AngelRosie and the Friendship AngelBill and the Dream AngelAlfie and the Angel of Lost Things.

A first introduction to dancing for toddlers, with push, pull, slide mechanisms.

Join Odo and his friends at Forest Camp in this exciting adventure, part of the preschool picture book series about the little owl with big ideas.

Join Odo and his friends at Forest Camp in this exciting adventure, part of the preschool picture book series about the little owl with big ideas.

A first novelty board book for young children about a car garage, with push, pull and turning mechanisms.

'Patten's East and West is a must for anyone who wants to understand the forces that will shape the world of the 21st century.' New York Times

An exciting new title for younger readers from Basher, who gave us a cool new spin on science

Bestselling illustrator Basher brings you his unique, colourful take on the mysteries of extreme physics.

The Adventure is Now is an exhilarating action adventure by Jess Redman about a boy who learns about true friendship when he exchanges his video game for summer on a remote island.

An illustrated gift book with CD for young children, featuring traditional action nursery rhymes sung by Baroness Floella Benjamin and illustrated by Lydia Monks.

In A Brief History of Black Holes, award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakthroughs in astronomy and astrophysics.Right now, you are orbiting a black hole.The Earth orbits the Sun, and the Sun orbits the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black hole, the strangest and most misunderstood phenomenon in the galaxy.In this cosmic tale of discovery, Dr Becky Smethurst takes us from the earliest observations of the universe and the collapse of massive stars, to the iconic first photographs of a black hole and her own published findings.A cosmic tale of discovery, Becky explains why black holes aren't really 'black', that you never ever want to be 'spaghettified', how black holes are more like sofa cushions than hoovers and why, beyond the event horizon, the future is a direction in space rather than in time. Told with humour and wisdom, this captivating book describes the secrets behind the most profound questions about our universe, all hidden inside black holes.'A jaunt through space history . . . with charming wit and many pop-culture references' - BBC Sky At Night Magazine

A gallery of bugs and pests tell you everything you want to know about deadly diseases and pox-like pestilence ¿ all the way from ancient history to COVID-19.

A Prey to Murder is the fourth mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.The huge and powerful hawk dominated the scene. Its talons pierced the woman's flesh and the beak pointed towards her eyes . . .The sight is a particularly horrible shock for George Palmer-Jones, ornithologist and amateur detective, as he was an old friend of the victim Eleanor Masefield. George and his wife Molly are staying at Eleanor's family run hotel, and whilst George believed Eleanor was a beautiful and charming widow, Molly has other ideas.Is Molly a little jealous? Or was Eleanor more a black widow - a ruthless manipulator of all those caught in her far-reaching web? Can Molly prove it in time to prevent another death?

Murder in Paradise is the third mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.Cheerful festivities take a dark turn when the groom's sister slips and tumbles to the perilous rocks below . . .Newlyweds Jim and Sarah were welcomed home from their honeymoon to the Scottish island of Kinness with a huge celebration, and the whole island was present to witness the bitter end. But did Jim's younger sister Mary fall? Or was she pushed? George Palmer-Jones, retired birdwatcher and amateur detective, suspected the latter, but proving it would be difficult - no one wanted to upset the balance of the island's ancient relationships.There were definitely secrets being hidden, and George, helped by Sarah, began to piece together a tragic story he wished he had never heard. Kinness was a paradise lost.

Come Death and High Water is the second mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.The picturesque privately-owned island of Gillibry off the North Devon coast turns out to be the perfect site for a murder . . .A routine weekend visit by the Gillibry Bird Observatory Trust is made memorable by the owner's announcement that he is going to sell the island. A sale would mean the end of the Observatory, which for some of the birders made life worth living. A fire in Charlie Todd's cottage added to their distress. And when, next morning, after a fierce storm, they found Charlie dead in a bird hide, their pleasant September weekend assumed a dangerous new face.Charlie Todd's murder could have been the deed of any member of the Trust. And it falls to one of their own, George Palmer-Jones, to unravel the identity of killer within their midst . . .

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli and readers of You've Reached Sam, Mason Deaver's stunning debut will rip your heart out before showing you how to heal from tragedy and celebrate life in the process.

The Girl From Paris is an enchanting regency romance from critically acclaimed author Joan Aiken, whose novels have been compared to Georgette Heyer and are perfect for fans of Bridgerton, the major romantic drama series from Netlix.