Science and laughs combine in this out-of-this-world adventure, featuring illustrations by Ben Mantle! You might think that this story is going to be an intergalactic adventure filled with UFOs, black holes, killer robots and some very foul-smelling aliens. And you’d be right. But it’s mostly...
Things are about to get FREAKY in the sleepy American town of Sticky Pines! There’s mystery, weirdness and laughs aplenty in The Bigwoof Conspiracy, the first in a fantastic new sci-fi series for middle grade readers! When twelve-year-old, UFO-obsessed, Lucy Sladan sneaks out in the...
The sequel to The Bigwoof Conspiracy takes us back to Sticky Pines, a small US town where weird things happen. Milo, loyal to his double-crossing, business-mogul father, has taken a trip to Black Hole Lake, leaving Lucy to continue her search into alien life and...
Clive King’s Stig of the Dump is a much-loved modern classic. It is the story of Barney and his best friend, cave-man Stig. Barney is a solitary little boy, given to wandering off by himself. One day he is lying on the edge of a...
The third volume in Philip Pullman’s groundbreaking HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, now a thrilling, critically acclaimed BBC/HBO television series. “We’re going to the land of the dead and we’re going to come back.” Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their...
Have you ever thought what it might be like if you were famous in the future? A brilliant middle-grade adventure for fans of Ross Welford – a story about friendship, courage and embracing our talents even when they make us stand out. On the day...
From the winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award, the third instalment of Podkin’s epic battle against the Gorm. The bard looks up at the three figures. They have black hooded cloaks and long robes. From the holes in their masks, three pairs...
‘We is in Dream Country,’ the BFG said. ‘This is where all dreams is beginning.’This beautiful edition of The BFG, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new....
Eleven-year-old Tomas has a secret friend like no other: Flicker, a dragon with glittering eyes and scales that flicker from fiery orange to ruby red. But Tomas is also having to get used to Flicker being away, now that his dragon’s home is back in...
The third book in a wonderfully sparky, funny and warm series: THE BOY WHO GREW DRAGONS was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize’Irresistible … a modern classic’ GUARDIAN on The Boy Who Grew Dragons’A warm-hearted debut … lovely, expressive, characterful’ SUNDAY TIMES on The...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE 2019LONGLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2019’Irresistible … a modern classic’ GUARDIAN’A warm-hearted debut … lovely, expressive, characterful’ SUNDAY TIMESWhen Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandad’s garden, he doesn’t think much...
The second book in a wonderfully funny and sparky series: THE BOY WHO GREW DRAGONS was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize’Irresistible … a modern classic’ GUARDIAN on The Boy Who Grew Dragons’A warm-hearted debut … lovely, expressive, characterful’ SUNDAY TIMES on The Boy...
Tomas is a fully-fledged expert dragon grower and protector of the dragonfruit tree. He has eyes in the back of his head for watching over those sneaky dragons, awesomely fast reflexes for putting out sparks and dodging the diving antics of whirling newly hatched dragons....
This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining. It’s Midwinter’s Eve, the day before Will’s eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. This will be a birthday like no other. Will discovers that he...
A heart-warming, funny and accessible new series: Bend It Like Beckham for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Ella On The Outside. Things begin to go wrong for Jaz when her mum moves out, leaving her family behind. Determined to fix everything, she creates her own...
Twelve-year-old Moll Pecksniff wakes one night in the middle of the forest, lured there by a recurring nightmare – the one with the drums and the rattles and the masks. The Dreamsnatcher is waiting. He has already taken her dreams and now he wants her...
Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell … Winner of the Children’s Book PrizeWinner of the Costa Children’s Book Award 2017Winner of the London Book Fair Children’s Travel Book of the Year’I loved The Explorer’ Jacqueline Wilson’Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK’ Philip...
A thrilling Gothic tale from the author of Our Castle by the Sea, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. 1899. The Earl of Gosswater has died, and twelve-year-old Lady Agatha has been cast out of her ancestral home – the only home she has...
The legend of Podkin One-Ear continues in this second Five Realms’ adventure from the winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award. The bard tiptoes out of his room, the crow-dream still echoing in his head, making him twitch at imaginary creaks of iron wings...
Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize & the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year’Absolutely loved it from start to finish’ TOM FLETCHER’I read it, I loved it’ MALORIE BLACKMAN’Kiran Millwood Hargrave creates a spellbinding world of magic, myth and adventure’ EMMA CARROLLForbidden...
Chaya, a no-nonsense, outspoken hero, leads her friends and a gorgeous elephant on a noisy, fraught, joyous adventure through the jungle where revolution is stirring and leeches lurk. Will stealing the queen’s jewels be the beginning or the end of everything for the intrepid gang?...
Louie, who was abandoned at Chipchase’s Travelling Circus as a baby, dreams of becoming a ‘Showstopper’, but Mr Chipchase keeps her hidden, tucked away in the ticket booth. No Death-Defying Stunts for her. But Louie has been secretly practising her act – tightrope-walking – and...
Following a serious illness, Will is sent to stay with his uncle in the wild, bleak mountains of Tywyd. He is troubled by vague memories until he meets the mysterious Bran – and suddenly Will knows the task that lies ahead. With Bran’s help, Will...
Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not only are the stories spine-tingling, but it once belonged to Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, never to be seen again. Intrigued, Aveline decides...
Adventures on Trains is a major mystery series from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. First stop, The Highland Falcon Thief, a breathless train journey full of deceptions, puzzles and clues to solve. Harrison Beck is reluctantly joining his travel-writer Uncle Nat for the...
Marinka dreams of a normal life, but her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning. For Marinka’s grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from...
How do you know you really exist?It’s Maisie’s birthday and she can’t wait to open her presents. She’s hoping for the things she needs to build her own nuclear reactor. But she wakes to an empty house and outside the front door is nothing but...
The riveting third book in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series – a darkly magical fantasy adventure that delivers action, romance and more twists than ever before. Former best friends Sophie and Agatha thought their fairy tale’s ending was sealed when they went...
A thick white blanket covers the wide slopes of the band of hills known as the Razorback Downs . . . Podkin is the son of a warrior chieftain. He knows that one day it will be up to him to lead his warren and...
Lonny is a lifeling. He has the power to heal any living creature and bring it back from the dead. But he pays a price for this gift – by lengthening the creature’s life, he shortens his own. So Lonny has to be careful, has...
A beautiful paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with cover and interior art by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes. Four adventurous siblings-Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy...
If you go into the woods, Old Crony will get you.”Secrets, spies or maybe even a monster… What lies in the heart of the wood? Charlie, Dizzy and Johnny are determined to discover the truth, but when night falls without warning they find themselves trapped...
In this timeless fable, New York Times bestselling author, twice winner of the prestigious Newbery Medal and US National Ambassador for Children’s Literature Kate DiCamillo evokes the largest of themes – hope and belonging, desire and compassion – with the lightness of a magician’s touch....
A book with a big brain, big laughs and a big, big heart.” – Frank Cottrell-BoyceAn extraordinary novel for anyone who’s ever been curious. When Albie’s mum dies, it’s natural he should wonder where she’s gone. His parents are both scientists and they usually have...
I was special. I was a hero. I lost the best friend I ever had.”Eleven-year-old Maggie lives in Fennis Wick, enclosed and protected from the outside world by a boundary, beyond which the Quiet War rages and the dirty, dangerous wanderers roam. Her brother Jed...
The Incredible Journey meets The Mouse and His Child, an enchanting tale that begs to be read aloud. The magical story of the adventures of a lost toy rabbit from a New York Times bestselling author, twice winner of the Newbery Medal. Abilene loves her...
Having saved the city cats from a fate worse than death, Varjak Paw finds himself the elected and popular leader of a new gang – a gang that supports freedom and kindness for all. But will the pressure take its toll on this brave yet...
A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for those who prefer their fairytales with a twist… The first in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series. Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children...
Reminded me of the very best of the Harry Potter books’ Piers Torday, author of The Last Wild’A thrillingly wild adventure – bold, breathless and beautifully told’ Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood & Co. ‘No one does edge-of-seat action like Abi Elphinstone’ Emma Carroll, author...
A sinking boat . . . A girl in disguise . . . A disappearing sea . . . When Fortune Sharpe carves a boat from a tree with her beloved brother, Gem, she’s only having a bit of fun. But now is not the...
At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . . When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of...
The second volume in Philip Pullman’s groundbreaking HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, now a thrilling, critically acclaimed BBC/HBO series. “What is he? A friend, or an enemy?” “He is a murderer.” Will has just killed a man. He’s on the run. His escape will take him...
“What is he? A friend, or an enemy?” “He is a murderer.” Will has just killed a man. He’s on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world, to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city, and to a girl, Lyra....
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A PINCH OF MAGIC COMES THE SECOND BOOK IN THE THIRTEEN TRILOGY. The Thirteen Treasures have become the Thirteen Curses. When fairies stole her brother, Red vowed to get him back. Now trapped in the fairy realm, she begs an...
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A PINCH OF MAGIC. Red’s past won’t stay hidden. She’s now living at Elvesden Manor under her real name, Rowan, and trying to put her terrible adventures behind her. But staying out of trouble isn’t as easy as she’d hoped....
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A PINCH OF MAGIC COMES THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF A MAGICAL TRILOGY. While visiting her grandmother’s house, an old photograph leads Tanya to an unsolved mystery. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods nearby – a girl Tanya’s...
A timeless tale of courage, resistance and friendship, The Umbrella Mouse is a heart-stopping adventure drawing on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of WWII, winner of the 2019 Sainsbury’s Book Prize for Fiction and selected for Waterstones Book of the Month....
Step into a world of secrets, folklore and illusions, where nothing is as it seems and magic is at play… Madame Augustina Pinchbeck, travels the country conjuring the spirits of dearly departed loved ones… for a price. Whilst her ability to contact ghosts is a game...
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is one of the greatest fantasy novels of all time. When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, they are saved by the Wizard. He takes them into the caves of Fundindelve, where he watches over the...
An engaging tale that explores many important themes. We can only hope that Roz serves as the template for all future robots. Peter Brown’s illustrations are as marvellous as ever!’ Coralie Bickford-Smith, author of THE FOX AND THE STARWhen robot Roz opens her eyes for...
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