You're on trial for a crime you didn't commit, but it seems no one is ready to believe you. The only way to clear your name is to solve the mystery yourself without getting caught or killed. This book isn't like others you may have read - inside you make the choices. Can you escape from the police? Can you survive long enough to solve the crime? Only you can decide if you live or die inside!
This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE, which produces a range of books to get children reading with confidence. EDGE - for books kids can't put down.
A hilarious new story about the world’s worst detectives, by the bestselling author of the Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz.
Private investigators Tim and Nick Diamond haven’t had a case for three months and are down to their last cornflake. So when a glamorous woman comes into their office offering them a pile of cash to find her missing father, they think Christmas has come – only it turns out they are the turkeys! Before they know it, they are caught up in a case involving bike-riding hitmen, superhackers and a sinister far right organisation, the White Crusaders. The Diamond Brothers are in the soup and in it over their heads. With thrills and spills, and jokes on every page, this new Diamond Brothers novel will have young readers howling with laughter.
A gripping, page-turning mystery adventure from the bestselling
author of modern classic The Goldfish Boy
When lonely Vincent is forced to go on an outdoor activity weekend
with three other kids from his class, he's counting the seconds
until he can escape home. But one of his classmates is hiding
a secret: she's convinced there's pirate treasure buried deep within
a nearby mountain.
Suddenly, this boring trip becomes an exciting adventure! But
a thief is hot on the trail, intent on stealing the loot for themselves...
can the Treasure Hunters work together to stop them?
for fans of Frank Cottrell Boyce's Millions and classic
action adventure movie The Goonies
funny, moving and a real page-turner
a sensitive depiction of a hero with dyspraxia
PRAISE FOR LISA THOMPSON BOOKS
Goldfish Boy
""an utterly captivating read"" BookTrust
""This empathetic debut is a middle-grade whodunit with a very
special heart."" Kirkus
""a heart-warming tale"" Books for Keeps
The Light Jar
Shortlisted for the Children's Book Awards 2019, Books for Older
Readers Category
""bags of empathy to a deftly plotted tale"" The
Guardian
""A hugely endearing boy hero"" The Times
The Day I Was Erased
""Lisa Thompson's light touch in delicately exploring emotional
wellbeing means the story can be enjoyed by younger children
and teenagers alike and can help begin important conversations about
memory loss, parental discord and the meaning of friendship."" BookTrust
How to become an Undercover Pirate...
1)Have a pirate captain as your ancient ancestor
2)Find a message in a bottle and a magic gold doubloon
3)Get whisked back in time to join a pirate crew
4)When you get home DON'T TELL ANYONE. Remember - you're undercover!
Sam Silver lives near the sea and enjoys beach-combing for pirate treasures. When he finds an ancient message in a bottle he thinks it will make a great new relic for his collection, but the bottle holds a very special secret...
Inside is a gold doubloon which whisks Sam back in time to 1706. Suddenly he's on board a pirate ship - the Sea Wolf - surrounded by her fearsome captain and crew and sailing the Caribbean Sea. If Sam can't think of a very good reason why they should keep him alive, he'll be forced to walk the plank!
Splashing down off the coast of Australia, Alex is soon working undercover - this time for ASIS, the Australian Secret Service - on a mission to infiltrate the criminal underworld of South-East Asia: the ruthless world of the Snakehead. Faced with an old enemy and troubled by his own past, Alex is caught between two secret services, with no one to trust - and this time he needs all his wits to survive.
The third thrilling book in the award-winning MORTAL ENGINES quartet.
In a world removed from the huge motorized cities of MORTAL ENGINES,
Wren is desperate to escape the static city of Anchorage, and
a charming submarine pirate is ready to help her. But when she steals
a mysterious object, she ignites a conflict that could tear
the world apart.
MORTAL ENGINES launched Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation,
the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for
survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Now, in time for the film
debut, the critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet is repackaged
with a fantastic and eye-catching cover featuring new artwork.
The book that bites back is BACK! In the second beastly book from Jack Meggit-Phillips, the most distinctive new voice for readers of 8-12, revenge is a dish best served with a surprise …
'Reads like a modern classic. Sharp, funny, original – I thought this was brilliant', Sam Copeland, bestselling author of Charlie Changes into a Chicken
Once upon a very badly behaved time, 511-year-old Ebenezer kept a beast in his attic. He would feed the beast all manner of objects and creatures and in return the beast would vomit him up expensive presents. But then The Bethany arrived …
Now notorious prankster Bethany, along with her new feathery friend Claudette, is determined that she and Ebenezer are going to DE-BEAST their lives and Do Good. But Bethany finds that being a notorious prankster makes it hard to get taken on for voluntary work. And Ebenezer is secretly missing the beast's vomity gifts. And neither of them are all that sure what 'good people' do anyway …
Then there's Claudette, who's not been feeling herself recently. Has she eaten something that has DISAGREED with her?
The Beast and the Bethany has all the classic macabre humour of Roald Dahl with the warmth and charm of Despicable Me, finished off with a gleeful bite of Little Shop of Horrors!
There's a secret hidden on Callum's family farm nestled in the forest, above the dark waters of the loch. Callum and Iona make a pact to guard the secret together and keep it safe from harm. From mountain peaks and glittering lochs to vast skies and mangrove swamps, the promises made by Callum will change his world for ever ...
