Meet Sunshine Simpson - a brand-new best friend for 9+ readers! Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson.
Sunshine Simpson's larger-than-life Grandad is always telling her to get out and find her own adventures, but unfortunately BAD LUCK has a habit of coming her way.
Her new friend Evie is fast becoming a FRENEMY, her home haircut is a DISASTER, and the school showcase is so STRESSFUL! Everything seems to be going wrong! Especially with Grandad getting older every week.
Sunshine needs to find her voice, but can she break through the clouds to stand tall, stand proud, and show the world she can shine?
PRAISE FOR MY NAME IS SUNSHINE SIMPSON
""An utterly briliant book that had me laughing and crying in equal measure. G.M. Linton has created a truly radiant heroine. It is officially a new favourite."" Tolá Okogwu, author of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun
""A book as warm and radiant as sunshine itself! I loved it."" Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy
""A beautiful, heartwarming hug of a book about the power of self-acceptance. I defy anyone not to fall in love with Sunshine!"" Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear
""I loved this book, Sunshine entirely lives up to her name in this delightful story that manages to be both sincerely heartfelt and sparklingly funny in equal measure."" L.D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
""A huge, uplifting hug with a message that says: be yourself; be proud of who you are."" Jen Carney, author of The Accidental Diary of B.U.G
""The story is filled with heart, humour, joy and sadness. I couldn't stop reading."" Serena Patel, author of the Anisha, Accidental Detective series
""Sunshine lives up to her name - she's charming and hilarious"" Aisha Bushby, author of A Pocketful of Stars
""This book made me LAUGH and how it made me CRY"" Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of How to Change the World
Follow the adventures of Elizabeth Allen, a reluctant schoolgirl who is determined to be the most difficult pupil at boarding school. The giftbox contains: ""The Naughtiest Girl in the School""; ""The Naughtiest Girl Again""; ""The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor""; and ""Here's the Naughtiest Girl"".
Another exciting adventure by the hilarious Harry Hill - this time taking Matt Millz and the team to the Edinburgh Festival!
Matt's dream of becoming a stand-up comic is fading. Six months on from his success at the Apollo, the gigs have dried up, and it's back to the daily drudge of schoolwork for Matt and his pals. But then his twelve-year-old manager Kitty has a brainwave: if they can persuade their teachers to take a school play up to the Edinburgh Festival, they could hold a comedy night too.
But Matt's got a rival new school-mate Jamie who is pushing to be in the comedy line-up. And Jamie is good. But is he too good to be true?
Packed with action, clever twists and great characters, this third Matt Millz adventure will appeal to every aspiring young comedian.
See the world from another unique perspective in the thrilling new novel from the author of I Have No Secrets (a World Book Day title for 2018).
Nothing ever happens on Kasia's street. And Kasia would know, because her illness makes her spend days stuck at home, watching the world from her bedroom window. So when she sees what looks like a kidnapping, she's not sure whether she can believe her own eyes …
There was a girl in the window opposite – did she see something too? But when Kasia goes to find her she is told the most shocking thing of all.
There is no girl.
An eye-opening and compulsive page-turner for readers aged 12 and up.
Penny Joelson began working with disabled people when she was a teenager, which gave her the inspiration and insight for this book. As well as writing compulsive thrillers for teen readers she also teaches creative writing. Find Penny on Twitter: @pennyjoelson
Violet is normal-sized one minute and pocket-sized the next!
It's the BIGGEST day in Violet's life. All she has ever wanted to
do is ride Plunger, the scariest roller coaster around. And today
she is finally TALL enough. 1.4 meters to be exact. But just as
Violet is about to climb into one of Plunger's carriages, something
totally crazy happens. Violet shrinks! She is suddenly as small
as a fish finger.
Although Violet doesn't stay little for long, her chances of ever
riding Plunger are ruined. She never wants to shrink again... But
then Granny is accused of stealing, and tiny Violet might just
be the only one who can catch the thief.
The fantastically funny SHRINKING VIOLET series in a brand new package.
A passionate campaign brings four best friends back together in a fight to save their school library in this heartfelt tale from bestselling author Anna James.
The library is Hetty’s very favourite place in school, and since falling out with her best friends Ali, Mei and Rocket she’s been spending even more time there. So she’s absolutely horrified when she learns that her head teacher is planning to close it down, claiming there aren’t enough funds to keep the library going.
There’s no way Hetty’s going to sit back and let this happen. But can she repair her broken friendships and build support for her library campaign?
Let the Battle of the Books commence!
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
Criminal genius runs in the family…
Myles and Beckett Fowl are twins but the two boys are wildly different. Beckett is blonde, messy and sulks whenever he has to wear clothes. Myles is impeccably neat, has an IQ of 170, and 3D prints a fresh suit every day – just like his older brother, Artemis Fowl.
A week after their eleventh birthday the twins are left in the care of house security system, NANNI, for a single night. In that time, they befriend a troll on the run from a nefarious nobleman and an interrogating nun both of whom need the magical creature for their own gain . . .
Prepare for an epic adventure in which The Fowl Twins and their new troll friend escape, get shot at, kidnapped, buried, arrested, threatened, killed (temporarily) . . . and discover that the strongest bond in the world is not the one forged by covalent electrons in adjacent atoms, but the one that exists between a pair of twins.
The first book in the blockbusting new series from global bestseller Eoin Colfer.
For new girl Darrell Rivers, there are friends to be made, pranks to be played and fun to be had at Malory Towers in Enid Blyton's best-loved boarding school series.
In book six, Darrell and her friends have reached their last term at Malory Towers. But before they say good-bye one last time there are more adventures to be had, pranks to play and competitions to win.
Expect more drama at Malory Towers!
Between 1946 and 1951, Enid Blyton wrote six novels set at Malory Towers. This edition features the original text and is unillustrated.
An original, inventive and heart-warming novel from an exciting debut author about a lonely new girl and an unlikely friendship formed in a school code club that will appeal to fans of Sarah Crossan.
When twelve-year-old Emmy’s musical family moves to California so her dad can take a job with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Emmy has never felt more out of tune. But when she ends up in a school computer science club, she finds that she can understand code through a language she is familiar with: music. Slowly, Emmy makes friends with Abigail and the two girls start to discover their voices through the programming language of Java.
Extraordinarily crafted, the novel begins to incorporate Java’s syntax and concepts as Emmy, and ultimately the reader, learns to think in code. By the end, Emmy doesn't feel like a wrong note, but like a musician in the world's most beautiful symphony.
There's more to life than lessons at Malory Towers, Enid Blyton's best-loved boarding school series. This fantastic bumper collection contains Malory Towers books 1-3, with a brand-new cover illustrated by Pippa Curnick.
First Term
Darrell Rivers is thrilled to start her first term at boarding school. She soon makes friends - and mischief! Another new girl, Gwendoline is beginning to get on everyone's nerves. Will Darrell be able to keep her fiery temper under control?
Second Form
Darrell Rivers is excited to be going into her second year at Malory Towers - but is she ready for the drama it will bring? Jealousy flares when a new head of the form is chosen, and the girls become suspicious when their belongings go missing. And why on earth has timid Mary-Lou ventured out during a terrible storm?
Third Year
This term, the girls get a surprise when Darrell Rivers returns to Malory Towers with a glamorous new girl in tow. Zerelda soon catches everyone's eye for all the wrong reasons! Meanwhile, Bill is causing a stir with her horse-mad ways - and there's a big shock in store for Darrell . . .
Between 1946 and 1951, Enid Blyton wrote six novels set at Malory Towers. This collection features the original stories and is unillustrated.
Max is just an ordinary, slightly scruffy boy, until he burps, when he turns into a huge monster, with teeth like swords, who can jump over buildings, roar and eat whole dustbins. It's great being a monster whose aim is to 'protect and do good stuff' until Max sneezes, when he turns back into a boy again, sometimes far from home and dressed only in his pants.
But something starts causing a lot of damage in his quiet suburb and it isn't Max. Trailed by his nemesis, Peregrine, a boy his age who has invented a POOP (portable operating omni prison) machine to catch the monster, Max has to find the real culprit before Peregrine catches him...
