One of a series of adventures featuring Hal and Roger Hunt. The boys are searching for exotic sea-life and they have a mission to collect pearls from the oyster-beds of a secret lagoon. But do the crew and passengers of ""Lively Lady"" know more than they should? Can they be trusted?
An epic tale of trees of power and a world under threat, from the author of the bestselling Five Realms series.
Here come the roots of the Shadow Tree.
Whatever they touch will never get free.
Liska lives in Arborven, a city surrounding an extraordinary tree that gives all those living there special powers. As a shapeshifter, Liska is training as a warrior. When she discovers that the Tree is under threat, it is her duty to act - but she can't convince anyone to listen to her. So with Lug, whose power over earthworms is dismissed as useless, and a ghost-girl, Elowen, she goes on an epic journey to defeat the worst threat their world has ever known.
Illustrated by Chris Wormell this is a richly woven and thrilling fantasy with a wonderful affinity between humankind and nature - a current and vital message for young readers everywhere.
'An epic, exciting feat of imagination.' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars
'Utterly compelling; brilliant.' - BookTrust
'A vivid world full of wonder, magic and fantastical creatures.' - The Scotsman
Emily and Aaron are sent on a top secret mission by King Neptune. The king has been having nightmares he doesn't understand and he knows only that Emily and Aaron must go to the Land of the Midnight Sun to avoid catastrophe. But when the friends arrive in this icy world of mountains and glaciers, they uncover a mystery more dangerous than they ever imagined.
A magical adventure about the power of friendship.
A debut novel that will amaze and delight everyone who loves an absorbing story beautifully told. Sharat and his majestic white tiger, Emira, are two halves of the same soul. The thought of being separated is unbearable. So when Emira mysteriously disappears in the middle of their circus act, Sharat is devastated. He's also determined to get her back, despite the force of the Empire being ranged against him. His journey will be perilous and revealing, and shot through with magic.
The Skylanders Mask of Power adventure continues, as Cynder teams up with Zook and Hex to confront a new foe: the Weather Wizard!
Storm clouds are gathering - which wouldn't be unusual, if it wasn't for the fact that this is meant to be the Cloudless Desert! As weird weather reports flood in from all over Skylands, Cynder heads off on a mission to the Isle of the Undead to find out what's going on. Whatever it is, it definitely looks like rain!
The secrets of the Mask of Power unfold further in this fifth novel in the story series from the pen of Onk Beakman. Based on the characters from the smash hit Skylanders video games.
The third exciting adventure from the new animal series set in a glamorous pooch parlour, for animal-crazy girls who love dogs and looking after them.
Bella and her little brother Louie are out walking Bella’s dog Pepper, when they find a ‘mud monster’ stuck in a ditch!
When they realise it’s no monster but a dog in distress, they bring it back to the Dream Dogs grooming parlour and discover what’s under all that mud…
…a beautiful golden retriever!
They name her Nugget and although Bella puts up missing dog posters, no one claims her. To their surprise and delight Nugget gives birth to a litter of puppies and Bella takes charge of finding homes for all of them.
But when a shady character comes to the parlour claiming that Nugget and the puppies are his, will Bella be able to stop the cruel puppy-breeder from taking them away?
A young girl slides into the first-row seat of her school bus. The cool kids won't let her sit in the back. Row by row, the seats in the back of the bus begin disappearing! Bestselling author Michael Dahl (LIBRARY OF DOOM and IGOR'S LAB OF FEAR) takes young readers on the ride of their life in this addictively creepy series, SCHOOL BUS OF HORRORS!
In the 1940s world of elegant, luxury automobiles, the Tin Snail is no beauty. But it's facing a tough challenge: to carry a farmer and his wife, a flagon of wine and a tray of eggs across a bumpy field in a sleepy French village - without spilling a drop or cracking a shell.
Team Veritas have been searching for the truth. But sometimes the truth is hard to handle. No longer safe in England, the team from Station X must escape to the United States of America where they embark on an epic treasure hunt. It starts in New York City where they track down a precious ring once owned by a Knight of Neustria. From there, on to Washington DC to look for clues in the largest library in the world - and then a trek across the Blue Ridge Mountains in search for treasure hidden in a long forgotten cavern.
The mystery of the coded Voynich Manuscript is getting closer ... but so is the sinister Black Chamber who is following their every step. And for one of the team, it could be their last ...
Enter the world of the Secret Breakers at http://hldennis.com/
Teachers' resources and full reading guide available here: http://hldennis.com/docs/HDreadingguide.pdf
'This gripping thriller ... will have you on the edge of your seats.' TBK Magazine
