Flora knows that Vinny Drake is a real-life vampire: his hair, his teeth, even his name confirm it! In fact, the whole class agree that they can spot a figment when they see one! And in a spirit of completely disinterested altruism, they proceed to help Vinny to his true potential. But he can't flap well enough to fly, and he isn't any good at hanging upside down. When the headteacher hears about it, she says, ' Bullying will not be tolerated in this school, Flora Gould.' Oh dear. Flora thought she was only helping!
Moments before he is murdered, Fleur's father tells her the terrible secret of who he really is. Now orphaned, Fleur has little choice but to leave her home and join the man who comes to claim her - her estranged uncle, William Hart. But William is a terrifying and ruthless pirate and Fleur is thrust into life on board the Libertine. Living amongst a devilish crew of battle-hardened buccaneers is dangerous for a young girl and earning their respect seems impossible. But Hart blood runs in Fleur's veins and when she gets the chance to avenge her father's death she might just prove to be the fiercest pirate of them all ...
How to hatch a phoenix egg in four easy steps . . .
Take four ordinary children . . .
A genie in the shape of a bookworm . . .
A clever, but very scatty, ancient phoenix . . .
And a magical treasure map.
Then get ready for more adventure and mayhem than you could ever wish for!
Join the Worthington gang on their journey across the world, back into the past and forward to the future. With magic in their lives again, they face danger, mystery and the unexpected at every turn!
Another spellbinding adventure from bestselling authors Steve Cole and Linda Chapman.
When Mary Godwin and Lady Ada Byron first meet, they don't exactly hit it off. But with crime on the rise, the unlikely pair form a detective agency to hunt down clever criminals on the streets of London. Their first case involves a stolen necklace, a false confession, and lots of suspicious suspects - but these are no match for Ada and Mary. Filled with daring balloon chases, vile villains and two unforgettable heroines, The Case of the Missing Moonstone is the first in a thrilling new series; perfect for all aspiring sleuths.
Join the Ripley's Bureau of Investigation - a group of teen agents with special gifts - as they embark on a series of action-packed adventures, travelling the world in pursuit of extraordinary events and tales. These wonderful new stories are perfect for adventurously minded children between the ages of 7 and 11. In an eerie underwater cavern, human hands reach out from the seabed searching the dark water. In ""Secrets of the Deep"", the RBI are sent on a watery quest to get to the bottom of this unsettling mystery. Strange happenings on the sea at night, an angry school of sharks and terrifying zombie ghost stories all add to the challenges faced by the team on this creepy new mission. Will the RBI uncover the truth?
Join Tom on an incredible treasure hunt through time and battle history’s mightiest warriors. The ninth book in an action-packed, time-travelling series – perfect for fans of Beast Quest.
Join Tom and Aztec girl, Zuma, as they travel through time, battling the mightiest warriors of the past!
From Julia Donaldson, the bestselling author of The Gruffalo, comes Princess Mirror-Belle and the Sea Monster's Cave, the exciting adventures of a princess with a difference.
Full of black-and-white illustrations by Lydia Monks, Princess Mirror-Belle and the Sea Monster's Cave is perfect for fans of this bestselling picture-book team who are beginning to read on their own.
Ellen gets a big shock when her double appears out of the bathroom mirror. But Mirror-Belle is a double with a difference! She is a princess, and a very mischievous one at that. Join magically mischievous Mirror-Belle as she comes popping out of Ellen's mirror to sweep her into a variety of hilarious escapades – from Mirror-Belle muscling in on Ellen's seaside holiday to the return of Prince Precious Paws. You can always guarantee that wherever Mirror-Belle goes, trouble will follow.
Humour and high adventure combine in the biggest action debut in years – even if its characters are very small.
Infinity Drake (Finn) is with his scientist uncle when they are summoned to a crisis meeting. A power-mad villain has released a lethal bio-weapon – mutant wasps with a deadly sting.
Millions of lives are in danger, but Uncle Al has a crazy plan that just might work… Soon he’s shrinking a crack military team to take down the wasps. But a double agent throws the mission and now Finn is 9mm tall and has the weight of the world’s survival on his tiny shoulders.
Killer wasps: It’s time to pick on someone your own size!
When 16-year old loser, Scott Tyler, meets the beautiful and mysterious Aubrey Jones, he learns he's not so average after all. He's a 'Shifter'. And that means he has the power to undo any decision he's ever made. At first, he thinks the power to shift is pretty cool. But as his world starts to unravel around him he realises that each time he uses his power, it has consequences; terrible unforeseen consequences. Shifting is going to get him killed. In a world where everything can change with a thought, Scott has to decide where he stands...
The epic conclusion in the mind-blowing supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant.
Bigger, meaner, stronger, Amber closes in on her murderous parents as they make one last desperate play for power. Her own last hopes of salvation, however, rest beyond vengeance, beyond the abominable killers – living and dead – that she and Milo will have to face.
For Amber’s future lies in her family’s past, in the brother and sister she never knew, and the horrors beyond imagining that befell them.
