Another colourful, action-packed Victorian detective novel about the exploits of agent Mary Quinn
At a young age, Mary Quinn is rescued from the gallows and taken to Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls. The school turns out to be a front for a private detective agency. At age 17, Mary takes on her first case (A Spy in the House). In this, the second book of the series, Mary Quinn sets out to uncover the truth behind a suspicious death at St Stephen's Tower, better known as the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament. The accident occurred after hours in a highly public part of town and despite the presence of night watchmen. Mary, disguised as Mark Quinn, becomes a builder's assistant to find out the truth about the body at the tower.
It's just another boring assembly - until top inventor Darius Marriott comes to give a talk. But what makes Darius collapse in front of the whole school? And why does Bullet seem so personally concerned? Ricky, Theo and Angela are determined to find out exactly what's going on.
A World Book Day 2016 title.
It is a dark time in a galaxy far, far away…
When the parents of Milo and Lina Graf are abducted by agents of the evil Empire, the children must undertake a perilous journey across the unknown reaches of Wild Space to rescue them – and to discover hope for the future.
This World Book Day £1 book kicks off a brand-new original fiction series set in the Star Wars universe! Look out for the other titles in the series: The Nest and The Snare.
When the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency is approached by famous fossil hunter Mary Anning, the team know that this could be their most important case yet.
Mary Anning’s precious dog has been snatched – to get her back, the kidnappers demand she lie about fake dinosaur bones, and pretend they are genuine.
Now the Wollstonecraft detectives have just three days to track down the fossil fakers, and save the integrity of science! The game is afoot: blood-sucking leeches, smoke bombs and diabolical disguises abound.
And behind the lies and fakery, a genuine criminal may finally be revealed . . .
The sisters Grimm come face to face with their parents' kidnappers, and are stunned when one of them turns out to be the world's most famous fairy-tale character (hint, she wears red) and the other an unstoppable killing-machine known as the Jabberwocky. Without the presumed-dead Mr. Canis (aka The Big Bad Wolf) fighting at their side, the girls have little hope that they'll ever be reunited with their mother and father. That is until their long-lost Uncle Jake returns home with stories of a weapon that can kill the Jabberwocky, but one so powerful that it had to be shattered into many pieces.Now the girls must find the pieces so the deadly weapon can be reforged. But to get the deed done they'll have to go head-to-head with the Wizard of Oz, the (not so) Little Mermaid, and even the horrible witch Baba Yaga. To complicate matters, Sabrina begins to struggle with an addiction to magic and finds herself unravelling a real-life family mystery the origins of which have caused suffering for generations of Grimm's.
Sixth action-packed adventure for Jimmy Coates – part boy, part weapon, totally deadly…
Jimmy Coates seems like an ordinary boy, but he’s not. He’s genetically engineered to grow into the perfect government assassin. Speed, strength and deadly instinct - it’s all in the blood. He has to fight not to kill, while his government fights to kill him.
Jimmy’s country is under attack. His body is poisoned. With time running out, he discovers what some people will do for power - and what he must do to stop them…
Crystal Brook has always been the dud Savant in her family; paranormal powers just aren't her thing. When fate throws Crystal into the path of Xav Benedict, the personality clash is explosive. Her sister Diamond may have found her soul mate in his brother, but for Crystal it's hate at first sight.
But as their families gather in Venice for Diamond's wedding, a powerful enemy seizes the opportunity to attack. Crystal and Xav must join forces to save their loved ones, unlocking a secret that, until now, has lain deeply buried . . .
The third book in Joss Stirling's thrilling Savants series, with a beautiful cover designed by illustrator Johanna Basford.
THE FIRST BOOK IN A BRAND-NEW TRILOGY BY BESTSELLING AUTHORS GIOVANNA AND TOM FLETCHER
Fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Handmaid's Tale will love this electrifying dystopian love story.
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Against all odds, she survived. The first girl born in fifty years.
They called her Eve.
Eve lives alone in the Tower under the strict gaze of the Mothers. She is prized and protected, because she is the last girl on earth.
Eve has always understood that the survival of the human race is in her hands. Now she's sixteen, and three males have been selected. Eve knows it's time to face her fate.
Until she meets Bram.
Eve sees a chance for something she never thought could be hers.
But how do you choose between love and the future of humanity?
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'One of the big books of the year. You'd be a fool to miss it' Heat
'A compelling read' Mail on Sunday
FEVER CRUMB is a stunning, stand-alone prequel to Philip Reeve's
brilliant science fantasy quartet. It is set many generations before
the events of Mortal Engines, in whose dazzling world huge, predatory
cities chase and devour each other. Now, London is a riot-torn,
ruinous town, clinging to a devastated landscape and hiding
an explosive secret. Is Fever, adopted daughter of Dr Crumb, the
strange key that will unlock its dangerous mysteries?
What if you were adopted by witches?
There’s something very odd going on in Anna Kelly’s new home – her guardians, Grizz and Wormella Mint, are witches, and they want Anna to help them with their nasty spells!
Poor Anna gets stuck in their horrible house, chopping up toadstools and scrambling frogspawn, with no-one but Charlie the cat for company. She’d much rather be out playing.
When she discovers an evil, old spell book in the cellar – can Anna make the magic work for her?
Dramatic dystopian adventure. Caz has been living in the department store since the Blue Star killed anyone who breathed its poisonous snow. The survivors have struggled on for years but things are starting to get dangerous within the walls… Does Caz have a chance on the outside? Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant readers aged 12+
Dramatic dystopian adventure from the bestselling Incarceron author. Caz has been living in the department store since the day the Blue Star came and killed everyone who breathed in its toxic snow. She can't do so much as look outside. But life in the store is getting dangerous and so Caz decides to take her chances in the world outside, with only Will for company. What will she find in the bleak landscape? And is there even anything to find? A compelling vision of a dystopian society. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+
