In the mean streets of New York prowls Shamus O'Reilly. When Big Tom makes him an offer he can't refuse, he's soon hot on the trail of a consignment of stolen gold bullion. This is part of the ""Jets"" series, which are books designed to encourage beginner readers.
A potent, powerful and timely thriller about migrants, drug lords and gang warfare set on the US/Mexican border by PRINTZ MEDAL winning and CARNEGIE MEDAL, COSTA BOOK AWARD and GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE shortlisted novelist, Marcus Sedgwick. Anapra is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Mexican city of Juarez. Twenty metres outside of town lies a fence, and beyond it, America - the dangerous goal of many a migrant. Faustino is one of them, trying desperately to escape from the gang he's been working for. He's dipped into a pile of dollars he was supposed to be hiding, and now he's on the run. He and his friend, Arturo, have only 36 hours to replace the missing money, or they're as good as dead. Watching over them all the while is Saint Death. Santissima Muerte. She of pure bone and charcoal-black eye, she of absolute loyalty and neutral morality, holy patron to rich and poor, to prostitute and narco-lord, criminal and police-chief. A folk saint, a rebel angel, a sinister guardian.
When the Jungle Kids discover their chocolate rations have mysteriously vanished, they suspect a Jungle Monster is on the prowl. It's up to them to catch the thief and a cunning plan is devised, involving a late-night stake out in the tree house.
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017!
Step Aboard - the Universe is Waiting.
The Great Network is a place of drones and androids, Hive Monks and Station Angels. The place of the thousand gates, where sentient trains criss-cross the galaxy in a heartbeat.
It is also a place of great dangers - especially for someone who rides the rails and rides his luck the way Zen Starling does.
Once Zen was just a petty thief, stealing to support his family and living by his wits. Now everything has changed. Zen is still a thief - but it could be that the key to the whole universe rests on finding out what else he is . . .
Tom and Hester have been thrown together. Truly-thrown out of a city on wheels that's left them stranded and starving in the middle of nowhere while it hares off after its prey. Hester is desperate for revenge, and Tom is only desperate to get back on board his beloved London.
Following on from John Grisham's first massively successful foray into the children's market, Theodore Boone 2 will once more feature his loveable, know-it-all young lawyer solving another tricky legal case in his native Strattenburg.
PERCY JACKSON meets ERAGON in the new epic saga from bestseller Peter Lerangis.
""A high-octane mix of modern adventure and ancient secrets... I can't wait to see what's next"" Rick Riordan
Another deliciously squirmy story about Harry the Poisonous Centipede, with all of Lynne Reid Banks’s usual charm and humour. Tony Ross’s wonderful illustrations perfectly capture the small world of Harry.
‘Suddenly the most awful thing happened. Something tightened around Harry’s middle! He almost jumped into the air with fright…’
When Harry the poisonous centipede’s best friend, George, goes missing, Harry goes to find him. But dangerous things lurk outside his nest-tunnel, like flying swoopers, belly crawlers, furry biters and – most terrifying of all – Hoo-Mins!
In the fifth and penultimate book in the Tunnels series, The Styx
have surfaced. If you thought the Limiters were nasty, think again.
They've brought their females with them this time. And all that
stands in their way are Will and his friends, and a rag-bag team
of retired commandos. It's a smoking spiral of chaos and not everyone
is going to survive. Highly-anticipated fifth book in the
internationally bestselling Tunnels series.
