Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton. But James is under surveillance; his every move is being watched. He alone holds the clue to a sinister plot that will bring bloodshed and carnage to his school - and his country.
Gear up for an exciting new adventure with the thrill-seeking Kidds as they search for a missing city in South America made entirely of gold!
The Kidd family discovers an ancient map to the lost Incan City of Paititi. But when the map is stolen, the Kidds have to rely on Storm's picture-perfect memory to navigate the dangerous Amazon jungle - until she's kidnapped! To save Storm, the Kidds must locate the fabled city ... before the bad guys find it first.
The race is on!
Rosie and her best mates Soph and Abs are three regular girls. They like regular-girl things; they eat regular-girl food and wear regular-girl gear. Their regular-girl lives are turned upside down when Rosie gets caught up with a desperate plea for help from a mega pop star, Mirage Mullins, who's doing a signing in their local record shop.
Rosie and her best mates Soph and Abs are three regular girls. They like regular-girl things; they eat regular-girl food and wear regular-girl gear. Their regular-girl lives are turned upside down when Rosie gets caught up with a desperate plea for help from a mega pop star, Mirage Mullins, who's doing a signing in their local record shop.
Cat, feisty heroine of ""Cat Royal""... becomes an unlikely recruit for the British Navy, takes passage to America and navigates her way through a fiendish plot to do away with Lord Francis, heir to a dukedom. From the grand Assembly Rooms of Bath to the wilds of a new frontier, Cat finds she is for once quite out of her depth.
A thrilling magical mystery set in a re-imagined Renaissance Venice
Twelve-year-old Bianca feels like the luckiest girl in Venice. She's apprenticed to the most famous painter in the world - Annunzio di Lombardi - and she's learning all the tricks of the trade in the most glamorous and powerful place in the city: the Duchess's Palace. But one night disaster strikes. Bianca's beloved Lombardi is given a poisoned cup of wine at a party, and collapses - but not before giving Bianca a magical paintbrush, which allows her to travel through hidden doorways throughout the city. Bianca will have to use all of her pluck, courage and cunning to find out who tried to hurt her master - and to discover what is wrong with the Duchess, who is behaving very strangely indeed...
THE LAST APPRENTICE is a delightful and exciting mystery perfect for middle-grade readers looking for feisty heroines, sinister baddies and a good dash of magic and suspense.
A poignant and powerful sequel to Carnegie longlisted Brock.
A stunning companion piece to Brock from award-winning Anthony McGowan. Nicky and Kenny return in Pike as a fishing expedition nosedives into near tragedy. The Bacon Pond is famous for its monster-sized fish and Kenny is determined to catch one. And as usual, Nicky is dragged along for the ride. But when the boys glimpse what could be a body in the water – the body of a well-known local criminal who's just been announced missing – the secrets of the Bacon Pond might just take them all down. Sometimes it's better not to look too deep.
""Buckle up for Two Degrees, a Hollywood thriller of
a book."" - The New York Times
From the #1 New York Times bestselling Alan Gratz comes
this must-read middle grade novel tackling the urgent topic of
climate change.
Fire. Flood. Ice. Three natural disasters.
Three kids who must fight to survive and change things
for the better.
In California, Akira Kristiansen is driving through
the mountains with her mom when a wildfire sparks - and grows
scarily fast. In just moments, Akira and her family have to evacuate...
but which way is safe with fire all around them?
In Churchill, Manitoba, Owen Mackenzie is running
a tour for travellers who've come to see the polar bears. Lately
the bears show up more and more as the ice thins. When Owen
and his friend see a bear much too close for comfort, they end up
in a fight for their lives.
In Miami, a hurricane bears down on Natalie Torres.
That's not so uncommon ... but everyone's saying this could
be it. The Big One. Natalie and her mother don't have anywhere
to run to, so they hunker down to ride out the storm.
Akira, Owen, and Natalie are all swept up in the global
effects of climate change, each struggling to survive.
But the three kids are more deeply connected than they could ever
imagine - in ways that will change them can change the world.
From the bestselling author of Refugee, Allies,
Grenade and Ground Zero
Sheds a light on the increasingly urgent threat of climate change
in an engaging way
Gratz writing is exciting and takes readers on a nonstop adventure
PRAISE FOR TWO DEGREES
""Gratz renders pulse-pounding ecological tales and high-stakes
calamity with the brisk pacing of a thriller"". - Publishers
Weekly
""The scary message is delivered with wrenching, dramatic urgency.""
- Kirkus Reviews
Marty and Grace O'Hara's parents disappeared while on assignment for a nature magazine, and now they're living with their Uncle Wolfe, a scientist fascinated by creatures that appear in myths. Uncle Wolfe is planning an expedition to New Zealand to track a giant squid, but someone on board is determined to sabotage the mission...
Writing dares is the new craze at Theo and Ricky's school. They are put in a bag, and then everyone takes turns to pick one out. But the night Ricky does his dare, he disappears. And Theo realizes that someone had a frightening and secret reason for playing the new game.
