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. In book one in the ""Megastar Mysteries"" series, 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. The girls don't know quite what to do, but they'll go to any lengths to help save the career of their favourite pop star. The trio of friends must find a way to solve the murky mystery surrounding Mirage's gorgeous stepbrother, Joe, and they resolve to get to the bottom of the strange behaviour of Mirage's manager, Simone Jones. Over the course of the ""Megastar Mysteries"" series, Rosie and her friends unintentionally stumble upon other celebrity mysteries that need solving and, much to their delight, are always finding themselves in demand by mega stars with mega problems. Readers will fall in love with Maff, the troubled star of rising pop band Fusion, actress twins Paige and Shelby, teen model Angel, soap opera star Cassie St Claire and the enigmatic new chart sensation ""Songbird"".
Following the award-winning ""The Diamond of Drury Lane"", here we present the fourth volume from our famous feisty heroine of ""Cat Royal""...""Cat-O' Nine Tails"". In which, Cat 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. All aboard, Cat's going abroad.
An epic quest into an enchanted kingdom with new kinds of magic, an old enemy, and only one way out. Fans of Neil Gaiman will love this third novel in the spectacular and twisty fantasy series that has readers and reviewers raving. Kara and Taff know that only Grace Stone has the power to reverse her Last Spell on their father, and that in order to save him, they have to rescue their foe from the Well of Witches first. Forgiving Grace should be the hardest part of their journey ...but soon the children are confronted by creatures called the Faceless, mysteries as old as magic, and an ancient secret that threatens their very lives. Back in the World, a war against magic is brewing that endangers everyone they care about. Can Kara and Taff find Grace and make it back to their father in time?
Twelve-year-old twin adventurers Cleopatra and Alexandra Dodge are reunited with their father and realise that two family heirlooms reveal the location of a treasure that is their birthright. When they set sail with Captain Tarboro on the Almira, they know they're heading into danger - the ocean is filled with new and old enemies, including their nemesis, the infamous pirate Felix Worley. But like a coral reef that lurks below the surface of the waves, trouble is brewing between the siblings. Alex is determined to become a sailor and is happy with his role aboard the Almira, but Cleo - the only girl on the ship - is tired of washing dishes in the galley. In an effort to find her own purpose, she begins studying sword fighting with Tarboro, but neither Alex nor her father approves. Can the twins remain close as they pursue different goals and dreams, or will their growing differences tear the family apart before the treasure can be found? In this follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Compass South, Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock once again create an outstanding seafaring adventure.
An out-of-this-world YA sci-fi adventure featuring
a gut-wrenching romance and plenty of intergalactic thrills!
'The story itself is fantastic ... a fun, quick read which
is highly entertaining' THE BOOKBAG
'an interesting, original and thought-provoking read.'
READING ZONE
A miracle energy source, Lumite, has been discovered on the moon.
The dark days of future Earth – torn apart by war and energy
crisis – finally appear to be over. Aggie is the violet-eyed
poster girl for the mining company, Lunar Inc, persuaded to
campaign for a hopeful new future.
But a chance meeting with one of the prisoner-miners, the darkly
attractive Danny, changes her mind about everything she knows
about her world …
An edge-of-your-seat sci-fi thriller debut with strong
female appeal.
Gemma Fowler combines an authentic YA contemporary voice
with high-concept but accessible science fiction.
Explores themes involving the environment and energy,
as well as teen issues such as friends, romance
and challenging adult
authority.
Rights developed in association with Altitude Film with
a view to the making of the movie.
These three easy-to-read stories are all humorous - but scary! In ""Snakes Alive"", Bobby Bloggs fancies becoming a snake-charmer but has reckoned without Wizard Welkin, whose enchanted snake finds its way into Bobby's rich great-auntie's bed. ""Through The Witch's Window"" involves Lily Dollop, who breaks a window and is then pursued by a strange black star. And last but not least, ""Amos Shrike, The School Ghost"" comes to haunt Basil Nobbs when he decides to vandalise the headmaster's room.
A glorious epic fantasy in the grand tradition of CS Lewis and Philip Pullman, and a major publishing event, The Mirror Chronicles will take you into another world, and on the adventure of your lifetime…
Half of your soul is missing.
The lost part is in the mirror.
And unless Sylas Tate can save you, you will never be whole again.
Sylas Tate leads a lonely existence since his mother died. But then the tolling of a giant bell draws him into another world known as the Other, where he discovers not only that he has an inborn talent for the nature-influenced magic of the Fourth Way, but also that his mother might just have come from this strange parallel place.
Meanwhile, evil forces are stirring, and an astounding revelation awaits Sylas as to the true nature of the Other. As violence looms and the stakes get ever higher, Sylas must seek out a girl called Naeo who might just be the other half of his soul – otherwise the entire universe may fall…
