Jamie and Tom have travelled back to the dawn of the dinosaurs - the Triassic. When a Lystrosaurus snatches Jamie's backpack, the boys think it's funny - but when he disappears down a hole with it and the boys realize they might not be able to get home, things take a serious turn for the worse ...
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE FOR OLDER READERS, SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD AND THE YA BOOK PRIZE
""A truly brilliant book."" Malorie Blackman
""Incredible book. Thank you Patrice Lawrence for such a fresh and riveting piece of fiction."" Ben Bailey Smith (Doc Brown)
""What a book! Such a gripping, gritty storyline, with such wonderful, believable characters. Loved it."" Tanya Landman, author of Buffalo Soldier
Not cool enough, not clever enough, not street enough for anyone to notice me. I was the kid people looked straight through.
NOT ANY MORE. NOT SINCE MR ORANGE.
Sixteen-year-old Marlon has made his mum a promise - he'll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. So far, it's been easy, but when a date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. They're after the mysterious Mr Orange, and they're going to use Marlon to get to him. Marlon's out of choices - can he become the person he never wanted to be, to protect everyone he loves?
Whilst watching TV, Shelley has a brilliant idea, she decides to be a detective. With her assistant (her best friend Kelly) and Dustbin the dog, she uncovers a mystery that threatens all the animals in the neighbourhood. This is part of the ""Treetops"" series and is aimed at age six and above.
A New York Times bestseller
The wolf star, brightest of all in the summer sky, shines over my home ground. I know every hidden lake and rocky ridge, but if my pack is not in the mountains, then it is no home to me. I feel a howl deep inside, but dare not let it out.
Swift lives with his pack in the mountains, until one day his home and family are lost. Alone and starving, Swift must make a choice: stay and try to eke out a desperate life on the borders of his old hunting grounds, or strike out and find a new place to call home. The journey Swift must go on is long and full of peril for a lone wolf, and he'll need to take every chance he can. Will he find the courage to survive all by himself?
Inspired by a true story, A Wolf Called Wander is about family, courage and survival. With beautiful illustrations from artist Mónica Armiño and an extra factual section about wolves and their environment, this book is perfect for animal lovers.
'Truly gripping!'' - 5-star reader review
Theodore Boone is the thirteen year old who knows more about the law than most adult lawyers. He certainly never expected to be the victim of crime himself. But then his bike is vandalised, he's attacked while doing his homework and, worst of all, framed for a robbery.
When stolen computer equipment turns up in Theo's school locker, the police start leaning on him hard. And he is the only suspect. What if he is found guilty? What about his dreams of becoming a lawyer? In a race against time, aided by his renegade uncle, Ike, Theo must find the real felon and reveal the true motivation behind the crimes of which he stands accused.
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What readers are saying about THEODORE BOONE: THE ACCUSED
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Are you ready for the best adventure ever?
When Tom and Jamie hear a report that a scientist has proof of human existence in dinosaur times there are only two possible explanations - either someone else has been into their secret dinosaur world, or they must have left something behind on their travels. Either way, the boys know they have to get back to the Jurassic and find out what's happened.
But once in the Jurassic, disaster strikes when a pair of pterosaurs swoop down from the sky and grab Tom in their claws! As they carry him off over the treetops, Jamie and Wanna race after him - but it's no good, Tom is soon out of sight and they wonder if they'll ever see their friend again.
With a pack of megalosaurs on the prowl, a prehistoric storm on the horizon, an enormous landslide, and a mystery to solve - this is a breathtaking, double length adventure that readers will never forget.
One of the most iconic characters in children’s books
The Sanders-Hardiman expedition archaeologists and scientists are returning from Peru with the mummy of Incan Rascar Capac. No sooner do they arrive home than, one by one, they are struck down by a mysterious illness. The last remaining is Professor Tarragon.
Join the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical and political events, and thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100,000 copies every year in the UK and having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson in 2011.
The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 90 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then more than 230 million copies have been sold, proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children and adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th.
Hergé (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907. Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series, which is now considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, comics series of all time.
Have you collected all the graphic novel adventures?
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Tintin in America
Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaoh
Tintin: The Blue Lotus
Tintin: The Broken Ear
Tintin: The Black Island
Tintin: King Ottakar’s Sceptre
Tintin: The Crab with the Golden Claws
Tintin: The Shooting Star
Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Tintin: Red Rackham’s Treasure
Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls
Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun
Tintin: Land of Black Gold
Tintin: Destination Moon
Tintin: Explorers of the Moon
Tintin: The Calculus Affair
Tintin: The Red Sea Sharks
Tintin in Tibet
Tintin: The Castafiore Emerald
Tintin: Flight 714 to Sydney
The Adventures of Tintin and the Picaros
Tintin and Alph-Art
These special Young Readers’ editions feature the original classic comic story as well as extra bonus background material, which gives an insight into the book’s creation and inspiration, together with a character portraits section.
The Peanuts gang is back for a brand-new adventure in this brilliant
retelling of Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie!
There's a new kid in town, and she's a kind and beautiful Little
Red-Haired Girl. And boy, does Charlie Brown have a crush on her!
But the question is - can he win her heart?
Meanwhile, Snoopy the Flying Ace is off on an adventure in the skies
over Paris, where he falls head over heels in love with Fifi,
a high-flying poodle. But when the Red Baron captures Fifi, Snoopy
and Woodstock must go to her rescue. Can they take down the dastardly
Red Baron, once and for all?
Join Rosa, Melody, Jasmine, Sula and Coral in their magical mystery underwater adventures! A concert for King Neptune, a kind and radiant princess and a long-forgotten singing shell. There's a mystery to be solved - and the young mermaid detectives are on the case!
In this delightful classic from the one and only Dr. Seuss, Morris McGurk dreams about staging the world’s greatest show!
Join Morris McGurk for the world’s greatest show, packed with the most tremendous, stupendous acts ever seen, from the Spotted Atrocious – a beast most ferocious – to the Drum-Tummied Snumm from the country of Frumm. If only he ran the circus…
With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking among the UK’s top ten favourite children’s authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with over 600 million books sold worldwide.
As part of a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching Dr. Seuss’s bestselling books, including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand, the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels, with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands – Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. If I Ran the Circus belongs to the Yellow Back Book range.
When Minnie spots a white boat bringing strangers to the cove below her cabin, she fears the hard-won peace of her tiny community at the foot of Bigfoot Mountain will be shattered. Injured bigfoot Kaayii also has to deal with an intruder on the mountain and desperately needs to reach his family across the water. The two inhabit separate worlds but now they must find a way to work together – to avoid disaster and protect the people and places they hold dear.
