A heartwarming canine adventure series for boys and girls aged 6+. Perfect for fans of Holly Webb and Michael Morpurgo.
This is the story of one brave dog's journey home.
Rascal is lost, and very afraid. He’s determined to find his way back to his owner Joel, whatever it takes. But between Rascal and Joel are train tracks, wild dogs, and terrible danger.
Packed with entertaining illustrations from James De La Rue. Fans of Morpurgo's Shadow will love this.
Have you collected all of Rascal's adventures?
Rascal: Lost in the Caves
Rascal: Trapped on the Tracks
Rascal: Running for his Life
Rascal: Facing the Flames
Rascal: Swept Beneath the Waters
Rascal: Racing Against Time
Chris Cooper is the pen name of Paul Shipton, who grew up in Manchester and went to university in Cambridge. He spent several years teaching English as a foreign language and lived in Istanbul for a year.
Paul then moved into publishing, working on science activity books and primary school English materials. He published his first book, Zargon Zoo in 1991. Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States where he works as a freelance writer and editor. He, his wife and two daughters, now divide their time between Cambridge, England and Madison, Wisconsin.
A rip-roaring historical adventure set at the time of
the Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot – winner of the Historical
Association Young Quills Award!
' ... a wonderfully explosive adventure set in the turbulent
year of the gunpowder plot in Black Powder with impossibly
divided loyalties.' JULIA GOLDING, AUTHOR OF THE
DIAMOND OF DRURY LANE
'With its constant reversals and twists and turns, Tom's story
is almost as complex as the pliot and counter-plot of the Gunpowder
Treason itself ... The writing is lively and the pace never
flags.' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
England, 1605: 12-year-old Tom must save
his father from hanging.
He falls in with a mysterious stranger – the Falcon –
who promises to help him in exchange for his service.
But on the long journey to London, Tom discovers the Falcon’s
true mission – and a plot to blow up Parliament with
barrels of black powder.
Tom faces a terrible decision: secure his father’s release,
or stop the assassination of the king …
A rip-roaring, action-packed life-and-death quest, packed
with history and adventure
Set at the time of the Gunpowder Plot and featuring Guy
Fawkes – perfect for Bonfire Night and beyond
Ideal for readers aged nine and up
Check out more historical adventures by Ally Sherrick:
THE BURIED CROWN and THE QUEEN'S FOOL
Dax Daley is no superhero.
But then, neither are his other classmates. At least they're not heroes YET - that's what they're being taught at Scragmoor Prime, a school for children with special powers.
Dax would much rather explore the creepy chapel outside the school grounds - the one with the eerie painted people on the wall - than try to be a hero. But the chapel walls hide a dark secret... and Dax discovers that Scragmoor's previous criminal inmates aren't quite as dead as he'd hoped.
Charlotte is out in the woods on her own one day when something mysterious happens - she walks along a row of stones laid like stepping stones on the forest floor ...and finds herself in another age. She has somehow slipped back to 1955, and is now, in the same woods, on the site of a very unique school, an open-air school for sick city children.
Hoping to save their family and the citizens of Ferryport Landing from the evil plans of Mirror, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm seek counsel from the other magic mirrors, who advise them to join forces with the Scarlet Hand.
One of the six classic mysteries by Enid Blyton, featuring Barney, Roger, Diana and Snubby on the trail of thieves and villains. Other titles include ""The Rilloby Fair Mystery"".
Having been defeated in Australia and Antarctica, Mr. Bones hides out somewhere he’s sure he won’t be found: the Moon! But the joke’s on him, as Mike and Shannon take to the space to face off against their arch-nemesis in a lunar showdown of dino-sized proportions! But when they finally track him down, they realize Mr. Bones isn’t at all what he seems to be . . . Each book in this action-packed series is written and illustrated by the Eisner-Award winning creator of Tiny Titans: Franco!
Annie has helped her sister Gwendolyn (otherwise known as Sleeping Beauty) wake up from the 100-year curse by reuniting her with Prince Beldegard, so you'd think that things would be back to normal. Think again! The beloved prince is stuck in the body of a bear and the only way that Annie can be free of the two irritating lovebirds is to come to his rescue - she must find the evil dwarf who cast the spell, and quickly . . . Luckily, Annie has her own handsome prince to hand - and many tricks up her non-magical sleeve.
