In a faraway corner of a ruined world, a mysterious boy is building
a flying machine. Birds help him, and so does a beautiful, brilliant,
half-human engineer called Fever Crumb. But powerful enemies
stalk them - either to possess their revolutionary invention,
or to destroy the secrets of flight forever.
The breathtaking new story from the awesome world of MORTAL ENGINES.
Award-winning writer Philip Reeve creates an extraordinary new
city of moving buildings and human birds in a classic novel that
is sure to thrill fans young and old.
The second thrilling book in Maggie Stiefvater's The
Raven Cycle quartet.
Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing
for Blue and Gansey will be the same. Ronan is falling more and
more deeply into his dreams ... and his dreams are intruding more
and more into waking life.
Gansey is needed at home, and is struggling to stay in Aglionby.
And Adam? He's made some new friends. Friends that are looking
for some of the same pieces of the puzzle that Gansey, Blue, and
Ronan are after.
Great power is at stake, and someone must be willing to wield
it.
Absolutely addictive writing for teen girls … and grown-up
girls… Magic, mystery and adventure at every turn
From the bestselling author of Shiver, Linger
and Forever which all debuted at #1 on the UK book bestseller
charts
Film rights to The Raven Cycle have been acquired
Topher is desperate to find his beloved cat Ka when she disappears, leaving a single clue on his computer:
TENOCHT*I*TLaN.
When Topher follows Ka back in time, finds himself in the dangerous world of the Aztecs. The people of the wondrous, floating city of Tenochtitlan believe Ka is one of their gods, but El Sol, a piratical Spanish conquistador, thinks she is a witch.
Can Topher save Ka from El Sol, rescue Pima, a girl the Aztecs want to sacrifice, and escape from Tenochtitlan before it is destroyed?
Wartime William is still up to mischief!
William is always ready to offer his services to his country. But why is it that his enthusiastic contribution is so seldom appreciated? William is determined to do his bit, but unfortunately no one else thinks he'd make a hero . . .
William at War by Richmal Compton is a selection of ten of William's most wonderful wartime stories in which William proves himself just as dangerous, unpredictable and downright troublesome as the Enemy! This much-loved children's classic features contemporary cover art by Michael Foreman, an introduction by actor and comedian John Sessions, along with the original inside illustrations by Thomas Henry – allowing a new generation to enjoy this unforgettable character.
There is only one William. This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, loveable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922.
Enjoy more of William's adventures in Just William and Still William.
When the only way to get at a target is by using a child, MI5 bring in special agents Tom and Zilla to help. Something is going on at Greyfields nuclear power plant and Tom and Zilla need to find out what. Can they sneak into a camp of anti-nuclear protesters and foil the plans of a Russian spy?
Bloomsbury High Low books encourage and support reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers, those with dyslexia, or those with English as an additional language. Printed on tinted paper and with a dyslexia friendly font, Mission Alert is aimed at readers aged 8+ and has a manageable length (72 pages) and reading age (7+). This collection of stories can be read in any order.
Produced in association with reading experts at CatchUp, a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy and numeracy difficulties.
Book band: Brown
An Ice Age is dawning on Mica's homeland. The climate is getting colder, there are fewer mammoths to hunt, and the future of her people looks uncertain . . .
Mica's mind is bursting with new ideas to help them survive the long winter, but the others refuse to listen, determined to cling to the old ways no matter what. Shunned and frustrated, Mica feels as if no one will ever understand her. Not even Bear, her childhood friend.
One night, Mica wakes to hear mysterious voices calling. Their cries fill her with a deep longing that she can't explain. But who do they belong to?
And then she makes a discovery so incredible, so extraordinary, it will challenge everything she thought she knew about her world . . .
PEEVES: They’ve come to annoy you!
Imagine if your worries and annoyances turned into real living creatures… That’s what happens to 12-year-old Steve Pickings in this hilarious adventure.
Steve is a highly strung kid and many, many things annoy him. Following an accident, Steve’s worries and annoyances take the form of actual living creatures – aka Peeves. This starts with Noisy Peeve who follows Steve around making the Beep, Beep, Beep, of his alarm clock, then there’s Asking Peeve, ‘What are you doing?’, ‘Why are your arms so skinny?’ ‘Are you really going to wear THAT to school?’ Soon there is a small army of Peeves making Steve’s days more challenging than usual. THEN it turns out that Peeves are contagious. Everyone is catching them. They are everywhere. AND they are evolving into something much, much worse…
LET THE INSECT BATTLES BEGIN! A new six-book series full of epic
battles and creepy crawlie facts!
After finding a strange old encyclopaedia of bugs, eight-year-old
Max Darwin finds himself mysteriously shrunken and whisked away
to tropical Bug Island. There, he learns that he can he talk to the
incredible bugs and insects that populate the island and that
they need his help. A rival island populated by reptiles is threatening
to take over.
Can Max save the day, using his knowledge of all things insect?
It is 1910 - Maia, orphaned at 13, travels from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is very unhappy with her exceptionally bizarre new family but befriends Finn, a mysterious English boy who lives with the local Indians and shares her passion for the jungle. Then Finn's past life catches up with him and they are forced to flee far upriver in a canoe, pursued by an assortment of brilliantly eccentric characters that only Eva Ibbotson could invent.
Dean Lambert is trying to conquer his vertigo - but he's beginning to feel like he'll never jump from the high diving board he's nicknamed the Horror of the Heights. It doesn't help that his brother, Tim, is a championship diver, and his dad runs the Wave Crest Leisure Centre. His dad and brother are caught up in preparations for the leisure centre's upcoming diving championships. But then disaster strikes when the diving board collapses and Tim only just escapes being seriously injured. What's more, it appears the board has been sabotaged. Dean sets out to find the culprit - but will he catch them in time?
