For Kezzie, the war begins when German planes fire at her cruise liner as she returns home from Canada to Scotland with her young sister Lucy. Once home, she is reunited with the grandfather in the Clydebank before the war starts in earnest. Soon however, the family spirit is put to the test once again. First, she has to save an Italian family from the racial hatred they encounter, then she rescues her old school friend Peg after her home is destroyed in a bombing raid. Tragically as the Clydebank becomes a burning inferno, Kezzie's grandfather is killed and the girls are forced to move to England to live with a family friend Lady Fitzwilliam. Here Kezzie's medical skills are called into action as she works tirelessly in a local field hospital, and is fatefully reunited with her Irish friend Michael who arrives there with severe injuries.
Get shrunk! Humour and high-stakes combine in the conclusion to the action-packed Infinity Drake series. A BIG adventure with a tiny hero!
And you thought 9mm was small?
Infinity Drake takes it to a whole 'nother level…
After months of captivity Finn and Carla reach their final destination; evil mastermind Kaparis's secret lair in the Carpathian mountains.
Once there Finn learns the villain's true purpose – to conquer his paralysis and rise again. To do so Kaparis must shrink a team of medics down to microscopic size to repair his damaged spine, and now he's cracked the Boldklub code it seems nothing can stop him.
Apart, that is, from a microscopic hero…
Join Infinity Drake on his wildest ride yet – deep inside the body of his nemesis, where he must fight for his life… and bring down the giant once and for all.
What would you do for $200 million? Would you break into a billionaire businessman's top-security skyscraper? Would you drive a priceless sports car off the roof? Would you fly a helicopter with only a handbook to guide you? And would you take on an unstoppable hitman intent on your destruction? For teen thieves Ash and Benjamin, it's a no-brainer...Money Run is a high-octane thriller, starring two unlikely heroes with a dangerous appetite for adventure...and big stacks of cash.
This is the second title in Usborne''s new se ries, where you, the reader, are the detective. This time yo u''re in hot pursuit of some diamond thieves, who are leaving a trail of theft and mayhem across the globe, as well as th e odd clue too. '
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Rose is a North Child, destined to travel far from home and face a terrible, icy death. But unaware of her fate, she agrees to go with a mysterious white bear to a distant castle. there she falls in love with an enchanted stranger, and must journey to a land east of the sun and west of the moon to free him. As familiar and moving as Beauty and the Beast, yet infused with freshness and originality, North Child is the epic tale of love, courage and destiny
Prince Dakkar and his mentor Count Oginski discover a plot by arch-enemy Cryptos to kill Napoleon. Arriving on their revolutionary submersible to intercept Cryptos, they glimpse a terrifying monster that seems to escape back into the bowels of the Earth. It leads them to discover an amazing underground world, and a plan more nefarious than they could ever have believed – even from Cryptos.
The stage is set for an epic showdown complete with a giant reptilian cavalry and the Battle of Waterloo, in another breathlessly paced and endlessly inventive adventure for fans of Percy Jackson.
New time travel series in appealing, witty, graphic novel format. Charlie follows his dog Bandit when he accidentally falls into a sinkhole transporting them to Ancient Rome. Searching for his dog Charlie is befriended by Roman boy named Cosmo he must help his new friend to win a chariot race before he can return home.
