The third volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS
trilogy. First published in 2000, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece,
it won the UK's top awards for children's literature.
""We're going to the land of the dead and we're going to come back.""
Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their
own worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find
each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever
been - and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever
returned...
Prehistoric beasts merge with nightmare visions of the future in this thrilling conclusion to the Z. Rex trilogy.
Reunited with the savage unpredictable T.Rex, Zed, fourteen-year-old Adam must team up with some unlikely allies to battle against villainous scientists and their killer creations. If they do not win, the ultimate apocalypse will be unleashed upon humanity . . .
Sneaking out of prison isn't easy, unless you are a thief, or a wizard. Luckily, Conn is both! Trouble is, once he's out, where does he go? His home is a pile of rubble since he blew it up doing magic. His master, the wizard Nevery, is furious. With a new order of exile, this time with a death penalty, Conn has never been in such a tight fix.
But Wellmet is in danger from an evil predator coming to destroy the city. Now Conn must set off on a quest to find something that will help him fight back. After an explosive experiment, he follows the call of his magic stone to a distant land. When Conn is swept away in the mouth of a magnificent Dragon, he is to face a power unlike any other... but is he a match for it and can he save his city, and himself, in time?
INTERACTIVE WEBSITE Visit www.magicthief.co.uk for fun games, lost diary entries and author interviews.
What if playing computer games could save the world...and the Government's secret weapon was you?
Tom Raines is suddenly recruited into the US Army to train as a virtual reality Combatant to see if he is good enough to help fight World War Three. Equipped with a new computer chip in his brain, it looks as if Tom might actually become somebody. But what happens when you start to question the rules?
In this first part of a fast-paced, futuristic trilogy, S. J. Kincaid asks significant questions concerning the use of technology and the value of life. 20th Century Fox have pre-emptively bought the film rights for the first book in the series.
""Monster Planet, here we come!""
One morning at school, Natalie is feeling bored - until a tiny monster waves at her from a plant on the classroom window sill. The monster whizzes her off in his mini flying saurcer for some MONSTER FUN. Now Natalie really has some monster stories to tell.
An exciting and funny adventure from the award-winning author of THE DINOSAUR'S PACKED LUNCH.
The official book of the film! THE LEGO® MOVIE 2 - in cinemas
February 2019.
With 8 pages of colour movie images!
Remember when everything was awesome? Now get ready for even bigger,
awesomer and more action-packed adventures with Emmet and
all his very best brick friends from THE LEGO® MOVIE!
When we last saw Emmet, he was the most positive, caring, super-duper
guy in Bricksburg. This time, Emmet's eternal optimism and
master-building abilities will be put to the ultimate test: the
very existence of play is at stake!
Can Unikitty and Lucy help him stay positive? Can Benny the spaceman
finally get a new helmet? Will Batman work in other colours
than black? Will Metal Beard build new multi-purpose legs? Why
are you still reading all these questions? Just buy the book!
With an all-star cast including Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks,
Will Arnett, Alison Brie, and more!
Long ago Jared Grace's great, great uncle, Arthur Spiderwick, discovered a world of fantastical creatures. He recorded all his amazing findings in a field guide and hid it well. For years it was guarded safely and hardly anyone knew it even existed - until the Grace children moved into the old, abandoned Spiderwick Estate. One day while nine-year-old Jared Grace is exploring his new house he discovers Arthur Spiderwick's field guide hidden deep within the upstairs attic and meets his first fantastical creature, the house brownie named Thimbletack. Once the Grace children open their eyes to the fantastical world of sprites, goblins and faeries, there's no turning back. Now it's up to them to keep the field guide out of harm's way or else they must suffer the consequences...Experience the movie all over again by reading the whole story of The Spiderwick Chronicles in this movie storybook, complete with full-colour images from the movie!
Imagine that all around you, hidden from sight, there are thousands of tiny people.
They are four inches tall, brave, stubborn and resourceful.
They are the nomes.
The nomes in this story live under the floorboards of a large Department Store and have never been Outside. In fact, they don’t even believe in Outside. But new nomes arrive, from – where else? – and they bring with them terrifying news: the Store is closing down and Everything Must Go . . .
The fantastically funny first book of the nomes, from the author of the bestselling Discworld series.
When insectoid aliens attack, three kids from different planets must work together to save their universe.
Dray is a born warrior who kicks major butt, but her father dismisses her because she's a girl. Keller can hack any computer and pilot any spaceship but his smart mouth gets him into trouble, especially with Dray. Ayl has only known the safety and harmony of his underwater world and is in for a rude awakening when he ends up with a kinetic shotgun in his hand, facing down a hive-mind insectoid alien that wants to eat him.
Fast-paced with cool gadgets, this accessible action-adventure will thrill fans of Dr Who and Star Wars.
This is the first book in the series: read on with THE ASSASSIN and THE INVASION.
Poison boy Dalton Fly, a lowly food taster to the rich, has a lucky
escape after drinking laced wine. But his mate is less fortunate,
and Dalton wants answers. Who murdered his friend and what were
they were really after? With the help of aristocratic girl, Scarlet
Dropmore, whose life he unwittingly saved, he sets out to rescue
his city from the poisoners within.
When Ibby is sent to stay with her aunt, she discovers her two troublesome
boy cousins, Francis and Alex, playing with an old box
of magic tricks they found in the attic.
Ibby is sure that magic isn't real - until she sees Francis sitting
at the bottom of the biscuit tin, magically miniaturised by Alex.
After that, nothing is what it seems .
Welcome to Paradise Island, the secret home of Wonder Woman! Hundreds of weapons and trophies fill the halls of the island's palace. Each one tells a story of adventure, danger and bravery. This is the tale of the silver bracelets that saved Wonder Woman from Cheetah!
