The first book in the award-winning Mortal Engines
quartet.
In a dangerous future, huge motorized cities hunt, attack and
fight each other for survival.
As London pursues a small town, young apprentice Tom is flung
out into the wastelands, where a terrifying cyborg begins to hunt
him down.
Mortal Engines launched Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined
creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities
fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future.
Mortal Engines was the winner of the coveted
Gold Smarties Award.
Now a feature film of the same name, starring Hera Hilmar, Robert
Sheehan and Hugo Weaving. Produced by Lord of the Rings director,
Peter Jackson.
Praise for Mortal Engines:
'Set in a captivating futuristic landscape, this hugely imaginative
story is a vivid blend of action, romance, mystery, crime
and horror. Packed full of colourful characters and locations,
it is a whirlwind adventure that challenges both Tom and the reader
to rexamine their attitudes and preconceptions.' BookTrust
""I was enthralled ... Two decades after it was written,
Mortal Engines has come to be an apt metaphor for where we
could be heading: a powerful few trapping the rest in a deadly loop
of stale ideas, with ordinary individuals helpless to break the
cycle."" David Owen, The Guardian
In A DARKLING PLAIN, Philip Reeve brilliantly completes the breath-taking
adventures that began with MORTAL ENGINES. Wren Natsworthy
is enjoying life as an aviatrix but her father Tom is troubled
by matters of the heart - the last, shocking, encounter with Hester,
and the old wound caused by Pennyroyal's bullet. Meanwhile the
fragile truce between the Green Storm and the Traction Cities
splinters and hostility breaks out again. Events are set on a collision
course as things end where they began, with London...
Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures!
The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery in time for the release of the 2018 movie.
Whether it’s a lion loose in the park or story-book characters coming to life, when Mary Poppins is in residence in Cherry Tree Lane, you can be sure that wonderful adventures will follow.
More than eighty years since we first met Mary Poppins, this original, classic story is still charming readers and transporting new fans into the mysterious world of everyone’s favourite magical nanny.
Enjoy the fourth book in the iconic series.
Shortlisted for the Scottish Children's Book Awards 2015
15-year-old Callie Hall has just found out she's a witch, and things keep going wrong. Sometimes her mind seems to make things happen, things she can't control. She can set fire to things without a match, and when she's angry people can get hurt.
Her friend Josh understands she's a bit weird, but it's only on a dark and dangerous visit to the tunnels under the ruins of St Andrews' Castle that he realises just how strange she really is. Something comes back with Callie -- in Callie -- something she can't escape.
Can Callie control her power long enough to send back the darkness, before it takes over her life? And will Josh ever understand her secret?
A brilliant, engrossing teen fantasy from the author of Winterbringers and The Keeper's Daughter.
A group of special teenagers, each with an incredible power. They live together and learn how to use their abilities, protected from those who wish to harm them. Now, for one short week they are let out into the world, with strict instructions that they must not use their powers. But good intentions are easy ...following them through is a different matter. For Lisa, every day is about life and death. Because she can hear dead people talking, and they just won't leave her alone. But on a trip to London it's the living who need her help. Someone is kidnapped and this time Lisa knows she has to help, even though it means walking into mortal danger. Now Lisa is in fear for her own life is there anyone to help her?
What do you do when your soulmate turns out to be a thief? Steal her, of course. Phoenix was raised within the Community, a gang of thieves with paranormal powers, under the control of a harsh master known as the Seer. The notion that there's a soulmate out there for every person with a paranormal gift is mere myth in Phoenix's world. That is until the Seer gives Phoenix the details of her next target, Yves Benedict. He's more than just her next victim, he is her destiny. To be together, Phoenix must break away from the Community but resistance against the Seer puts them both in mortal danger. Phoenix has never trusted anyone before, now it's time to trust Yves with her life
THE FIRST BOOK IN A BRAND-NEW TRILOGY BY BESTSELLING AUTHORS GIOVANNA AND TOM FLETCHER
Fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Handmaid's Tale will love this electrifying dystopian love story.
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Against all odds, she survived. The first girl born in fifty years.
They called her Eve.
Eve lives alone in the Tower under the strict gaze of the Mothers. She is prized and protected, because she is the last girl on earth.
Eve has always understood that the survival of the human race is in her hands. Now she's sixteen, and three males have been selected. Eve knows it's time to face her fate.
Until she meets Bram.
Eve sees a chance for something she never thought could be hers.
But how do you choose between love and the future of humanity?
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'One of the big books of the year. You'd be a fool to miss it' Heat
'A compelling read' Mail on Sunday
""A charming and relatable
fish-out-of-water tale."" -Hope Larson, A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic
Novel
In Book 2, Oddly Normal's adventure in Fignation
continues with new friends, new mysteries and new revelations about her missing
parents.
Meet Oddly Normal, a ten-year-old
girl with pointed ears and green hair - a half-witch who will be the first to
tell you that having a mother from a magical land called Fignation, also known
as the Wicked Witch of the West and a father from Earth doesn't make it easy to
make friends at school! On her tenth birthday, she blows out the candles on her
birthday cake and makes a disastrous wish. Now, Oddly must travel to Fignation
to uncover the mystery of her parents' disappearance. Join Oddly as she
navigates a strange new school, teenage angst, monstrous bullies, and Evil
itself on an unforgettable fantasy adventure through the vibrant world of
Fignation in Oddly
Normal.
Collecting Oddly Normal
#6-10.
A scarily funny read for fans of the popular animated CBBC TV series, this book shows that appearances can be surprisingly dangerous!
Don't trust what you see – especially in Scream Street, a sanctuary that the government has prepared for monsters of all kinds. This scarily funny book presents two adventures from the popular TV series. In one, young vampire Resus finds a magical mirror in a hidden crypt and swaps places with his reflection – his evil reflection. Is the real Resus trapped in the mirror for ever? In the second story, beautiful shop owner Eefa is actually a 300-year-old witch. When the portrait that keeps her lovely looks intact is accidentally binned, werewolf Luke and his friends have to find and return it to Eefa – or else!
From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
Winner of both the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal, this is an all-time classic, combining mystery, adventure, history and a complex set of human relationships. Featuring a new introduction by Philip Pullman.
It all begins with the scratching in the ceiling. From the moment Alison discovers the dinner service in the attic, with its curious pattern of floral owls, a chain of events is set in progress that is to effect everybody’s lives.
Relentlessly, Alison, her step-brother Roger and Welsh boy Gwyn are drawn into the replay of a tragic Welsh legend – a modern drama played out against a background of ancient jealousies. As the tension mounts, it becomes apparent that only by accepting and facing the situation can it be resolved.
The brilliant sequel to WITCHWORLD finds Flo pitched into battle with another dire creature thought to be extinct - the terrible Haggfiend! Armed only with Old Magic, can Flo stop the dreadful threat to Witchworld? Her batty old grandma thinks she can, and so battle commences...
Another funny, excitingly witchy story for 9+ readers; it's impossible not to fall under its spell, especially with Chris Riddell's bewitching cover and incidental illustration.
""A satirical, imaginative fantasy"" Sunday Times
