When Harry's mum tells him they are going to get an au pair, he isn't quite sure what it means. When he finds out it's a girl to help look after him and baby brother, Fred, he feels a bit suspicious. It might just be a good excuse for the school bully to tease him. However, he soon warms to Astrid when she turns up and especially when she gives him an idea that stops the bully from ever bothering him again. All the same, Harry can't help wondering why Astrid's never heard of tin openers or Coke, and how come her suitcase can move around by itself...
When Corrie's family returns to Uig Bay on the Isle of Lewis for yet another miserable summer holiday, he has no idea of the incredible adventure that lies ahead. He finds a strange figurine on a windswept beach, which looks very like the ancient chess pieces found there centuries ago ...but this one has a magician's staff.
Corrie makes friends with local girl, Kat, who tells him the island's legends -- of a terrible sea serpent who summoned up never-ending winter, and of a powerful magician who finally banished him. When Corrie hears a voice in the night and the strange little figure starts to glow, he finds himself drawn into an incredible battle between good and evil.
Douglas Bruton's brilliant first novel tells a fictional story behind the famed Lewis chessmen, which date from the 12th century and were found in Uig Bay in the 1830s. This gripping fantasy adventure will have both boys and girls on the edge of their seats.
Author Daniel Walker, has created an imaginative world where thieves sail the skies in flying galleons - an action-packed adventure series of epic scale.
Zoya DeLarose wakes amongst the smoldering wreckage of the Dragonfly, the rest of the crew are nowhere to be seen but she doesn't have time to look for them, the Aviation Army are approaching and the only option she has as a fugitive is to run.
Now Zoya must put everything she's learnt as a sky thief to the test as she travels across the vast desert plains, evading capture, to find the Dragonfly's crew and defeat her enemies once and for all.
The second book in an exciting new series, perfect for fans of adventure.
An entire herd of greywyrmes, slaughtered for their flameoil. Others trapped, then viciously herded through the mountains. And more and more settlers heading up to the high country, the bones of those who don’t make it littering the way, stark and white, picked clean by carrionwyrmes – the bone trail . . .
Trouble is brewing on the weald. A great whitewyrme and his kin send out a call to arms, and the wyrmes begin to gather in their ancient galleries. To defend their land against the relentless march of the kith, with their wagons and settlements and taste for killing.
Payback is coming. Wyrme against kith. Kith against kin. Even wyrme against wyrme. And seasoned traveller Micah, with his friends Eli and Cara, is heading right into the thick of it . . .
The fifth book in the exciting Little Legends series, The Secret Mountain by Tom Percival sees the fairy tale friends on a thrilling adventure to the mysterious mountain home of the trolls.
Everyone in Tale Town knows that trolls mean trouble, and the Mayor and his guards have captured a fearsome troll spy. But when Jack, Red and Anansi see the prisoner, they find out the so-called spy is just a lost troll child . . .
With the help of all their friends, the Little Legends decide to rescue the young troll and take it back to its secret mountain home. But what they find out when they get to Troll Mountain changes everything they've ever known!
Little Legends is a brilliant highly illustrated series featuring all the fairy-tale characters you know and love having brand-new adventures!
Liam's grandad is devastated when Mrs Porteous succeeds in her mission to close Nursery Rhyme Land, a museum full of stuffed animals displayed in nursery rhyme scenes. Not only that, but Liam has to contend with a pair of haunted trousers, which when combined with General Custer's false teeth, turn the wearer into Rabbit, a sad orphan cat-catcher - and both Grandad and Mrs Porteous fall victim! Stir in a fainting goat, stand back as the museum animals come to life and attack Grandad, and watch the fast and furious fun develop. Surprisingly, all ends happily as Grandad and Mrs Porteous open the Fainting Goat Farm.
A dazzling mystery from the bestselling author of the
Mysterious Benedict Society, now a major TV series on Disney+!
'A timeless fantasy ... a stretching and satisfying read'
THE GUARDIAN
'Full of great excitement and wonderful invention' THE
NEW YORK TIMES
'This captivating page-turner, with layers of secrecy and
intrigue, is a compelling read' BOOKTRUST
When Reuben discovers an old pocket watch, he soon realizes it
holds an incredible power: it can turn you invisible for fifteen
minutes.
He can't resist the lure of disappearance: for a time, he can
vanish from the despotic regime of New Umbra. But the watch's power
is even more extraordinary than he imagines.
Soon, he's on the run from New Umbra's ruler, The Smoke, who's
determined to possess it for himself ...
A dazzling new story from Trenton Lee Stewart, author
of the New York Times bestselling Mysterious Benedict
Society series – now on Disney+
Fantastical elements and a truly original setting form
the backdrop for this twisty-turny mystery
Includes quirky interiors illustrations
