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...
An epic fantasy adventure about loyalty, hope, survival... and the awesome power of nature. Michelle Paver meets Michael Morpurgo meets Homeward Bound.
Nin had never liked Wednesdays, but this one took the biscuit. On this Wednesday she woke up to find that it was raining buckets and that her brother had ceased to exist.
Do you believe in fairies? Join Tinker Bell’s sisters on a magical adventure.
Inspired by Tinker Bell, from the book Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie
Before Tinker Bell flew to Never Land and met Peter Pan she lived on Sheepskerry Island with her fairy sisters – Clara, Lily, Rosie, Silver and Squeak the baby. The young fairies go to fairy school and love tea parties, dressing up and exciting adventures.
Lily’s dressing-up dreams have come true – she’s going to Queen Titania's annual fancy-dress competition. She’s always dreamed of meeting the fashionable town fairies on the mainland, and now’s her chance!
But not everywhere is like Sheepskerry Island, and some fairies are less friendly than others. Without her Fairy Bell sisters to help her, Lily’s adventure spells trouble. How can she turn a dressing-up disaster into a prize-winning success?
Young readers will love the enchanting stories and beautiful illustrations in this charming new series.
Presents fairytales that introduce you to sea kings and witches, princesses and giant pink snakes. From Martian monsters dumped on Earth to football played in space, this title features magic and mystery on every page.
Marc and the rest of the Outsiders have been suppressed for years by Jared the Keeper and his followers. Now at last they have a chance to get a message to Planet Earth and save them from a life of slavery. But will Marc be able to deliver it in time?
Humans are fighting for their future, and one young boy might be their only hope. Scavenger: Zoid is the first in a brilliant sci-fi adventure series from the team behind the Edge Chronicles, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. Perfect for age nine and up.
A spaceship the size of a city drifts through space on its century-long journey to find a new Earth. When it launched it was populated by thousands of hopeful passengers and the most technologically advanced Zoids in the world, ready to serve the crew's every need.
But that was then, and this is now. The Zoids rebelled against their masters, wiping out most of the crew in one bloody uprising. Now the few remaining humans are hunted by the Zoids like vermin.
Fourteen-year-old York is a Scavenger - he hunts Zoids and kills them by any means he can, bringing back their parts to mend the technology on which the few remaining humans rely. York has always battled to survive, but now the fate of his people is in his hands . . .
Continue the sci-fi adventures with the next book in the series, Scavenger: Chaos Zone.
Shipley Manor is ready to set sail, but how will Polly and Tom fare on her maiden voyage? Harry 'Hopper' Hawkins has set them off on a special mission, but it's hard work helping the world 'Get the Fizzle.' What with interfering billionaires, icebergs in the Caribbean, flying alligators and armies of child-slaves, things are getting pretty tricky. To top it off, their old adversary Venetia Pike is back, this time with even darker and more twisted ideas. Can Tom figure out her plot in order to save him and Polly, and the very future of the 'Fizzle' itself?
When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders?
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‘Has all the characteristics of his work . . . pace, action, mystery and cool’ SUNDAY TIMES
Maximum Ride: a fighter. A leader.
She's gone to the ends of the earth seeking her destiny: to save the world.
Max and her flock stand ready to face the two greatest threats that humankind has ever known, now combining forces in an unbeatable plot to destroy life as we know it.
But with Fang’s unexpected return, could there be one last chance to stop the inevitable?
The apocalypse is no longer near . . . it’s here.
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