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.
Princess Mirror-Belle is back! Once again, magically mischievous Mirror-Belle comes popping out of mirrors to sweep Ellen into five hilarious escapades. Whether she's telling tall stories about her winged pony, searching for a sea monster's treasure or turning herself into a most unusual Sleeping Beauty, Mirror-Belle's magical mayhem is packed with fun!Princess Mirror-Belle and the Flying Horse is the second Mirror-Belle adventure from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks.
Flora and Henry were born a few blocks from each other, innocent
of the forces that might keep a white boy and an African American
girl apart; years later they meet again and their mutual love of
music sparks an even more powerful connection. But what Flora and
Henry don't know is that they are pawns in a game played by the
eternal adversaries Love and Death, here brilliantly reimagined
as two extremely sympathetic and fascinating characters. Can their
hearts and their wills overcome not only their earthly circumstances,
but forces that have battled throughout history?
Cart and Cwidder is the first in the best-selling Dalemark Quartet of books and tells the story of Moril and his brother and sister who are travelling musicians journeying through Dalemark, until one day they pick up a mysterious passenger. Somehow Moril's family and the stranger are becoming bound together in terror, flight, and music. *Diana Wynne Jones is recognized as being one of the most outstanding writers of fantasy in recent times. *The Dalemark Quartet books are for good readers who have enjoyed the Christopher Chant books by the same author. The books contain the same ability to immerse the reader with real child characters having magical adventures in an imaginary world. *This genre of fantasy writing is currently very popular due to the success of the recent 'Lord of the Rings' film. *Diana Wynne Jones has won the Guardian Award for fiction and has written over twenty novels in less than twenty years.
'We're the Demon's Watch, son. Protectors of Port Fayt. Scourge of all sea scum. Don't tell me you've never heard of us?' Half-goblin boy Joseph Grubb lives in Fayt, a bustling trading port where elves, trolls, fairies and humans live side by side. Fed up of working at the Legless Mermaid tavern, Grubb dreams of escape - until a whirlwind encounter with a smuggler plunges him into Fayt's criminal underworld. There he meets the Demon's Watch and learns of their mission to save the port from a mysterious and deadly threat. Can Grubb and his new allies uncover the dark plot in time, or will they end up as fish food in Harry's Shark Pit?
Something's lying patiently in wait, until the time is right ...Thirteen years have passed since Yul fought for his life at the quarry, and Stonewylde has flourished in a new, golden age. But now the shadows are gathering. Wild and disobedient, Leveret is the bad girl who disappears at night time and would rather roam the woods than sit in school. Only Clip recognises the girl's magical sensitivity and believes she may be the one to lead Stonewylde out of the approaching darkness. The shadows thicken as Yul and Sylvie find that something ' or someone ' is tearing their beautiful relationship apart. As Stonewylde starts to disintegrate, a sinister alliance is forming but they have no idea what evil they're really up against ...
Jinx has become the leader of the Urwald, and now the magical forest isunder attack. Jinx's people expect him to lead them into battle, but theterrifying Bonemaster is stealing Jinx's magic and has captured his wizard master,Simon Magus.
Jinx must make a dangerous journey into the icy depths beneath the Glass Mountains, to rescue Simonand defeat the Bonemaster.Only then will he be able to unite the Urwald and fight off the invaders.
He is theforest's only hope.
Fire and ice, goodand evil, magic and knowledge: all collide in this action-packed conclusion tothe acclaimed Jinx trilogy.
