This book is suitable for reluctant readers of 8-13 with a reading age of eight years. It is printed on cream paper, which is proven to be more restful on the eye. The font is specially designed to encourage a smooth and easy read. There are frequent page breaks, short, headed chapters and illustrations on almost every page. A wide range of specialists, including children themselves, have read and commented on the book prior to publication.
It's six months since Rob's mum died and he moved to Florida. His dad won't talk about her at all. ""Crying ain't going to bring her back,"" he says. So Rob fills a suitcase in his mind with all his forbidden thoughts - the rash on his legs, the bullies at school - and keeps it tight shut. But when he finds a caged tiger deep in the woods, his whole life begins to change. That same day he meets Sistine Bailey, another outsider who's bullied at school. She says they must set the tiger free - and when Rob imagines the tiger rising out of its cage, his suitcase begins to open...
Feisty Mel the trainee time-travelling angel is back for her fourth adventure! And this time, it’s1920s Hollywood that needs her special touch…
Mel gets the Call – a strange out-of-body experience which tells Angel Academy students that they are ready for their first guardian angel module. At first, it seems like a suitably fluffy assignment – the America of the 1920s, full of flappers and limos, jazz and silent movies. But Mel’s got her hands full when she has to look after Honesty Bloomfield, a sullen, withdrawn girl who is travelling across America with her family. They are bound for Hollywood – the city of dreams, or nightmares?
Follow Greystripe in this brand new adventure, with powerful drawings bringing a whole new dimension to the Warrior cats series.
When the Twolegs destroy the warrior Clans’ forest home, Greystripe – second in command of Thunder Clan – is captured trying to help his comrades escape! Trapped in the pampered life of a kittypet, Greystripe has all the food and shelter he could needs from his affectionate Twoleg family, but none of the freedom of a hunter and a warrior…
This is not the way he wants to live: the forest is calling him and he never stops longing to go home. When he makes friends with a feisty kittypet named Millie, she encourages him to go in search of his lost friends. But will Greystripe ever find his way back to the Clan?
Taggie and Jemima think they're ordinary sisters – until their father's disappearance draws them into a world very different from their own . . . A thrilling adventure begins with The Secret Throne, a magical tale from award-winning author Peter F. Hamilton.
Featuring beautiful black-and-white illustrations from Rohan Eason.
Taggie and her younger sister, Jemima, are just like any other girls their age. They live with their mum, go to school, play sports and spend their holidays with their dad in the countryside. But, one day, everything changes. One day, a white squirrel wearing purple glasses turns up in their lives.
The next thing the sisters know, their dad has been kidnapped, and it's up to the girls to get him back. But it seems their father has been keeping some very large secrets from his young daughters. Their dad is no ordinary man. He is an otherworldly prince in exile, and the land he should be ruling, the First Realm, has been overthrown by the King of Night.
Can Taggie and Jemima find their way between the worlds to save their father? What other secrets has he been hiding? Before long, the sisters realize that it is not just their dad's life at stake. It's the future of a whole world.
Continue the adventure with The Hunting of the Princes and A Voyage Through Air.
Gattaca meets Dark Angel from international best-selling authors Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant, author of GONE, BZRK and Front Lines. A mystery-thriller that bursts out of the world of genetic science and into the lives of teens. The perfect read for teens who loved Scott Westerfeld's Uglies.
Love has never had much of a place in the life of Evening Spiker. But being the daughter of a billionaire genetic scientist has other perks. Like a private hospital where you can recover from near-fatal road accidents. And a hot surfer boy to push your wheelchair. While Eve is healing, her mother sets her an unexpected challenge: to use a cutting-edge virtual reality system to design the perfect boy; everything from the colour of his eyes to the level of his IQ. It’s the chance of a lifetime. The chance to play God … or is it more than just playing?
An exceptional page-turner from the creator of the GONE series. Escapism doesn’t get more thrilling than this book for teens.
Fans of Ally Condie's 'Matched' series will love this.
Praise for the GONE series by Michael Grant:
“Exciting, high-tension story told in a driving, torrential narrative … This is great fiction. I love these books… – Stephen King.
Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate have always lived life in the fast lane – they moved in together after knowing each other for less than 24 hours. They have co-authored more than 100 books, including the massive hit series Animorphs. Michael went on to write the New York Times and international bestselling series, GONE. Michael, Katherine and their two children live in the San Francisco Bay Area, not far from Silicon Valley. Michael can be contacted via Twitter @thefayz, Facebook (authormichaelgrant) and via email at [email protected]
