'A delight for its warmth and humour, but principally because the writing is alive and stunning.’ The Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week.
For readers aged 9+ comes a sparkling new series about family, friends and finding the joy in life! From award-winning author Jenny Valentine, this is the perfect series for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Cath Howe and Lara Williamson!
Meet ten-year-old Joy Applebloom, a girl with a knack for finding the silver lining in even the darkest of rainclouds.
After years of travelling the world with her parents and older sister, Claude (Claude rhymes with bored, which is just about right), Joy and her family move to suburbia – back to school, back to her grumpy, rule-obsessed grandad and back to normality.
Joy soon finds her usual irrepressible positivity and zest for life waning, but when the powers that be threaten to pull down a mighty oak tree, Joy decides to fight back, and realizes that not all magic requires wands and spells, and perhaps the most important sort of magic is the power, resilience and courage that was there all along . . .
Enchantingly read by Aysha Kala, narrator of the Pages & Co Bookwanderers series.
Charlie is coming to terms with a heart-breaking tragedy with only his beloved dog to comfort him. Henry wants a dog more than anything in the world but his parents just say no. Bone is a homeless dog searching for a place to belong. All three live very different lives...A powerful, moving novel about two boys and one dog whose stories are woven together in the most surprising of ways.
Crammed with the glamour and gossip of boarding-school life, this fabulously aspirational series from a well-loved author continues...Sasha loves her life at Silver Spires, but hasn't quite found her special passion yet. While all the other girls are pursuing their dream hobbies, Sasha begins to wonder if she isn't getting left behind. But all that changes when she begins sculling at the local water sports club. Balance; agility; speed; concentration; Sasha has it all and she is thrilled to have finally discovered her true talent - and with it, a newfound confidence. But Holly, a student with previous sculling experience, soon makes it clear that she's keen to thwart any competition on the water. In fact, Holly is determined to come out on top...even if that means pushing both herself and Sasha to their ultimate limits. Can Sasha rise to the challenge and gain success at Silver Spires? Filled with secrets, hopes, dreams and, above all, the power of friendship, ""School Friends"" is addictive reading for girls everywhere.
A little boy tries to find a pot of parent glue to stick his mum and dad back together. His parents have come undone and he wants to mend their marriage, stick their smiles back on and make them better. This story is brilliantly told with a powerful message that even though his parents may be broken, their love for him is not.
Delphinium ""Del"" Bloom loves her grandparents' flower shop, where it's always peaceful and calm - unlike her cluttered house, where her three sisters - Rose, Aster, and Poppy - constantly cause drama. But then Gran and Gramps move away and leave the flower shop in the care of Del's scatterbrained parents! Their first order is for a big wedding and the bride wants everything - especially the flowers - to be PERFECT. Worse, the mean girl in Del's class happens to be a junior bridesmaid! Can Del help her family and save the day?
The second book in the BATTLE OF THE BEETLES series –
perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!
'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO
on BEETLE BOY
'I predict Beetle-mania' THE TIMES on BEETLE
BOY
'Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollicking
ride, full of adventure with vivid characters' EXPRESS
on BEETLE BOY
Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her
yellow ladybird spies.
When Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt discover further evidence of
her evil, they're determined to stop her. But the three friends
are in trouble.
Darkus' dad has forbidden them to investigate any further –
and disgusting crooks Humphrey and Pickering are out of prison.
Hope rests on Novak, Lucretia's daughter and a Hollywood actress,
but the beetle diva is always one scuttle ahead ...
The second book in MG Leonard's acclaimed trilogy, followed
by Battle of the Beetles!
Featuring exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture of
bold male and female characters and a truly venomous villain
The story follows Darkus, Bertolt and Virginia –
and their beetle pals – as
they investigate
the wicked ‘Beetle Queen’ Lucretia
From the author of the Adventure on Trains series,
co-written with Sam Sedgman
Samantha Hansen is a mad scientist. Not the crazy kind - she doesn't blow stuff up, she just loves science (especially rocks) and figuring out how the world around her works. That is, when she can. For one thing, her bossy big sister can't seem to keep her hands off Sam's rock collection. And another, she just can't seem to control her temper.
Twelve books. Twelve friends. One amazing game.
The twelfth book in the series comes round full circle as Megan Fawcett, whose brilliant idea it was to set up the team in the first place, takes up the story again.
Beaky still can't tell a lie and life isn't getting any easier. When he somehow manages to land a lead part in the school play, Romeo and Juliet . but with Aliens, Beaky is put in the spotlight. Playing Romeo to Evie's Juliet makes his crush on her even harder to disguise. And now Beaky's old lying ways are coming back to haunt him - his dog Destructo has been chosen to appear on TV's Most Talented Pets because he can ride a bike. Only problem is . he can't.
As everything starts to unravel and Madame Shirley, the culprit for Beaky's truth-telling condition, is nowhere to be found, Beaky is faced with some difficult decisions. Maybe just telling the truth about a few things wouldn't be so bad.
Cue chaos, calamity and dogs that can't ride bikes in this hilarious series for fans of WIMPY KID and TOM GATES.
