From the acclaimed author of THE EXTINCTS comes a quirky,
creepy, laugh-out-loud mystery full of carnivorous plants and
missing fingers!
'This is a perfect story for Halloween, it's very funny, but
it's also scary, gruesome and atmospheric' THE
PHOENIX COMIC
'A riot of a read' WRD MAGAZINE
Orphaned Dan’s new home is a crumbling castle. Here, horrible
Aunt Grusilla reigns supreme, tending to her mysterious graveyard
garden.
But why are Aunt Grusilla and her curious servants each missing
a finger – and what are the hungry ‘cabbages’
in the greenhouse?
As Dan struggles to solve the mystery, he encounters a chilling
question: what’s the price of everlasting life?
Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket or David Walliams!
A brilliant blend of laugh-out-loud funny, a little bit
creepy and a twisty-turny mystery
A spooky Halloween read for children aged 9 and up
Life is quiet and ordinary in Amal’s Pakistani village, but she had no complaints, and besides, she’s busy pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher one day. Her dreams are temporarily dashed when - as the eldest daughter - she must stay home from school to take care of her siblings. Amal is upset, but she doesn’t lose hope and finds ways to continue learning. Then the unimaginable happens - after an accidental run-in with the son of her village’s corrupt landlord, Amal must work as his family’s servant to pay off her own family’s debt.
Life at the opulent Khan estate is full of heartbreak and struggle for Amal - especially when she inadvertently makes an enemy of a girl named Nabila. Most troubling, though, is Amal’s growing awareness of the Khans' nefarious dealings. When it becomes clear just how far they will go to protect their interests, Amal realises she will have to find a way to work with others if they are ever to exact change in a cruel status quo, and if Amal is ever to achieve her dreams.
Days with my daddy are always the best.
So full of adventures, there's no time to rest.
From breakfast time at the zoo to bathtime out at sea, every moment of the day with Daddy is an adventure.
A touching celebration of the special relationship between father and child. Warmly told in gentle rhyme by James Brown and brought to life with charming illustrations by Cally Johnson-Isaacs. With My Daddy is a heartwarming picture book and the perfect gift to share time and time again.
Also available: With My Mummy.
Return to Frances Hodgson Burnett's timeless classic, The Secret
Garden, in this magical sequel by bestselling author Holly Webb.
It's 1939 and a group of children have been evacuated to Misselthwaite
Manor.
Emmie is far from happy to have been separated from her cat and sent
to a huge old mansion. But soon she starts discovering the secrets
of the house - a boy crying at night, a diary written by a
girl named Mary, and a garden. A very secret garden...
Girls will love this story of fourteen-year-old Ellie and her horse Spirit. Even though Ellie and her beloved horse Spirit are no longer together, the special bond between them remains strong. Ellie still communicates with Spirit, but she's frantically busy with stable work and shows. She's also spending more time than usual with Luke, the handsome groom.
Ellie is struggling to fit everything in. When she fails to help a new horse who really needs her, she realizes that something has to give. It's time for Ellie to make the most difficult choice of her life . . .
The last in the Loving Spirit quartet. Visit www.lindachapmanauthor.co.uk for more about the author and the previous books in the series, Loving Spirit, Loving Spirit: Hopes and Loving Spirit: Dreams.
Hi! I'm Charlie (DON'T call me Charlotte - ever!). History is boring, right? Wrong!
The Victorians weren't all deadly dull and drippy. Lottie certainly isn't. She's eleven - like me - but she's left school and has a job as a nursery maid. Her life is really hard, just work work work, but I bet she'd know what to do about my mum's awful boyfriend and his wimpy little son.
I bet she wouldn't mess it all up like I do . . .
A hilarious, witty and perceptive tale of two girls from very different times but experiencing very similar problems, from award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson.
When Gem moves into The House Next Door, Nona and Belinda think she's stuck up and vow to have nothing to do with her. But the beautiful Japanese doll in her window soon attracts their attention. They name her Little Plum because of the plum blossom decorating her clothes - but unlike Nona's Japanese dolls, Miss Happiness and Miss Flower, Little Plum seems sad, unloved and uncared for. Will the three girls - and the three dolls - ever become friends?
Before there was the Babysitters Club, there were four girls: Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia and Stacey. As they start the summer before seventh grade, each of them is on the cusp of a big change. Kristy is still hung up on hoping that her father will return. Mary Anne has to prove to her dad that she's no longer a little girl Claudia is navigating her first major crush. Stacey is leavinger entire New York City life behind. Discover how the four become friends and that friendship grows into a very special club...
Lenny the lion loves his grandpa, King Lion. But when King Lion starts to forget things, Lenny begins to worry. He can’t understand why grandpa keeps getting muddled and doesn’t want to play any more. Lenny doesn’t know what to do, but with a little help from grandpa’s old friends, perhaps he can find a way to help him remember…
Andrew has decided he never needs to go pee ever again, but his parents aren’t too sure. Only one minute into the drive to his grandparents’ house, Andrew changes his mind.
A new look for the Classic Munsch picture books brings all of the urgency and fun of I Have to Go! to a new generation of young readers.
A collection of twelve classic stories about everyone's favourite horrid boy, including the one in which Horrid Henry makes his own scary movie, The Undead Demon Monster Who Would Not Die.
