Rafe Khatchadorian is getting the Hollywood treatment in a film version of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life starring Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle and Thomas Barbusca.
Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever, if he can pull it off. With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school's oppressive Code of Conduct. Chewing gum in class - 5,000 points! Running in the hallway - 10,000 points! Pulling the fire alarm - 50,000 points! But when Rafe's game starts to catch up with him, he'll have to decide if winning is all that matters, or if he's finally ready to face the rules, bullies, and truths he's been avoiding.
But a dog would damage the expensive carpets in Hal's glamorous home,
and his wealthy parents refuse to consider one. Then they discover
Easy Pets, a convenient dog-rental agency. Terrier Fleck arrives
on Hal's birthday, but when Hal discovers that his dog must
be returned, he runs away. Hal and Fleck are joined by a group
of pedigree breeds joyfully escaping from Easy Pets - among them
is Otto, the wise and sombre St Bernard, and the fierce and excitable
Pekinese Li-Chee. A large reward is offered for the missing
boy, and soon Hal and his dogs are being chased across the country
by ruthless pursuers. Helped by a travelling circus, and the sympathetic
children from an orphanage, they race for their freedom
in a classic adventure in the tradition of 101 DALMATIANS. Every
dog-loving child will adore this irresistible story from a truly
great and much-loved children's author.
From the author of the best-selling LOST IN THE SNOW
Alfie has always loved playing in the overgrown garden next door.
It is here he plays with Penguin, an enormous black-and-white cat,
a stray who Alfie has claimed as his own.
But when his next door neighbour's granddaughter, Grace, comes
to live with her, she decides Penguin belongs to her! Alfie knows
he can't force Penguin to be with him, but he wishes the cat didn't
want to spend time with Grace either.
What neither of them realizes is that while they thought Penguin
was with the other one, he has actually disappeared...
Schooldays at St Clare's are never dull for twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in Enid Blyton's much-loved boarding school series.
In book nine the unimaginable has happened - the twins made head girl! It's a tough job - cheeky first formers and cruel Priscilla keep the girls on their toes.
It's the twins last year and there definitely will be mischief!
Between 1941 and 1946, Enid Blyton wrote six novels set at St Clare's. Books 5, 6 and 9 are authorised sequels of the series written by Pamela Cox and feature storylines set in between the original Blyton novels. These books were published in 2000/2008 and are unillustrated.
TV presenter Holly Willoughby's seventh adventure written with her sister Kelly. Join schoolgirl detectives Molly, Maria, Pippa and Sally for more mystery and glamour, set in a contemporary school for the Performing Arts.
When an Indian princess arrives in school she wants to stop being royal and start doing normal things - pillow fights, midnight feasts and cooking are her idea of fun. The end of term extravaganza is a bake-off competition and Bollywood style play, so Princess Ameera and the girls are in their element. But someone is trying to get the Princess into serious trouble. Molly, Maria, Pippa and Sally jump at the chance of an adventure that will solve a royal mystery and rescue the princess.
This book is GLEE for 9+ and is perfect for fans of BALLET SHOES and MALLORY TOWERS.
The first in a bewitching new series, mixing friendship, secrets and spells - perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Soman Chainani's The School for Good and Evil, Ever After High, Disney's Descendants and Zoella's Girl Online.
It's time to work some magic .
From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha &
the Spirit Bird and Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
comes a atmospheric, magical adventure with a stunning twist
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'A magical stormy adventure' THE TIMES
'A gem for readers of eight-plus' THE GUARDIAN
'A deliciously addictive, one-sitting type of read' NIZRANA
FAROOK, AUTHOR OF THE GIRL WHO STOLE AN ELEPHANT
'A beautiful weaving of myth and magic ... Simply stunning'
ZILLAH BETHELL, AUTHOR OF THE SHARK CALLER
Aarti has lived on the island with Aunt for as long as she can
remember.
Like the weather, Aunt rules her world with
rare warmth. Aarti's only comforts are a book of Indian myths full
of blue gods, a fox's friendship, and a toy rabbit she finds in
a locked room.
Then, she learns Aunt has been feeding
her lies. Fate intervenes when a half-drowned boy washes up on
the beach. With his help, Aarti hopes to remember who she really
is ... and perhaps find a way home.
The mesmerising third novel from one of the most exciting
writers of middle-grade fiction
Jasbinder is the author of the Costa Book Award-winning
Asha & the Spirit Bird and Indie Book Award-winning
Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
Themes of identity, faith and belonging with a stunning
twist in an evocative and remote Scottish island setting
From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes the long-awaited sequel to Pax; gorgeously crafted, utterly compelling with stunning illustrations by award-winning author and illustrator Jon Klassen.
It’s been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now lead very different lives. Pax must protect his litter of kits in a dangerous world. Meanwhile Peter, orphaned after the war, has left his adopted home and joined the Water Warriors, a group determined to heal the land from the scars of the war.
When one of Pax's kits falls desperately ill, he turns to the one human he knows he can trust. And no matter how hard Peter tries to harden his broken heart, love keeps finding a way in. Now both boy and fox find themselves on journeys toward home, healing – and each other.
A breathtaking novel about chosen families and the healing power of love.
Perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and David Baddiel’s Birthday Boy – a hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to
Tom can’t wait for his LUCKY BIRTHDAY. It’s an EPIC family tradition and he’s dreamed up an UNFORGETTABLE party!
Only, after several disasters involving a flattened chihuahua and a curse from the tooth fairy, it’s been CANCELLED.
But Tom won’t give up. With the help of his friends (and a pig painted like a zebra), Tom decides to throw himself the party he deserves.
What could possibly go wrong?
'A total page-turner...very moving and touching.' JACQUELINE WILSON
A brilliantly funny and wonderfully warm-hearted story about love, family, and what it means to be different.
Sydney thinks her mum Amy is the best mum in the world - even if she is a bit different. When everyone else kept growing, Amy got to four feet tall and then stopped right there. The perfect height, in Sydney's opinion: big enough to reach the ice cream at the supermarket, small enough to be special. Sydney's dad died when she was only five, but her memories of him, her mum's love and the company of her brave big sister Jade means she never feels alone . . .
But when the family are forced to move house, things get tricky. Sydney and Jade must make new friends, deal with the bullies at their new school and generally figure out the business of growing up in a strange new town.
And Sydney doesn't want to grow up - not if it means getting bigger than her mum...
Luise has ringlets.Lottie has braids. Apartfrom that they look exactlythe same. But they have neverset eyes on each other before.
When the two girls meetat a summer camp anddiscover the secret behindtheir similarity, they decideto switch places. Luise willgo home as Lottie, andLottie as Luise. Everyoneis fooled (apart from thedog) and the plan seems tobe working - until a beautifulyoung woman sets her sightson Luise's father. Will thegirls come clean in orderto avert disaster?
Funny, moving, affectionateand improbable, The ParentTrap has twice been adaptedfor film, and endures asone of the great classicsof children's literature.
