Luna is the only one to mourn her grandfather's death - the rest of her family couldn't be happier to see the back of the old miser. Then her family start to disappear... Luna's sure it's her grandfather haunting them from beyond the grave but Skeleton Keys is convinced it's the work of a mysterious unimaginary.
Party-loving zombies Doug, Turf and Berry are psyched, man! The underworld's greatest rock festival, Deadstock, is taking place in Scream Street and the community is swamped with rotting revellers from across the globe. It appears that Luke, Resus and Cleo will have a soundtrack to their search for a slice of flesh from a long vanished zombie.
Desperate for blood, Alston Negative, Resus' father, enrages a group of sewer rats. Luke, his friend Resus Negative and Cleo must save Scream Street from the rats while searching for the second of the founding father's relics, a vial of witches blood - and without being turned into vampires themselves.
Features Warlocks with dark spells, hunters with deadly aim, and bakers with ovens retrofitted for cooking children. This title helps you learn the true story of ""Hansel and Gretel"" - the story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses and outwitted witches.
Newbery Medal Winning Novel When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?
Can you go on a very serious adventure without giggling? The Giggle
Pigs can't. However hard they try, they just keep bursting out
laughing, as they canoe down a river of custard, tip-toe across
the Swamp of Burps and run from the dreaded Tickle Ghosts. Get ready
for fun, silliness and LOTS of giggling in this hilariously imaginative
piggy tale.
For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end, but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried... Some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Just one boy is left. Thomas Ward. He is the last hope.
Charlie is now a fully-fledged member of Spook Squad and as a reward for solving two puzzling missions, he and his friend Lewis are sent to Earth for a seaside holiday. But while they're there they come to the aid of two young ghosts living on a shipwreck who are being terrorised by a terrifying monster from the deep.
Three vampire tales for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. Young heroes and heroines meet pale and mysterious strangers. But whom should they trust? And will they survive the night? Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.
