The old gilt-edged mirror has hung in Alex's aunt's house for as long as he can remember. Alex hardly notices it, until the day he and his sister are pulled through the mirror, back into 1912. It's the same house, but a very different place to live, and the people they meet need their help. Soon they're caught up in…
Before you start reading, there are a few things you should know:1. I, Esha Verma, am a genius inventor extraordinaire. 2. There is nothing I cannot invent. This includes words. 3. I did not mean to send my sister back to the Age of the Dinosaurs. That was HER OWN FAULT (Mum and Dad, if you're reading this, please take…
The robot Adam-2 has been locked in the basement of a lost building for over two hundred years - until one day he is discovered by two children, and emerges into a world ruined by a civil war between humans and advanced intelligence. Hunted by both sides, Adam discovers that he holds the key to the war, and the power…
Jake and his class are taking part in a science fair, and sparks are about to fly. Mischief and chaos are never far away when their teacher, Mr Hyde, turns into Creature, but now Jake and his friends have serious problems - there's not just one Creature, but two! Things get really explosive when there's double trouble.
The evil Space Twister has stolen Danny's cosmic remote and is running amok with it. Can Danny's new gadget, the Time Tablet, untwist everything? And what if, with one touch of the screen, Danny could delete the Space Twister for ever?
Ana, a student at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a school that trains the best underwater explorers in the world, find themselves pursued by a ruthless enemy whilst on their first sea trial. With danger on the horizon and a villain determined to steal secrets the school is founded on, only Ana and her half-trained team of students will be able to save…
WHO will step forward to save the city when scoundrels sabotage our Supa Buddies? Piggy is back to find out where all the new villains are coming from and gather friends together to help resolve this mite-y problem!
Tomas has always been told that dragons are extinct and so you can imagine his surprise when he learns that he has a very special power - he can summon his very own dragon! First Tomas and Ironskin have to learn to trust each other and then they have to save their home from a deadly threat.
With two horrible aunts, Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge, James is very lonely until the peach tree at the bottom of the garden starts to grow and grow and grow. Inside, seven very unusual insects take James on a magical adventure .......
Maia, an orphan, can't wait to reach her distant relatives a thousand miles up the Amazon. Maia, an orphan, can't wait to reach her distant relatives. She imagines a loving family with whom she will share great adventures. Instead she finds two spiteful cousins who see the jungle as the enemy and refuse to go outdoors. But the wonders of…
Wry, witty and very funny diary-style story packed with doodles and comic strips about the frustration trickster god Loki feels at having to live trapped in the body of a weedy eleven-year-old boy. After one trick too many, Loki is banished to live on Earth as a "normal" school boy. Forbidden from using his AWESOME godly powers, Loki must show…
Time is running out for Mrs Frisby. She must move her family of mice before the farmer destroys their home. But her youngest son, Timothy, is too ill to survive the move. Help comes in the unexpected form of a group of mysterious, super-intelligent rats. But the rats are in danger too, and little by little Mrs Frisby discovers their…
Being the smallest doesn't stop you having the biggest ideas. Eleven-year old Noah sneaks along on his big sister's geography field trip. Everything goes wrong! Six kids are marooned on an uninhabited island. Their teacher has vanished. They're hungry. Their phones don't work and Noah has broken the internet. There's no way of contacting home.. . Disaster! Until Noah discovers…
This story is going to be an intergalactic adventure filled with UFOs, black holes, killer robots and some very foul-smelling aliens. But it's mostly about a boy called Jake, his embarrassing dad, and the mind-boggling question........ . . . are we really alone in the universe?
Amy loves cars, and dreams of being a driver. But there's a major catch: her slow old wheelchair with its broken wheel. When Amy finally gets a new electric one, it's exciting... at first. But standard engines only have so much power. And that's where Rahul comes in - Amy's best friend and genius inventor. Soon Rahul turns a wheelchair…
This is an unforgettable tale of friendship, hope, and finding the courage to fight for what you believe in. Semira doesn't know where to call home. She and her mother came to England when she was four years old, brought across the desert and the sea by a man who had complete control. When Semira discovers Hen's diary, from 1891,…
Things aren't going well for Apollo. Once a Greek God, now he's a gawky teenager. There's only one way he can earn back Zeus' favour, and that's to seek and restore the ancient oracles - but that's easier said than done. A haunted cave in the American mid-west might be able to help him, but it might send him mad…
It is a rare and special skill, crafting items from enchanted ingredients and so Cordelia can't wait to make her first magical hat. But then her father disappears and someone seems to be using Maker enchantments to start a war. Cordelia must summon all her courage with friends and together set out to save the Makers forever.
Believing is just the beginning ... When Arthur and Rose were little, they were heroes in the Land of Roar, an imaginary world that they found by climbing through the folding bed in their grandad's attic. Roar was filled with things they loved - dragons, mermaids, ninja wizards and adventure - as well as things that scared them (including a…
This story is all about how we, Malik and Leila became apprentices to Gustave Eiffel and helped him to build the famous Eiffel tower.....erm ......sort of...... Oops, could things get any worse?
On the hunt for a holiday adventure, Amy and Liam stumble across a waterfall that forms a curtain between two worlds, the land of eternal youth and their holiday home in the west of Ireland. But something in this magical land has gone very, very wrong and now the headless horsemen of Dullaham are about to turn their holiday into…
In an alternate 15th century, where dragons roam, sailing ships transform into submarines, and blacksmiths build steampunk robots, ten-year-old orphan Benjamin Blank battles monsters, rescues people in peril and discovers fantastic new lands, but never quite manages to get his homework handed in on time. But Ben doesn't play by the rules, and soon the Moon-Faced Ghoul-Thing is after him,…
Sofia is the other princess. Not the crown princess - that's her perfect big sister, Katrin. Sofia is the princess who always says the wrong thing; who hates going to parties; who doesn't like people; who just wants to sit and read her books. So when Sofia is shipped off on a stomach-churning dragon flight to make another royal visit,…
Princess Zina is shocked to discover that the forest home of her kingdom's lemurs is in danger! Can she and her princess friends work together to save the lovely animals and their precious trees?
Aleja is a dreamer who longs for a life of magic and adventure. So when a mysterious ship arrives in her Spanish harbour city, crewed by a band of ruthless women, Aleja knows it's sailed right out of a legend. And it wants her. But life aboard the Ship of Shadows is more than even she bargained for. It will…
There was a single trail of footprints, the first I'd seen all morning. They were fresh tracks, I saw, the edges of the impressions in the snow quite hard. Small feet. Like mine. Someone my age. Then they stopped. They lead Kara to Rebecca, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, and her younger brother Samuel. Kara realises they are refugees - from…
Prune Robinson has a lot on her mind. Will her brother, Jesse stop getting into trouble at their new school? Will her father ever come back? She's just discovered that she has a magical ability, her drawings have started coming to life! But with her brother soon in danger, Prune comes to realise that she can't hide her power forever;…
You'll never look at pets in the same way again! Marvel at Houdini, the magician's rabbit. Take a trip around the world with Zoom, the supersonic tortoise. Gasp at the chaos created by Griselda, a grizzly bear with a big secret. And RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! It's Furp, the monstrous goldfish! Good pets, bad pets, supervillain pets, pets as big…
Vi is failing at top spy school Rimmington Hall - even though the school motto is 'Failure is Not an Option'. To make it worse, nearly-stepbrother Russell Sprout is an A* student. Worst of all, Vi's shadowy nemesis Umbra is still at large. Can Vi unveil the arch-villain before she gets expelled and her parents ground her for ever?
Turning invisible at will: it's one way of curing your acne. But far more drastic than 13 year-old Ethel Leatherhead intended when she tried a combination of untested medicines and a sunbed. It's fun at first, being invisible. And aided by her friend Boydy, she manages to keep her extraordinary ability secret. Or does she...? When one day the invisibility…
Years ago, it was the House of the Ayahs, giving shelter to nannies, who couldn't return to their homeland. Now it is a refugee centre - facing the threat of closure. A broken promise from the past must be fixed by two very different girls, Usha and Imtiaz, in the centre if they can work together to set the secrets…
From tree-top flights and Spanish galleons, to thrilling battles and sporting greatness - it seems like nothing is out of reach when you can share a dream with someone else. But... impossible dreams come with incredible risks, and when Seb won't wake up and is taken to hospital in a coma, Malky is forced to leave reality behind and undertake…
Elliot's mum is ill and his home is under threat, but a shooting star crashes to earth and changes his life forever. The star is Virgo - a young Zodiac goddess on a mission. But the pair accidentally release Thanatos, a wicked death daemon imprisoned beneath Stonehenge, and must then turn to the old Olympian gods for help. After centuries…