Alice and her beloved pony are off to train at Devon's world-class yard - following in the footsteps of the British show jumping team! Alice and Secret have gone further than anyone thought possible ... but on the day of the show jumping trials for the British team, Alice has to make an almost impossible choice.
Betty, Fliss and Charlie have left the misty gloom of Crowstone for a new life in the pretty village of Pendlewick. But all is not as it seems and as one of their own begins to slip away from them, the sisters find themselves in a race against time to break a dark magic that has cast a spell over…
An unknown bomber is conducting a terror campaign in London. After an explosion on the tube leaves someone dead, Zak and his team are brought in to try and work out how this terror cell operates - but clues are scarce and they have no idea where, or when, the bomber will strike next. A teenage boy, currently detained in…
In this brand new, action-packed adventure, Alex Rider is trying to get his life back on track after the traumatic events of his last mission. But even Alex can't fight the past ...especially when it holds a deadly secret.
Ever since MI6 recognized his potential, Alex Rider has constantly been thrust into the line of danger. From a routine visit to the dentist that turns into a chase through the streets of London, to a school trip with a deadly twist, no day has ever been ordinary for the teenage super-spy.
Vincent, Amelia's little brother rolls into a strange and mysterious land. It's up to Amelia and her friends to rescue him from a TOADALLY terrible fate.....
For Tad Spencer, only son of a fabulously wealthy businessman, every day is like Christmas. Until he makes the mistake of wishing he was someone else. The next morning he wakes up as Bob Snarby, trapped in a cruel and squalid funfair world inhabited by hopeless criminals, mysterious fortune tellers and - worst of all - the murderous Finn. But…
Millie's class have gone to the theatre to watch real ballerinas dance! But where can the Ballet Bunnies be? Will Millie be able to find them before the curtain rises? With a Ballet Bunny on your side, fun and laughter are never far away.
Huey has a bright idea! Huey wants to surprise his mum on Mother's Day, so he invents banana spaghetti. It takes a bit of help from Dad to get it right, but Huey is determined to show everyone that he is just as clever as his big brother, Julian. And when Huey beats his fear of the dark, he proves…
When a young elephant is captured by an unscrupulous merchant, Mak and his friend Diya follow them into the heart of the jungle in a quest to set the animal free. But soon Mak finds that he must remember all his survival skills to escape danger.
James hits rock bottom before he's offered a new start in an intriguing organisation ... A terrorist doesn't let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that one of these kids has bugged every room in…
Daisy is guest of honour at Gabby's birthday party. There's rainbow cake and party balloons and more party balloons. the trouble is, there's also an unwanted present ......
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…
Meet the Meeks! Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn't enough. She wants more, more, MORE! When Myrtle declares she wants a FING, there's only one problem...What is a FING? Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of…
Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. She's the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn't know about his grandma. 1) She was once an international jewel thief. 2) All her life, she has…
Grandpa was once a World War II flying ace. Now he is a resident in an old folk's home Twilight towers. Grandpa and his grandson, Jack, plot a daring escape, but, little do they know, the wicked matron is on to them ......
The isle of MULCH is home to a large number of horrible grown-ups, who like nothing more than making children miserable. But who could be brave enough to sort things out? Meet Ned - an extraordinary boy with a special power. SLIMEPOWER!
The young Prince Alfred, a sickly boy of twelve, has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace - but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world of mystery, adventure and monsters. And when his mother, the Queen, is dragged away to the Tower of London, Alfred…
Dr Dread teaches science and is half man, half monster... Watch out for the ghastly Miss Seethe. She is ALWAYS furious - and she's on a detention rampage. And as for Mr Phobe, he's a teacher with a real difference. He is bone-shakingly terrified of...
Can a group of ten year old mates (and one scruffy dog) really outwit the most fiendish, cunning teachers in the universe and, after millions of years, finally make school cool?! When mysterious new teachers arrive to lay down the law at notoriously naughty Bash Street School, Dennis, Gnasher and friends finally face a classroom test they simply can't afford…
Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix. After a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he's officially retired from ANY kind of sport! That is, until his mom persuades him to give it one more go
This was Mom's idea, not mine......... The only reason I agreed to do this at all is because I figure later on, when I'm rich and famous, this book is gonna come in handy
The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mum thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his "creative side". As if that's not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. But then Greg has an…
Greg Heffley's parents are convinced life was better back in the old days. But Greg isn't so sure that a life without electronics, central heating and working plumbing sounds all that fun ... And so, despite his best efforts, he is sent off to Hardscrabble Farm to learn about hard work and the great outdoors. Will Greg be able to…
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!
Dog Man is under arrest - but is he really bad to the bone? His friends work hard to prove his innocence as he makes friends and learns how to be himself in difficult circumstances.
Anna Karenina appears to have the perfect life. Young and beautiful, she lives in a fashionable house in Moscow with her respected husband and their young son. But Anna is deeply unhappy. Her older husband bores her, and she misses the lively city she grew up in. Then Count Vronsky, a dashing young officer, invites her to dance at a…
Born to bake. Happy to help. Freddie Bonbon is the kindest boy in town. He is also the most amazing baker - he just doesn't know it! So when the King of Cakes competition is announced, all his friends and customers encourage him to enter. Everyone wants Freddie to win! Everyone that is, except rival baker Bernard, who will go…
Geronimo has met the mouse of his dreams but he just can't play it cool. What better way to impress than travelling to discover the Eighth Wonder of the World: the mysterious Valley of the Cheesettas?
When Isadora is invited to stay at her friend Zoe's house she's so excited - she hasn't been to a sleepover before! And with a touch of Isadora magic, this is going to the best fairy vampire sleepover ever!
Isadora loves playing in the snow, especially when her creations come to life! But snow magic can't last forever, and she tries to save her friends before they melt away.
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 .......
After the fireworks display on Bonfire Night, Elizabeth, the new head girl is found - murdered. Many girls at Deepdean had reason to hate Elizabeth, but who might have committed such foul play? Could the murder be linked to the secrets and scandals, scribbled on scraps of paper, that are suddenly appearing around the school? And with their own friendship…
As a superhero-in-training with cat-like superpowers, Kitty can do all sorts of marvellous things, from jumping between roofs to catching thieves and recovering stolen treasures. But as a regular girl, Kitty is terrified to sing in front of everyone at school. She will need the help of her trusted cat crew to overcome her stage-fright.
Olivia's hopes of becoming a ballerina soar when she finds a velvety blue-grey kitten called Flame .... In every Magic Kitten story, he takes on a new guise and seeks out a child who is in need of his very special help.
Sometimes life isn't fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance she doesn't have one SINGLE pet in her whole life. And ALL the people in her class are losing their baby teeth. And she doesn't EVEN have a sprinkler in her own garden. But none of that matters in the end... because Mabel is still MAGNIFICENT.
When Morgan and his friends receive an unwelcome visit from the elusive Evoker King, they find themselves on a quest to find a secret item hidden in the depths of an unknown dungeon. But not is all as it seems, and they must gear up for an epic journey rife with danger, dragons and mysterious foes.
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…
The best bodyguard is the one nobody notices. Connor Reeves is a bodyguard, trained in surveillance, anti-ambush technique, hostage survival and unarmed combat. Now he is on board the mega-yacht of a media mogul. His job: to protect the twin daughters of this wealthy man. Pirates storm the yacht and Connor is in very stormy waters . . .
When the elephant Will is riding on the beach on holiday begins acting strangely, the tsunami comes crashing in and the elephant, Oona takes off running and doesn't stop, stampeding into the shadows of the jungle ...... Will is only wearing a shirt and has only a bottle of water to sustain him. Is he alone and can he learn…
Sally Lockhart is twenty-two, and running her own financial consultancy - a thoroughly modern woman in a world of pompous men - but she's about to be thrown headlong into a vicious web of murder, mystery and pure evil. When a client's lost investment appears suspicious, Sally investigates.
Summer school isn't turning out how Greg had hoped it would, but when he starts on a model of an old spitfire, he is propelled into an adventure that will really show him what it means to take control.
Barney is a solitary little boy, given to wandering off by himself. One day he is lying on the edge of a disused chalk-pit when it gives way and he lands in a sort of cave. Here he meets 'somebody with a lot of shaggy hair and two bright black eyes' wearing a rabbit skin and speaking in grunts. He…
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…
Louisa Adair, newly orphaned and shunned for her mixed-race heritage, has come here to the edge of the world to look after an old lady with a dark past. Jamie Beaufort-Stuart is a flight lieutenant whose squadron is posted to the airfield over winter. Ellen McEwan is a young woman held hostage by the German pilot who lands at Windyedge…
Grace's family are wardens of the Griffin Map, using its teleport technology to fight crime across their land. In an attempt to prove herself to be as good as her brother at completing missions, Grace responds to a distress call. But the map transports Grace to a remote village where nothing is quite as it seems. Has she taken on…
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?
Charlie loves a challenge - he's addicted to video games and an expert at figuring our how to get to the next level. But sometimes the real world can seem a bit dull. Then he finds himself on the slopes of an active volcano, with red-hot lava heading his way! There's no time to be bored with Bear as his…
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…
Oh no! Tom's stuck at home with a fractured ankle and it's spoiling his fun. Doodling on his plaster cast helps to pass the time, along with visits from family (with treats), friends and even Rooster managing to sneak in. Tom remembers other fun times he's had, like metal detecting with Uncle Kevin and the cousins or inventing a new…
Tom's doing everything possible to stay out of trouble but somehow he's got THREE sad faces :( :( :( on the school achievement chart! And getting another sad face means Mr Fullerman won't let him go on the SCHOOL TRIP! Moany Marcus Meldrew is making things worse and now Tom's annoyed his grumpy sister Delia. Can his best friend Derek…
Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late homework: dog attacks & spilt water & lightning... Tom's exercise book is full of his doodles, cartoons and thoughts, as well as comments from his long-suffering teacher, Mr Fullerton.
Jack is looking forward to he school trip to the D-day landing beaches, but when his Dad is called up to action, everything Jack believes about conflict is thrown into question. With his loyal dog, Fynn, Jack is drawn to the heart-wrenching true story of one particular D-Day paratrooper. On 6 June 1944, Emile Corteil parachuted into France with his…
Phoebe Howell and her best friend, the unicorn Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, have all kinds of exciting things planned for the summer. Their adventures include constructing a secret clubhouse with Phoebe's friend Max (enlisting the help of some magic pixies along the way) and preparing for a trip to Marigold's unicorn family reunion.
From singing and dancing to doing things with pickled herring - the villagers of Blubber are gifted in many ways. And they've decided to have a talent contest to prove it. Vulgar knows it's his time to shine. Will he perform his armpit 'music' or juggle some elk poo? No! He will act out a Viking legend, with fighting and…
The Alaskan Mountains. A fatal plane crash. A frozen wilderness. The world's youngest survival expert is in trouble again . . . Beck Granger must find help across the mountains - but even if he survives the deadly cold, can he escape the hungry wolf that is on his trail?
The First World War has ended, but it hasn't gone away. When Natty has to move to a new village, she meets two young soldiers who are still battling the effects of war. Huw can't forget the terrible things he's seen, but Johnny doesn't even remember who he is. As Natty tries to keep a secret and unravel a mystery,…
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…
