Boy soldier, Felix Smith, is undercover. Radical animal-rights activists have teamed up with the biggest terrorist organization in the world to create Deathwing - a project that takes Improvised Explo
For Zaria Tourmaline, the three years without her mother and brother have been lonely ones, living with a cold and distant guardian while she completes her education. Just as she is ready to join the
Quenelda has always had a magical bond with dragons, and her greatest wish is to fly one and fight alongside her father in the war against the hobgoblins. Root, on the other hand, wishes only to avoid
The explosion at the Prime Minister's visit to Long Harbour means the cover of the Monster Republic is blown, and they are forced deep into hiding. Lazarus Fry turns his tactics to infiltration, and i
Murray doesn't have many friends at school. A quiet loner with a troubled family life, he spends all his time down at Forest Grove cemetery, speaking to the dead and listening to their stories. When h
Anselm Andros has always thought he had a normal life - confidante to his mother, Maria, confessor to his stepfather, Leo, a man haunted by the secrets of his past, and support to his sister Jasmine.
Tobey wants a better life - for him and his girlfriend Callie Rose. He wants nothing to do with the gangs that rule the world he lives in. But when he's offered the chance to earn some money just for
Selina Penaluna is a merrymaid or so she believes. Ellen and Jack are evacuated from London to Cornwall during the Second World War. Ellen relishes the opportunity to better herself. Jack is different
Finn Gunnersen and his friends Loki and Freya, have been recruited by the enigmatic 'X' as special agents, working for the Allies. They are despatched on Operation Death Ray to aid in the sabotage of
Maddy Smith was born with a rusty-coloured runemark on her hand - a symbol of the old gods and definitely cause for suspicion. For magic is dangerous. Or so everyone thinks. But Maddy enjoys working m
Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on 28 September 1330. Nearly seven hundred years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal l
Rossamund has always dreamed of a career in the Navy, fighting monsters and rescuing damsels from pirates. But fate has chosen him for a different path. He is being sent to train as a Lamplighter - to
Eight years ago, the Austrian emergency services were called to the scene of a bizarre car accident. Two mangled bodies were found in the snow nearby, clawed and chewed; it seemed, by some ferocious a
Contains a short story that finds Lyra with her daemon Pantalaimon. Sitting on the roofs of Oxford, she sees a bird, the daemon of a witch, a storm petrel flying towards her pursued by a huge and angr
Beyond the huge domed roof of Ash Harbour, a city built inside a hollowed-out mountain, deadly storms and Arctic temperatures have stripped the Earth bare. When sixteen-year-old Sol Wheat's father goe
It’s eight months since Sophie went missing after attending a summer music festival. The police search has led nowhere and Jit, Sophie’s best friend and soulmate, is slowly going crazy not knowing wha
At the beginning of Ruby Oliver's junior year at Tate Prep, no one is speaking to her. But by Winter Break, a new job, an unlikely but satisfying friend combo, and many difficult decisions help Ruby t
The Scarp, also known as The Emporium of Human Misery, a savage demon is stalking its streets. A powerful secret society, the League of the Golden Unicorn, is bent on restoring the monarchy. Could the
The forces of evil are converging on StregaSchloss - demons, the Mafia. But there are just a few too many distractions, with Damp the toddler-witch missing in action and a house full of wolves and bic
Can the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a Nought father in a society where the pale-skinned Noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long battl
Sadie is fourteen years old and unhappy at school. Suddenly her mum becomes seriously ill and has to go into hospital. Sadie's Aunt Leona is supposed to take care of the business until she's well, but
It is London, 1716. The streets are full of spies and buzzing with intrigue. Jacobite rebels are being rounded up and hanged at Tower Hill, and on the outskirts of London the roads are haunted by a my
The Boyfriend List was a homework assignment for my mental health. Doctor Z, my shrink, told me to write down all the boyfriends, kind-of boyfriends, almost-boyfriends, rumoured boyfriends, and wished
Ambrose's life is threatened by the hooded priest of the Undercraft. And even when Ambrose is hidden within the house of the Widow of Develin, the priest and his minions slowly and subtly infiltrate w
It was just a bit of fun, a local legend. The Devil's Footsteps: thirteen stepping stones, and whichever one you stopped on in the rhyme could predict how you would die. It was a harmless game for kid
This thought-provoking and often provocative look at racism is a sequel to the award-winningNoughts & Crosses.For fourteen years, Sephy, a singer, struggles to raise her mixed-race child in an apa
Worry no more! Letty Chubb's guide to life has all the answers. It's all here, whether you're worried about exams or religion, cellulite or celibacy, spots or sex. Hilariously funny as well as insight
Great Catesby Village School has its first ever soccer team – the GreatsFour fantastically GREAT soccer books in one bumper omnibus:GREAT SAVE!GREAT SHOT!GREAT HIT! andGREAT GOAL!
When the 5,000-year-old Djinni Bartimaeus is summoned by Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, he expects to have to do nothing more taxing than a little levitation or a few simple illusions. But
Winner of the Young Judges’ Award for Smarties Prize 1993.Only William knows about the big great bear living under the stairs. He’s sure he saw one lurking there. This beautifully illustrated book dea
This lyrical version of the Nativity story, a simple cumulative poem with the rhythm of a well-loved nursery rhyme, is illustrated by stunning oil paintings.
Set partly in the UK and partly in the Punjab region of India, "(Un)arranged Marriage" is a perceptive look at a young man's fight to free himself from family expectations and an arranged marriage he
When the magic of Zoe's soft, sweet singing draws a beautiful unicorn to her, everyone is delighted. But then Zoe finds that her unicorn is in terrible danger.
