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A A Gill

Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

A K Benjamin

A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A P Wavell

A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

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A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

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A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Humphreys

A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

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The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson returns to give readers his unique and unforgettable insight into the epic feats of twelve of Ancient Greece’s most recognisable heroes. 
 
Percy Jackson knows all there is to know about the greatest heroes in Greek mythology. After all, he’s met most of them. 
 
Want to know who cut off Medusa's head? Which hero was raised by a she-bear? Whose idea it was to create an impossible Labyrinth? What happens when you try to sneak someone out of the Underworld? Who tamed Pegasus, the winged horse? 
 
Percy has all the answers . . . 
 
Don't miss the latest novel from the world of Percy Jackson, The Court of the Dead! 
 
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Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes

Eoin Colfer

Brought to you by Puffin. 
 
The first three audiobooks in the Artemis Fowl series from award-winning and best-selling author, Eoin Colfer. 
 
Artemis Fowl (Book 1) 
Twelve-year-old villain Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. 
 
But he’s taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit). For a start, leprechaun technology is more advanced than our own. Add to that the fact that Holly is a true heroine and that her senior officer Commander Root will stop at nothing to get her back and you’ve got the mother of all sieges brewing! 
 
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (Book 2) 
Someone has been supplying Class-A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that her archenemy, 13-year-old Artemis Fowl, is responsible. 
 
But is he? Artemis has his own problems to deal with: his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him. Maybe this time a brilliant plan just won’t be enough. Maybe this time Artemis needs help.... 
 
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code (Book 3) 
Artemis Fowl is attempting to go straight. But there's always time for one last job. Artemis Fowl has created the most powerful new supercomputer known to man - using stolen technology from an elite race of underground fairies. And when the computer falls into the hands of an IT billionaire with a shady past and an alleged mob connection, Artemis is in deep trouble. 
 
The consequences for humans and fairies alike are deadly. Only one person, well, fairy, can help him now. If only Artemis Fowl wasn't the fairies' public enemy number one... 
 
©2013, 2014 Eoin Colfer (P)2025 Penguin Audio

Artemis Fowl Collection

3-book audio collection

Joan Aiken

Quentin Blake

Join master storyteller Joan Aiken and illustrator extraordinaire Quentin Blake for eight original and wildly imaginative modern fairy tales. 
 
From eight-legged horses and Martian dinosaurs to a girl cursed to turn into a pink snake, these weird and wonderful short stories weave folktale and fantasy into something entirely unexpected. 
 
Told with Joan Aiken&rsquo;s wit and creativity, and illustrated with Quentin Blake&rsquo;s distinctive style, these surreal, sublime and endlessly enjoyable stories are perfect for young readers and fairy tale fans to share.

The Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories

Carrie Hope Fletcher

A spell-binding new adventure from acclaimed performer and bestselling author Carrie Hope Fletcher. 
 
After defeating the Crowood Witch and saving the day, Ivy, Maggie and the rest of the Double Trouble Society are on the lookout for their next big adventure. 
 
They won't have to wait long - there are three new kids in town and they're all behaving very mysteriously . . . 
 
The Double Trouble Society know how to handle witches but can they manage vampires, werewolves and ghosts as well? 
 
Readers love The Double Trouble Society series: 
 
'Makes you believe there's magic in every one of us' 
'Could not stop reading this wonderful and charming story' 
'Mysterious and exciting!'

The Double Trouble Society and the Worst Curse

What do you get if you mix together two best friends, a witch's curse and a haunted house? A spell-binding mystery for fans of The Worst Witch and The Danger Gang from acclaimed performer and bestselling author Carrie Hope Fletcher - star of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella. 
 
They say children who are born on Friday 13th are immune to evil spirits. Whilst Ivy and Maggie liked to believe that was true, it didn't stop them checking for monsters under their bed each and every night. 
 
Ivy and Maggie have been best friends ever since they were born at exactly the same minute twelve years earlier. They're always on the look-out for a new adventure but unfortunately Crowood Peak is officially the most boring town in the world. Or at least it was until children start to mysteriously disappear and, even stranger, none of the grown-ups seem to have noticed . . . 
 
It's up to the Double Trouble Society to work out what's going on. All the evidence points to the old mansion next door with strange green lights in the windows and a new owner who looks suspiciously like a witch! 
 
Can Ivy and Maggie solve the mystery of Hokum House and rescue their friends or will they be next on the witch's list of victims?

The Double Trouble Society

Brian Jacques

The sixteenth book in the classic fantasy Redwall series – perfect for readers aged 9+. 
 
Young haremaid Martha Braebuck is unable to walk - and no beast knows why. The answer lies far away - at the ancient, ruined abbey of Loamhedge. And two old Redwall warriors, Bragoon and Sarobando, are determined to help her. 
 
But a murderous band of sea rats is heading for Redwall Abbey - and their leader, Raga Bol, is a mighty vicious beast. One brave badger, Lonna Bowstripe, wants revenge on Bol and his crew - and the fate of Redwall, and young Martha Braebuck, will depend on him . . 
 
Discover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series: 
Redwall 
Mossflower 
Mattimeo 
Mariel of Redwall 
Salamandastron 
Martin the Warrior 
The Bellmaker 
Outcast of Redwall 
The Pearls of Lutra 
The Long Patrol 
Marlfox 
The Legend of Luke 
Lord Brocktree 
The Taggerung 
Triss 
Loamhedge 
Rakkety Tam 
High Rhulain 
Eulalia! 
Doomwyte 
The Sable Quean 
The Rogue Crew

Loamhedge

The seventeenth book in the classic fantasy Redwall series – perfect for readers aged 9+. 
 
Rakkety Tam MacBurl is a brave border warrior who has travelled south in search of adventure. But when his army is attacked by an evil flesh-eating band, adventure finds him. 
 
Gulo the Savage, wolverine, flesh-eater and brutal killer, has come to Mossflower in search of his brother - who stole the mystical stone that will make one of them king of the lands of ice and snow. Any beast who gets in Gulo's way is dead meat. And he's heading for the peaceful Redwall Abbey - unless Rakkety Tam can stop him. 
 
Discover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series: 
Redwall 
Mossflower 
Mattimeo 
Mariel of Redwall 
Salamandastron 
Martin the Warrior 
The Bellmaker 
Outcast of Redwall 
The Pearls of Lutra 
The Long Patrol 
Marlfox 
The Legend of Luke 
Lord Brocktree 
The Taggerung 
Triss 
Loamhedge 
Rakkety Tam 
High Rhulain 
Eulalia! 
Doomwyte 
The Sable Quean 
The Rogue Crew

Rakkety Tam

The twenty-second book in the classic fantasy Redwall series – perfect for readers aged 9+. 
 
Mossflower Country has never seen a creature more evil or more hideous than Razzid Wearat. Captain of the Greenshroud, a ship with wheels that can sail through water as well as the forest, this beast is a terror of both land and sea. And his goal? To conquer Redwall Abbey. 
 
From Salamandastron to the High North Coast, the brave hares of the Long Patrol team up with the fearless sea otters of the Rogue Crew to form a pack so tough, only they can defend the abbey and defeat Razzid Wearat once and for all. 
 
Brian Jacques is one of Britain's best-loved storytellers - and Redwall is his most famous creation. 
 
Discover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series: 
Redwall 
Mossflower 
Mattimeo 
Mariel of Redwall 
Salamandastron 
Martin the Warrior 
The Bellmaker 
Outcast of Redwall 
The Pearls of Lutra 
The Long Patrol 
Marlfox 
The Legend of Luke 
Lord Brocktree 
The Taggerung 
Triss 
Loamhedge 
Rakkety Tam 
High Rhulain 
Eulalia! 
Doomwyte 
The Sable Quean 
The Rogue Crew

The Rogue Crew

The twenty-first book in the classic fantasy Redwall series – perfect for readers aged 9+. 
 
Vilaya, the Sable Quean, and her hordes of vermin have a plan to conquer Redwall - a plan that begins with a devious kidnapping. Will the Redwallers risk their Abbey and all of Mossflower Wood to recover their precious children? 
 
Perhaps Buckler the Hare, Blademaster of the Long Patrol, can save the day. After all, he has a score of his own to settle with the Sable Quean . . . 
 
Brian Jacques is one of Britain's best-loved storytellers - and Redwall is his most famous creation. 
 
Discover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series: 
Redwall 
Mossflower 
Mattimeo 
Mariel of Redwall 
Salamandastron 
Martin the Warrior 
The Bellmaker 
Outcast of Redwall 
The Pearls of Lutra 
The Long Patrol 
Marlfox 
The Legend of Luke 
Lord Brocktree 
The Taggerung 
Triss 
Loamhedge 
Rakkety Tam 
High Rhulain 
Eulalia! 
Doomwyte 
The Sable Quean 
The Rogue Crew

The Sable Quean

David Elliott

The fifteenth book in the classic fantasy Redwall series – perfect for readers aged 9+. 
 
Triss is a brave squirrelmaid - enslaved by the evil ferret King Agarnu of Riftgard and his cruel daughter, Kurna. But, secretly, Triss is planning a daring escape by sea . . . 
 
As Triss sets sail, three young friends leave Salamandastron in search of adventure - and two youngsters go missing in Mossflower Woods. After three dangerous journeys, the travellers' paths cross at the famous Redwall Abbey - where Triss will discover her destiny, and a new champion will rise to carry the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior and fight for the future of Redwall . . . 
 
Discover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series: 
Redwall 
Mossflower 
Mattimeo 
Mariel of Redwall 
Salamandastron 
Martin the Warrior 
The Bellmaker 
Outcast of Redwall 
The Pearls of Lutra 
The Long Patrol 
Marlfox 
The Legend of Luke 
Lord Brocktree 
The Taggerung 
Triss 
Loamhedge 
Rakkety Tam 
High Rhulain 
Eulalia! 
Doomwyte 
The Sable Quean 
The Rogue Crew

Triss

The eighteenth book in the classic fantasy Redwall series – perfect for readers aged 9+. 
 
The adventure continues in the next installment of the bestselling Redwall saga, High Rhulain. 
 
The otters of Green Isle have long been enslaved to the Wildcat Riggu Felis. They work and wait for the day their savior will arrive, the prophesized High Rhulain, who will lead them in battle and a return to glory. Meanwhile, young Tiria Wildlough, an ottermaid at Redwall Abbey, pines for her chance to learn the ways of the warrior, much against the wishes of her father. So when an injured osprey arrives at the Abbey, seeking help for its wounds and carrying tales of an embattled clan of otters, young Tiria knows what she must do. 
 
Perfect for fans of T. A. Barron's Merlin saga, John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series, and J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. 
 
Discover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series: 
Redwall 
Mossflower 
Mattimeo 
Mariel of Redwall 
Salamandastron 
Martin the Warrior 
The Bellmaker 
Outcast of Redwall 
The Pearls of Lutra 
The Long Patrol 
Marlfox 
The Legend of Luke 
Lord Brocktree 
The Taggerung 
Triss 
Loamhedge 
Rakkety Tam 
High Rhulain 
Eulalia! 
Doomwyte 
The Sable Quean 
The Rogue Crew

High Rhulain

Salman Rushdie

Brought to you by Penguin. 
 
Haroun's father is the greatest of all storytellers. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. 
 
But one day something goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell. 
 
Haroun is determined to return the storyteller's gift to his father. So he flies off on the back of the Hoopie bird to the Sea of Stories - and a fantastic adventure begins.

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Michael Moreci

Stephen Gilpin

*Soon to be a major film!* 
 
 AT JUST TWELVE YEARS OLD, ARTEMIS FOWL IS A CRIMINAL GENIUS. 
 
 No scheme is too dastardly, no plot too devious. And he's just discovered that fairies are real. 
 Poor fairies. 
 
 But these are not the cuddly creatures of bedtime stories. They are armed. They are dangerous. And when Artemis captures Captain Holly Short for her fairy gold, he messes with the wrong elf. 
 
 Holly isn't armed but she's incredibly dangerous, and pretty annoyed with all the kidnapping. Artemis Fowl is about to find out that fairies fight back . . . 
 
This graphic novel adaptation of the internationally best-selling novel offers an exciting look inside both Fowl Manor and Haven City as it follow Artemis Fowl's battle against a cast of creatures beyond your wildest imagination.

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (New)

An all-new collection of short stories from the world of Magnus Chase! 
 
Travel the Nine Worlds with your favourite characters from the world of Magnus Chase in a brand-new series of adventures. 
 
Find out why Amir Fadlan hates clothes shopping in Midgard, see how Mallory Keen learns in icy Niflheim that insulting a dragon can be a good idea, and join Alex Fierro as they play with fire (and a disco sword) in the home of the fire giants, Muspellheim. 
 
But watch out for Thor, who is jogging through all Nine Worlds so he can log his million steps - and is raising quite a stink . . .

9 From the Nine Worlds

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

John Robertson

Louis Ghibault

In a town surrounded by deadly mist, and filled with oddities, two young siblings become orphans. 
 
And that's the best thing that's happened to them all day. 
 
Howard Howard was a Wrecker (a brute and bully by profession) who was brutal and bullish to his children - Aubrey and Aubrey's Sister. Howard Howard deserved to be turned into mince, and thanks to a mysterious duo called The Grinders, that's exactly what happened to Howard Howard. 
 
Hunted by the police and their father's gang of Wreckers, the siblings find some new friends to help keep them safe: a talented burglar named Charlie (who has no bones, but a great moustache) and a sword-wielding assassin named Calo (who has a sword, duh.) 
 
In a town already revelling in its own chaos and with new dangers around every corner, Aubrey's Sister and Aubrey stumble into a world of secrets, myths and monsters.

The Little Town of Marrowville

Philip Pullman

Peter Bailey

The Firework Maker's Daughter 
I Was A Rat! 
Clockwork 
The Scarecrow and His Servant 
 
A devilish inventor, a girl who must face a Fire Fiend, a scarecrow brought to life by a bolt of lightning, and a boy who can only say the words 'I Was a Rat!' . . . 
 
Drawing on the rich tradition of fairytales, these are four incredible stories that will obsess and enchant readers. 
 
Includes a prologue and epilogue from the uniquely talented Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials

Four Tales

AT JUST TWELVE YEARS OLD, ARTEMIS FOWL IS A CRIMINAL GENIUS. 
 
No scheme is too dastardly, no plot too devious. And he's just discovered that fairies are real. 
Poor fairies. 
 
But these are not the cuddly creatures of bedtime stories. They are armed. They are dangerous. And when Artemis captures Captain Holly Short for her fairy gold, he messes with the wrong elf. 
 
Holly isn't armed but she's incredibly dangerous, and pretty annoyed with all the kidnapping. Artemis Fowl is about to find out that fairies fight back . . .

Artemis Fowl

Greg Howard

Since his mother's disappearance four months ago, Riley has become increasingly frustrated by the incompetence of the police and apathy of his family and friends. In desperation, Riley turns to the Whispers, creatures of legend that he believes can grant him his heart's desire. But Riley has secrets of his own - and finding the truth could cost him more than he is willing to give. 
 
Time-Travelling with a Hamster meets Goldfish Boy in this stunning middle-grade story of belief and magic, a tender exploration of prejudice, grief and self-acceptance.

The Whispers

My name is Magnus Chase. I'm orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse. 
 
I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, 'They're after you.' Next thing I know, I'm reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god. 
 
And it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Apparently, if I can't find the sword my father lost two thousand years ago, there will be doom. Doomsday, to be precise . . . 
 
Magnus Chase: The Complete Series includes all three novels in the action-packed, electrifying series from Rick Riordan: The Sword of Summer, The Hammer of Thor and The Ship of the Dead

Magnus Chase: The Complete Series (Books 1, 2, 3)

Tick, tick, tick, tock. Once you've wound some things up nothing can stop them . . . 
 
 It is a cold winter's night when Karl enters the White Horse Tavern looking like he's swallowed a thundercloud. His final task as a clockmaker apprentice is to make a new figure for the great clock of Glockenheim. He has not made the figure - or got any idea of what it could be, and the unveiling is tomorrow. 
 
 Fritz is also in the tavern; there to read aloud his new spooky story. Like Karl, he hasn't finished. Well, he knows how the story starts and he knows it's called Clockwork - so, with the snow swirling down outside, he sets his story going and just has to hope that the ending will come to him as he tells it. 
 
 Suddenly, Fritz's story and real life merge in a completely sinister way - and just like clockwork it can't be stopped . . .

Clockwork or All Wound Up

Featuring wonderful new illustrations from Peter Bailey, this intriguing and exciting tale of chance and misfortune by multi award-winning Philip Pullman, is perfect for readers young and old. 
 
I was a Rat! Roger insists, and insists . . . In fact, when Bob the cobbler and his washerwoman wife, Joan, find the young boy abandoned on their doorstep, these are the only words he says. And he does have ratty behaviour, it's true. 
 
Staying with Bob and Joan, however, Roger learns quickly to behave more like a human child. They try to find his parents, but the orphanage, police and hospital all have nothing on their records about a lost boy in the city. What is the truth? As more and more people find out about Roger the mysterious rat-boy he faces more and more danger. But sometimes help comes from the most unexpected of places . . .

I Was a Rat! Or, The Scarlet Slippers

Featuring wonderful new illustrations from Peter Bailey this beautiful fairytale is perfect for readers young and old. 
 
Lila doesn't just want to be a Firework-Maker's daughter, she wants to be a Firework Maker herself. But although she's learned a lot she still must get through the most difficult and dangerous part of her apprenticeship - and her father won't tell her what it is. 
 
In search of this final Firework-Making secret, Lila heads off alone on a journey. It is a journey filled with dangers beyond anything she could have imagined, a journey on which she will learn so much more than the one secret she set out to find . . .

The Firework-Maker's Daughter

Sylvia Waugh

From the outside, 5 Brocklehurst Grove looks like an ordinary house - the windows are always clean, and the garden well tended. And from the inside, to hear the voices of the inhabitants, the Mennym family, you would think they were a perfectly ordinary family, too. But you'd be wrong, for the Mennyms are far from ordinary. The whole family shares an astonishing secret behind which it's hidden for forty years; a secret to which nobody has ever come close - until perhaps, now. When a letter arrives from Australia, the whole family is plunged into fear that, for the first time, their secret is about to be exposed . . .

The Mennyms

Featuring wonderful new illustrations from Peter Bailey, this brilliantly funny and moving tale by multi-award winning Philip Pullman, is perfect for readers young and old. 
 
One night, during a terrible thunderstorm, a boy named Jack shelters in a barn. The following morning he is confused to find a scarecrow with a turnip head calling out to him. For a moment he thinks he is imagining it. But he isn't, the scarecrow has been struck by lightning in exactly the right way to bring him completely to life. 
 
Jack becomes the scarecrow's personal servant and together they decide to set out and see the world. It is a journey that neither of them could have possibly imagined, filled with adventure - and it will change them both in ways they never expected . . .

The Scarecrow and His Servant

A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

Accidentally transported from his remote Scottish castle to the bright, fast-moving, hi-tech city of Toronto, the highly mischievous Boggart simply can't resist the opportunity for pranks, and wreaks havoc for the Volnik family, inheritors of his distant castle home. But the Boggart doesn't mean any real harm, and when he begins to pine for the rolling Scottish mists and the sound of bagpipes, he turns to his two young friends, Emily and Jessup Volnik, for help. 
 
A delightfully funny and moving story for children.

The Boggart

Emily and Jess Volnik have returned for another Scottish adventure, joining their old friend Tommy and Mr Maconochie, the new owner of Castle Keep, on a trip to Loch Ness, where a new expedition is determined to find the fabled monster. 
 
The fun-loving Boggart - a mischievous shape-shifting spirit who has lived in the castle for centuries -comes along for the ride, but this time the Boggart has a serious mission. His cousin Nessie is trapped in the monster shape he took on long ago, and it's up to the Boggart to keep Nessie from being discovered by the expedition's high-tech equipment. Is modern science any match for the Boggart's ancient magic?

The Boggart And the Monster

Magic is once again afoot in Scotland when Allie and Jay visit their grandfather and are eagerly greeted by the Boggart, an ancient sprite, and his cousin Nessie, formerly known as the Loch Ness Monster. Things are rarely peaceful with two boggarts around, but this time a real estate developer is the one causing a disturbance - a man named Trout. 
 
Trout is building a luxury resort, and is desperate to buy up everything in town - including Allie and Jay's grandfather's shop. He's willing to do almost anything to raze the store to the ground. But with his beloved family under attack, the Boggart doesn't stay silent for long: soon bulldozers are mysteriously driving themselves into the loch, and surveying flags are floating off into the sky, but Trout is unmoved. When Nessie tries to scare him by transforming into the Loch Ness Monster, Trout is delighted - what a sensational tourist attraction he's found! 
 
Allie, Jay, and the boggarts will have to use all of their wits to outsmart the developers and save their home - even if it means waking up all the Old Magic creatures. Even the deadly ones...

The Boggart Fights Back

Dick King-Smith

Discovered as a foundling in a lambing pen, Spider Sparrow grows up surrounded by animals. From sheep and horses to wild otters and foxes, Spider loves them all, even the crows he must scare away from the newly sown wheat. Crowstarving is the ideal job for Spider - he is on his own, yet never alone for all around him are animals of one sort or another. Amazingly, every animal who meets Spider implicitly trusts the young boy. This magical rapport is Spider's unique gift, but nothing else in his tough life is so easy.

The Crowstarver

Michelle Paver

Hylas and Pirra return to Akea for their final confrontation with their arch-enemies, the Crows. They must recover the dagger of Koronos if they are to end the warriors' brutal rule. Only if old and new friends join forces can they hope to triumph - but the price of victory may be higher than either Hylas or Pirra has dreamed . . .

Warrior Bronze (Gods and Warriors Book 5)

Ursula Le Guin

The first book of Earthsea is a tale of wizards, dragons and terrifying shadows. 
 
The island of Gont is a land famous for wizards. Of these, some say the greatest - and surely the greatest voyager - is the man called Sparrowhawk. As a reckless, awkward boy, he discovered the great power that was in him - with terrifying consequences. Tempted by pride to try spells beyond his means, Sparrowhawk lets loose an evil shadow-beast in his land. Only he can destroy it, and the quest leads him to the farthest corner of Earthsea. 
 
'One of the literary greats of the 20th century' Margaret Atwood

A Wizard of Earthsea

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

A Christmas Mystery

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