Seventeen-year-old Micah, enters the wyrmeweald full of hope to return home having made his fortune. In Wyrmeweald man is both hunter and hunted - and Micah may never return alive, let alone a hero... Thrace and Micah should never mix - but the magnetism between them is strong.
Brings together another ten short stories from this talented writer - each of them fiercely original and quietly heartbreaking. Ranging from fantasy and fairy tale to horror and stark reality, what pervades these stories is the sense of humanity.
If you receive a letter telling you your father has died, what do you do? Then she receives a letter from her father's current girlfriend, Edie, with some shocking news: her father has died. and the way she can tell Edie the secret that is buried inside her, that she cannot bring herseft to tell her mother or her best friends.
Seven charming tales explore relations between the sexes and offer witty insights from a feminist perspective. Includes the 1892 title classic, plus "Cottagette," "Turned," "Mr. Peebles' Heart," and more.
Yomi and Kayode are in Gambia, on the holiday of a lifetime, when they see the Dragon King, Ninki Nanka, being kidnapped from the sky. Will they be able to rescue him?
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Get OFF, GET OFF, GET OFF! Well what would you say if your brother kept whacking you with a spoon, or the spider made it all the way up the toilet bowl or your mum made you wear that horrible shirt?
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA GET OFF, GET OFF, GET OFF! Well what would you say if your brother kept whacking you with a spoon, or the spider made it all the way up the toilet bowl or your mum made you wear that horrible shirt? Find out in this fantastically funny collection of poems all about growing up from the brilliant Michael Rosen, Children's Laureate 2007 - 2009.
The world's most famous detective. The most brilliant mind in fiction. But before he became the great detective, who was young Sherlock Holmes? The first book in a series of mystery adventures featuring a teenage Sherlock and endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate, now with a new cover look
The eighth and final title in this brilliant series about Anna Hibiscus, who lives in Africa with her large extended family, by an internationally renowned Nigerian storyteller.
Freddie is unremarkable - too unremarkable. He decides to follow a new, proactive philosophy designed to transform his social and romantic life: saying 'yes' to every opportunity. It works! He's becoming a whole new Freddie. But he soon learns that sometimes getting things wrong is part of figuring out what - and who - you really want.
Zac Power is the ultimate boy hero with a secret spying career. No mission is impossible for him. Zac tracks down the enemy and saves the day every time. He has super-cool gadgets. Who is attacking the world's petrol tankers in the freezing Great Icy Pole? How can Zac find the Vanishing Tomb and rescue a secret agent?