Creepy, fabulous storytelling in the gothic genre. The writing is sublime, and the characters are worthy of Dickens: Oliver Twist meets Susannah Clarke
The Aurora crew are going on a mission to the volcanic north, where years before the Brightstorm twins' parents discovered the moth that is their family symbol. But scheming, ambitious Eudora Vane is still dedicated to destroying the Brightstorm family name, and the further the Aurora travels, the more long-buried secrets are revealed.
Bill is a fifteen-year-old runaway evacuee, and he's finding that surviving on the streets of London is pretty easy, thank you very much. He's fed by a local cafe owner, he earns some cash as a barrow-boy in Covent Garden, and sleeping in the Underground air-raid shelters is cosy - if a bit smelly.
The third novel in Kenneth Oppel's New York Times bestselling Silverwing trilogy, with over a million copies sold worldwide. A new edition for the UK with an amazing new cover design, this is a book with mass appeal. An astonishing fable for young adults and adults alike - the Silverwing trilogy is Watership Down for a new generation.
Lying in her hospital bed, Calamity still believes that Aunty loved her. For as long as she can remember, Calamity, along with her sixteen sisters, lived in a Garden behind the Wall of Safekeeping. Like it said in Aunty's Appendix on the first page of the Ps: 'Everything has a purpose', and they were being trained for a very special one.
Mika Arlington has her perfect summer all planned out, but the arrival of both her estranged grandmother and too-cool Dylan are going to make some very big waves in her life.
When five siblings - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother, the Lamb - discover a sand-fairy in their gravel pit, they are jolly surprised and a little delighted. Even better, the Psammead is able to grant them wishes, although the magic wears off at the day's end.
When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother go digging in the gravel pit, the last thing they expect to find is a Psammead - an ancient Sand-fairy! Having a Sand-fairy for a pet means having one wish granted each day. But the children don't realize all the trouble wishes can cause...
A follow-on from Five Children and It stories, in which, the five children have grown up and World War I has begun in earnest. Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert is a Cambridge scholar and Jane is at high school. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories ...until, for the first time in 10 years, he suddenly reappears.
Don't Doubt the Rainbow is a new contemporary middle-grade detective series with a difference - to solve each mystery, 13-year-old Edie Marble must harness the Three Principles, a new approach to understanding how the mind works that is currently proving invaluable in improving mental health and well-being in children internationally.
The bard tiptoes out of his room, the crow-dream still echoing in his head, making him twitch at imaginary creaks of iron wings . Rue, his new apprentice, travels with him - keen to learn his trade - and hear the next installment in the legend of Podkin One-Ear .
Podkin is the son of a warrior chieftain. He knows that one day it will be up to him to lead his warren and guard it in times of danger. But for now, he's quite happy to laze around annoying his older sister Paz, and playing with his baby brother Pook. Then Podkin's home is brutally attacked, and the young rabbits are forced to flee.
Rue, his new apprentice, travels with him - keen to learn his trade - and hear the next installment in the legend of Podkin One-Ear . Armed with the Gift of Dark Hollow, Podkin learns to moonstride, and Paz is rewarded with a magical gift of her own .
Aries remains furious at the loss of his beautiful golden fleece - stolen by Jason and the Argonauts centuries ago. Desperate to find his beloved fleece, Aries and his best friend Alex, the Underworld zookeeper soon discover the Golden Fleece is in the clutches of evil immortal sorceress Medea - now a world-famous fashion designer.