В школьную хоккейную команду приходит новый игрок и начинает знакомиться с новым для себя окружением. Рассказ о взрослении и школьной дружбе.
The only hope for humanity isn’t human.In a world where people have been all but wiped out by a virus created by part-human cyborgs called ‘Partials’, and where no baby survives longer than three days, a teenage girl makes it her mission to find a cure, and save her best friend’s unborn child.But finding a cure means capturing a Partial…
The only hope for humanity isn’t human. But she’s fighting to stop a war that could destroy them all…Kira is fighting to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping final installment of the teen sci-fi blockbuster Partials series.Humans and Partials alike are on the brink of destruction, and their only hope is to work together. But there is no avoiding it – the final war to dec…
Maria is always getting lost in the secret world of her imagination…A ghostly mystery and winner of the Whitbread Award, newly republished in the Essential Modern Classics range.Maria likes to be alone with her thoughts. She talks to animals and objects, and generally prefers them to people. But whilst on holiday she begins to hear things that aren’t there – a swing creaking, a dog barking – and w…
Aliens are coming… to get up your nose!A long time ago, on a planet really, really far away, a bunch of slimy aliens discovered the secret to clean, renewable energy – snot!That was when the Galactic Union of Nasty Killer Aliens (G.U.N.K.) was born. Its mission: to find human life and drain its snot. Rockets were sent to the four corners of the known universe, each carrying representatives from th…
The ninth book in the original, jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant series.Valkerie. Darquesse. Stephanie. The world ain’t big enough for the three of them. The end will come…The War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but it was not without its casualties. Following the loss of Valkyrie Cain, Skulduggery Pleasant must use any and all means to track down and stop Darquesse before she turns…
Take a pinch of charm and magic and lashings of laughter and you have the perfect recipe for the delicious second novel in the BLISS BAKERY trilogy. Indulge in the magical adventure…The Bliss family cook book filled with magical recipes has been stolen by renegade Aunt Lily. It falls to eleven-year-old Rose Bliss and her three siblings to try and win back the book and avert disaster.Another treat …
Aliens are coming… to get up your nose!Aliens are coming! At the end of book four, Bob sent a signal to the GUNK Aliens telling them to invade earth. But there’s no need to panic just yet – our hero Jack managed to weaken the signal, so they shouldn’t get the message for a long time.There’s just one problem… other aliens are closer by, and they WILL get the message!Now Jack and the gang have to ge…
YOU CAN BE SAVED. IF YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING YOU LOVE…In Washington, DC, seventy years after democracy has fallen, the number you’re assigned by the government decrees your fate.Seventeen-year-old orphan Kitty Doe is stuck as a III, looked down upon by the higher ranks. Until a chance encounter gives her the opportunity to become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country.If she says ye…
All I want for Christmas is . . . a new GEEK GIRL story!Harriet Manners knows a lot about Christmas:• She knows that every year Santa climbs down 91.8 million chimneys.• She knows that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was almost definitely a girl.• She knows that the first artificial Christmas trees were made out of goose feathers.But this Christmas is extra special for Harriet, because four days ag…
Scarlet and Ivy are back at Rookwood school for what could be their final term…The sixth and final book in the SCARLET AND IVY series is perfect for fans of MURDER MOST UNLADYLIKE.When Scarlet and Ivy return to school after the holidays, they quickly realise that the school is in danger. The twins will need to confront enemies from their past and their present if they are to have any chance of it …
Meet animal lover, Tiger Days! A brand-new young fiction series about animals, friendship and adventure by bestselling author Sarah Lean.Beautiful black-and-white illustrations throughout.When nine-year-old Tiger Days stays with her grandmother at Willowgate House she never knows what might happen… new friends to meet, animals to rescue and problems to solve!Tiger’s grandmother looks after animals…
В жизни Софии Лафламм всё идёт кувырком. Она словно в ловушке. С одной стороны – мама, которая начала знакомиться в социальных сетях и не боится наткнуться на подозрительных типов. С другой стороны – лучшая подруга Кэт, которая только и делает, что рассказывает о своих проблемах. У Софии просто больше нет сил это терпеть. Школьные отметки лучше не становятся. Если добавить к этому нового соседа… О…
Радиоспектакль по мотивам сказок. История о том, как веселый и хитрый Эспен обманул ленивого короля и жадного купца. Исполнители: Сказочник – Плятт Ростислав; Король – Вицин Георгий; Эспен – Захарова Бронислава; Богач – Весник Евгений
Инсценированная сказка. У одного короля была очень красивая, но такая заносчивая и капризная дочь, что отказывала всем женихам, да еще и высмеивала каждого из них. Рассерженный отец решил наказать ее и пообещал выдать замуж за первого встречного нищего. И вот под окнами дворца появился бродячий певец… Исполнители: Король-отец – Иванов Борис; Принцесса – Гребенщикова Лариса; Король Дроздобород – Ви…