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Fifth title and a stunning new look for Jimmy Coates – part boy, part weapon, totally deadly!Can Jimmy save his family AND prevent a war?The choice is simple.The decision is deadly.
Now a major motion picture!Enter the world of the owls and meet the heroes who keep it safe…Born in the forest of the barn owls, Soren loves life’s little pleasures, like the feel of a centipede pattering down his throat. But evil lurks in the owl world, and threatens to change the course of Soren’s life forever.One terrifying night the strangers come. They capture Soren and fly him to a deep cany…
Эта книга поможет подготовить ребёнка к Новогоднему утреннику в детском саду или школе, а также скоротать зимние праздничные вечера за совместным чтением. В книге есть короткие рассказы, объединённые зимней сказочной тематикой, разные по объёму и степени сложности стихотворения, связанные с самым любимым праздником для детей и взрослых – Новым годом. А ещё загадки, которые ребёнок может загадать Д…
Эта книга поможет подготовить ребёнка к Новогоднему утреннику в детском саду или школе, а также скоротать зимние праздничные вечера за совместным чтением. В книге есть короткие рассказы, объединённые зимней сказочной тематикой, разные по объёму и степени сложности стихотворения, связанные с самым любимым праздником для детей и взрослых – Новым годом. А ещё загадки, которые ребёнок может загадать Д…
У Лины богатая фантазия, благодаря которой она видит сказочных существ, наполняющих ее дом. Однажды эти существа попали в беду, и им было никак не справиться в одиночку. Лесным гномам необходимо вернуться в свой мир, иначе им грозит исчезновение. Лине предстоит сразиться с садовыми гномами, попасть под фруктово-овощной обстрел и отыскать недостающий волшебный атрибут. Мама не разделяет фантазий до…
A fast-paced and hilarious fantasy quest in the grand tradition of Shrek and The Princess Bride, starring four very unlikely, but likeable, heroes.Prince Liam. Prince Frederick. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You’ve never heard of them, have you? But you’ve probably heard of Prince Charming, the guy who rides in at the last minute to save the girl. Well that’s them, all four of them. They are all P…
Kara Winters is always striving for perfection. But when her anxiety takes over, the price of perfection spirals out of control…'Perfect' Kara Winters has always hated her nickname. Especially now that she no longer lives up to it. She used to have normal friends, she used to be normal. Now all she wants is to get into Harvard and leave high school behind.So when the pressure to ace her exams fina…
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2016******WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL AMNESTY CILIP HONOUR 2016***Lie #1: I'm not afraidLie #2: I'm sure I'm doing the right thingLie #3: I don't care what they think of meIt’s 1959. The battle for civil rights is raging. And it’s Sarah’s first day of school as one of the first black students at previously all-white Jefferson High.No one wants Sarah there. Not the…
A new edition of the second novel about much-loved character Little Wolf, as he sets up his Adventure Academy with his cousin Yeller and little brother Smellybreff. From the author of the MEERKAT MADNESS books and HARRY AND THE BUCKETFUL OF DINOSAURS.Little Wolf inherits two things from his Uncle Bigbad – his gold and Cunning College, his school of badness. Little and his cousin Yeller decide that…
Two best friends face the hardest future of all – a future without each other.In the tradition of ‘The Fault in Our Stars’, critically acclaimed author Melissa Kantor masterfully captures the joy of friendship and the agony of loss.Zoe and Olivia have always been best friends. And becoming professional ballerinas has always been their goal. But when they turn sixteen the unthinkable happens as Oli…
Flora McTavish was born the same year as Queen Victoria and as the Queen's undermaid is the perfect person to comment on life above and below the stairs in Victorian times.'VICTORIAN SCANDAL'Scrubber tells allNewly discovered diaries reveal rather more than should be seen or heard of Queen Victoria! Astonishing details of Victorian life from above and below stairs, faithfully recorded by one of HM…
Three hilarious Tallulah Casey novels by Queen of Comedy and bestselling author of Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging!Laugh your tights off at the (VERY) amateur dramatics of Talullah Casey at performing arts college in this award-winning trilogy.Withering Tights:So Dother Hall isn’t quite the showbiz experience Tallulah was expecting, but once she starts her ‘FAME! I’m gonna liiiiive foreeee…
Winner of the Newbery Medal 2013Inspired by a true story, this is the beautifully written tale of how a mighty gorilla wins his freedom. A winning blend of humour and poignancy that will appeal to fans of Michael Morpurgo.Ivan is an easy-going gorilla who has spent his life performing for the crowds at the Exit 8 shopping mall. He rarely misses life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly thinks about i…
Never date your best friendAlways be originalSometimes rules are meant to be broken.Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be clichés so they even wrote their own Never List of everything they vowed they’d never, ever do in high school.Some of the rules have been easy to follow; But Dave has a secret: he’s broken rule #8, never pine silently after someone for the entirety of high sch…
From the author of the New York Times bestselling PRETTY LITTLE LIARS comes a killer new series, THE LYING GAME.My killer is out there. And my sister might be next to die.Two months before I died, my best friend’s brother disappeared. I have no idea where Thayer went or why he left, but I know it is my fault. I did a lot of horrible things while I was alive, things that made people hate me, maybe …