Childrens Fiction for 9 to 12 years, fantastic selection of stories for girls and boys with a wide range to choose from lovekidsbooks.com. There is a great range of fiction for the older child or young adult.
Nina Peanut - super-star in the making frozen pizza chef creative genius owner of the worlds stinkiest cat. The funniest new friend for all kids everywhere.
Noah proves that getting what you want isnt always what you need in this laugh-out-loud comedy from one of the fastest-rising stars of the childrens book world.
Hidden at the intersection of several busy highways behind the trees and scrubby undergrowth is an island full of secrets. Pez has lived there for a while now enjoying the solitude. She has a vegetable patch a routine her own way of doing things and a condor who may be outstaying his welcome. Runaway brothers Riley and Grayson call the island home too. They keep their distance from Pez and spend precarious days trying to survive still relying on the man-made world which speeds around them. Then Gil arrives with his hagstone and a dream of happy families and everything changes. The four of them find a way of living and believe they might stay on the island forever. But all too soon they witness something they should never have seen and theyre in deadly danger.
Featuring six stories this collection brings together Daisy Wells Hazel Wong and their friends Alexander and George as well as Hazels sisters Rose and May Wong. From the artfully sinister The Case of the Second Scream set aboard the ship carrying Daisy and Hazels back from Hong Kong to The Case of the Uninvited Guest where a Uncle Felix and Aunt Lucys wedding ceremony is the target for an unlikely threat. The Hound of Weston School sees the Junior Pinkertons lead the detecting and May Wong steps up and shows her ambition to be the greatest spy ever when war breaks out in May Wong and the Deadly Flat.
Lyra is studying at Oxford University - she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnissons first meeting many years ago along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together.
Pitching an extraordinary battle between cruel authority and a rebellious free spirit Ken Kesey&s One Flew Over the Cuckoo&s Nest is a novel that epitomises the spirit of the sixties.
Edie is fascinated by Victorian times and shes just desperate to be cast in the lead role of her drama club production of Oliver. When shes given a real Victorian notebook shes determined to write the best story ever all about a girl in a workhouse. But when she starts writing something strange happens. Edie finds herself in Victorian London. She feels the same but everything around her is completely different to what she knows. Soon she realises shes living the life of another Edie Trimmer - and is in danger of being sent to a real workhouse! Will she forget everything she knows about her other life - and will she ever be able to make it back to her family?
In a village above the cloud sea twelve-year-old orphan Zhi Ging is chosen to become a Silhouette an apprentice to the immortals. Taken to an underwater realm she begins her training competes in thrilling challenges and discovers she can awaken a special sort of dragon. But Silhouettes who fail the challenges seem to be disappearing and rumours are spreading of a growing dark force that threatens her world. Zhi Ging begins to realise that there is so much she has yet to learn about the world of the immortals - and herself.
A stunning new edition of Dowds moving story of lives lived on the edge of society and love in its many forms with powerful black and white illustrations from Emma Shoard.
A thrilling futuristic tale of adventure danger and personal responsibility from Noughts and Crosses bestseller Malorie Blackman. Inclusive and thought-provoking this great novel invites the reader to engage with questions of human nature and the necessity of violence. Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8
An unconventioanl princess meets a rather reluctant prince as queen of comedy Kaye Umansky returns with another hilarious twist on fairy tale tradition.
The original heroes from The Lightning Thief are reunited for their biggest challenge yet: getting Percy to college when the gods are standing in his way. After saving the world multiple times Percy Jackson is hoping to have a normal senior year. Unfortunately the gods arent quite done with him. Percy will have to fulfil three quests in order to get the necessary three letters of recommendation from Mount Olympus for college. The first quest is to help Zeuss cup-bearer retrieve his goblet before it falls into the wrong hands. Can Percy Grover and Annabeth find it in time?