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.
Enter the fairy-tale world first created by Sergei Prokofiev and now reimagined into an enchanting graphic masterpiece of love and loss by award-winning musicians Gavin Friday and Bono. When a wolf is found roaming the woods Peters grandfather warns him to stay at home. But Peter who is mourning the loss of a parent decides to venture into the deep dark woods in search of this creature. In Prokofievs original tale Peter outsmarts the big bad wolf capturing him and parading him victoriously around the town with the hunters. But this is not our ending and nothing is the way it seems.
Izzy and her friends are shocked when they find their lollipop man has disappeared! Maisie thinks hes gone to Rome but if thats true why do they keep seeing a weird white wispy cloud around the school? And why do Izzys legs feel cold even though shes got tights on? Could it be that the lollipop man is a phantom and hes come to spook them all?!
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgrens nine-year-old heroine burst onto the bookshelf in 1945 and has remained a firm favourite with children the world over.
Max and his big brother Christopher have always shared their adventures. In fact for ages theyve been sneaking down to Galway Bay at the turn of midnight waiting for Captain OMalley and his famed pirate ship to take them over the horizon to the magical world of Eighth Sea. Despite their messages the Captain never arrived and now two years later Christopher is in grave danger. Its not even the sort of danger Max can help with. Christopher is in hospital and getting sicker. Their parents want to take him far far away for a new treatment but they dont have the money. Thats when a very loud bright red parrot visits Maxs House in Bellflower Lane. Squawk is carrying a message from Captain OMalley who needs a new crew member to help with a top secret quest. The reward is treasure beyond Maxs wildest dreams.
Introducing Pizazz a reluctant 9½-year-old girl-superhero! A funny illustrated series with black-and-white illustrations and comic-strip elements. This book is the third book in the PIZAZZ series.
Beginning in 1939 young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin Bernie in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and adjusts to life in the English countryside Bernie flees Warsaw is sent to a Russian labour camp and then joins the Anders Army and fight the Axis powers. A powerful story of the endurance of family bonds.
"Children have always delighted in stories about the Little People those mischievous folk who like nothing more than mending shoes playing tricks and guarding their precious crocks of gold.
David and Penny arrive in a strange new home in a forest. Other creatures live here - magical creatures - like Pog. Hes one of the First Folk tasked with protecting the boundary between the worlds. But David is drawn into the forest lured by a darker entity who tells him theres a way he can bring his dead mother back ...
Investigations into the deaths of two of the worlds most powerful men both of whom had sons at Point Blanc Academy mean 14-year-old Alex Rider reluctant M16 spy must infiltrate the academy as a pupil and find the truth.
A brand-new book from the bestselling author of A Series of Unfortunate Events - a cautionary tale about his own demise. For curious children and adults alike.
Tilly Redbrow doesnt just love horses - she lives breathes and dreams them too! When Tilly sees Angela the owner of Silver Shoe Farm reunited with her beloved event horse Pride and Joy she knows theyre destined to be together. So why is Angela so resistant to compete? Tillys determined to find out.
Phoebe Robinson loves making up stories - just like her wonderful imaginative Dad. When he mysteriously disappears Phoebe Perry Becks and their mum must leave everything behind and move to a small cottage in the middle of nowhere. Struggling to feel at home and missing her Dad terribly Phoebes only distraction is her guinea pig Daisy. Until the family discover the thrilling steam trains at the railway station and suddenly every day is filled with adventure. But Phoebe still cant help wondering what is Mum hiding and more worryingly is Dad okay?
It was Benjamin Postlethwaites job all his long life to make sure the light shone brightly high up in the lighthouse on Puffin Island. Not once in all his years as the lighthouse keeper had he ever let his light go out. But sometimes even the brightest light on a lighthouse cannot save a ship. This is a story of a life-changing friendship a lost puffin and a lonely artist. Its the story of an entire lifetime and how one event can change a life forever.
As the First World War comes to an end teams of pilots and navigators gather in Newfoundland. The challenge: to be the first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.