Children’s Fiction

Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean and the school is preparing for a most exciting event: the fiftieth Anniversary. Plans for a weekend of celebrations are in full swing. But all is not well for in the detectives long absence Deepdean has changed. Daisy has lost her crown to a fascinating new girl - and many of the Detective Societys old allies are now their sworn enemies. Then the girls witness a shocking incident in the woods close by - a crime that theyre sure is linked to the Anniversary. As parents descend upon Deepdean decades-old grudges rivalries and secrets begin to surface and soon Deepdeans future is at stake. Can the girls solve the case - and save their home?

Toto The Ninja Cat And The Great Snake Escape P/B

Meet Toto: shes no ordinary cat and she cant wait to have an adventure with you! Join Toto for a funny animal escapade written by one of the UKs best-loved broadcasters.

After months of keeping London safe from notorious animal bad guys Toto the ninja cat is going on a well-earned holiday to the worlds most famous music festival - Catstonbury! But an evil villain has a dastardly plan to hypnotise the crowd when a world-famous band is on stage turning them into evil minions. How can Toto possibly prevent the catastrophe when everyone thinks the band is the cats pyjamas? It will take all of Totos ninja skills - and some help from a friendly otter - to save the day. Ideal for reading aloud or for children to curl up with and read alone the story features brilliant black and white illustrations throughout.

From master storyteller MICHAEL MORPURGO and illustrated by the award-winning EMMA CHICHESTER CLARK comes a surprising charming and uplifting twist on The Wizard of Oz told by a very special and unforgettable character: Dorothys pet dog Toto. A perfect collectible gift for all children (and children at heart).

Its time to face the final trial. The battle for Camp Jupiter is over. New Rome is safe. Tarquin and his army of the undead have been defeated. Somehow Apollo has made it out alive with a little bit of help from the Hunters of Artemis. But though the battle may have been won the war is far from over. Now Apollo and Meg must get ready for the final - and lets face it probably fatal - adventure. They must face the last emperor the terrifying Nero and destroy him once and for all. Can Apollo find his godly form again? Will Meg be able to face up to her troubled past? Destiny awaits.

Suzy is surprised to find a grumpy troll building a railway through her house - especially when a gigantic steam train crashes into her hallway! This is the Impossible Postal Express the trusty delivery service of the Union of Impossible Places and Suzy becomes its newest recruit. And with her cursed first package an Impossible adventure begins.

A twisty murder mystery a pulse-pounding thriller a contemporary setting with a breath-taking speculative twist: this is YA fiction at its absolute finest.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM BY STEPHEN DALDRY AND RICHARD CURTIS<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Raphael is a dumpsite boy.

Raphael is a dumpsite boy.

Treasure Hunters Quest For The City Of Gold P/B

Stevensons classic tale is set in the mid-1700s and is narrated by young hero Jim Hawkins. Its fast-moving plot is filled with mysterious maps shipwrecks smugglers mutiny menacing pirates and a hunt for buried treasure.

This work of fiction is a tale of pirates and villains maps treasure and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a package in Captain Flints sea chest he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Mutiny and mayhem ensue.

When Kais big sister Jen leaves the family home Kai knows its all his fault. His secret burns but he tells no one just keeps pulling at tufts of his hair. But in the broad branches of a wasteland sycamore tree Kai feels safe and free from his worries. Up there he feels he can be whoever he wants to be. And when a girl called Sky starts climbing Kais tree a friendship blossoms - a friendship with the power to heal.

Lester Papadopoulos was once the glorious god Apollo - now hes an awkward (mortal) teenager stuck on Earth out of favour with Zeus and without his powers. The way out? A series of scary and dangerous trials of course. With two particularly scary and dangerous trials already under his belt Lester must now journey to the Labyrinth - a burning maze that at its centre contains an Oracle whose puzzles may hold the key to a return to godly glory. But the Labyrinth holds a far more deadly threat - the third Roman emperor part of a group of three Roman rulers bent on death and destruction. The mortal and immortal worlds wont be safe whilst they live and only Lester and his demigod friends have the power bravery (and luck) to stop them.

You will get to the Tiber alive. You will start to Jive. I am Apollo. I will remember. The former God Apollo cast out by his father Zeus is having a pretty rough time of it. Well for one thing hes called Lester. But being an awkward mortal teenager is the least of his worries. Though he and his friends (some of them) have emerged from the Burning Maze rescued the Oracle and lived to fight another day they cant escape the tragedy that has befallen them or the terrible trials still to face. So with heavy heart Apollo (OK Lester) and Meg have a triumvirate still to defeat oracles to rescue and prophecies to decipher so that the world may be saved and Lester may ascend into the heavens to become Apollo once again. But right now Caligula is sailing to San Francisco to deal with Camp Jupiter personally and they have to get their first. Or risk its destruction.

An unflinching verse novel about a teenage boy who is sexually assaulted in an attack he struggles to remember. 

Film is set to become the new craze. Butterfly Club member and filmmaker Georges Melies pleads to be allowed to go forward in time to harvest a movie camera from the future to make his ambitious film A Trip to the Moon. The Butterfly Club call up Professor Lorenzs hologram from 1969. The professor reports that all of America is abuzz too with the most ambitious scientific project in history - an actual trip to the moon. But the mission has stalled in the most terrible way - an accident on the launchpad resulted in the astronauts being trapped in a fatal fire. For the first time ever it is the professor who asks the time thieves for help - he invites them to come to 1969 and stop the dreadful accident and make sure the trip to the moon can go ahead.

Only a sensible level head can save the day when disaster strikes on a school trip in this hilariously slapstick introduction to Shakespeares The Tempest.

Having uncovered the secrets that lay behind the spookily pristine town of Perfect Violet and the townsfolk are enjoying their new freedom from the maniacal rule of the evil Archer twins.

Cordelia Hatmaker has finally united the Maker families and restored the kingdoms trust in Maker magic. But mysterious outbreaks of chaotic magic are beginning to happen across London. And then the unthinkable happens. Cordelia is accused of treason. As the guards close in she must flee London at once. With her father Prospero and friends Sam and Goose Cordelia sets sail on her familys ship the Little Bear for the adventure of a lifetime. Theyre determined to solve the mystery of a missing girl and to clear Cordelias name once and for all. But soon they are in the dangerous territory of a band of legendary pirates: the Troublemakers captained by a fierce and unstoppable pirate queen.

The stories of Nicky and Kenny the brothers of McGowans Brock Pike and Rook stunningly packaged in a new mainstream trade edition to reach a wider audience.

A tense eco-drama with an explosive twist from the million-copy selling author of Girl Missing  Sophie McKenzie

From number one bestselling author Matt Haig comes a hilarious and heartwarming story brilliantly illustrated throughout by Chris Mould. Wherever she is whatever the day she only has one kind of thing to say. Just as cats go miaow and cows go moo the Truth Pixie can only say things that are true.

It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward.

When 17-year old Bella moves to live with her father she expects her life will be as dull as the town.

Bestselling authors Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber joined forces on an utterly compelling YA romantic fantasy bursting with high-stakes adventure and crossover appeal about twin princesses separated at birth.

Bestselling authors and real-life sisters-in-law Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber join forces on a compelling YA fantasy bursting with high-stakes adventure romance and humour. Two queens one throne. What can possibly go wrong . . .?

Can a birdwatcher outwit a convict? Twitch has three pet chickens four pigeons swallows nesting in his bedroom and a passion for bird-spotting. On the first day of the summer holidays he arrives at his secret bird-watching hide to find police everywhere: a convicted robber has broken out of prison and is hiding in Aves Wood. Can Twitch use his talents for bird-spotting to hunt for the dangerous prisoner and find the missing loot?

Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty. So the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch a plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve!