From the author of When the Sky Falls comes another exciting and emotionally complex novel of wartime and animal rescue. September 1939. Britain is on the brink of war. As Noah Price’s dad marches off to fight, he asks his son to honour one vital promise: that he will keep their dog, Winn, safe. No matter […]
A ghostly highwayman haunts the streets of Little Nipping and the Widdershins sisters must protect their granny at all costs…… When the Widdershins sisters and Granny are called away in deepest winter to look after cousin Clarissa, it doesn’t take long for adventure – or trouble – to find them. The town of Little Nipping […]
A page-turning locked room mystery set in a run-down hotel where a famous guest vanished into thin air! Todd and Laurie’s dad is either on top of the world, taking them on fun adventures, or down in the depths and sleeping all the time. In the middle of the night, he bundles them into the […]
A new historical adventure from the author of the “Valley of Lost Secrets” The First World War has ended, but it hasn’t gone away. When Natty has to move to a new village, she meets two young soldiers who are still battling the effects of war. Huw can’t forget the terrible things he’s seen, but Johnny […]
Chiamaka and Devon attend the prestigious Niveaus Private Academy. They both come from very different backgrounds; perfect Chiamaka is from a very wealthy family, whilst musician Devon lives in a flat with his mum and younger siblings in a poor neighbourhood. They aren’t really friends and they have nothing much in common, until an anonymous […]
As the Second World War escalates and bombs start to fall, Joseph is charged with protecting Adonis the gorilla in this tense thriller based on a true story. It’s 1940, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no great fondness for children. To Joseph’s amazement, she owns […]
Aaron Slater loves listening to stories and dreams of one day writing them himself. But when it comes to reading, the letters just look like squiggles to him, and it soon becomes clear he struggles more than his peers. When his teacher asks each child in the class to write a story, Aaron can’t get […]
Wish it could be Christmas every day? Well, for nine-year-old Holly Carroll and her family, it is! Living in a house with year-round fairy lights and Christmas trees, a carol-singing toilet and a diva donkey who thinks he’s a reindeer, home-schooled Holly tries to spread cheer wherever she goes. But when Holly goes to a […]
As it’s #NonfictionNovember we just had to choose a book with facts as this month’s BOM. Discover the enthralling and diverse stories of 50 brilliant Britons through the ages, from the warrior queen Boudicca of early Britain, who rose in revolt against the Romans, to activist Malala Yousafzai, who fights for every girl’s right to an […]
A dangerous spell cast over an unsuspecting village; an enchanted painting locked in a hidden room; a desperate race against time to break the spell before it’s too late… It should have been a fresh start for the Widdershins. Finally free from the misty gloom of Crowstone and beginning a new life. But all is not […]
