Emily Davison wanted votes for women. She threw stones, and set fires, and blew up a house. She went to prison many times. She risked her life for the vote, and in the end she died for it.

Review: This is the story of suffragette, Emily Davison who threw herself in front of the King’s horse on Derby Day 1913. The blurb asks whether she was a freedom fighter and hero or a terrorist ...

Josh is certain that his father’s death was no accident. To make things worse, he’s starting to wonder if he can really trust his closest allies. But when he finds out a shocking secret about the legendary Ix Codex, he must journey to the secret Mexican city of Ek Naab, where the riddle of the mysterious Bracelet of Itzamna awaits him.

Review: With fast paced action scenes w ...

Abby Lovitt lives in rural California where her parents, both strict born again Christians. Her family live a hard working life on the edge of poverty, selling horses. Abby rides every day but her father's business rules - no horse stays longer than six months- means that none of the animals have names of their own and Abby has to ride everything, even horses she is afraid of. Meanwhile at ...

This is the story of the flight of twelve year old Mahtab, her parents and her brother and sister from Herat and the Taliban regime, and their journey to Australia. During their journey, Mahtab’s father separates from the family and travels ahead; much of the tension in the book arises from Mahtab’s fears for him and her yearning for their reunion.

 This book is intended, ...

There’s a new ship of vampirates roaming the seas, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. When a high-profile pirate is slain, the Pirate Federation launches a ship of dedicated vampire hunters, led by newly-appointed Captain, Cheng Li. Amongst her dynamic crew is young pirate prodigy, Connor Tempest.

‘Black Heart’, the fourth book in the ‘Vampirates’ ...

Sometimes you have to do wrong to do what’s right. When Carla reads her beloved Grandpa’s secret letter, it sends her on a crazy race against time to give him the last thing he ever wanted. Coffin stealing, boat burning, telling lies … her secret mission is illegal, dangerous and completely mad!

Review: This is a sensitive and original treatment of a difficult subject ...

"South Of Black Banks, It Is Told, A Jagged Island, Bare And Cold, Holds A Troll Mound Full Of Gold." The hideous, puss-oozing, shape-shifting Grim Gruesome returns in Troll's Treasure, the third book about the Viking villain who roams the North Lands terrorising unsuspecting children.

This time our hero is Ragi, a young boy living in the realm of Orkney. Ragi and his Mam ( ...

Laurel is only twelve when her mum dies and she is shipped off to stay with relatives she hardly knows. Her new family don't seem to care about anything Laurel loves, including books and Mr Pooter, her old marmalade-coloured cat. So Laurel decides that she won't feel anything: she'll become Ice Lolly, the girl with the frozen heart.

Review: Like Jaqueline Wilson, Jean Ure ha ...

 Sebastian, a young elf, and his fellow adventurers; Cornelius a fierce but comparatively small warrior and Max, a talking buffalope, are facing a new challenge. Their mission is to explore deep into the jungle, find the mysterious lost city of Mendip and bring back proof of its existence. Their endeavours prove hazardous and eventful as they defend themselves from the fiercely armoured G ...

Wolfie, Tala and Zi’ib were born on different continents, and have never met. But strange forces bring them together to fulfil a thousand-year-old prophesy. Why have they been chosen? Is their destiny controlled by the energies flowing through the leylines that encircle the Earth? Soon they will discover the amazing truth of who they really are…

The realistic elements of th ...