The extraordinary life of the viking outlaw who became an emperor's bodyguard, a princess's husband and finally a king.

Review An attractive title to lead boys (and girls) to reflect on the possible derivation of Harald Hardrada's nickname! One of the shadowy figures of the Viking/Saxon/Norman historical interchange around 1066, Hardnut emerges from this short novel as a rut ...

Roman servant girl Minna has run away to the big city on her beloved horse, Silva. Hopelessly in love with the courageous commander Theo, her only thought is to gain his admiration – whatever it takes. Spying a magnificent horse stolen from the Roman army, she sees her chance: steal back the stallion and win Theo’s heart. But the horse is guarded by a wild band of thieves led by a r ...

Oli wants to swap his mum for someone who'll let him eat loads of pepperoni pizza and watch Real Blood Bath Murders on the telly. Mother 44 drives a tank and trains secret agents. But she's also hatching an evil anti-children plot and she's looking for a boy to help her. When the Mum Shop's Matcher puts them together, it's trouble!

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Synopsis – Going on his mum’s honeymoon isn’t Jamie’s idea of the perfect holiday. He would prefer to spend the summer training for the school swimming team. But when he arrives at the mysterious Castlecliff – an ancient house perched high above the sea – he is quickly drawn into its secrets. All is not what it seems at the house and Jamie attempts to ...

Synopsis: It is the eve of Billy’s eleventh birthday and he does not want to Dream the Dream and spend the rest of his life as a plumber. He wants to be a professional footballer. So imagine his surprise when he wakes up to find a hoodie-angel in his room and he is given a mission to protect Thelma Potts, the meanest girl in his school, from danger…

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 Stanley Buggles holds the key to the ancient secret contained in the smugglers map. But where will it take him? And who is following on behind? Smuggler's' Mine  is part of the series 'Something Wickedly Weird'.

Chirs Mould's expresive black and white  illustrations  work with and add to the story and characterisations. They are funn ...

This short, full colour graphic novel is packed with action and dramatic pictures.

A group of school children are on a residential holiday. One of them forgets his camera and they have to go to a small island off the coast to retrieve it at night. As one would expect this does not turn out to be straightforward. The tension is added to by the rivalry between the boys and the girls. ...

This book is one from a series of classic Shakespeare stories retold for the junior reader. The book is short and an enjoyable read. It successfully makes the story accessible and has extra features as well. The characters are introduced first and there are sections at the back of the book that outline some of the background to Shakespeare's writing and the themes of the story without bein ...

Synopsis: Welcome to the Scatterhorn Museum - the setting for this irresistible adventure through a world full of dust, insects, magic potions, missing jewels and stuffed animals ... This is no swanky, new-fangled museum - it's cold and dingy, crammed fully of tatty curios, and you never know what you are going to find. But when Tom is sent to live there he soon finds that there' ...

Synopsis: When three children break into the library in the middle of the night, they know there’s a chance they will get into trouble. What they don’t know is that they are about to unleash the spirits of Prithvideep. When Professor Hezekiah T. Osgood died, his son donated his entire collection of books to Carville Library. Many of the books relate to his time on the island Prithv ...