Synopsis:Granny makes soup, and then she asks, "Okay, Rosie. What's going on with you?" And when Rosie says, "Nothing is going on with me." Granny Torelli says, "You maybe can fool other people with that smart head of yours, but you can't fool Granny Torelli."

Review:  Rosie has got a problem and the problem is h ...

Synopsis; Jack doesn't want to write poetry because, in his opinion, boys don't, girls do. But before he knows it he's writing it reading it and enjoying it. He comes to realize that he's got some very important feelings of his own to examine, and in doing so, what he writes is poetry!

Review: Published in 2001, and shortlisted for the Carnegie award, L ...

Synopsis: This is another superbly illustrated story of the riotous life of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, an unlikely Viking hero, that is as exciting and wittily written as the previous books.

Review: This latest adventure about Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the unlikely hero and only son and heir to Chief Stoick the Vast, leader of a Viking tribe, is as funny and well-w ...

Synopsis: This superbly illustrated story is the riotous tale of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, an unlikely Viking hero. As Hiccup and his friends learn to become successful pirates they search for lost treasure, encounter strange creatures and defeat villains. It is an exciting and wittily written adventure that makes the reader laugh out loud.

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mosimage} Synopsis:Christmas with their uncle as their parents are working abroad. Little by little, they discover that things in this remote old house are not quite what they seem. There are powerful forces at work, calling to the children from across the centuries; forces that pull them up the hidden steps in the chimney to the secret room where the magic lives.

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Synopsis: This is the final book in the Lionboy trilogy. Charlie Ashanti, Catspeaker and the lions are again pitted against the evil Corporacy. It appears that Charlie, lion rescuer, shipwreck survivor and circus veteran is safe in the town of Essaouria on the Barbary Coast of Morocco. He has found his kidnapped parents, Magdalen and Anaba, for whom he has been searching and at last has ...

Synopsis:Charlie Ashanti is on the run from an amazing floating circus with six homesick beautiful Lions and an extraordinary sabre-toothed creature. Charlie has promised to help the Lions find their way home to Morocco but he has his own problems: his Mum and Dad have been kidnapped and he is determined to find them. His new friends, King Boris of Bulgaria and his security chief, Edwar ...

Synopsis:Evil pixie Opal Koboi is planning world destruction. Stopping her will involve clearing Captain Holly Short’s name of murder, springing a kleptomaniac dwarf from jail and convincing a super-intelligent centaur that he doesn’t know it all. The only person who can save the world is Artemis Fowl, and when you need a criminal genius to save you, you really are in troubl ...

Synopsis: The eagerly awaited sequel to Artemis fowl . This book follows the same format as the first highly successful novel. The same cast of engaging characters take part in a fast paced action adventure moving across continents above the Earth's surface and beneath it in the world of fairies - the Lower Elements. It is the mixture of magic, technological gadgets, action and play ...

Synopsis: Scarlett cannot believe that her mum's packed her off to stay in the wilds of Ireland with the dad who left them Surely he's the reason for everything going wrong, her never being able to stay in a school, and rules always somehow getting broken. But she hasn't reckoned with the gorgeous Kian, or dad's new family. There's a chance that this time things migh ...