This is an Indie Kid special.

Indie kKd is just potty about pets and this story is about her school project. It has vibrant black and white line drawings interspersed through the text. The text has different font styles for different aspects of the project. The pages are busy and are likely to need a confident reader. Written in the first person this is a pacy and fun ...

Jack Flint has defeated the Morrigan and looks forward to going home, or perhaps finding out more about his missing father - but fate and the heartstone have other plans for him. When his friend Corriwen disappears through the wrong gate betwen the world, Jack and is fellow traveller Kerry must follow, to save both her and the mythical world of Eirainn from destruction by a fearsome warlord an ...

Sara Crew is a lucky little girl - not only is she rich and pampered by a kind and loving father, but she is also blessed with a sweet nature, a lively intelligence, and the gift of making friends wherever she goes. Her luck is about to change however when, after a few years of separation at a classy finishing school in London, Sara learns that the diamond mine her father has invested in, far f ...

Eleven years ago the Tylurians, an alien race, hid something on Earth in a very strange place. Now they need it back. Only they need to find it first. The Tylurian’s secret is so terrible that it would mean the annihilation of their arch-enemy the Vad-Raatch. The Vads will do anything to stop the recovery of this secret, and thanks to a well-placed spy, they are very close. The Tylurians ...

Synopsis: The evil shape-shifter Kullervo’s plan to raise an army of mythological creatures and overthrow the rule of humanity proceeds apace and the Society seems powerless to resist him. At the centre of the fight is the Universal; Connie Lionheart, the only human alive who can bond with any creature, both natural animals and sentient mythologicals. She has the potential to defe ...

Synopsis: When Tom is sent to stay at his aunt and uncle’s house for the summer, he resigns himself to endless weeks of boredom. As he lies awake in his bed he listens to the grandfather clock chiming in the hall downstairs. Eleven… Twelve… Thirteen… Tom races down the stairs and finds, outside the back door, a wonderful garden. A garden everyone told him didn ...

England is under the rule of Oliver Cromwell, and times are hard for many people, including the gypsies or Romany people. Dancing, horseracing, music and many other forms of entertainment by which they used to make their living are banned. When Luka and Emilia’s family go to the fair, they hope they can earn some money without drawing the notice of the soldiers. But they are all captured ...

Synopsis: This book xplores everyday life through the centuries – but not as you’ve ever seen it before! The text traces the history of medicine from the Stone Age to the present day. It includes topics such as,  'how do you fancy a hole in the skull as a headache cure?'

Review: Young scientists get a real taste of the story behind the medicin ...

Synopsis: Warning: do not read this book! … For amongst its strange and alarming contents you will find: two extraordinary adventurers … a missing magician’s diary… a symphony of smells… and a deadly secret. But wait, you already know too much! It is too late. I’m afraid nothing will stop you now. Open the book if you must. But, please, tell no on ...

One day Grimpow and his friend discover a dead knight and remove a strange stone from the body. As the body disappears into nothingness, it becomes clear that this was not an ordinary knight. The discovery of the body and the stone set Grimpow on a quest for further knowledge.

Review: The book takes place at the time of the suppression of the order of the Knights Templar and as Gr ...