Synopsis: Ian Rider is dead, killed in an accident which his nephew Alex believes is suspicious. As Alex tries to find out more he is drawn into the dangerous world of MI6 and secret plot that threatens the whole country. Reluctantly recruited and facing death at every turn the skills Alex’s uncle have given him make him an extraordinary teenager, but will they be enough to ensure ...

Synopsis: Alex approaches his tenth birthday with excited anticipation. However, this birthday is destined to precede a completely unexpected adventure; an adventure which finds Alex battling the forces of Huigor, a malevolent wind, in order to release his family from a curse which has blighted them for generations. Luckily he has a long lost uncle, a flock of ice-gulls and some secret ...

Synopsis: Recently expelled from her fifth school in two years, Scarlett can’t believe Mum is sending her to live with Dad in Ireland. Can Dad’s new family cope with her tongue piercing and ketchup-red hair? Can Scarlett learn to put the past behind her? And who exactly is the gorgeous boy on the black stallion? ‘Jacqueline Wilson had better watch out! Cathy Cassid ...

Synopsis: Spooking guests at Halibut hall has lost its edge for Alex and Grandpa. After haunting the place for nearly one hundred and fifty years the novelty has simply worn off. So winning a surprise holiday to Moonbalm Hotel is more than enough to put the two ghosts in high spirits.

Review: All is not as it should be at the hotel however and Alex soon discovers a plot to ...

Synopsis: Did the moon landing really happen? One boy with amazing abilities is going to find out! Using the incredible power of Noitanigami – and with his granddad’s help- Walter Speazlebud will travel back in time too 1969 to discover the truth.

It’s a big step for a small man…

Review: This is a quirky story involving the character of Walt ...

Synopsis:Matt has just moved to a new area but soon becomes embroiled in a mystery after he stumbles across a roadside shrine in which his own initials ML are carved. He learns that a local boy was killed there a few years earlier and local rumour says that Old Wil Jones was responsible. Then he meets Robbo and Tig who want revenge on the old man and before he knows it Matt is persuaded ...

Synopsis: Varjak Paw, the feral Mesopotamian blue, has mastered the six skills of the ancient martial art known as the Way. He has become a formidable hunter and fighter, but the city is becoming an unfriendly place. Sally Bones and her gang are extending their territory and brutally maiming all who stand in their path, and Sally Bones knows the Way much better than Varjak does. Soon th ...

Synopsis: Charlie Bone is, understandably, quite surprised to find that he is able to hear voices coming from photographs. His grandmother and her sinister sisters are over the moon to find that he is endowed and before he can blink he finds himself packed off as a weekly boarder at Bloor's Academy, a peculiar school, not far from his home in the city, but nonetheless blessed with it ...

Synopsis: Unassuming watchmaker Hermux Tantamoq is getting quite a name for himself. Following his adventures in the desert, he finds himself being sought out and charged with protecting the Varmint Variety Theatre from mysterious threats and designing a stage set at the same time. As if that were not enough, he has to thwart the vile Tucka Mertslin's latest attempt at self-aggrandi ...

Synopsis: In a world of vast oceans and half-drowned land, there is a legend of a ship of the dead; of the Vampirates. When orphaned twins, Connor and Grace Tempest, are separated by storm and shipwreck, Connor is picked up by the pirate ship Diablo, while Grace finds herself aboard a mysterious vessel which can only be the ship of the Vampirates. Each finds unexpected friends aboard th ...