Synopsis: Tom has moved house and moved school and is not happy. He has no friends and, for some reason, has become the target of bullying. One day it becomes too much and he cries out in quiet desperation. Enter Arthur. A ghost. A ghost with no real role…. until now. He now has a ghostly mission. He will be Tom’s invisible friend. Thus we enter a parallel world of ghosts a ...

When Odysseus left the siege of Troy, he wasn’t planning a major detour to Bogmouth-on-Sylt. Perce and Andy are trying to send him back to Greece, but they’re making heavy weather of it.

Review: This story is the Voyage of Odysseus as it really happened, or so the authors would have us believe. Perce and Andy are on a school trip to the seaside resort of Bogmouth-on-Sy ...

Synopsis:In this continuing saga of Gryllus the Pig, Gryllus has decided to return to human form and settle for an easy life. Only the Gods seem to have other plans for him. And before he knows it, he’s saving the universe for the second time.

Review: Gryllus the Pig has decided to return to human form so that he can take up his real calling in life, Chief Pie Taster ...

Synopsis: Ka is the cleverest, most beautiful cat Topher has ever seen, she talks, writes on the computer and travels through time to Ancient Egypt. Topher is involved in an adventure to try and rescue her, but doesn’t the priestess remind him of someone?

Review: This is a new edition of a book first published in 1992 and has a wonderful new cover. It is a creative id ...

Synopsis: Jason’s family aren’t exactly normal. His grumpy old dad is a miserable has-been, once famous for his pupeteering skills, and now dumped at the bottom of the heap of cast-offs. When his eccentric antics, cause him to go on a mad frenzy wrecking a shop display of puppets, Jason feels his dad has gone a step too far, as he is arrested. The only person that can rescue ...

Synopsis: Tiria Wildlough is a young otter maid who has been touched by the paw of Destiny. She must leave Redwall Abbey and journey across the wild Western Sea to the mysterious Green Isle – the rightful home of the Otterclans. But Green Isle has been besieged by the Wildcat warlord Riggu Felis and his murderous band of catguard slave masters. Aided by loyal friends and deadly wa ...

Synopsis:  Charlie's mother has been taken as a witch. She'll surely die - and Charlie too. But with the aid of Balthazar the cat, Charlie escapes- only to find himself in another time, and a different danger.

Review: In Sarah Matthias’s debut novel, the reader is taken on a journey back in time with Charlie, the hero of this story. This is a time travel s ...

Synopsis: Hollywood Bliss Winterman (known as Holly) is the daughter of massively famous pop-idol Kandhi. Kandhi’s not what you'd call a hands-on Mum - she has trouble finding time to squeeze Holly in between facials and press interviews without the help of her trusty PA. But after a kidnap threat on Holly, Kandhi decides the best place for Holly is by her side.

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Synopsis: A stolen painting A series of unexpected events Two smart children Petra and Calder live in a neighbourhood where strange things have started to happen. Seemingly unrelated events connect, a sharp old woman seeks their company - and a priceless Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two children are caught up in an international art sensation where no one i ...

Synopsis: Imagine a planet entirely covered in clouds, imagine an ocean of cloud, stretching away as far as the eye can see, forever shifting and changing, imagine peaks rising out of the clouds, their gentle slopes covered in fields and orchards, imagine a citadel standing on each peak...Heliopolis, a prosperous citadel divided into five layers, its rigid social structure ensuring that ...