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Henni discovers a mystery in her holiday home. From a box of German books, German board games and other ephemeral material, she discovers that a German boy called Leopold Schmidt lived there with his family during the First World War. For reasons that are unclear he and his family left and never returned. Henni decides to leave a note w ...

Synopsis: Rayne longs to get away from her urban, noisy home. When the chance comes, she seizes it, taking a job far away from her home. Why, then, is she suddenly so frightened by everything? She’s come here to get away from the stifling city, away from her mother and her boyfriend – to find space and silence. But she’s mystified by her new group of friends. Why are t ...

Synopsis When one of his closest friends is killed, Torak swears vengeance. He braves the hostile Deep Forest and its warring clans, and learns the true cost of revenge.

Review When one of Torak’s closest friends is killed after they have quarrelled, Torak swears vengeance on Thiazzi the Oak Mage Soul-Eater, whom he pursues into the Deep Forest through a gauntlet of t ...

Synopsis: The Walker has gone, banished through the black mirrors to the Outer Darkness, and George and Edie have returned to modern-day London. They think it's all over, but they're wrong. There is a balance to the world, and when the Walker is banished, a new Darkness flows into the world. Now London is caught, frozen in time and bound in unseasonal snow. Its people are gone, ...

Every man eventually finds his way to the devil's door... From beneath London's streets, the city's founder King Lud summons the Rector men to do his evil bidding. But Paul is both demon and man. Will fate choose which side wins out? Or can Paul subvert his own nature to overcome the menace? His journey takes him back to the horror of the Blitz, amid a plot to assassinate Prime Min ...

November. London. The dead time. the time of the spirits. Jade has always longed to be different. But what if everything she ever believed in is a lie? What is the mysterious secret that links her to the reindeer herders of Lapland? To the scientist, Dr Kobal, locked in a prison for the criminally insane? And to a warrior monk from the time of the crusades? And what if she is the greatest myste ...

Matt, miserable because his extreme dyslexia makes working for his A levels so difficult; jealous because he cannot really believe the beautiful talented Ayesha prefers him to the polished, suave Jago, has just turned eighteen. And his great-aunt has given him another book token. In a fit of pique, he does buy a book - an old book that somehow attracts him though he cannot read it. It is the t ...

Lucy, Ricardo and their friends face their deadliest mission, with the fate of Telare in their hands. This is the third and final book in the Telares trilogy.

Review: This is an amazingly descriptive story packed full of events that could leave a reader wanting to know what will happen next. However, unlike some trilogys, it  doesn't work as a standalone and it is importa ...

In the preface to this book Rai says he wanted to write something “fun and a bit silly”. Well he certainly achieved his aim because this book is great fun – but Rai does himself a disservice if he considers this book just a bit of silliness, because there is an important message hidden within the fun.

What happens when a teenage boy’s dream comes tru ...

Archie is a very mature child - some would say far too mature! Having grown up with his gran, he seems to have acquired some adult ways - and the kids at his new school find them unbearable. Especially Miranda - the class troublemaker. At first she absolutely can't stand Archie but then she starts to see him as a bit of a project- could she really make Archie into a Troublemaker Extraordina ...