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 ...

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 ...

When Cassie's face is mutilated in an acid attack she doesn't think she'll ever be able to look in the mirror again. But a pioneering doctor offers to perform a revolutionary new procedure that will give Cassie a whole new face. It's at the swanky private clinic that Cassie first meets Wayne - another guinea pig for groundbreaking new treatment...Wayne helps Cassie through a gru ...

It's 1944 and Anna's in the Sudetenland, her elder brother is at the front and her younger one is a fanatical member of the Nazi Youth. When she finds an escaped Russian soldier hiding in their barn, nearly dead, humanity conquers fear and she hides him in a disused bunker and continues to feed him despite knowing that if caught she'd be executed as a traitor. She doesn't dare t ...

Divided into six short chapters, Torrent! tells the story of Tom, who is in danger of being swept away because the Dam is broken. A girl rescues him on her motorbike and carries him away to safety. Only later, when he meets her father, is it revealed that she died five years earleir in the Blue Dam.

Aimed at 'reluctant' and struggling  readers, Torre ...

The story of Walter Tull, premier league football player and the first black officer in the Army in the First World War.

This is the beautifully told true story of a man who battled against prejudice in more ways than one and came out on top. Set at the turn of the century, Tully is an orphan who is sent to a children’s home where he is determined to look after his little brother. ...

Dipping into any chapter of this book, children will find lively scenarios and dialogues to take them through philosophical puzzles both ancient and modern, involving such topics as virtual reality, cloning, science fiction and a host of characters from this and other planets.

Perhaps because of the eternal juvenile question 'why?', an increasing number of schools feature philoso ...

Life as we knew it is over...only the unlucky survive. At the moment the asteroid hits the moon, Alex Morales' young life changes. Forever. As freak weather engulfs the globe, New York is plunged into a nightmare from which many will never wake. With no food, no electricity, and no parents, Alex must keep himself and his sisters alive...whatever the cost.

Review:  Having ...