Synopsis: En route to New York Aunt Gloria and son Salim, come to stay with Ted. Salim is a cool dude: so cool he disappears. He boards the London Eye and then simply doesn’t get off. Everyone is baffled but Ted and his sister Kat desperately follow a trail of clues across London. Time is running out but Ted, whose brain runs on its own unique operating system, works out what&rsqu ...

 Synopsis: This novel tells the story of Peter and Kate, who are catapulted back to the 18th century by an anti-gravity machine. There they are befriended by Gideon Seymour, Cutpurse and Gentleman, who is trying desperately to escape his own dubious past. Meanwhile, the anti-gravity machine has been stolen by a notorious criminal, the Tar Man, for his own nefarious purposes and a po ...

Synopsis: The story of a boy who gets lost and finds his way home – not only because he runs away from home, but because he is lost in his own memories and his own feelings of guilt and helplessness.

Review: This is Kelly’s debut novel, and it will be a hard act to follow. He combines humour with heartbreak, and keeps readers guessing until the final pages. We ...

Synopsis Johnny Online and Kestrella are hybrids, victims of a virus which causes sufferers to merge with items of technology. As hysteria grips the nation, they live in fear of being rounded up and sent to the mysterious Centre for Genetic Rehabilitation never to be seen again…

Review: Set in a terrifying near future, Kestrella persuades a weary Johnny to help her ...

Review: This gloriously bright and irreverent board book is very funny. The rhyming text is perfect for reading out loud and children will be laughing at the possibility of seeing a penguin who is too frozen to piddle, a hamster who is too small to reach the seat or even a snake sucking on a sweet. These are just some of the characters who might be in the loo and taking their time about ...

Synopsis: Zac’s Pop is brutally killed by muggers, leaving him devastated and alone. Placed with foster parents, then in an orphanage he is fearful that he is being followed, watched at every turn. The mugging was pre-meditated murder and the murderers want something, something only Zac has…

Review: Zac’s Pop had a life-long obsession with their family h ...

Synopsis: Samuel Blink’s life is not perfect. His little sister, Martha, is a pain, his parents argue; you know the sort of thing. But then a tragic accident leaves the Blink children orphaned and they are whisked away to live with their Aunt Eda in Norway, on the eaves of the terrifying Shadow Forest. Samuel hates Norway, but Martha has no heart left to hate. She is empty and sil ...

Synopsis:Like most teenagers, Lauren Matthews has parent trouble but unlike most teenagers she does something drastic about it. Lauren has always known she was adopted but when she recognises herself as a toddler on a Missing Children’s website, she starts to suspect her adoptive parents of fowl play. Her suspicions send her on a dangerous adventure to the United States to find ou ...

 Synopsis: Stephanie Edgley is at low ebb. Her favourite uncle is dead and his funeral serves up a series of disillusionments, leaving her no definite goal in life but to get out of her small town home. But Uncle Gordon’s death brings two things into her life. The first is a handsome legacy; the second is Skulduggery Pleasant, an enigmatic detective with a slouch hat, a tan ov ...

Synopsis: The legends of King Arthur have been a rich source of inspiration for authors writing for children and adults alike. Retellings for younger readers have included some of the best known authors in the field. Michael Morpurgo and Kevin Crossley-Holland spring to mind as recent examples. Indeed, one might feel rather intimidated to write another version after the brilliance of Cro ...