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Author
Series
Publisher
G2 Rights
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Second in the Egmont School Series: Davina Dupree is excited to be back in her luxury boarding school after the half term holidays, especially as famous Hollywood director Alfie Calpone will soon be arriving to direct the school play. But when jewellery goes missing from First Years' dorms, bullies Cleo and Clarice attempt to pin the blame on Davina's new friend Lottie. The clock starts ticking as Davina attempts to unearth the real culprit before...
2) Eden
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of Netflix's The Silence comes a brand-new horror eco thriller. In a time when Earth?s rising oceans contain enormous islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all-but destroyed, and countless species edge towards extinction, the Virgin Zones were established in an attempt to combat the change. Off-limits to humanity and given back to nature, these thirteen vast areas of land were intended to become the lungs of the world....
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Cass is asked by her father to take on an unusual photography project in the Caribbean Island of Dominica, she really can't see a reason to say no. But the remote island has just been hit be a severe hurricane, leaving destruction in its wake. Cass is travelling with Ranulph who is searching for the rare stone carvings her father wants her to photograph. Their hunt leads Cass down a path of bravery and self-discovery, and she soon falls for Ranulph,...
Author
Publisher
London Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
John Griffith "Jack" London was born John Griffith Chaney on January 12th, 1876 in San Francisco. His father, William Chaney, was living with his mother Flora Wellman when she became pregnant. Chaney insisted she have an abortion. Flora's response was to turn a gun on herself. Although her wounds were not severe the trauma made her temporarily deranged. In late 1876 his mother married John London and the young child was brought to live with them as...
Author
Publisher
Stripes Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
When Emmeline's scientist parents mysteriously disappear, she finds herself heading across the sea to a safe house in Paris. But before she can reach her destination, she is kidnapped from the ship by evil mastermind Doctor Siegfried Bauer, who is bound for the ice fields of Greenland. There he hopes to summon a mythical creature from the depths of the ancient glaciers, a creature said to be so powerful that whoever controls it can control the world....
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed author of Murder In Midwinter, Fleur Hitchcock's The Boy Who Flew is a thrilling, murderous tale set among the steep rooftops and slippery characters of Athan's intricately imagined world. Perfect for fans of Philip Pullman, Peter Bunzl and Philip Reeve.
9) Nightshade
Author
Series
Alex Rider volume 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this adrenaline-fuelled adventure in the number one bestselling series, Alex Rider is sent by MI6 Special Operations to infiltrate a new and sinister organization known only as Nightshade. Alex is on his own, with the fate of thousands of people resting in his hands.
10) Past tense
Author
Series
Jack Reacher volume 23
Language
English
Description
Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn?t get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. He thinks, what?s one extra day? He takes the detour. At the very same moment, close by, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians are trying to get to New York City to sell a treasure. They're stranded...
Author
Publisher
Huia Publishers
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
It?s the holidays, and Awatea is staying with his grandparents at the beach. He?s got lots of time and freedom to explore, visit the treehut and have adventures with Carrot, the talking parrot. Awatea catches fish, cooks over a campfire and spends a stormy night in the treehut with Carrot for company. When fending off some territorial magpies and keeping an eye on a pair of leopard seals, Awatea and Carrot notice signs of poachers.
Author
Publisher
Salt
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Summer 1923: the modern world. Orphaned Lucy Marsh climbs into the back of an old army truck and is whisked off to the woods north of London - a land haunted by the past, where lost souls and monsters conceal themselves in the trees. In a sunlit clearing she meets the 'funny men', a quartet of disfigured ex-soldiers named after Dorothy's companions in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Here are the loved and the damaged, dark forests and darker histories,...
13) Three kings
Author
Series
Wild Cards volume 28
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire. For decades, George R.R. Martin - bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire - has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to create the amazing Wild Cards universe.In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth?s population was devastated by an alien virus. Those who survived were...
Author
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Marvel Monsters Unleashed: The Gruesome Gorgilla! The forest is quiet. Strange. Something has scared the animals, something ... unnatural. A ferocious monster is on the loose, and Amrita Lakhani is the only one who can crack the case. With the help of famous monster expert Kid Kaiju and his own monster, Fireclaw, the young reporter is about to break the biggest story of her career when she comes face-to-face with the GRUESOME GORGILLA! Amrita's terrifying...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
TWO KIDS TAKE ON THE EMPIRE The Escape When the parents of Milo and Lina Graf are abducted by agents of the evil Empire, the children must undertake a perilous journey across the unknown reaches of Wild Space to rescue them-and to discover hope for the future. The Snare With their monkey-lizard, Morq, and their family droid, CR-8R, Milo and Lina fly their parents' starship, the Whisper Bird, to the remote planet of Thune to ask an old friend for help....
16) The wren hunt
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Every year on St Stephen's Day, Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a warped version of a childhood game. Her pursuers are judges - a group of powerful and frightening boys who know nothing of her true identity. If they knew she was an augur - their sworn enemy - the game would be up. This year, the tension between judges and augurs is at breaking point. Wren's survival, and that of her family, depends on her becoming a spy in the midst of...
Author
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Featuring retellings of all seventeen Disney-Pixar feature films, this collection is sure to be a hit with any Pixar fan! This expanded audio edition contains the Disney-Pixar Storybook Collection, plus thirteen stories from the Toy Story Storybook Collection and thirteen stories from the Cars Storybook Collection.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
TWO KIDS TAKE ON THE EMPIRE The Darkness Devious bounty hunter the Shade is delivering the Graf children to Captain Korda when her ship is attacked by a mysterious species. Milo and Lina must trust their fate to their fellow prisoners. How will they escape THE DARKNESS? The Cold Milo and Lina Graf have picked up the trail of their kidnapped parents-but an ambush in the depths of Wild Space leaves them stranded on a desolate ice planet. With an old...
19) The last human
Author
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
An unlikely friendship. A dangerous voyage. A story about what it means to be human. Humans went extinct thirty years ago. Now the world is ruled by machines. And twelve-year-old robot XR_935 is just fine with that. Without humans around, there is no war, no pollution, no crime. Every member of society has a purpose. Everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Until the day XR discovers something impossible. Until the day XR discovers a twelve-year-old...
20) The afterwards
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fact: Ember and Ness are best friends. There's nothing more to say about it. It is what it is. It is what will always be. Ember and Ness. Then Ness dies. It is sudden and unexpected and leaves Ember completely empty. How can this be? When Ember finds a way into the Afterworld, she determines to bring Ness back. Because that's what friends do isn't it? They rescue each other. They help. They never give up. Ember and Ness. That don't change. A powerful,...
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