An archly funny, classic mystery adventure with a magic twist!Lucy Driscoll may be big on gumption but she is down on her luck - and before long finds herself as the new Boot Girl at eccentric Gaunt Hall, working for the rich and sinister-seeming Lord Gaunt. But throughout the country children are going missing and before long Lucy begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Gaunt Hall - could Lord Gaunt have anything to do with the disappearances;...

Or is he? Old enemies are closing in: Maccomo, the liontrainer, longs for revenge, and the evil Corporacy is still hunting Charlie and his mum and dad. They could hide. But the time to hide is over. Now is the time to fight back . . . Brilliantly written, fantastically exciting adventure fiction with a twist - boys and girls aged 9+ will love it! Lionboy was the first ever selection by the Blue Peter Book Club.

His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he's taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit). For a start, leprechaun technology is more advanced than our own. Add to that the fact that Holly is a true heroine and that her senior officer Commander Root will stop at nothing to get her back and you've got the mother of all sieges brewing!.