Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories

Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler on a mission: he wants to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian - even if he always seems to 'choke' in the spotlight.

Daniel X has never lost a battle against the disgusting, dangerous extraterrestrials on his List of Alien Outlaws.

On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered, their daughter, Tandy, knows just three things: 1.

The day Finn Maguire discovers his father bludgeoned to death in a pool of blood, his dreary life is turned upside down.

I say, 'Don't lose your heart, Rube.

What happens when love brings loss?

The fourth instalment of the Wardstone Chronicles.

Time is running out for Thomas Ward.

'A great debut .

As danger increases in the County, Tom is sent far north by his master to be trained by Bill Arkwright, another Spook.

As the Spook's apprentice Tom's first duty is to protect the County from the dark.

The Spook, Tom and Alice return from Greece to find the County under siege - and the Spook's home burnt to the ground.

After sixth grade, the very worst year of his life, Rafe Khatchadorian thinks he has it made in seventh grade.

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Dodger is a tosher - a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London.

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Lydia's last thought before darkness closed over her mind was that the strange, swirling storm had trapped her.

Beans calls her dad 'Gadgetman' because of the weird and wonderful gadgets he comes up with - everything from exploding biscuits to Spy Kits.

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'This is the story of Mum's latest miracle - VIMS - and how it almost got me killed .

The words exploded from me in a burst of white-hot anger.

Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten.

Having saved the city cats from a fate worse than death, Varjak Paw finds himself the elected and popular leader of a new gang - a gang that supports freedom and kindness for all.

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Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle cruise ship, the S.

FERGUS CRANE!

A brilliantly inventive, fabulously illustrated addition to the Far-Flung Adventure series from the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator team, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark.

The Spook's Apprentice is the first book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles - over 3 million copies sold worldwide!

Cy has the ability to control his own dreams and knows his own, personal Dream Master.

After the great thunderstorm at the turn of the century, Henry comes home from school one day and finds a baby, peculiarly swaddled, and left among the hollyhocks.

Every dream has a Dream Master to control it.

I am drowning in this roaring silence.

When Cy visits a special Viking exhibition in York and looks at a glorious Viking helmet, he is horrified to suddenly find a face in the helmet - his Dream Master!

When Cy meets the Dream Master as he's struggling to wake up one morning in time for school, he can hardly believe that this funny little man can have the power to control dreams.

Moving to the country because her parents want to run a dilapidated old hotel is not 11-year-old Nova's idea of fun.

The first thrilling book in the most exciting children's fantasy series since Harry Potter.

Grendel prowled in, hating all men and all joy and hungry for human life.

The Spook, Tom and Alice travel to Ireland, fleeing from the war in the County.

The classic tale of a journey through war-torn Europe.

Jack Slater is an official Monster Investigator - licensed to hunt out monsters who turn up under beds and terrorize small children.

Jack Slater is an official Monster Investigator - licensed to hunt out monsters who turn up under beds and terrorize small children (and his parents!

Fans of Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus books will devour this book - a cracking adventure brimming with magic, intrigue and a treasure trove of characters that the reader can't help but fall for.

Sephy is a Cross - a member of the dark-skinned ruling class.

Johnny Maxwell and his friends have to do something when they find Mrs Tachyon, the local bag lady, semi-conscious in an alley .

In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness.

IF NOT YOU, WHO ELSE?

This is the next in the popular series featuring Johnny Maxwell.