Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction

Life becomes very difficult for Perkins when Lexie decides she's going to do a picture of him for a 'Paint Your Pet' competition.

Some of Great Britain's most prized possessions, the Crown Jewels, have vanished from the Tower of London.

Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.

It's a hot summer and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's lost and found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloguing misplaced belongings.

For some months, Katie's mother has woken screaming from a recurring nightmare.

Peter, Michael and Emma are strangers, each despatched by their parents for a week's holiday with the Myers in their cottage at the foot of a Welsh mountain.

In the cottages around The Green sleeps a memory of long-dead hands that once wielded a terrible power.

Nelly's phone is still ringing with lots more monster sitting requests - and each one is full of strange surprises!

The irresistibly compelling BOOK TWO in the long awaited PENRYN AND THE END OF DAYS series.

An award-winning short story collection from the author of the must-read DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE trilogy.

The voices of Jane's mum and dad ring in her ears.

I've always been 'the clever one'.

Riveting, brilliantly imagined and passionate, THE DISAPPEARANCES, the compelling sequel to THE KILLABLES, will appeal to everyone who loved the powerful and gripping storytelling of THE HUNGER GAMES.

This contemplative anthology offers personal essays by noted scholars on a range of topics related to the teaching of Shakespeare.

A brand new Early Reader adventure in THE THREE LITTLE.

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books.

A complete collection of all 6 books in the Magical Children series, from bestselling, award-winning author Sally Gardner.

Elf Girl and Raven Boy get hot and bothered in the desert as they come a few steps (with sand in their shoes) closer to finding the Singing Sword and the Tears of the Moon.

When Timmy Twinkle kicks a ball - it's magic!

The story of a little girl so tiny that she fits into a handbag - by award-winning author Sally Gardner, part of her MAGICAL CHILDREN series.

Saving the world isn't going very well for Elf Girl and Raven Boy.

Sir Gads, the Worst Knight in the World, is back with all his old friends - King Arthur and Queen Guinivere, Herbert his faithful squire, Sydney Smith (Merlin's sarcastic cat) and Dr McPherson (Merlin's Kung fu guard turtle) to name but a few.

Sir Gadabout nods off at the Round Table, and wakes up to find himself in the same room as a ghost!

King Arthur desperately needs a haircut and because the royal barber is away, he foolishly accepts Sir Gads' offer to do the job.

When Sir Lancelot is called away from Knight School, Sir Gadabout becomes the teacher - even though he's the one who needs to learn a thing or two about courtly conduct.

Longbeard, a loathed and prickly pirate, and his cranky crew have been stirring up trouble in the English Channel.

Sir Gadabout is a walking disaster.