Funnybones: Mystery Tour (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Funnybones: Mystery Tour (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Mystery Tour is one of the titles in Allan Ahlberg's iconic children's picture book series about skeletons, Funnybones. Despite being set in a dark dark house, this brightly coloured book is perfect for early readers! One dark dark night the three skeletons go driving and solve six mysteries. Lots

Dark is Rising - The Dark is Rising Sequence (Cooper Susan)(Paperback / softback)

This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining. It's Midwinter's Eve, the day before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him.This will be a birthday like no other. Will discovers that he has the power of the Old Ones, and

Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight

Hortense and the Shadow (O'Hara Natalia)(Paperback / softback)

'Through the dark and wolfish woods,through the white and silent snow,lived a small girl called Hortense.Though kind and brave, she was sad as an owl because of one thing . . .Hortense hated her shadow.'A beautifully illustrated dark fairy tale that will remind you of the fables you read as a

Abomination (Swindells Robert)(Paperback / softback)

A powerful, disturbing thriller reissued in The Originals series of classic teenage fiction.Martha is twelve - and very different from other kids, because of her parents. Strict members of a religious group - the Brethren - their rules dominate Martha's life. And one rule is the most important of

The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (Urbina Ian)(Paperback)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless, and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas.There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no

Winter Holiday (Ransome Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

Nothing ever happens in the Winter holidays - except polar expeditions, mountain resuces, blizzards and ice sailing. Dick and Dorothea are newcomers to the lake, and they have to prove their worth to the team as the Swallows and Amazons sweep them into a wild adventure

Necromancer - Book 4 (Scott Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Sophie and Josh have returned to San Francisco. They must protect themselves from the Dark Elders, but they've not yet mastered the magic they'll need to do so. Their trust in Nicholas Flamel is shaken, and their friend Scatty is missing. Unbeknownst to the twins, John Dee has amassed an enormous

The Shattered Lands - Nation Brenna

Blood on Snow (Nesbo Jo)(Paperback / softback)

Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you ‘fix' people for a living - terminally - it's hard to get close to anyone. Now he's finally met the woman of his dreams. But there are two problems. She's his boss's wife. And Olav's just been hired to kill her. From the bestselling author of

Brief Candle in the Dark - My Life in Science (Dawkins Richard (Oxford University))(Paperback / softback)

In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to publication of The Selfish Gene in 1976, when he shot to fame as one of the most exciting new scientists of his generation. In Brief Candle in the Dark he

Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two - From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major BBC series (Pullman Philip)(Paperback / softback)

It is twenty years since the events of La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One unfolded and saw the baby Lyra Belacqua begin her life-changing journey. It is almost ten years since readers left Lyra and the love of her young life, Will Parry, on a park bench in Oxford's Botanic Gardens at the

The Midnighters - Hana Tooke

From the bestselling author of The Unadoptables: a stunning adventure about a missing friend, a gothic city, and a secret society full of wonder, invention and maybe a hint of magic . . .Find the courage to be extraordinary . . .Ema Vaskova has always felt different. In a family of famous

Becoming - The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller (Obama Michelle)(Paperback / softback)

Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions and a 5-question Q&A, the intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In her memoir, a work of

Count Karlstein (Pullman Philip)(Paperback / softback)

The very first children's novel by Philip Pullman, Count Karlstien is a deliciously terrifying, wickedly funny adventure, beautifully illustrated by Peter Bailey.All Souls' Eve is a night when nobody in the village of Karlstein dares to leave their homes. For that is the night that Zamiel, the

Grumpy Monkey - Suzanne Lang

A hilarious and reassuring New York Times Number 1 bestseller about feeling your emotions - sometimes it's okay not to feel okay!Meet Jim Panzee.He's in a BAD mood.Nothing feels right!Nothing will do, and Jim just doesn't know why...His friends can't understand it - HOW can he be in a mood when

Matilda - Roald Dahl

*A very special edition, celebrating everyone's favourite young genius! Includes tips and activities for creating your very own story, and incredible pull-out illustrations of Matilda all grown-up* 'A true genius - Roald Dahl is my hero' - David Walliams These books gave Matilda a hopeful and

There's a Monster in Your Book (Fletcher Tom)(Paperback / softback)

From the bestselling author of The Dinosaur That Pooped and The Christmasaurus.A monster has invaded the pages of this original and super-fun bedtime picture book!Children need to read aloud and follow the interactive instructions to help free the pesky monster by tilting, spinning and shaking

Puffin Book of Funny Stories(Paperback / softback)

A collection of laugh-out-loud funny short stories and extracts including:The hilarious antics of Arabel and pet bird MortimerLaid-back Clever Polly and the stupid wolfThe zany Bold familyThe crazy killer AuntiesAnd many more! From best-loved classic authors Joan Aiken, Terry Pratchett, and Dick

Puffin Book of Christmas Stories (Cooling Wendy)(Paperback / softback)

Christmas is coming! A delightful collection of stories for Yuletide by some of the finest writers for children which makes a perfect stock-filler Christmas gift.The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories is essential Christmas-time reading including classic and contemporary stories, from traditional to

Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Mermaid (Fielding Rhiannon)(Paperback / softback)

Do you have a little mermaid who would rather do anything than sleep?This is the perfect bedtime tale for them!Written specifically for bedtime, join Splash the littlest mermaid as she dives and leaps through the underwater kingdom.It's only ten minutes to bed, but with so many distractions it

Youngblood - Sasha Laurens

High school sucks. Especially for the undead.When Kat Finn arrives at Harcote, a prestigious vampire-only boarding school, she's in unchartered territory. After living amongst humans and struggling to make ends meet, she's suddenly thrust into the alluring world of elite vampires - and her fortune

Warcross (Lu Marie)(Paperback / softback)

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu - when a game called Warcross takes the world by storm, one girl hacks her way into its dangerous depths.For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game - it's a way of life. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II - Světlana Alexijevičová

Extraordinary stories from Soviet women who fought in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature'Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? Their words and feelings? A whole world is