Children's Books

M.T. Anderson / The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation

    Boston, 1775. Raised by a society of rational philosophers, who call each other by a number, Octavian and his mother - a princess in exile from a faraway land - are the only people in their household assigned names. The boy is dressed...

Geraldine McCaughrean / The Kite Rider

    Set in 13th-century China, this is the gripping, adventurous, compulsive story of Haoyou, a boy who makes his way in the world by flying into the air, strapped to a huge kite. The story is full of both incredible adventure and personal...

Siobhan Parkinson / The Thirteenth Room

   It has been nine years since the death of a young girl on the Taggart farm near the quiet Irish village of Dromadden. But memories of the tragedy are vividly and powerfully called up when Niamh comes to Planten to nurse the dying Taggart,...

Jan Mark / The Electric Telepath

    Elijah longs to be a scientist, to follow in the footsteps of his heroes. But as a member of the Horebite church such dreams will never be possible. Instructed by his father and his church to listen for The Still, Small Voice which will...

Melissa de La Cruz / Disney Return to the Isle of the Lost : A Descendants Novel

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Dave Barry / Peter And The Starcatchers

    Discover the origins of Peter Pan in this swashbuckling tale, full of black and white illustrations! When Peter, along with his fellow orphans, boards the Never Land, it is only the start of his adventures. Befriending Molly, he...

Melissa de La Cruz / Masquerade

   Preparations are under way for the ball of the century. But as any true Blue Blood knows, it's the after-party that counts. And the cunning Mimi Force is getting ready to make sure her masquerade ball is the place to be for the Young,...

Sarah Singleton / The Amethyst Child

   It's the summer holidays and Amber is bored. So when she meets non-conformist Dowdie, she is bowled over. Dowdie lives in a commune known as the Community, and gradually, Amber finds herself drawn into it. She discovers that Dowdie is an...

Brian Conaghan / When Mr Dog Bites

   Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015 Hilariously touching and outrageously unforgettable: Mark Haddon's Christopher Boone meets Holden Caulfield on one *#@! of a journey. . . Dylan Mint has Tourette's. Being sixteen is...

Joelle Charbonneau / The Testing 3

   The United Commonwealth teeters on the brink of all-out civil war. Testing survivor Cia Vale knows that she alone can lead the rebellion against the government, but to do so she must risk the lives of those she loves, and gamble on the...

Jamie Thomson / The Teenage Years

   Thirteen-year-old schoolboy, Dirk Lloyd, has a dark secret - in fact he is a dark secret. Dirk - according to his own account - is the earthly incarnation of a Dark Lord, supreme ruler of the Darklands and leader of great armies of orcs and...

Jaclyn Moriarty / Feeling Sorry for Celia

   Dear Ms Clarry, It has come to our attention that you are incredibly bad at being a teenager. Yours sincerely, The Association of Teenagers When Elizabeth Clarry's best friend Celia runs away to join the circus,...

Ann Halam / Dr Franklin's Island

   What's it like to see your friend transformed into a raven before your very eyes, and to know it's your turn next? How does it feel to morph into a manta ray or slide into the body of a snake? This is what happens to Miranda, Semi and...

Beverley Naidoo / The Other Side of Truth

    This is the story of 12 year-old Sade and her brother Femi who flee to Britain from Nigeria. Their father is a political journalist who refuses to stop criticising the military rulers in Nigeria. Their mother is killed and they are sent...

Grace Cavendish / The Lady Grace Mysteries: Deception

   Everyone at the Royal Court was so excited today - the marvellous Frost Fair has come to London, and we all went ice skating! But there was a terrible discovery when the body of a man was found at the edge of the frozen river. Why was...

Chris D'Lacey / The Fire Within

   'David ran a hand through his mop of brown hair. Dragons. It was certainly different from his last set of lodgings, where all you got were spiders and the occasional mouse. "It's perfect," he said.' When David arrives at Wayward...

Joss Stirling / Finding Sky

   You have half our gifts, I have the other . . . When English girl Sky catches a glimpse of bad boy Zed in her new American high school, she can't get him out of her head. He talks to her with his thoughts. He reads her mind. He is the...

Mark Walden / H.I.V.E. 3: Escape Velocity

   Pupils and staff at H.I.V.E. are horrified to discover that Dr Nero has been captured by the forces of H.O.P.E., the Hostile Operative Prosecution Executive, the world's newest and most ruthlessly efficient security force. Three months pass...

Alyssa B. Sheinmel / Faceless

   When Maisie is struck by lightning, her face is partially destroyed. She's lucky enough to get a face transplant, but how do you live your life when you can't even recognize yourself any more? She was a runner, a girlfriend,...

Annabel Pitcher / My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece

   Winner of the 2012 Branford Boase Award, this is Annabel Pitcher's stunning debut about ten-year-old Jamie, and the way his life and his family are shaped by the sister in an urn on the mantelpiece. Five years ago, Jamie's sister,...

David Williams / The Midnight Gang

   Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for... the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning... When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he...

Steve Barlow / Friend or Foe?

 Jack thought he'd do anything for a computer of his own-nothing fancy, just something he could use to get on the net. Unfortunately, he didn't realize just what anything would mean...Yes, he now has a very cool laptop. But he also has two...

Rick Riordan / The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles Book 2)

 EVER since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed on the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in big trouble. As descendants of the magical House of Life, they command certain powers. But now a terrifying enemy - Apophis,...

Patrice Aggs / Ooh La Booga Bomp

 On the farm, some very strange noises are keeping the farmer awake. The ducks are having fun singing and banging `instruments'-- what a racket! But their noise is keeping someone else awake too, wily Mr Fox. There's trouble on the way ... Panda...

Gwyneth Rees / My Mum's from Planet Pluto

 Daniel knows that his mum was very ill once - mentally ill. She's fine now, and she's even landed a big new job as a head teacher. The problem is, she's head of his new school! It's so embarrassing - everyone is going to tease him. But then things...

Darcey Bussell / Jade and the Silver Flute

 Dance your way to the magical world of Enchantia in the delightful fourth series of Magic Ballerina by Darcey Bussell! Precious things have been going missing in Enchantia in the lead up to a very special ceremony. Is someone trying to thwart the...

Lauren Brooke / The New Class

 Welcome to Chestnut Hill, a prestigious boarding school with a rich tradition of riding and rivalry. This year, four girls from different backgrounds will challenge the Chestnut Hill stereotype. There's fiesty Dylan; secretive Malory; tomboy Lani...

Marc Brown / Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest

   Arthur the aardvark has writer's block. He needs to come up with a jingle to enter the Crunch cereal contest, but his mind's gone completely blank. Then he hears his sassy little sister, D.W., singing to herself, and decides to claim her...

Steve Barlow / Whizzard!

 Comedy fantasy series with a Pratchetteque/Carry On Blackadder twist, but written for children. A slightly more sophisticated read than the Lost Diaries, with a bit more edge. The Dark Forest is a world. Cities, towns and villages exist like...

Dan Jerris / Death Diamond : Book 1

 Jack and Al are lucky to be rescued by pirates when they find themselves in the middle of a mysterious ocean. But will the pirates be their friends or foes as they hunt for the Dragon Blood Sabre?     All of our books are second hand,...

Wendelin Van Draanen / Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf

 Sammy Keyes has got two mysteries to solve. Unless she finds scary Mrs Landvogt's dog in a matter of days, she and Grams are going to be out of a home when Mrs Landvogt shops them to the authorities. Sammy needs to be concentrating on getting yappy...

Rick Bundschuh / Burned : A Novel

 It took real faith and courage to get Bethany back on a surfboard after losing her arm to a shark. In this new four-book fiction series based on the life of surfer star Bethany Hamilton, Bethany and her friends discover God's love and guidance as...

Peter Dickinson / The Kin: Suth's Story Bk.1

 The Moonhawk Kin, a prehistoric band of nomadic hunters, have been driven form the African lands by murderous strangers. Young Suth leads the children on a perilous journey to find a new home. They find a strange Kin, but find danger and death as...

Michelle Zink / Prophecy Of The Sisters

   Without the Keys, something terrible will happen. Something that cannot be undone. And with them, I might bring an end to the riddle of the Prophecy and my strange part in it. If Alice and I are on conflicting sides of the...

Geraldine McCaughrean / Show Stopper!

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Narinder Dhami / The Beautiful Game: 01: Hannah's Secret

 Hi, I'm Hannah, and I'm the future captain of the England women's football team! Ha ha - only kidding. Although my dad seriously thinks so, which is embarrassing with a capital E. He's always yelling at me when I play - it's a nightmare! At least...

Morris Gleitzman / Give Peas A Chance

 Give fun a chance! Surprise your mum with a chainsaw, be a bigger star than Tom Cruise, save the world with a plate of vegetables, start your new life in a taxi, rescue your family with a tomato, send your dad into a panic with a tractor, do a good...

Colin Fletcher / The Worst Class in the School

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Colin Bateman / The Seagulls Have Landed

    You would think Eddie Malone - hero, warrior, gang leader, intent on world domination - would have had enough of babies. And you would be right... But losing a baby is not good. And if it belongs to your mum, well - it's a disaster...

John Foster / Paddington and the Marmalade Maze

 In this engrossing selection of puzzle poems you will find anagrams, anagriddles, crosswords, inside-out words, hidden words and much, much more. This book will provide hours of entertainment for anyone who enjoys puzzling and word-games, as well...

Caroline Lawrence / The Roman Mysteries: The Assassins of Rome : Book 4

 Jonathan goes on a secret quest to Rome, and Flavia, Nubia and Lupus set out to find him. Their dangerous mission takes them to the Golden House of Nero where a deadly assassin is rumoured to be at work - and they learn what happened to Jonathan's...

B. Strange / Terror in Cubicle Four

 St Sebastian's School in Grimesford is the pits. No, really it is. Built on the boggy remains of a medieval plague pit, this once proud school's dodgy nineteenth-century foundations are causing it to slowly subside. Every year it sinks a little...

Susan Cooper / The Dark Is Rising : Modern Classic

 The perfect book for the Christmas season. It is Midwinter's Eve, the night before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. Will is about to make a shocking discovery - that he is the last...

Cora Harrison / Dark Days at Drumshee ( Drumshee Timeline Series - Book 12)

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Sally Gardner / The Countess's Calamity : The Box

 When a box of toys is left, abandoned in the park, the toys really don't know what to make of it! Should they wait to be rescued and taken back to the 'land of lounge' or should they all scramble out and try to save themselves. Fortunately for them...

Annie Dalton / Afterdark: Midnight Museum No. 3

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Brian Gallagher / Pawns : Ireland's War of Independence

 In a time of war, how much would you risk to help a friend? Young Johnny Dunne works hard at Balbriggan's Mill Hotel, but still finds time to enjoy life with his friends, Alice and Stella. Though the three come from different backgrounds - Johnny...

Cathy Cassidy / Love from Lexie (The Lost and Found)

 Ever since Lexie's mum vanished, her world hasn't stopped spinning. A new home, a new school - even a new family but Lexie never gives up hope that her mum will come back and writes her letters every day to tell her all about her new life. There's...

Peter Gethers / Norton, The Loveable Cat Who Travelled the World

 Peter Gethers hates cats. That is until he meets Norton, a very cute, very friendly Scottish Fold kitten. Soon Peter and Norton are inseparable, travelling together on trains and boats, in planes and cars all over the world! Eating at restaurants,...

Catherine Coe / The Owls of Blossom Wood: Lost and Found

 A gorgeous animal series set in the beautiful BlossomWood - where children turn into magical creatures. Katie, Eva and Alex know a secret - whenthey hide inside a hollow tree trunk at the bottom of Katie's garden,they find themselves whisked...

Astrid Lindgren / The Best of Pippi Longstocking : Three Books in One

 Pippi Longstocking is as popular as ever, with dedicated fans all over the world. She's funny, feisty, and incredibly strong and has the most amazing adventures ever! Here's a chance to read three books about Pippi in one volume - Pippi...

Alan MacDonald / Trolls United

 Ulrik is desperate to be on the school football team, but he doesn't really understand the rules, and his neighbour Warren Priddle certainly isn't about to explain to the troll next door that wellington boots are not the right footwear, and being...