Children's Books

Ian Billings / Sam Hawkins 1

 Legendary Sam Hawkins and his trusty crew used to the wickedest pirates on the high seas. But now they're landlubbers in Washed-upon-the-Beach, ready to right wrongs wherever they may be found (and even where they aren't).Sam's first case is a rum...

Thalia Kalkipsakis / Dancing Queen

 Charlie is buzzing - she's just had herfirst ever modern dance class! But it'snot all perfect. She's in the wrong danceclothes. The trendy girls tease her. Andnow there's the concert to worry about.But none of that seems to matter, onceCharlie...

Jenny Alexander / Going Up! : The No-worries Guide to Secondary School

  Going Up! addresses the most common anxieties children have about moving from primary to secondary school. This lively and humorous book will appeal to both boys and girls, and will also provide talking points for teachers and parents. The...

Lucie Braveheart / Lottie Dolls: Lottie Solves a Mystery

 Meet Lottie. She's a little girl just like you - she loves adventures, mysteries and her little puppy, Biscuit.When Lottie finds an old book all about beasts of the world in her attic, she can tell it's going to be the start of a brilliant...

Ben Davis / My Embarrassing Dad's Gone Viral!

 My Dad - the King of Cringe!What's a boy to do when his mum disappears, his dad moves him and his sister to the middle of nowhere, and his life takes a very swift downward turn . . . secretly launch his dad on the internet as the Next Big Thing, of...

Jon Berkeley / The Tiger's Egg

  Miles and Little are now part of the Bolsillo brothers' circus, which features the mysterious Dr. Tau Tau as one of its main attractions. When Miles and Dr. Tau Tau go in search of information surrounding Miles's father, they are captured by a...

Jacqueline Harvey / Alice-Miranda in Paris

 Alice-Miranda is so excited to be in Paris! Along with lots of her school friends, she's going to be singing in a choir at the city's famous Fashion Week.But some of France's best-known designers are hiding secrets, and when some very expensive...

Deborah Ellis / Looking for X

  Smart and independent, 11-year-old Khyber lives with her mom, Tammy, a former stripper, and her autistic twin brothers in a poor Toronto neighborhood. Though she doesn't have a lot in common with her classmates, Khyber does have wonderfully...

Sandy Ransford / Fun Book Wonders of the Ancient World

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Peter Lerangis / 39 Clues 7: The Viper's Nest

 Shaken by a shocking loss, Amy and Dan flee to an exotic land andtrace the footsteps of their most formidable ancestor yet: a militaryleader of mythic proportions. But just as the siblings beginto master the art of ancient warfare, they confront a...

Colleen Ringland / Errigal: Search for the Blue Stone

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Bowering Sivers / Jammy Dodgers on the Run

 First of two books set in the helter-skelter, "Lor', love a duck!" world of Victorian London. Featuring a cast of classic caricatures, some classic screwball comedy and a seriously scary storyline, this is entertaining and highly amusing, as well...

Summer Waters / Silver Dolphins: Broken Promises

 Exciting new magical adventure series for girls - will you answer the call of Silver Dolphins?Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin - she's responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened, by responding to the...

Ann Jungman / Vlad the Drac

  When the Stone family take an Easter holiday in Romania Judy and Paul are very bored - that is until they meet a tiny vampire under a stone near Count Dracula's castle. Not only is the vampire very tiny, he is also a vegetarian with dreams of...

Harry Hill / Matt Millz on Tour!

 Another exciting adventure by the hilarious Harry Hill - this time taking Matt Millz and the team to the Edinburgh Festival!Matt's dream of becoming a stand-up comic is fading. Six months on from his success at the Apollo, the gigs have dried up,...

Julie Hearn / Wreckers

  The lid gave, eventually, with surprisingly little noise. Nothing splintered. Nothing broke. No hinges flew, or even creaked, and for a second or two nothing happened at all. Then came the first scream. It blew out a candle, that scream .....

Carolyn Keene / Smile and Say Murder

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Maggie Harcourt / The Pieces of Ourselves

 A gorgeous YA romance following one girl diagnosed with bipolar II as she finds herself falling in love - told with heart, humour and authenticity, this is a YA Silver Linings Playbook.Flora "doesn't do people", not since the Incident that led to...

William Sutcliffe / The Wall

  Joshua is a troubled boy who lives with his mother and stepfather in a divided city, where a wall and soldiers separate two communities, and the rubble-strewn residue of their broken world gives hints of the old life before the wall was built...

Sam Hepburn / Chasing the Dark

  Joe's mum is dead. Killed in a hit-and-run car crash, along with someone he's never heard of. Angry and alone, Joe takes his dog for a late night walk. He finds himself at the gates of an empty mansion: a house of glass belonging to an old...

Robin Lloyd-Jones / Red Fox Running

  Adam's father was a whaler in the Arctic - until the time he never came back. 16-year-old Adam desperately wants to find his father, so he signs on as a cabin boy in the next expedition travelling North. One of his earliest allies on board is...

Koertge Ron / Margaux With An X

  Drop-dead gorgeous, razor-sharp wit, charter member of the school's most popular clique - Margaux (with an "x") is too smart, too beautiful and too haunted to ever really connect with anyone. That is, until she meets Danny, a scrawny,...

Michael Lawrence / A Crack In The Line

  When his mother died in a terrible train crash, Alaric Underwood's life began to unravel. Two years on and now sixteen, Alaric still isn't over the loss, and on the anniversary of the tragedy he stumbles into an alternative version of his...

Hilary McKay / The Amber Cat

  This story about the seaside adventures of the Robinson and Brogan families is a sequel to "Dog Friday". When Robin Brogan, his friends Dan, and Sun Dance Robinson all get chicken pox, Mrs Brogan entertains them with stories of a long-ago...

C.S Lewis - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ( Chronicles of Narnia - Book 5 ) - 1977 Puffin Reprint

A king and some unexpected companions embark on a voyage that will take them beyond all known lands. As they sail farther and farther from charted waters, they discover that their quest is more than they imagined and that the world's end is only the...

Kieran Scott / He's So Not Worth it

 Ally Ryan, come on down to the Jersey Shore! Have you recently been humiliated at your former best friend's birthday party? Was your almost-boyfriend partly responsible for that humiliation by withholding some vital information about your estranged...

Fiona Foden / Life Death and Gold Leather Trousers

  Clover's life is going from bad to worse. Her dad's run off with Nudie Bernice from his life drawing class; Mum's taken to either staying in bed or doing aerobics from dawn till dusk; the gorgeous new boy at school is sending very mixed...

Mary Hogan / Susanna Loves London

 Needless to say, Susanna's plans don't always go as, well, planned. But nothing is going to stop this reporter from getting a great story for the London edition of Teen Scene- not Francesca, her snooty arch-nemesis, not her crush on the boy in the...

Julia Green / Hunter's Heart

  A rites of passage story about a 14-year-old boy growing up over one summer. Simon is beginning to sort out relationships with women, and when 16-year-old Leah decides to manipulate him for her own amusement, a powerful and dangerous mix begins...

Sophie Cameron / Last Bus to Everland

 Last Bus to Everland is Sophie Cameron's gorgeous follow up to her acclaimed debut Out of the Blue, introducing Everland: an addictive magical place where you do you.Brody Fair has had enough of real life. Enough of the bullies on his block, of...

Sarah Mussi / Angel Dust

 An urban ROMEO AND JULIET with a paranormal twistWould you move heaven and earth for the one you love?ANGEL DUST is a powerful, gritty and utterly modern tragic love story with a twist. When Serafina, the brightest and most beloved of all God's...

C.S Lewis - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ( Chronicles of Narnia - Book 5) ( Fontana Lions Edition Cover)

Book five in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, featuring cover art by Cliff Nielsen and black-and-white interior illustrations by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes.A king and some unexpected companions embark on a voyage that...

C.S Lewis - Prince Caspian ( Chronicles of Narnia - Book 4 ) Vintage Fontana Lions Edition 1985 ( Originally 1951)

Prince Caspian, book four in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, featuring cover art by Stephen Lavis and black-and-white interior illustrations by the original illustrator of Narnia, Pauline Baynes.The Pevensie siblings travel back to...

Busy Wheels: School Bus Saves the Day (Children's Picture Book)

      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...

Jessica Love / Julian Is a Mermaid (Children's Picture Book)

  A glimpse of three women dressed as mermaids leaves one boy filled with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. "Every choice Jessica Love makes imbues the story with charm, tenderness and humor" New York TImes Book Review While riding the subway...

The Best Dad in the World (Children's Picture Book)

  Little Gorilla thinks he has the best dad in the whole world. Dad might wear terrible sweaters, be awful at repairing things and an embarrassment on the dance floor, but there's never a dull moment when he's around. Little Gorilla gets to do...

Stuart Simmonds / Hannah the Spanner and the Polar Bears (Children's Picture Book)

  Bored senseless in the superstore, grumpy parents, sick reindeers, walkie-talkies from aisle17, shower time, some very strange goings on in your back garden and an emergency visit to the Professor's house. Come join Hannah and Lucy as they join...

Kate Cann / Sea Change

  It was a warning, and I should have heeded it. A free ticket to the holiday of a lifetime - who could resist? Chloe's spending six whole weeks on a paradise island with Davinia and her rich, glamorous family. But how well does Chloe really know...

Pauline Fisk / Sabrina Fludde

  When Abren becomes conscious of her surroundings, she is struggling to get out of the flooded river Severn with her only possession, a beautifully embroidered cloth, clutched in her arms. What is she doing in the water, who is she, where can...

Benedict Jacka / Ninja : The Battle

  Allandra and Ignis have been living for two years in Rokkaku, a secret training school for ninjas. Now they've been assigned a secret mission in London - which will take them back into the path of their drug-baron father. A surprise visit from...

Margaret Stohl / Idols

 The second book in a breathtaking new series from Beautiful Creatures co-author Margaret StohlThe Icons came from the sky. They belong to an inhuman enemy. They ended our civilization, and they can kill us.....most of us.Dol, Ro, Tima, and Lucas...

Julia Golding / Cat's Cradle

 Julia Golding's award-winning adventure series is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Katherine Woodfine and Robin Jarvis.I am Cat Royal - Orphan, Adventurer, Actress . . .'I have travelled halfway across the world and back chasing mystery and...

Julia Golding / Den of Thieves

 Julia Golding's award-winning adventure series is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Katherine Woodfine and Robin Jarvis.I am Cat Royal - Orphan, Adventurer, Actress . . .'My adventures have brought me here, to the streets of Paris, where I face...

Chris Weitz / The Young World (Large Paperback)

 Welcome to New York, a city ruled by teens.After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl...

Simon, Francesca - Dónall Dána : Lá na Máithreacha - As Gaeilge - PB ( Aistrithe ag Fearghas Mac Lochlainn) ( Horrid Henry)

Ní mó ná sásta atá Dónall Dána.  Gach bliain fágann Learaí gan Locht é in áit na leithphingine ar Lá na Máithreacha.  Ach i mbliana tá plean aige....

Simon, Francesca - Faoi Gheasa ag Peigí Pusach - PB -( As Gaeilge) - Aistrithe ag Máirín Nic Con Iomaire ( Horrid Henry)

Horrid Henry is much better at magic than Moody Margaret is – according to him.  But he gets a shock when he tries to put her under his spell! Tá Dónall i bhfad i bhfad níos fearr ag draíocht ná mar...

Simon, Francesca - Dónall Dána agus an Peileadóir Mór - PB - As Gaeilge ( Aistrithe ag Máirín Nic an Iomaire) ( Horrid Henry )

Is breá le Dónall Dána peil agus níl uaidh ach an cluiche peile ranga a bhuachan – is cuma céard is gá a dhéanamh… Ach tá Peigí Pusach í féin meáite air gur...

Kit De Waal / Becoming Dinah

 "A gripping, heart-wrenching coming-of-age story" - GuardianIn her first YA novel, Costa-shortlisted Kit de Waal responds to classic Moby Dick by tearing the power away from obsessive Captain Ahab and giving it to a teenage girl.Dinah's whole world...

Sonya Hartnett / The Ghost's Child

 A novel that explores the many varieties of love, by one of the very best contemporary writers.This magical story, told in the elevated tone of a fable, begins with a visit by a teenage boy to the home of 75-year-old Matilda. She tells him the...

Trudi Tweedie / The Pure Heart

  WINNER OF THE 2018 TIMES/CHICKEN HOUSE CHILDREN'S FICTION COMPETITION WhenIseabail is employed by a wealthy merchantto be his daughter's companion, her life changes forever. Transportedfrom her remote island home to the Scottish...

Catherine Jinks / The Reformed Vampire Support Group

 The trouble with being a vampire is . . .You can't get a decent haircut. You live on guinea-pig blood. And even worse, most of the world's population wants to kill you. For no good reason. Nina Harrison became a vampire in 1973, when she was...

Belbin David / Shouting at the Stars

  Layla is a young singer who is just hitting the big time: she has even got her own bodyguard. With all of the excitement of her growing fame comes the eerie presence of an unknown heckler who begins to follow all her performances. But who is...