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Derek Keilty / Will Gallows and the Snake-Bellied Troll

 Will Gallows, a young elfling sky cowboy, rides out on a perilous quest to bring the evil snake-bellied troll bandit, Noose Wormworx, to justice. Noose is wanted for the murder of Will's pa - the former deputy sheriff of Oretown. Will's...

Terry Deary / The Big Fat Father Christmas Joke Book

 In THE BIG FAT FATHER CHRISTMAS JOKE BOOK Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary, brings you two hilarious books in one - Father Christmas' Joke Book and The Great Father Christmas Robbery - full of rib-tickling fun for the festive...

James Patterson / Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile

 Four kids on a quest to find the legendary Mines of King Solomon...and their parents. Bick, Beck, Storm and Tommy are navigating their way down the Nile, from hot and dusty Cairo to deep dark jungles, past some seriously bad guys along the way...

Annie Kelsey / Pippa Morgan's Diary: Trouble and Squeak

 Meet Pippa Morgan, a small girl with a BIG imagination, and read her hilarious diary, packed with doodle illustrations. Pippa is DESPERATE for a dog, but Mum isn't budging. When Mr Bacon introduces Squeak, the class hamster, Pippa...

Robert Swindells / Hurricane Summer

 It's World War II and Jim has a fantastic new friend - a fighter pilot. Jim worships Cocky and looks forward to his every visit, but war changes people's lives and friendship can bring pain as well as joy     All of our books are...

Pippa Goodhart / Molly And The Beanstalk

 Fantastic new title in the Sprinters series relaunch - a first book for Walker When little Molly plants a story seed, she looks forward to a wonderful beginning. middle and end. But as the weather gets hotter and hotter, she realizes that she...

David Bennett / Tresury of Witch and Wizard Stories

 A Spellbinding Collection! Mind-boggling magic leads to mystery, mischief and mayhem in this dazzling treasury. An all-star cast of authors including Alan Garner, Margaret Mahy, Terry Jones, Floella Benjamin and Helen Cresswell has conjured up this...

Moshi Monsters Pick Your Path 1: Disco Mystery

 Moshi Monsters Pick Your Path Disco Mystery is the first 'Pick Your Path' book for fans of the online world of Moshi Monsters.There's something strange happening in Monstro City. The Underground Disco has gone eerily silent . . .One of the...

Terence Blacker / Pride and Penalties

 Seven girls and one football don't exactly make a team, but that's not going to stop any of them. The boys may laugh, but when Eve manages to get the best football coach around, things start to look different. This is the first of a four-book...

Tony Bradman / Mixed Up Madness: "The Two Jacks", "Screw Loose"

 popular stories in 1, this good value volume includes The Two Jacks by Tony Bradman and Screw Loose by Alison Prince. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexicBarrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant,...

Marjorie Newman / Yo Ho Ho!

 Class 4 have a very strange new teacher. Mr Cutlass wears a spotted scarf around his neck and has a parrot on his shoulder. Could he possibly be a ...pirate? And can Class 4 help him solve a secret message that could lead to hidden...

Ruth Eastham / Memory Cage

 Alex's grandfather keeps forgetting things, and Alex has overheard his adoptive parents say that they're going to put granddad in a home. His grandfather begs Alex to save him from that, and it's a promise Alex is desperate to keep. But Alex once...

Greg James / Kid Normal

 The first book in a laugh-out-loud funny adventure series for 8+ readers from radio stars Greg James and Chris Smith'So funny, it's almost criminal' INDEPENDENT'Outrageous capers' GUARDIANSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZEA TOM...

Naomi Lewis / Classic Fairy Tales to Read Aloud

 A wonderful collection for sharing with the whole family, this anthology gathers together the fairy tale s that have established themselves as enduring favourites ov er the years. '      All of our books are second hand, and while...

Stephanie Moraghan / Harry's Magic Tables : Learn your times tables in as little as a week!

 Nine year old Harry Moraghan never found maths easy. Then he discovered he REALLY hated it when it came to learning multiplication tables.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

Andrew Clements / Frindle

 From bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Clements, a quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words that will have readers inventing their own words. Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven...

Karen McCombie / Wonderland

Jude's never had much luck with boys. In fact, all the blokes in her life seem to be allergic to treating her right - including her dad...Then she meets Gareth. He's not like the others: he's sensitive, caring and actually listens to her. Could it be...

Alex Scarrow / TimeRiders: Gates of Rome (Book 5)

 Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists.Its purpose:...

Trevor Pye / The Big Race

 Duck Lake Primary School has only eleven children, so it's a problem choosing the best runner to represent the school in The Big Race. Trevor is picked because he has the longest legs in the school - but can he run? * Skyracer Yellow titles...

Wes Magee / So, You Want to be a Wizard?

 In Wes Magee's new book of spellbinding poems, you'll find magic, mysterious places, and a cast of creepy characters. You can visit a ruined castle in Scotland, attend the Vampire's 'Bite Fright' party, and discover what's behind the green curtain...

Andrew Cullen / The Recovery Squad : Diamonds of Ishemar

      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...

Allan Drummond / Aussie Notables: Mary Gilmore

 The second title in the Aussie Notables. Born and raised in Wagga Wagga, Dame Mary was a schoolteacher, utopian socialist, journalist, poet and girl friend of Henry Lawson, whose adventures took her to Paraguay, Patagonia and Casterton(!)...

Allan Drummond / Aussie Notables: John Monash

What's the connection between the man on our $100 note and bushranger Ned Kelly? Be inspired by the story of John Monash, child of migrants, who went on to become one of the greatest, wisest, generals of World War One and an engineer who literally...

Jessica Townsend / Nevermoor : The Trials of Morrigan Crow Book 1

 WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2018 YOUNGER FICTION CATEGORYWINNER OF RED MAGAZINE'S BIG BOOK 'BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK (7-12)' AWARD International bestselling new series. Enter the Wundrous world of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor -...

Terry Deary / War Games

 Two stories about George and Esther, growing up in England and Germany during the Second World War, with only their passion for sport to help them along. A wonderful contrast of England and Germany at war. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for...

Jacqueline Wilson / Paws and Whiskers

 This special anthology features the very best stories about cats and dogs from the world of children's literature, chosen by bestselling author and Battersea Cats and Dogs Home patron Jacqueline Wilson. Includes a brand new story by Jacqueline...

Leslie Goldman / "Night at the Museum" - Novelisation

 The new night guard at New York's Museum of Natural History soon discovers there is more to the exhibits than meets the eye. Every night they come to life! This is an exciting novelisation of the film for young readers. Larry Daley is a loser. At...

Anne Fine / Press Play

 Nicky and Tasha wake up, but instead of their mum being with them, there's just a tape recorder on the floor, with a note saying, 'Press Play.' Mum's thought of everything: Tasha needs to wear a jumper (and not that thin shirt she'll get cold in),...

Karen McCombie / Indie Kidd Bk 4: Are We Having Fun Yet?

 More adventures with Indie Kidd, her animal-mad mum, best-est friends Soph and Fee and geeky (but loveable) step-brother Dylan. When Fee's cat gets run over, Indie thinks she knows exactly how to cheer her best friend up. But a trip to the Animal...

Merida Woodford / The Bogwater Witches

 When, one stormy night, the witch sisters Thora and Sybil Weird find a baby on the doorstep, they are thrilled- for this can only be the seventh child of a seventh child, with more power in her little finger than all the members of the Witches'...

Dylan Blackwood / I Want Earrings!

      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...

Oisin McGann / The Harvest Tide Project

 Taya and Lorkrin are Myunans - shape-changers who can sculpt their flesh like modelling clay. They accidentally release Shessil Groach, a timid botanist working in captivity on the top-secret Harvest Tide Project. A massive manhunt is launched by...

Tim Collins / Diary Of Dorkius Maximus In Egypt

The brilliant follow up to Diary Of Dorkius Maximus. When Dorkius is invited by Julius Caesar on a trip to Egypt he's in for one big adventure. In a hilarious string of events, Dorkius encounters the 13-year-old King Ptolemy ('that spoilt brat') and his...

Gillian Cross / The Great Elephant Chase

 When the elephant came to town, Tad and Cissie went to the show like everyone else. Little did they know it would change their lives for ever. Because of the elephant, Tad and Cissie get involved in a chase across America, by train, by flatboat,...

Jeanne Willis / Delilah Darling is on the Stage

 Delilah Darling - Queen Delilah from the Land of Far, Far Away to you - is desperate to play the part of the gingerbread man in the school play. So when Horrible Charlotte Griggs gets the part instead, Delilah is cross. But she soon discovers that...

Anthony Horowitz / Death and the Underworld

 When life is over, and the conflicted souls of the dead wend their weary way down to the underworld, what do they see? A three-headed dog with slavering jaws, a dark and foreboding river with a skeletal ferryman or simply darkness? Only the very...

Arthur Rackham / Mother Goose

Traditional rhymes and stories have been collected under the wing of Mother Goose for centuries and this collection of favourite nursery rhymes has been put together by the famous illustrator Arthur Rackham. It is a wonderful collection of old...

New Scientist / How to Make a Tornado : The strange and wonderful things that happen when scientists break free

 Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don't often hear about because they are so...

Annie Fine / The Book Of The Banshee

 It's war in the Flowers household. Will's sister Estelle has turned overnight into a screaming, screeching banshee whose moods explode throughout the household. Mum and Dad have surrendered. Inspired by an author visit to his school, Will decides...

James Patterson / Treasure Hunters

  From the top ten bestselling author of Middle School: the Worst Years of My Life and I Funny comes a brilliantly original new adventure series, jam-packed with action, humour, and heart! The Kidd siblings have grown up diving down to...

Cora Harrison / Murder at Drumshee ( Drumshee Timeline Series - Book 10)

 Mysterious happenings occur at Drumshee, including a murder.      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...

Karen Wallace / Star Spooks

  The 3rd book in the spooky series, and this time a film crew turn up at Creakie Hall. From the author of "Raspberries On The Yangtze". Illustrated by Tony Ross. Ages: 7+        All of our books are second hand, and...

Gordon Snell / The Ballygandon Giants

 A football star is coming to Ballygandon! Mickey Marscapone, a famous player for an English team, is recovering from an accident and wants a spell of rest, away from the limelight. His father is Italian, his mother Irish, and his grandmother came...

Eva Ibbotson / One Dog and His Boy

 All Hal ever wanted was a dog - but a dog would damage the expensive carpets in his parents' glamorous home, and they refuse to consider one. That's until they discover Easy Pets, a dog-rental agency. Fleck the terrier arrives on Hal's birthday,...

Karen McCombie / Twists, Turns & 100% Tilda

      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...

Dorothy Edwards / More Naughty Little Sister Stories (My Naughty Little Sister)

 My naughty little sister is always getting into trouble! She gets mad at the photographer and refuses to have her photo taken! Later, she climbs onto the gate and nearly falls when she shows off to Bad Harry. Will my naughty little sister ever be...

Sophia Fergus / Poppy's Dogs Trust Puppies

  Here are the stories of just a few thousands of puppies (dogs under 12 months) helped by Dogs Trust in the last few years, including Barney the Blue Peter dog; Harry the hearing assistance dog; Snowy the deaf puppy who had to learn sign language;...

Onk Beakman / Skylanders Mask of Power: Lightning Rod Faces the Cyclops Queen: Book 3

 The greatest Storm Titan of them all is about to make a royal appointment with his biggest challenge yet. Lightning Rod teams up with Drobot, Double Trouble and Pop Fizz to journey to a far-off city where the locals have an eye for...

Gary Blackwood / The Shakespeare Stealer

 Fourteen year-old Widge has very little going for him, no family, no real name, but he can write shorthand and that is a very valuable asset to the man who wants to steal William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. In those days there was only one copy of...

Karen McCombie / Happiness, and all that Stuff

 Sadie isn't anything like her stage-school obsessed twin brother, Sonny. She's not into sing-a-longs or smiley faces or group hug. Sonny wants to be a superstar. Sadie just wants a quiet life. But when a girl's surrounded by nutcases, maybe that's...

Michael Morpurgo / Black Queen

 The 'Black Queen' is what Billy calls his shadowy next-door neighbour. She always wears a black cloak and a wide-brimmed black hat. She lurks about her garden, alone except for her black cat. Scarily for Billy, the Black Queen befriends him and...

Tina Nolan / Holly: The Doorstep Puppy

 When Holly, a gorgeous Border collie puppy, runs away from home and turns up at Animal Magic on Christmas Eve, half-starved and shivering, Eva falls in love instantly.It proves easy to track down Holly's owners and the rescue centre arranges to...