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Rose Impey / Introducing Scarlett Lee

Scarlett is a drama queen in every sense. Larger than life, she lives to act and sometimes has trouble remembering when the drama lesson ends and real life resumes. When her father seems to 'disappear', Scarlett suddenly finds herself in a real-life...

Eva Ibbotson / The Beasts of Clawstone Castle

'We need proper ghosts,' said Ned, 'really scary ones with heads that come off and daggers in their chests!' When Madlyn and her younger brother Rollo arrive at crumbling Clawstone Castle, they can see that emergency action is needed before Clawstone...

Hayley Daze / Puddle the Naughtiest Puppy: Magic Mayhem

  When Puddle the naughtiest puppy jumps into a magical puddle, he and his friends Ruby and Harry are whisked away to an incredible medieval castle! There are damsels in pointed hats, knights in shining armour, battlements and catapults. Everyone...

Ellen Miles / Snowball (Puppy Place)

 The Peterson family hear about Snowball - a fluffy puppy somebody left in a tattered box at a petrol station. Snowball is sick and hungry. He needs a family of his own. Can Jack and Lizzie find one that is just right     All of our...

Jo Nesbo / Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: Time-Travel Bath Bomb

 The Fart Powder was such a successful invention that Doctor Proctor couldn't stop there. Next up: a Time-travel Bath Bomb. Throw the Bath Bomb in the tub, lather up and imagine where you'd like to visit. The battle of Waterloo? No problem. The...

Don Conroy / The Lizard of Oz

      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...

Sam Hay / Revenge of the Phantom Furball

 When Joe Edmunds makes a wish on an Egyptian amulet, little does he know that he has volunteered to guide and defend the undead pet inhabitants of his town! Disaster strikes when Bonsai the pug chases Pickle the cat into the street, where she...

Stephen Foster / Walking Ollie : Winning the Love of a Difficult Dog

 One winter's afternoon, Stephen Foster walked into a dog re-homing centre with the intention of picking up a retired greyhound. Instead, he acquired an abandoned lurcher pup. Foster's knowledge of dogs was so vague that he had to look up 'lurcher'...

Gary Paulsen / Video Trap

 Rodomonte's Revenge is more than a video game. It was invented by computers - computers who want to live. And when Brett and Tom get caught in the video trap, they've got to beat the game itself to get out. Virtual reality has become terrifyingly...

Chris Riddell / Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse

 Chris Riddell's Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse is the beautifully illustrated winner of the Costa Children's Book Award. Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Lord Goth believes...

Paula Harrison / The Rescue Princesses: The Ice Diamond

 Princess Maya is delighted to welcome the Rescue Princesses to the Kingdom of Lepari. It's a beautiful land, where the King has sworn to protect the rare snow leopards that live in the mountains. So Maya and her new friends are devastated to learn...

Henry Winkler / Hank Zipzer Bk 1: Niagra Falls Or Does I

 Hank Zipzer wants to be number one, not the one who always gets it wrong. A likeable, struggling hero that readers will adore. Hank Zipzer is smart, creative and funny. He wants to do well in school - he really does. He tries not to be lazy and he...

Siobhan Parkinson / The Henny Penny Tree

 A new tale in a traditional styleGreat Uncle Fergus gives a gold coin, a silver coin and a copper coin to his three nieces, Tall One, Middling and Littlest. Now, you can buy lots of lovely things with gold and silver, but what can the Littlest...

Ellen Richardson / The Flip-Flop Club Star Struck

 Elly, Tash, and Sierra are back for another Flip-Flop Club adventure! It's time for the Sunday Island Music Festival, and stages, tents, and ice-cream stands cover Melody Meadows. The headline act is being kept top-secret, so when the three girls...

Jane Clarke / Dr KittyCat is ready to rescue: Clover the Bunny

 Dr KittyCat is always ready with her furry first aid! In Clover the Bunny pawpox is doing the rounds just as the animals are meant to be heading off on a camping trip. Will at least some of them be healthy enough to go? Once they arrive at the...

Isla Fisher / Marge and the Pirate Baby

 'Isla Fisher is hilarious' DAVID WALLIAMS'Charming, funny, delightful' DAVID BADDIELYo ho ho, me hearties. Marge is back! This time there's a baby on the loose.Meet Zara, the naughty little cousin, who never sleeps and loves to steal treasure...

Oisin McGann / The Goblin of Tara

 Every Halloween, the Goblin brings death and destruction to Tara. This year, a new hero has stepped up to face him - Finn MacCool. Irish myth of danger, adventure and courage. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and...

Oisin McGann / Mad Grandad and the Kleptoes

 Have you ever wondered where the other sock goes, or those keys or your earring or pen? Grandad wonders that all the time.Things keep disappearing down the back of Grandad's sofa -- who, or what, has taken them?When Lenny and Grandad discover the...

Tony Hickey / Granny Green, Flying Detective

CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS / IRISH / FICTION      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...

Diana Wynne Jones / Enna Hittims

 Anne Smith is sick of being sick. So she invents stories about the adventurer Enna Hittims but doesn't expect Enna to come to life! An extraordinary, imaginative romp. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic...

Morris Gletitzman / Grace

 In the beginning there was me and Mum and Dad and the twins. And talk about happy families, we were bountiful. But it came to pass that I started doing sins. And lo, that's when all our problems began...      All of our...

Sara Volger / Eerie McLeery : Little Terrors Book 2

 George and the Little Terrors--a crazy bunch of Ghoulstone ghosts--fall into the clutches of Eerie McLeery, the ghostly teacher who haunts the school room at George's school. McLeery thinks the Little Terrors should stay at school forever to make...

Frances Mary Hendry / The Crystal Palace : The Diary of Lily Hicks, London, 1850-1851

 Lily Hicks is a housemaid in the London home of Joseph Paxton, designer of The Crystal Palace. Read her diary and find out about life above and below the stairs, and all about the Great Exhibition of 1851      All of our books are...

Mary Arrigan / Milo and One Dead Angry Druid

 On the Bring-Something-Old-to-School day, Milo's best friend Shane brings part of a carved ancient stone from his granny's wild garden. When it is presented in class, Willie Jones's lizard goes crazy and leaps from its glass container in terror...

Megan McDonald / The Sisters Club: Cloudy with a Chance of Boys

 First love is in the air in the third Sisters Club adventure from the bestselling author of Judy Moody. As the middle sister in a family with three girls, Stevie Reel doesn't know much about boys, and that's always been just fine with her. But...

Malcolm Rose / Tunnel Vision

  Joel is an outcast. As a young boy he suffered from leprosy and the scars still show. Then he is introduced to a young tribe called "the Fellowship". They take Joelin and he feels like he's part of something great. But he soon discovers that...

Jill Marshall / Jane Blonde 4: Spylet on Ice

 Janey is off to hone her Spylet skills at SPIcamp. There are gadgets galore at the secret facility and there's even a snow dome to train in! Then the team is whisked off to investigate suspicious activity at the South Pole, and Janey comes...

Jenny Nimmo / Secret Creatures

 This book contains two thrilling stories about standing up for what you believe in. "Milo's Wolves" - When Gwendal arrives in the McCool family, Laura knows that her parents are lying about who he is. He can't be their long-lost brother. He's so.....

Martin Handford / Where's Wally Now?

This is a special mini edition retailing for GBP 1 to celebrate World Book Day 2012. Wally-Watchers, get ready to dive into the past - and maybe the future - on your search for Wally and his friends, Woof, Wenda, Wizard Whitebeard and Odlaw. Full of...

Katie Price / Katie Price's Perfect Ponies

Jess, Mel, Sam, Amber and Cara are lucky enough to be able to spend as much time as they can with their favourite ponies at Vicki's Riding School. Grooming, sweeping the yard, even mucking out is fun when you love ponies as much as they do. Amber...

Beverly Sanford / Remember Rosie

      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...

Daniel Blythe / Fascination

      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...

Jennefer Lane / Break

      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...

Ann Evans / Promise Me

      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...

Karen Moncrieffe / Wasted

      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...

Alan Early / Arthur Quinn and the World Serpent

 Something wicked has awoken under the streets of Dublin ... When his dad is offered a job working on the new Metro tunnel, Arthur has to move to Dublin with him. While exploring a hidden underground river, Arthur and his new friends Will and Ash...

Karen McCombie / How to Be Good(ish)

 First in the funny series about pet-mad ten-year-old Indie Kidd and friends! Meet Indie Kidd, ten years old today - and stressed! Indie's teacher has asked the class to name their three top talents. Three! Indie can barely think of one! With...

Gareth P. Jones / The Thornthwaite Inheritance

 Ovid and Lorelli Thornthwaite have been trying to kill each other for so long that neither twin can remember which act of attempted murder came first. But whoever struck first, trying to take each other's lives is simply what they do. Until one day...

Mary Arrigan / Milo and The Raging Chieftains

 BEYOND THE PORTALMilo's ghostly buddy, Mister Lewis, appears in the town's ancient castle, but he's not alone. He's in trouble and needs Milo's help.Things get very complicated when Milo's teacher, Miss Lee, accidentally wakes some raging...

Louise Cooper / The Golden Circlet

 Lizzy Baxter's life is turned upside down when she moves to Cornwall and discovers that she has a long-lost brother and that their mother is a mermaid. Lizzy soon learns that the tranquil underwater world is ruled by an evil mermaid queen, Taran,...

Sue Mongredien / The Secret Mermaid Seahorse SOS

 Dive into this magical mermaid series from bestselling author Sue Mongredien, featuring gorgeously girly illustrations. There's trouble in the Undersea Kingdom. All the seahorses have vanished and the Animal-Keeper mermaids are desperate to find...

Poppy Collins / Honey in Shimmer Island

 It's the school holidays, but the fashion fairy princesses are feeling glum. They're missing Rosa, who has gone to stay with her cousin Princess Honey on Shimmer Island. Then a hummingbird flies through the castle window carrying an important...

Colin McNaughton / Another Day on Your Foot and I Would Have Died

   This anthology, featuring poems from five contemporary poets, aims to make the reader giggle!    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...

Terry Deary / Tudor Terror: The Prince Of Rags And Patches

 Two intertwined narratives each build to a thrilling climax, and reveal Terry Deary as a magnificent storyteller. Packed with colourful vignettes of life in Tudor times, the novel races along with the vitality and complusive readability that have...

Mara Bergman / Nick Mack's Good Luck

 One of an innovative new series of linked stories designed to build reader confidence. Nick Mack's best friend, Ellie, has a dog called Newton, whom she says is as much Nick's dog as hers. But Nick still wants a pet of his own. When Aunt Terri...

Jane Yolen / How Do Dinosaurs Learn Colours and Numbers?

      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...

Julian Gough / Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit's Bad Habits

   Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend. Ideal for readers moving on from picture books. 'A...

Pippa Goodhart / Toffee and Pie

 John and his horse each make a new friend when they travel to a new place. John and his family are always on the move: they live in a trailer that is drawn by their cob, Pie, and they never stay in one place for very long. When they arrive at...

Philip Reeve / Horribly Famous: Horatio Nelson and His Valiant Victory

 Horribly funny . . . Horribly gripping . . . Horribly famous! Everybody knows that Horatio Nelson won the Battle of Trafalgar and lost an arm and an eye. But in this book readers can discover all the fascinating facts they didn't know, including...

Kes Gray / Jack Beechwhistle: Attack of the Giant Slugs

 Don't panic, but you're in danger. At least, you would be, if Jack Beechwhistle wasn't around to protect the world from alien attacks, zombie sweet-shop owners, and exploding conkers - with a bit of help from his trusty sidekicks, Colin and...

Ellie Phillips / Dads Geeks and Blue-haired Freaks

 One girl's search to find her father, using the internet, some boys and quite a lot of hairspray from debut YA novelist Ellie Phillips.Sadie Nathanson spends her life trying to survive the excruciating embarrassment of simply existing. It's hard...

Noel Langley / The Land of Green Ginger

 When Prince Abu Ali, son of Aladdin, is born his destiny has already been foretold: he is the one who has been chosen to break the spell of the mysterious Land of Green Ginger. His quest brings him into contact with flying carpets, button-nosed...