General Children's

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...

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...

Andrew Lane / Death Cloud ( Young Sherlock Holmes)

   The year is 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. His life is that of a perfectly ordinary army officer's son: boarding school, good manners, a classical education - the backbone of the British Empire. But all that is about to change. With...

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...

Jesse Andrews / Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

   **Now a major motion picture** It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he's figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it...

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

      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...

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...

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

      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...

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

      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...

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...

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...

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...

Conor Mchale / Jigsaw Stew

 Jack MacAnoolie is stuck in a snow storm with his little sister. The freezing weather has left their family without food. Eating the furniture keeps them going. But when Jack's mother makes a stew out of a jigsaw, strange things start to happen...

Gabriel Fitzmaurice / Puppy and the Sausage

      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...

Rupert Christiansen / William Shakespeare

 Everyone has heard of plays like "Macbeth" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". But why do we know so little about the man who wrote them? Who exactly was William Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon, and why do so many people believe that he was not...

Michaela Clark / Tiger Thief

 A debut novel that will amaze and delight everyone who loves an absorbing story beautifully told. Sharat and his majestic white tiger, Emira, are two halves of the same soul. The thought of being separated is unbearable. So when Emira mysteriously...

Stephanie Dagg / De-witched

      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...

Moira McNamara / Barry's New Bed

      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...

Rosie Banks / Secret Princesses: The Magic Necklace - Bumper Special Book! : Book 1

 A gorgeous new series about magical princesses and best friends. Book one is a special long adventure for even more magical fun! Best friends Charlotte and Mia can't bear it when Charlotte's family moves far away. But when they're given magic...

Susan P. Gates / Toffs and Toshers

 It's Victorian Day at the local museum, and Dad wants the whole family to get involved. Sadly, he appears to be wearing a dead weasel under his nose. Rupert is ecstatic-the Victorians seem to have been obsessed with poo. Even Rae is excited-her...

Brian Moses / Budgie Likes to Boogie!

   Brian's poetry never fails to capture the imagination of his many readers. If you are a newcomer to his work or a Brian die hard, this book with have you dancing with glee! These funny and heart-warming feather-brained rhymes about animals,...

Ian Whybrow / Meerkat Madness

 The first book in the hilarious Awesome Animals series - awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife. Told in Ian Whybrow's unique style, this hilarious animal adventure starring ever-popular meerkats is a funny, fast-paced, sure-fire hit. Meerkat...

Sara Vogler / Hector the Spectre : Little Terrors Book 1

 George and his parents move into Little Frightley Manor, ancestral home of the ancient Ghoulstone family. But the spooky old house is cursed by the spirit of hideous Hector the Spectre, and now Hector has returned to claim the Manor as his own...

Sara Vogler / Knight Frights : Little Terrors Book 4

 George meets a new ghost at Little Frightley Manor, Sir Arnold de Ghoulstone, who got stuck and died in his suit of armour on the way to the Battle of Agincourt. But when more amoured spooks turn up, George and the Little Terrors - and Sir Arnold -...

Sara Vogler / 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...

Holly Webb / Sam the Stolen Puppy

 Sam, a golden Labrador puppy, is Emily's best present ever! The two become great friends and Emily is sad to leave him at home when she starts back at school. When Sam is stolen from the back garden one afternoon, Emily is desperate with worry. She...

Malcolm Rose / The Secrets of the Dead

    Four bodies have been found in the Peak District. They're rotting fast and vital evidence needs to be taken from the corpses. Lawless is going to pursue a theory which could cost him his job. This is the first book in a mini-series...

Jan Michael / Just Joshua

   Until the whispers began, Joshua was like all the other village boys, helping out at the market, making a little money from the tourists, getting up to mischief.So what if his father was the only butcher in a village of fishermen, a loner...

Anita Desai / The Village by the Sea

    A story of survival set in a small fishing villlage near Bombay. Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When...

Fiona Dunbar / Cupid Cakes

    Lulu's best friend, Frenchy, wants Lulu to play cupid to her own dad and Frenchy's mum. Lulu isn't so sure, until Dad's evil ex, Varaminta, starts lurking about. Then Lulu knows she has to act. But as Lulu cooks up the Cupid Cakes...

Emily Smith / The Shrimp

 Ben spends the holidays with his nose in the sand and bottom in the air. It's not because he's shy - though some of his classmates do call him the Shrimp. It's because he's got a great idea for his wildlife project. A competition is on! The...

Henry Winkler / Hank Zipzer Bk 2: I Got A 'D' In Salami

 Hank Zipzer's report is due, and he's dreading it. Then he gets his grades and they are his worst nightmare come true - straight D's. His parents are not going to be happy. Hank needs help - fast!      All of our books are second...

Louise Arnold / Invisible Friend

 Grey Arthur is a very normal ghost. Too normal for his own liking. He's so normal he doesn't even know what group he belongs to: not scary enough to be a Screamer, or naughty enough to be a Poltergeist ... each different thing Arthur tries to be,...