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Doctor Who: Legends of Camelot
Par Jacqueline Rayner. 2021
Old legends and new worlds collide in this magnificent Doctor Who crossover with King Arthur and His Knights of the…
Round Table.While investigating a strange energy in Carbury, the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble are pulled into a different dimension, smashing a giant hole into another world in the process.As the magic of the hidden dimension slowly seeps out, the Doctor and Donna find themselves in Camelot, where a young squire, Arthur, comes to their aid, and when the Doctor is mistaken for Merlin, they are swept up in the glamorous and daring legends of the Knights of the Round Table.But something far more menacing has been awakened. Caught in an ancient battle for power, Donna and the Doctor are sucked into a dangerous game. As each move is made and time spins faster, the Doctor must find a way to seal the rift before an unimaginable power is unleashed and the universe is laid to waste.Doctor Who: Heart of Stone (Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor Adventures)
Par Trevor Baxendale. 2015
The Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory are surprised to discover lumps of moon rock scattered around a farm. But things…
get even stranger when they find out where the moon rock is coming from - a Rock Man is turning everything he touches to stone! Can the Doctor and his friends find out what the creature wants before it's too late?DC Super Hero Girls: Supergirl at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls)
Par Lisa Yee. 2016
The second book in the exciting new DC Super Hero Girls™ fiction series!Supergirl™ is the new kid at Super Hero…
High School - and she also happens to be the most powerful teen in the galaxy. But after losing her parents and her home planet, Supergirl struggles with her fresh start on planet earth. Invading alien armies, bad dreams and inter-dimensional portals are making it tricky for her to settle in at Super Hero High. Can she learn to control her superpowers? And how can she know who to trust on this strange new planet?DC Super Hero Girls: Batgirl at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls)
Par Lisa Yee. 2018
The third book in the gripping DC Super Hero Girls fiction series!Barbara Gordon has always been a tech genius. But…
she's never been a super hero. Now, stepping into the spotlight as Batgirl for the very first time, she must train alongside the most powerful teens in the galaxy at Super Hero High. Can she wear the cape and cowl, and find her super self?Dark Vision
Par Debbie Johnson. 2014
Lily McCain is cursed.With just one touch she can see a person’s future, whether it’s a good fortune or a…
terrible fate. Afraid of the potent visions she foresees, she distances herself from the world, succumbing to a life of solitude.But at the touch of a mysterious stranger – who has powers of his own – Lily sees a new, chilling future for herself: one where she is fated to make a terrible choice...A Daily Express magazine 'Must Read!'Debbie Johnson is also winner of the Best Short Romance for Pippa's Cornish Dream at the Love Stories Awards 2015.Dark Touch
Par Debbie Johnson. 2015
It’s not easy finding out you’re a Goddess. For Lily McCain, the move from local music journalist to being the…
incarnation of Mabe, Mother of Mortals was a surprise to say the least.Thrust into a game of gods and monsters, the rules of which she barely knows, one thing is clear: if you have power, someone will try to take it from you.A Daily Express magazine 'Must Read!'Debbie Johnson is also winner of the Best Short Romance for Pippa's Cornish Dream at the Love Stories Awards 2015.Dark Beneath The Moon
Par Christine Purkis. 1997
Rowan's family live deep in the country - in a caravan. They are travellers and life is chaotic and very,…
very happy; until, that is, the day Rowan meets a strange old woman who carries the secrets of the past under her shawl. . . It is a past in which a child, Liza, is locked in a place of fear and danger - and only Rowan can unlock the door from past to present and set Liza free.Doctor Who: a 2000s story
Par Kalynn Bayron, Doctor Who. 2023
*Part of the six books for six decades collection*When the Doctor and Rose stumble across thirteen-year-old Lily, they both agree…
she needs their help.Lily thinks there are monsters in the closet, hiding under the bed. And that they've taken her mother and brother - who went missing months ago.When asked about the monster, Lily can only say it's made of immense light and power. Rose and the Doctor must find out who and what the creature is, and where it's taken Lily's family.It is a search that will take them from the Cardiff Rift right back to the childhood of Lily's grandmother, and another disappearance all those years ago . . .The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch
Par Jacqueline Wilson. 1995
A funny, touching tale from bestseller Jacqueline Wilson in a special Colour First Reader format that is perfect for learning…
to read.Dinah feels sad. Her class has gone on a school trip to see the dinosaurs at the museum, and everyone else has a tasty packed lunch - except Dinah. Until a funny new friend decides to help . . .Soon Dinah has a very special packed lunch - but there is an even bigger surprise in store!The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch
Par Jacqueline Wilson. 1995
A hand reached out and patted Dinah on the shoulder. A large scaly hand with a spiked thumb!On a school…
trip to see the dinosaurs in the museum, everyone in the class has a packed lunch. Everyone, that is, except for Dinah. Until a friendly iguanodon decides to help . . .Soon Dinah has a very special packed lunch - and a huge surprise to come!Delilah And The Dark Stuff
Par Susan Davis. 2011
'I don't do dark stuff. Dark stuff comes back on you three times over.'After bad experiences with spooks Abbie and…
Lauren have sworn off the dark arts. Then self-proclaimed teen-witch Delilah declares she can use her craft to clear up Lauren's eczema and spice up Abbie's love life . . .It seems like harmless fun. But there's a sinister figure stalking the girls and when Delilah starts to dabble in the dark stuff the girls find themselves in very deep water . . .Death's Domain
Par Terry Pratchett. 1999
It's no more than a breath away...Everyone needs a place to relax after a long day, after all. So here…
is the place where the Grim Reaper can kick back and take the load off his scythe. Here's the golf course that's not so much crazy as insane, and the useless maze, and the dark gardens - all brought (incongruously) to life. And here, for the first time ever, you will find out the reason why Death can't understand rockeries, and what hapens to garden gnomes.As Death rides Binky into the sunset (of other people's lives), you can at last see what he gets up to when he's not at work.Conjuror's Game
Par Catherine Fisher. 1990
Alick is fascinated by Luke Ferris - the Conjuror! Where does he get his strange powers of healing? Why has…
he got six fingers? What is his connection with the sinister goings-on at the Mere in Halcombe Great Wood?Then Alick follows the Conjuror to the secret chamber under the hillside. There he discovers the ancient game of Fidchell and accidentally removes a key piece in the game - unleashing dark and terrifying forces on to the world.The Crowstarver (A Puffin Book)
Par Dick King-Smith. 1998
A beautiful story for older readers written almost twenty years ago in which bestselling author Dick King-Smith creates a fascinating…
picture of rural life at the time of the Second World War. Discovered as a foundling in a lambing pen, Spider Sparrow grows up surrounded by animals. From sheep and horses to wild otters and foxes, Spider loves them all, even the crows he must scare away from the newly sown wheat. Crowstarving was the idea job for Spider - he was on his own, yet never alone for all around him were animals of one sort or another. Amazingly, every animal who meets Spider implicitly trusts the young boy. This magical rapport is Spider's unique gift, but nothing else in his tough life is so easy.Countess Dracula
Par Guy Adams. 2013
You can do anything in Hollywood and be forgiven, anything except grow old...It’s the 1930s and cinema stands at the…
dawn of a new age, the silent era is all but dead, talkies are here and Technicolor is on its way. The whole world loves movie icons Frank Nayland and Elizabeth Sasdy, lapping up each new picture and following their romantic life story both on and off the screen. But all is not as perfect as it appears. Not only has the advent of talkies meant torturous sessions with a vocal coach to try and remove Sasdy’s Hungarian accent but she’s starting to spot the first few grey hairs, and the lines on her face get deeper every day. If she loses her looks she’ll lose everything, but even a woman as powerful as Elizabeth Sasdy can’t fight nature. Can she?A chance accident reveals the solution. But just how far is the Queen of Hollywood prepared to go to stay beautiful forever?City of Stolen Magic
Par Nazneen Ahmed Pathak. 2023
A spellbinding, epic and heart-racing magical adventure from an exquisite new storytelling talent.'Ahmed Pathak is a wonderful new voice; the…
book took her years to write, and it shows in the depth and care of each beat of the story' - Katherine Rundell'A wonderful writer who paints a thoroughly convincing heroine' - The Daily TelegraphIndia, 1855. The British rule, and all across the country, Indian magic is being stamped out.More terrifying still, people born with magic are being snatched from their homes. Rumour is that they are being taken across the sea - to England - by the all-powerful, sinister Company.When Chompa's home is attacked and her mother viciously kidnapped, Chompa - born with powerful and dangerous magic that she has always been forbidden from using - must travel to the smoky, bustling streets of East London in search of her. But Chompa will discover far more treachery in London than she had bargained for - and will learn that every act of her rare magic comes with a price . . .'Cracking pace, fabulous magic system, characters, relationships . . . The whole package' - Louie Stowell'An unexpected gem of a story . . . A stellar setting, a gut-punch of a twist, and an unforgettable heroine. This has all the hallmarks of classic children's storytelling' - Nizrana Farook'Phenomenal' - Sophie Anderson'Dazzling from start to finish' - Abi Elphinstone'A gripping and spellbinding fantasy woven together with threads of magic, secrets and colonial history . . . An incredible cast of characters and a truly multicultural Victorian London that we don't see often enough' - Rashmi Sirdeshpande'A wonderfully vibrant debut . . . A vivid magical adventure' - Jasbinder BilanCode Zero: The unputdownable international bestselling thriller
Par Marc Elsberg. 2018
DISCOVER THE TECHNO THRILLER THAT ROCKED THE INTERNET GENERATIONA Guardian thriller of the month: 'Elsberg is nothing if not prescient'_______ZERO,…
an anonymous activist, has given the world a warning: stop the tech giants before it’s too late.But is anyone listening? Thousands of teenagers are signing up to Freemee, the biggest new social media site, uploading personal information in exchange for advice on what to eat, how to dress, even how to choose their friends. No-one questions what Freemee is doing with all that data. Until hundreds of users begin to take their lives.What will it take to bring down the Freemee mastermind, and who is up to the job?________‘Worryingly real’ SUNDAY SPORT‘Elsberg is utterly prescient’ GUARDIAN'Sinister and realistic' GLAMOURREADERS ARE BLOWN AWAY BY THIS THRILLER:- On edge, intricate and fast paced. I approached it on recommendation and was blown away- Reads like an actual real life documentary. I wonder how close to the truth it is? Very is my guess.- If you are looking for an engrossing plot as well as plenty of food for thought than I can recommend you give Zero a try.The Clown Service
Par Guy Adams. 2013
Toby Greene has been reassigned. The Department: Section 37 Station Office, Wood Green.The Boss: August Shining, an ex-Cambridge, Cold War-era…
spy.The Mission: Charged with protecting Great Britain and its interests from paranormal terrorism.The Threat: An old enemy has returned, and with him Operation Black Earth, a Soviet plan to create the ultimate insurgents by re-animating the dead.Cavalier Queen
Par Fiona Mountain. 2011
______________________She was the Princess Diana of her day.She loved clothes and jewels and parties. She had exquisite taste in interior…
design. She seemed destined to reign as one of England's most glamorous queens, famed for the beautiful palaces she designed and decorated.Instead, Princess Henrietta Maria of France became caught up in the Civil War, one of the greatest cataclysms in English history. Swept from her life of luxury into the squalid brutality of battle and the loneliness of exile, her heart was torn by the two men she loved - her husband, tragic Charles I and charismatic Harry Jermyn, who designed and built most of London's West End, including the street which bears his name. This is their story.A Castle Of Bone
Par Penelope Farmer. 1999
When Hugh is given a new cupboard, little does he know the secret it holds or how it will affect…
him and all his friends. Because the cupboard changes things - sometimes dangerously - and if it has the power to change a wallet into a pig, imagine what it can turn Hugh's friend Penn into! . . . And then there are Hugh's dreams; or are they really dreams?