Ages 10-12

From the bestselling and award-winning A.M. Howell, author of The Garden of Lost Secrets and The House of One Hundred Clocks, comes a brand-new thrilling historical mystery of stolen treasure, friendship and deep courage set in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War.

February 1948.

Ruth has been whisked off to the lonely Rook Farm to investigate the discovery of long-buried treasure with her mother. But at the farmhouse, she finds secrets lurk around every corner. Joe, the farmer’s son, is hiding something about the treasure, while land girl Audrey watches their every move.

“Kirk Scroggs is one of my favorite author/illustrators.” –Dav Pilkey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Captain Underpants and Dog Man series.

WARNING! UNLESS YOU HAVE EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM RUSSELL WEINWRIGHT TO ACCESS HIS NOTEBOOK, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER. SERIOUSLY, WE MEAN IT.

Okay, if you are still with us, here is what we can share: Russell is a middle schooler; he excessively doodles; he has two best friends, Charlotte and Preston; he is not so great at sports; and he is pond scum. Nicknamed “Swamp Kid” by his classmates, Russell has algae for hair, a tree trunk for a right arm, and a carrot for a finger. Also, Russell’s favorite meal is sunlight. Also, a frog lives in his arm.

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The Song Walker is an extraordinary new story of friendship, discovery and courage from Zillah Bethell, author of The Shark Caller which won the Wales Book of the Year and the Edward Stanford Children’s Travel Book of the Year 2022.

“There are three questions that I need to find the answers to:
Where am I?
What am I doing here?
And… Who am I?”

Jump onboard the Wondria… The Spectaculars is an enchanting adventure series filled with magic, theatre and danger, perfect for drama lovers. For fans of Nevermoor , The Train to Impossible Places and Carrie Hope Fletcher. There’s magic in the air as Harper begins her third year as a Spectacular at the Wondria – her magical travelling theatre school. An immersive theatre show is touring the Hidden Peaks, bewitching everyone with its starry charms. But when the show’s fortune-teller predicts danger in Harper’s future, Harper is suddenly pulled into a terrifying battle of powerful spells and sinister figures. With her friends, Harper must uncover who is behind it all – because if they can’t, it will be closing night for the whole of the Hidden Peaks… Praise for The Spectaculars : “A story of magic, friendship and theatre that shines star-bright” Maria Kuzniar , author of The Ship of Shadows “A thrilling magical world with characters you fall in love with right from the start” Hannah Durkan , author of Zeina Starborn and the Sky Whale.

Award-winner Eva Ibbotson’s hugely entertaining The Star of Kazan is a timeless classic for readers of any age. Perfect for fans of Journey to the River Sea. With a gorgeous updated cover by Katie Hickey.

After a dying criminal confesses that his loot has been stashed “in the tower,” the Hardy boys make an astonishing discovery.

Nobody wants Tulip in their gang. She skives off school, cheeks the teachers and makes herself unpopular with her classmates by telling awful lies. None of this matters to Natalie who finds Tulip exciting. At first she doesn’t care that other people are upset and unnerved by Tulip’s bizarre games, but as the games become increasingly sinister and dangerous, Natalie realises that Tulip is going too far, much too far, racing, in fact, to the novel’s shocking ending.

Discover the first four dragon-bite-sized Winglets stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series, available together!   Everyone knows the stories. . . but does anyone know the […]

Alice’s second adventure takes her through the looking-glass to a place even curiouser than Wonderland. She finds herself caught up in the great looking-glass chess game and sets off to become a queen. It isn’t as easy as she expects: at every step she is hindered by nonsense characters who crop up and insist on reciting poems. Some of these poems, such as ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’ and ‘Jabberwocky’, are as famous as the Alice stories themselves.

Gloriously illustrated with the original line drawings by John Tenniel and plates coloured by John Macfarlane and a ribbon marker, this beautiful hardback edition of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, which was first published by Macmillan in 1871, is a truly special gift to treasure.

There are lots of laughs at every level in Treehouse Tales: too SILLY to be told . . . UNTIL NOW! From the bestselling Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton.

Climb the storeys with 13 fully illustrated standalone adventures starring Andy, Terry, and their friends.

Featuring stories such as:

The Magic Wand
The Day We Put Chairs Up Our Noses
The Day Terry Flushed Me Down the Toilet
The Day the Sharks Bit My Head Off … and many, many more!

Isabel and Cloud are finding it hard to get along. Isabel is impetuous and hasty, and Cloud is more cautious and (Isabel thinks) dull. But when they go off on a thrilling adventure along the coast of Unicorn Island, the two become firm friends in the