Interest age: from c 9 years

Ali Cross has always looked up to his father, former detective and FBI agent Alex Cross. While solving some of the nation's most challenging crimes, his father always kept his head and did the right thing. Can Ali have the same strength and resolve? When Ali's best friend Abraham is reported miss...

The night of the Mid-Autumn festival, making mooncakes with Ah-Ma, was the last time Peijing remembers her life being the same. Now facing a new home, a new school and a new language, everything is different. Peijing thinks everything is going to turn out okay as long as they all have each other....

'Do you like chicken?' Oscar asked me. I nodded. 'Then take a wing'. Oscar offered me his arm and we linked each other into the school hall. Edie has cerebral palsy, but she's used to it because she's spent her whole life being a bit wobbly. She can't wait to start secondary school with her best ...

Maurice, an amazing cat who has survived on the toughest streets in the whole of Discworld, comes up with an idea involving talking rats and a stupid-looking child playing the flute. Everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers.

When Rose Gold, Amber Beau, Yasmeen Silver and Oralie Sands meet at summer camp, they become the best of friends. And as the next school holiday approaches the girls plan their upcoming get-together - a whole week of fun and friendship at Amber's house. They've lined up films, have loads of arts ...

'The Aquanaut' follows a group of determined characters on their entangled journey to save their family. First there's a band of sea creatures struggling to find their way to a fabled paradise and safe haven for marine life. Then there's a girl who lost her father at sea and is at risk of losing ...

Zak Nine has been captured and placed in Planet Alcatraz's 'Monster Zoo'. But this isn't any ordinary zoo. This zoo holds dozens of alien 'monsters' who are forced to fight for the entertainment of the prison planet's owners. Zak's friend, Erro, is determined to break into the zoo to rescue the h...

12-year-old villain Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he's taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit).

Let the misadventure begin - for the last time. 'Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian' is the thrilling climax to this globally bestselling series - but will it all end happily-ever- after?

At just 12 years old, Artemis Fowl is a criminal genius. No scheme is too dastardly, no plot too devious. And he's just discovered that fairies are real. Poor fairies. But these are not the cuddly creatures of bedtime stories. They are armed. They are dangerous. And when Artemis captures Captain ...