Interest age: from c 9 years

Trainee meadow witch Anwen is having a bad day - which gets much worse when a dead giant falls from the sky and destroys her village. But when she examines the body she discovers something interesting. This giant was murdered, which means a killer is on the loose! Tasked with sending a message to...

This novel is set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition Although the backdrop is this key event in Indian history, the novel is even more far-reaching, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family. The main character is Bilal, a boy determined to protect his dying father from the ...

Finn McAllister is a completely normal middle schooler: he hangs out with his friends, he plays video games, he rides his bike. And then he dies. Now Finn is a ghost, with all the perks that come along with being able to walk through walls - and people! He can stay up as late as he wants, there's...

In a near future where a series of environmental disasters has left much of the country underwater, Pearl lives on a floating oyster farm with her father and younger sister, Clover. Following her mum's death several years earlier, Pearl refuses to set foot on land, believing her illness was cause...

Meet the Hound Heroes - Earth's furriest, and funniest, superheroes! Fearless Captain Chihuahua, big-hearted Great, Great Dane, super-speedy Poodle Girl, cyborg pup Power Pug and the lovable yet irritating Super Sheep Dog. Together they are the Hound Heroes! In this graphic novel adventure, find ...

Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones! Aveline is thrilled when she discovers that the holiday cottage her mum has rented for the summer is beside a stone circle. Thousands of years old, the local villagers refer to the ancient structure as the Witch Stones, and Aveline cannot wait to learn...

The earth is thriving - with wilderness status protecting land and wildlife, and scientific organisations researching new ways to support human life sustainably. Rory's mum is a geologist on one of these projects, but the project isn't all that it seems, and Rory soon learns what's at stake for t...

Zak Nine and his Quom friend, Erro, are desperate to get off Planet Alcatraz. The boys believe they've finally found a way to freedom when they join up with another prisoner. Together with their new partner, the boys board a small spacecraft and fly off the planet, past the metal moon, and head i...

An incredible immersive novel in words and pictures by Brian Selznick, a love letter to the natural world. 'Big Tree' follows two tiny sycamore seeds, Louise and Merwin, as they try to save the world while searching for a safe place to grow. In the spirit of such timeless classics as 'Charlotte's...

Edie Eckhart is getting used to life at secondary school. It's going well so far - she's bagged her first ever girlfriend, a new friendship group and she has the best form tutor EVER. But then the school organises a camping trip complete with muddy walks and team games. It is a DISASTER. The only...