Fiction 9+

Darkus's dad has disappeared, but his new friend, a giant beetle called Baxter, is some consolation. Together, boy and beetle set out to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. But Lucretia Cutter, a fashion designer with a penchant for beetle jewellery, is dead set against their success.

Darkus's dad has disappeared, but his new friend, a giant beetle called Baxter, is some consolation. Together, boy and beetle set out to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. But Lucretia Cutter, a fashion designer with a penchant for beetle jewellery, is dead set against their success.

Bertie is not looking forward to spending the summer holidays on stinky Long Bottom Farm - but things take an interesting turn when he encounters Nugget, the alien chicken. Can the power of friendship put a stop to Nugget's mission to exterminate the Earth?

When Bree, Malia, and Dot find an old copy of the book 'The Babysitter's Club', they come up with a totally original idea - to set up their own babysitting business. I mean, they are 100% unqualified and don't really like kids, but those are just details! And barring the odd disaster when the kid...

Twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield have always been inseparable, but starting a new school means a chance for new beginnings. Elizabeth is excited to write for the school newspaper, but Jessica is more interested in joining the exclusive Unicorn Club. What will happen when the twins realise th...

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...

Crow has lived her whole life on a tiny, starkly beautiful island. Her only companions are Osh, the man who rescued her from a washed-up skiff as a baby and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their neighbour across the sandbar. But it is only when a mysterious fire appears across the water that an unsp...

Geeky new kid Breckenridge Puffington III has started at P.S. 38, and Principal Nichols wants Nate to be his buddy and show him around the school. But it's hard to make a good impression when the school is one hundred years old and falling apart! Everyone's excited to celebrate the school's cente...

Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix. After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a m...

Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy - about a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich - really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He's the wealthiest 12-year-old in the land. But Joe isn't happy. Why not? Because he'...