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Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop...

It's just another day in the life of an average kid. If you are Alex Rider, that is. A con artist has realized there is big money in charity the bi...

It's their very first adventure, and the Secret Seven super-sleuths are already on the trail of some really weird clues. It's snowing and the Seven...

His other bestselling novels include Headlong, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and Spies, which won the Whitbread Best Novel Award.

The beginning of a weird, wacky, one in a million series about the plight of the truly nasty Mr Gum and a crazy cast of characters?a cross between ...

Stella is determined not to enjoy her summer at holiday camp but finds herself making friends, getting into trouble, and generally having more of a...

There seems to be an awful lot in Clarice's life to worry about and when she finds herself unable to sleep at night, she follows Ruby Redfort's adv...

When Indiana Jones finds himself in Shanghai on the wrong end of a deal gone bad, he barely escapes with his life. But he only makes it as far as I...

'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.' HARRY POTTER'...

Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surroundi...

Will is twelve years old and he's just killed a man. Now he's on his own, on the run, determined to discover the truth about his father disappearan...

This gripping final mission brings together Alex Rider?s old enemies to frame the teenage superspy in an unstoppable plot of revenge, from which he...

History with the nasty bits left in! Savage Stone Age clubs you over the head and drags you back to the days when people lived in caves, hunted wil...

London, 1876. Hetty Feather is just a tiny ba when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The Hospital cares for abandoned children - but...

Jacqueline takes a look back at her own childhood and teenage years in this captivating story of friendships, loneliness, books, family life and mu...

Violet has always been in the shadow of her mesmerizing, controlling brother Will -- by turns delightful and terrifying. Now that Will has learned ...

Splashing down off the coast of Australia, Alex is soon working undercover – this time for ASIS, the Australian Secret Service – on a mission to in...

When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, determine to find him. The ensuing quest leads them into the bleak splendour ...

The Circus of Adventure is the seventh exciting instalment in the Adventure series by Enid Blyton, one of the best-loved children's writers of all ...

Private Peaceful Heroism or cowardice? A stunning story of the First World War from a master storyteller.

Bess Throckmorton meets an old man at a family reunion who tells her that Sir Walter Raleigh is one of her ancestors. Curious to see where he was i...

Games, lessons, quarrels and tricks all form part of a lively term, but the biggest event of all is the Fifth Form pantomime, written, acted and pr...

Mia has just made a state visit to Genovia and is ready to focus on her love life. She intends to spend all of her time with Michael but thinks her...

When Dustfinger finds a crooked storyteller who can read him back to Inkscape, he leaves his apprentice Farid behind. Farid seeks out Meggie and th...