Thirza, an 11-year-old servant girl, works in the mansion of the disgraced former Lord High Magician, Lord Wurzic. When the lord’s young niece Cecily comes to stay, Thirza becomes her maid. Wurzic asks Thirza to befriend and look after Cecily, who is apparently dying – but all is not as it seems …
Making a mistake may affect your mood or even ruin your day, but making a fatal mistake can change the course of your life forever. That is what this novel explores in a heartbreaking tale of loss, bereavement and guilt. When Nathan accidently runs into and kills a pedestrian, his life as he knows it is irreversibly changed. We follow Nathan’s story as he comes to terms with the emotional and legal consequences of his actions.
Bea, her older sister Hannah and her younger brother Dom are forced to flee from home when they find themselves in dangerous war zones having to make important decisions about where to go and who to trust. Their goal is to safely get to the embassy and reunite with their father, but will they be able to follow their plan?
Will and his beloved dog, Whisker, hate being separated during the week – but at weekends, it’s Will and Whisker time. One weekend, as they’re playing, Will and Whisker get whisked into another world … a world of Moon Magic, where pack law reigns! For this is Wolf World, and as they navigate this strange new place, Whisker and Will’s relationship begins to change in unexpected ways – being a human in a world of wolves is a scary thing.
The Donut Squad want to take over the world and their dull Bagel enemies are standing in their way!
Pandora is a clever young detective who needs the reader’s help to solve clues, crack codes, and catch crafty villains in an exciting, action packed adventure.
Dev is a young boy with an incredible mind for inventing things. Whenever a problem arises, Dev puts his brain to use and comes up with a fantastical solution. There’s just one problem, no matter how hard he tries to help, Dev’s inventions only ever seem to cause more problems and get him into increasingly deep trouble.
It’s lights, camera, action for the latest addition of the superb Adventuremice series and readers are in for a treat with this one! The wonderfully witty Reeve and McIntyre have come together again with their charm and irresistible illustrations to create a hilarious and fun adventure for the Adventuremice.
Jodie Jones is obsessed with words, with sentences, with everything we say, and the spaces left by the things we don’t. Struggling to reconcile with her experience of a terror attack on London Bridge and holding together the pieces of her broken family together, Jodie Jones feels utterly powerless. The only way to cope with her lack of agency is to practice making micro-choices; she will only answer when called by her full name, she will stop trying in school and most importantly – she will find a way to tell somebody what really happened on the bridge five years ago.
Set against the backdrop of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, readers follow the journey of Luki, an indigenous girl from the Philippines. We begin with Luki’s sheltered tribal life in the mountains, before following her journey to America (with hundreds of other natives) to attend the St. Louis World’s Fair.
