Step into a world of magical creatures! In the second title in this adventure series, Apprentice Guardians Digby, Mog and Tai must journey out of Beastopia to dodge dinosaurs and re-home a very special ice phoenix.Magical creatures exist. You just need to know where to look...Digby, Tai and Mog have successfully completed their challenges to become Apprentice Guardians of Beastopia. Now they have to learn how to take care of each magical creature that lives there.Th...

From the co-author of the phenomenally bestselling The Courage to Be Disliked, the 15-million-copy bestseller, comes a story to help kids build confidence and be comfortable with who they are.A self-help book for kids from the co-author of The Courage to Be Disliked, the 15-million-copy bestseller.If you want the kids in your life to build confidence, reduce worries and anxiety and get to know themselves, give them this book.Blending fiction and self-help, The Coura...

From the USA Today bestselling author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL and HUSBAND MATERIAL comes a charming New Adult LGBTQIA+ romance perfect for fans of Heartstopper.Drew’s always prided himself on being the “right” kind of nerd. He plays sports, has a solid group of friends, and never had any problem talking to girls. Sure, he spends time playing Heroes of Legend, the biggest MMORPG on the planet, but it’s just a fun hobby, not his identity. Falling for someone in a video ...

England is in crisis – the new protestant King William III has embarked on wars in France and Ireland, inflation is rampant and the price of corn is causing riots.At Measham Hall, Sir William Hawthorne faces a predicament of his own: his loyal steward has died, and he must find another. His problems appear to have been solved when the charming Mr Goodwyn arrives with a mysterious letter of recommendation and takes up the post. But soon, to the rest of the ...

Jack Tate is hopeless… Everything he touches turns into a disaster, but he means well. His business is even less successful than his love life. His once-thriving coffee shop was on the brink of bankruptcy but salvation could be right under his nose. At the insistence of his loyal and underappreciated assistant, Emma, she helps him to see that the last hope of saving his business could be the only customers who’ve not deserted him for the faceless coffee chains – the old folk. To attract ne...

The Kingdom of Thrynne is a place where fairy tales don’t behave, and magic can be found in unexpected places. But magic brings danger to Zam, Phoebe and Bathsheba, because it is forbidden. Now, the future of magic itself is under threat from powerful enemies: those who fear it and, worse, those who want to use it for their own ends. What can three ordinary children do to protect it?In Guardians of Magic the award-winning, 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate Chris Riddell weaves toget...

Welcome to Little Snoddington, where nothing is normal and every day is magic . . .Nine-year-old Alfie Blackstack’s parents have met a very unfortunate end. Now he’s living in the dark and cobwebby Switherbroom Hall with his mad-haired Aunt Gertie and warty Aunt Zita, who would really like to pickle him. Before long, Alfie realises his aunts aren’t just the weird local chemists, they’re witches!"This charming crazy story had me giggling all the way through - a magical story...

Spaceships aren’t programmed to seek revenge—but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception.Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans.To keep from getting dec...

In 2020 the United Kingdom reached a bewildering milestone: ten successive years of Conservative rule. In that decade there were three prime ministers, each in turn described as the worst leader we ever had; ministerial resignations by the hundred; and an unrelenting stream of ineffectual, divisive bum-slurry oozing from 10 Downing Street.The Decade in Tory is an inglorious, rollicking and entirely true account of ten years of demonstrable lies, relentless incompetence, epic waste,...

Maria and William seem to have it all: two happy children, a beautiful house, a thriving business. But when their home is invaded by David, an ex-employee with a score to settle, the couple face a terrifying fight to survive. During the course of one hellish night, David picks apart their carefully constructed life. Secrets are unearthed, truths revealed. And soon David begins to wonder if he’s bitten off more than he can chew—because he’s discovering Maria and William are not the defensel...

The fourth and final adventure in the hilarious series about Scooter and his alien sidekick Fizzbee. The jam factory is under surveillance by the Alien Intelligence Agency – will they succeed in finding a reason to evict Fizzbee from Earth?Scooter and Fizzbee are experts when it comes to making out-of-this-world jam inventions. But lately there have been a few hiccups. Giant vegetables, floating children ... their new line of jam infused with Fizzbee's alien ingredients has got a li...

From the author of The Last Chance Hotel comes a brand new magical mystery ...Is Oakmoss Hornbeam the unluckiest boy in the world? Or has someone cursed him?When a black cat crosses his path, mysteriously blown in by a storm, Oakmoss believes it’s his worst omen yet. But Nightshade, a cat of considerable talents, knows when it’s game on or game over.With the help of newshound Veena Vale and magical crime investigator Dexter Stormforce, she sets out to become a lucky...