Welcome to Whistlewick Zoo - where the animals have secrets, the tunnels have mysteries, and midnight lasts thirteen magical minutes. Eleven-year-old Asha Patel thinks her summer as a junior keeper will involve feeding animals, cleaning enclosures and trying not to get into trouble.She is wrong.A penguin steals her name badge. A llama spits at suspicious visitors. A red panda escapes into the gift shop. Then the zoo's famous clock tower stops roaring—and so...

Mara Doyle has travelled to France to support her older brother Finn in one of Europe's most demanding junior cycling races. She expects five days of crowded start lines, exhausting climbs and endless conversations about gears.She does not expect a rider's brakes to fail.After reviewing footage taken before the crash, Mara spots a stranger interfering with a race bicycle. Before she can prove what she saw, her camera is stolen—and the memory card becomes th...

In 1986, one of television's most ambitious adventure programmes ended in the Patagonian wilderness.Its field reporter vanished. Its final episode was destroyed. Its researcher, Inez Bell, was blamed for sending the expedition in the wrong direction.The truth was never broadcast.Forty years later, Inez's fourteen-year-old granddaughter, Mara Bell, receives an invitation to complete the journey her grandmother abandoned. Determined to clear Inez's na...

He was the last person anyone would choose. And that was the point. Eighteen-year-old Jamie Vale has never stood out.His A-level results are disappointing. His friends are moving on without him. A place at a good university seems increasingly unlikely, and Jamie has no clear idea what he is supposed to do with the rest of his life.Then he finds an unusual job advertisement.No degree required. Full training provided. Surprisingly good pay.The position at Meri...

A new home. A hidden map. A race against the flood. When fifteen-year-old Lena Hart leaves England with her family to begin a new life in Bali, she is anything but excited.Her friends are thousands of miles away. Her parents are hiding more than they admit. Their inherited guesthouse is falling apart. And Lena is not convinced that moving across the world will fix the problems they left behind.Then, on their first night in Bali, a sudden flood tears through...

Paradise was supposed to bring the Carter family closer. Instead, the Pacific gives them a fight for survival. A thrilling family adventure across the islands of PolynesiaThe Carter family is sailing from French Polynesia towards the Cook Islands aboard their catamaran, Sea Wanderer, when ten-year-old Sophie spots something orange rising and disappearing between the waves.It is a plastic fish crate.Clinging to it is fifteen-year-old...

Memoirs of Phạm Duy, a Vietnamese Musician in a Turbulent Century tells the story of the triumphs, scandals, and adventures of Vietnam's most prolific songwriter. Born in 1921, Phạm Duy came of age during colonial rule, joined the anti-French resistance, and later became a major voice of the southern Republic before coming to the United States as an exile after 1975. This four-volume memoir, translated into English by Eric Henry with clarity and c...

Every signal points towards safety. One of them is leading the hunters.Tom Bennett has spent years dreaming of taking his children on an unforgettable camping adventure in the far north of Norway. For fifteen-year-old Mara and her younger brother Jamie, the journey promises remote lakes, towering mountains, open tundra and a chance to see the northern lights.But their peaceful family expedition changes forever when Mara notices an unmarked helicopter descen...

The Wandering Willow Clubhouse is the magical second adventure in the Questbound Adventures series, featuring Quesbie, ULA and OMA. What happens when your clubhouse decides it needs an adventure of its own?Quesbie, ULA and OMA thought Old Curlroot would always be waiting for them in Starling Clearing. Their magical willow clubhouse is where they make plans, welcome visitors, solve problems and prepare for their next Questbound adventure.But lately, everyone...

Fourteen days. One million dollars. A formula worth stealing. At eighteen, Amaya Torres has a battered notebook filled with cosmetic formulas and one seemingly impossible dream: to create a prestigious beauty brand of her own.She has talent, determination and years of experience experimenting in the small workroom above her mother's salon. What she does not have is money, industry connections or anyone willing to believe that an eighteen-year-old could build an int...

They came to Kenya to begin again. Someone was making the wildlife disappear.Fifteen-year-old Tess Mercer never asked to exchange her life in Britain for a wildlife rescue centre in Kenya.Her mother calls it a fresh start. Her adventurous brother Finn thinks it is the greatest thing that has ever happened to them. Ten-year-old Bea is fascinated by the unfamiliar sounds of the wilderness.Tess just wants her old life back.Then, on the family's...

Some competitions are won with speed. Others reveal what lies beneath.Fourteen-year-old Maia Teva has returned to the Polynesian island of Mahana to compete in the legendary Black Pearl Challenge—a demanding contest of diving skill, underwater navigation and courage.Winning could help Maia's family and prove that she is no longer the frightened girl who once froze beneath the water. But during the final challenge, Maia discovers something that was ...