Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are part of a group of 50 British Young Conservationists on their way to a wildlife conservation station deep in the rain forests of Ecuador. After a terrifying mid-air disaster and subsequent crash, these three are the sole survivors, stranded together on a deserted tropical island. Or so they think. Semi, Miranda, and Arnie stumble into the hands of Dr. Franklin, a mad scientist who’s been waiting for them, eager to use them as specimens for his experiments in ge...

When Sloe was tiny, her Papa disappeared and she and her mama went to live in a prison camp in the snowy north, in a time and place when there are no more wild animals. Mama’s crime: teaching science, and her dedication to the hope that the lost animal species can be reborn. To Sloe, Mama’s secret work is magic, as enchanting as Mama’s tales of a bright city across the ice where they will be free.Years later, Sloe is sent to a prison school, and Mama disappears. At 13, Sloe escapes...

Robs Hayward is a loner, a nobody. But when she plays the piano, she shines.Cool kids Maddy and Jef ask her to join their band and she is giddy. They're cool! They're two years older than her! It's a dream come true! Except for the part where their rehearsal space gets turned into a car park. Determined not to lose the first chance at being cool she's ever had, Robs suggests the mysterious, derelict industrial building. The one in the Wild Park.The one she's afraid is haunt...

When Maurice's family moves to the Middle East, they leave Maurice - self-centred, asthmatic, allergy-plagued and an impossible semi-invalid - to live with his great aunt in Brighton. Initially feeling abandoned, Maurice soon becomes fascinated by the eerie and romantic cemetery next door.Isolated from the world around him, he discovers he can travel through time amongst the graves. He dreams of glory, once he figures out how to control the travel, but the more he travels, the more...

In DAYMAKER, Zanne discovered her powers and the opposing forces of the Covenant and the Daymaker.Nothing comes easily. With her fledgling magic training, Zanne has discovered that the history of Inland is more complex than she could have ever imagined, and its story contains horrors that could not be imagined.On her journey, Zanne meets a young girl, Rat. Does this girl's childlike curiosity bely a darker secret? Can Zanne restore Inland to its former glory?Book tw...

WINNER OF THE DRACULA SOCIETY'S CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT AWARDThere's a deserted house on Roman Road.They say it has a dreadful secret.Is that why Andrei can't stay away from it?Something stalks his family at night, and the threat looms of the father he has never known. Andrei wants to be ordinary, but he's living a nightmare.Writing as Ann Halam, award-winning author Gwyneth Jones delivers a story of the creatures that haunt the darkne...

The Knight boys are bad news - everyone in the neighbourhood knows it. But when Diesel make friends with Martin Knight, she wonders if maybe people aren't right about them at all.After Martin dies in a joyriding accident, Diesel is devastated. She finds herself spending more time with Martin's brothers, becoming obsessed with making sure Martin finds rest somewhere he feels safe. Except, the past doesn't seem to want to stay in the past, and Martin doesn't seem to want to stay dead...

Taylor Walker seems like any ordinary 14-year-old . . . if you overlook the fact that she lives on the island of Borneo, on a primate reserve run by her parents, and knows how to survive in the jungle.Tay isn't just like everyone else. But she is like one other person. She's exactly like one other person. Tay is a clone, one of only five in the world, and her clone mother is Pam Taylor, a brilliant scientist.When rebels attack her home, Tay escapes with her younger brother ...

A gripping retelling of the myth of Perseus by award-winning author Gwyneth Jones, writing as Ann Halam.Perseus, the God-Touched son of Zeus, lives in luxury on the island of Serifos. But trouble is brewing in the world - Gods and mortals are bringing discord closer to his home shores.When a beautiful stranger, a fugitive from another disaster zone, arrives on the island, Perseus is smitten. But Andromeda isn't all she seems. She must die to save her people...

In the final book of the DAYMAKER trilogy, Zanne's journey takes her further than ever before.The Thirteen Guardians of Inland have a mission for Zanne, following her adventures seeking the Daymaker. She is to go to Magia, the nation across the sea, to act as a governess to Magia's young king. Accompanied by her friend Holne, Zanne is sent further from home than she has ever travelled, to a land entirely unfamiliar to her.Why is Magia so different? And what are its intentio...

Ten-year-old Zanne has lived on her parents' farm in Garth her whole life, following the seasons as regularly as the years.Everything changes when raiders come to their village, and Zanne uses her powers to save her family. Zanne's mother - Keeper of the Covenant, binding life to their country - sends her to Covenant school. Zanne needs to be trained, and to put her powers to use for the good of Inland.But there is a stronger force present than even Zanne realises. The call...

Jessica Raven's brother is going to die.She dreams of finding a cure for Adam's illness, but that isn't going to happen.While on holiday in France, she encounters a strange band of children, mysterious and ragged, who seem to urgently want HER help. Who are they? And who is Jean-Luc, their leader?As she learns more, Jessica realises that the game they're playing isn't a game, that Jean-Luc is a prisoner, and the children aren't children but nightmares, guarding a pr...