When the spaceship colony Buzz Aldrin spots an ice planet, although it's no good for long-term habitation, it isa great place for a winter holiday! Armed with skis, snowboards andsledges, the children are taken for a fun-filled fieldtrip, which quickly turns to disaster when an avalanche strikes.Luke, Yuri and Yasmin think that being trapped inan ice cave is bad enough, but then discover that actuallythey're inside the mouth of an...

Fascinating fictional retelling of the eventsthat led to the tragedy of the Titanic, based on documents from the National Archives.A boy works in the dockyard where the Titanicis being built, then gets a job on the ship. As he witnesses a seriesof mistakes, short-cuts and bad decisions, he becomes more and moreworried about what could happen. But he's preoccupied by his rivalrywith a fellow ship's boy and doesn't realise the full...

Life can be pretty tough when you're stuck on a spaceship because pollution has destroyed Planet Earth. Especially when your mum is the stressed-out captain, and your grades are slipping at school. But Luke's boring world is about to change when he accidentally gives a dangerous virus to the spaceship's mainframe, sending the ship hurtling unstoppably towards a radioactive moon. Whoops! Can Luke and his friends stop the ship from crashing and killing them all?

Luke, Yasmin and Yuri have been stuck on the Buzz Aldrinspaceship for so long that they can barely remember what living onpolluted planet earth was like! So when the colony finally finds anearth-like planet that seems safe to land on, they can't believe theirluck. But when the trio of friends accidentally stumble across anabandoned alien city, tripping the planet's self-destruct system in theprocess, it seems that all their dreams of leavi...

*Bethany travels to a new fictional world to rescue her father in this third book in the New York Times bestselling series, Story Thieves—*which was called a “fast-paced, action-packed tale” by School Library Journal—from the author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy.Owen and Bethany have sworn off jumping into books for good. But they didn’t make any promises about not jumping through strange portals that lead to a comic book world.

Taking Flight is a story about love, loss and dealing withdeath. Luke goes to see his grandpa every day after school. He likes itthere, and especially enjoys helping with Grandpa's pigeons. ButGrandpa gets sick and muddled and needs more than Luke's help. When hegoes into hospital, events take a turn for the worse and suddenly Lukehas to grow up very fast...

Historical fact and fiction blend in this riveting novel set aboard the Titanic.Fourteen-year-old Jamie Laidlaw is returning to Canada from England aboard the Titanic. In his four days on board, he busies himself with new friends, finding ways to explore the ship's forbidden areas, and generally landing himself in trouble.When disaster strikes and the horrifying scramble for survival ensues, Jamie is on the front lines — struggling to help...

Destination: Russia. On the eve of the first manned mission to Mars, Secret agent Jack Stalwart learns that the mission's chief rocket engineer has disappeared. When he finds out that engineer is his father, Jack vows the kidnapper will live to regret it. Can Jack keep his cool to save the day?

There is not one you. There are many yous. There is not one world. There are many worlds. Ours is one among billions of parallel earths.When Everett Singh's scientist father is kidnapped from the streets of London, he leaves young Everett a mysterious app on his computer: the Infundibulum, the map of all the parallel earths, the most valuable object in the multiverse. There are dark forces in the Plenitude of Known Worlds who will stop at nothing to get it. They've got power, autho...

Big ambitions, big bullies and big problemsWhen 13-year-old Brummie babe, Destiny enters the Bright Sparks beauty contest behind her (ex-model) mum's back, she is determined to prove she has talent and brains - and that she is not just a pretty face.Together with her cousin, Keisha and best friends, Ebyan and Bee, Destiny deals with every challenge life throws at her - including scary eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with bully-girl Bella and secret winks from heart-throb,...

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly was the first to spend an entire year in space! Discover his awe-inspiring journey in this fascinating picture book memoir (the perfect companion to his adult book Endurance) that takes readers from Scott’s childhood as an average student to his record-breaking year among the stars.Scott Kelly wasn’t sure what he wanted to be when he grew up. He struggled in school and often got in trouble with his twin brother, Mark.Then...

What is real and what is fantasy? Is happiness real, or simply a fragmented dream, half forgotten in the mire of consciousness? For some, happiness exists in the form of that one impossible person standing just beyond their grasp...