Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism

Woolfrik and Perigold are two down-on-their-luck cats in need of some extra cash, so they've decided to become professional monster slayers - except they don't know the first thing about it! So when a huge beast starts rampaging through the town, they are put to the ultimate test. But the monster...

Yara has glimpsed the last dragon on Earth only twice in her twelve years. She's got other things to worry about - her sister is in hospital, her parents are panicking, and her new teacher has labelled her a troublemaker and wants her out. But one evening, in the glow of the lights of the shoppin...

Just like her favourite person in the whole world - her grandad - Hettie's favourite place in the whole world - the Arts Centre - has gone. And Hettie can't quite work out how she's supposed to feel anything like how she did before. Many years before, Jack is feeling lonely too. But his life chan...

Bridie works hard to feed her family, selling matches on the streets of Victorian London. After an incident leaves her with only three matches left, the magical strike of each one sees her tumble into visions of a brighter future. Realizing she has the power to change her own fortune, Bridie lead...

Socks the little wolf cub loves to explore his woodland home - when it's still bright outside. But when Socks spies a mysterious figure in a red cloak, he follows her deep into the woods. Will his new friend help Socks to conquer his fear of the dark before bedtime?

Luna the Loom Band Fairy's magic helps everyone have lots of fun making things with loom bands. But when Jack Frost steals her magical golden loom, everyone's creations start to go wrong! Can Kirsty and Rachel get it back and save the day for loom band fans everywhere?

Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon - the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds ...

Manju's stuck at home and she is BORED. Looking for entertainment, she summons the genie. When he turns up with a terrible cold, the genie can't hear any of Manju's wishes properly and his magic is even more strange than usual. Can Manju help him sort out the muddle?

Can Percy Jackson and the Half-blood Heroes succeed on their quest to find The Doors of Death or will the Greek Gods of chaos win their battle to stop them? Percy and his fellow demi-gods face the most important quest of all - the Prophecy of Seva.

Marnie is having so much fun at Minibeast Academy, a school for bugs tucked into an ancient tree at the bottom of the museum gardens. And it's time for something really exciting - the Great Critter Quest! The Great Critter Quest is a super-tricky competition held each year. Minibug students form ...