Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction

'Penguin Readers' is a series of the best new fiction, essential non-fiction and popular classics written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the eight levels follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help r...

Nobody knows what lies inside the Knoll nor what form the Fae have taken after all these years. When Hazel Quince ventured into Goblyn Wood, she discovered that she was part-fairy and that the Fae have been hoarding magic. Now, on a mission for the rebels to prove this, and rescue her friend Pete...

Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but it's on the wrong side of the road from the park where there's a beautiful lily pond and plenty of juicy slugs, worms, and snails! The busy road is dangerous but Max is determined to make his way across. If humans can do it, w...

The sequel to 'Just as Long as We're Together'. Rachel is the perfect child in a perfect family. She's super-intelligent, a gifted musician and actress, and she's set for a glowing future. But it's not easy being a 'child prodigy', as her snide older brother, Charles, like to call her.

Based on the classic story by Johanna Spyri. Heidi loves living in the mountains with her grandfather and her friend Peter, and is homesick when she moves to Frankfurt. Will she make it back to her beloved mountains?

James's Cuban holiday has become a nightmare mission to save an old friend from a villain who has perfected 1,000 ways to kill. With corrupt cops and hired assassins hot on his heels, James must travel through Havana and brave Caribbean waters to stop a countdown to mass murder. Fates will be dec...

Peep-through the diecut holes and lift the flaps to discover all your favourite characters in this chunky board book based on bestselling picture book, 'The Gruffalo'.

Aveline loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not only are the stories spine-tingling, but it belonged to a girl called Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, never to be seen again. Intrigued, Aveline decides t...

Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now ...

When Harry is unexpectedly chosen to compete in the legendary Triwizard Tournament, he finds himself facing death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards. Although his friends do their best to help him prepare, Harry must navigate each treacherous test alone, pushing his courage and quick-thinkin...