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Ever since MI6 recognized his potential, Alex Rider has constantly been thrust into the line of danger. From a routine visit to the dentist that turns into a chase through the streets of London, to a school trip with a deadly twist, no day has ever been ordinary for the teenage super-spy. This co...

As a result of their mother's honeymoon wish, Mark and Harriet Armitage have a fairy godmother, a pet unicorn, and are prepared for anything life can throw at them (especially, but not always, on a Monday): hatching griffins in the airing cupboard, Latin lessons with a ghost, furious Furies on th...

Prince Rilian, Caspian's beloved son, has mysteriously disappeared, and Jill and Eustace are brought into Narnia by Aslan, the great lion, to find them. But an evil enchantress has dire plans for the prince, and for Narnia.

Geraldine McCaughrean's best-loved novels all have an historical theme and her passion for history is evident in this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these five tales is set in the past at a moment of scientific or historical significance.

All-ages fun featuring the wild and crazy kid counterparts of Marvel's greatest heroes - as illustrated by brilliant cartoonist Chris Giarrusso! Spidey gets the paperboy blues as he risks his life trying to deliver to the Green Goblin's house, struggles to make his fellow heroes pay their bills, ...

A collection of spine-chilling tales by Joan Aiken, author of 'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase'. From a mysterious traveller who leaves an injured horse with a stranger, to a garden plant that slowly creeps into a house during a thunderstorm and a man who comes across two angry forces in the middl...

The evil Max Maximus wants to get to Inner-Earth! He wants the dinosaurs that live there! He wants the powerful DynOre mineral that originates there! Super Dinosaur and Derek Dynamo are the only ones who can stop him!

A collection of sizzling summer-themed crime and mystery stories by 13 of the most popular, exciting and diverse children's book authors!

World-renowned artist Shaun Tan applies his extraordinary talent to a reflection on the nature of humans and animals, and our urban co-existence. From crocodile to frog; tiger to bee, this is a dark and surreal exploration of the perennial love and destruction we feel and inflict - of how animals...

The dazzlingly brilliant Chris Riddell brings his magical illustration talents to J.K. Rowling's gloriously inventive 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' in a fully illustrated colour edition of this essential classic for Harry Potter fans.