Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction

Ben is getting used to life without his beloved granny. She was a cabbage enthusiast, a Scrabble partner and an international jewel thief known as The Black Cat. Now, only the memory of her extraordinary adventure to steal the crown jewels lives on. Then something inexplicable happens. World-famo...

Ben is getting used to life without his beloved granny. She was a cabbage enthusiast, a Scrabble partner and an international jewel thief known as The Black Cat. Now, only the memory of her extraordinary adventure to steal the crown jewels lives on. Then something inexplicable happens. World-famo...

This is a funny story which tells the tale of George and his Grandma. When he can't stand her bad habits any longer, he decides to cure her nastiness for good. He concocts a very special medicine which is as nasty as she is - with explosive results.

Ita is afraid of lots of things. She's afraid of talking to her classmates at her new school. She's afraid of walking through her new town. But most of all she is afraid of water. When one day she realises the river in her new town turns her into a fish, she is forced to face up to her fears. In ...

It's a perfect world, where everything looks right. But ugly truths lie beneath. In a future society, life appears civilised and ordered. But when 12-year-old Jonas is given the job of 'Receiver of Memories' he realises the horrible truth that lies behind the perfect facade.

Twelve-year-old Eli is an apprentice librarian at the largest library in the world. But when his grandmother falls ill, he enters the Glorious Race of Magical Beasts to raise money for her treatment. This annual race is always held in the most perilous places and is full of spiky dangers. Most pa...

Internationally acclaimed author-illustrator Lucy Cousins puts her unique stamp on three favourite traditional tales in this striking collection.

Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of WW2. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mum back in London.

Old books get new doodles - it's the classics as you've never seen them before! 'Comic Classics' brings great literature to life with illustrations by Jack Noel. Perfect for fans of Tom Gates, Wimpy Kid and Dav Pilkey - and Charles Dickens!

Flick is a magician who needs answers. Her father is still missing, and top illusionist the Great Fox doesn't seem interested in finding him, despite his promises. Meanwhile, she and her friend Charlie must represent the Great Fox in a new competition in the Swiss town of Linth. The Global Order ...