Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories

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...

An upbeat rhyming story about bees and sustainability, ideal for children practising reading at home or in school. Lola is a bee who loves to boogie, but the rest of the hive thinks her dancing is silly. One day, their meadow is mowed and the bees must go in search of new nectar. Luckily, Lola's ...

Proper Regency ladies are not supposed to become magicians - but Miss Abigail Wilder is far from proper. Her father may be the Lord Sorcier of England, but that does not mean that society is willing to accept her as a magician. When a dark lord of faerie threatens London, however, Abigail is dete...

The dying wish of 16-year-old Lina's mother was for her daughter to live in Tuscany and get to know her father, whom Lina has never met. 'Howard is the best man I've ever known,' her mother says, 'he'll keep you safe.' Why did her mother wait so long to tell her about him? Lina has a happy life i...

Seventeen-year-old Jenna Ray lives in the quiet coastal town of Nine Trees. Despite its picturesque nature, it is also the epicentre of a dramatic prophecy. It is said that in the year 2024 a new Hero will emerge in Nine Trees - an event that is usually accompanied by a catastrophic disaster. Whe...

Buried amongst the treasures in Professor Brownstone's vault, lie his most prized possessions - a humble collection of books. Filled with stories from his ancestors, they contain tales of fearless fighters, unlikely heroes and legends from years gone by. Get ready to meet Luna Brownstone: the mos...

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?

Maddy Yip is perfectly happy in life, until she realises that everyone she knows has a talent - except for her! Maddy is determined to change that, with the help of her brothers, bewildered grandad and her best friend Dev. There are disastrous attempts at breakdancing and playing the recorder, re...

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 ...

At long last Lottie and Daniel are an official couple and everything seems to be going brilliantly (except for Amber being increasingly mean and jealous, but what's new there?). Meanwhile Toby's new year's resolution is to get a dog, and for once Lottie and him see eye to eye. Pot Noodle, the coc...