Walker’s hilarious story of an angry and bold twelve year old called Meddy Gordon will be passed around the hands of classroom children repeatedly.
When Meddy Gordon is condemned to a series of very bad schooldays after angering the goddess Athena, she does nothing but rant into her diary, a place she thinks her anger and her emotions are safe. Siblings argue, sisters bicker, problems with classmates come and go, disagreements with teachers are the worst! But Meddy has more than her fair share of troubles; dealing with owls, swarms of snakes and a random dog. All this, alongside the small problem of her snake hair that appears if she doesn’t control her anger!
Combining the mythical powers of ancient Greece with modern twenty-first century humour, Walker’s brilliantly written middle grade novel will be gratefully received by youngsters aged 8+. Why? Because what happens when the goddess of war is on the warpath? You get a bad day. And everyone has bad days, especially preteens. Super fun and relatable.
Another hilarious DAISY adventure from the bestselling author behind the OI FROG series.
Here comes trouble!
Daisy is going on a school trip to Bobbington Hall! But the trouble with school trips is that teachers will be there too. So Daisy can’t go exploring! There will be:
Suits of armour
Olden toilets
Secret passages
The trouble is, they’re proving really hard to find! But what will happen when Daisy does find the secrets of Bobbington Hall?
Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. But she’s lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her.
Callum is a nought: he’s considered to be less than nothing – a blanker, there to serve Crosses – but he dreams of a better life.
They’ve been friends since they were children, and they both know that’s as far as it can ever go. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies – love is out of the question.
Then – in spite of a world that is fiercely against them – these star-crossed lovers choose each other.
But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger . . . and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.
She turns to the future in a world that’s falling apart.
The No. 1 New York Times bestseller Divergent – also a major motion picture.
For sixteen-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs.
Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to both threaten and protect her. The hardest choices may yet lie ahead….
The first book in the Divergent series that has swept the globe – selling millions of copies world-wide.
From the winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize
This is a story about a boy named Kester. He is extraordinary, but he doesn’t know that yet. All he knows, at this very moment, is this:
1. There is a flock of excited pigeons in his bedroom.
2. They are talking to him.
3. His life will never be quite the same again…
Kester lives in a land in quarantine. A deadly virus has killed all the animals except pests and it’s expected to be equally dangerous to humans. But when Kester realises he can talk to the pests, he finds they have great hope invested in him.
A captivating animal adventure destined to be loved by readers of all ages.
Christopher is ‘Proper’: a real boy with a real soul, orphaned in a fire.
He works for an engineer, a maker of the eccentric, loyal and totally individual mechanicals who are Christopher’s best friends.
But after a devastating accident, a secret is revealed and Christopher’s world is changed for ever …
What follows is a remarkable adventure, as Christopher discovers who he really is, and what it means to be human.
A heartfelt tale of humanity, adventure and belonging, from the bestselling author of Pog and The Monsters of Rookhaven.
Pinocchio meets The Wizard of Oz with a hint of Northern Lights as a boy and his mechanical friends discover the truth about his past.
A thought-provoking and timely novel, with strong themes of friendship, war and what it really means to be human.
For readers who loved Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time this extraordinary debut will make you laugh and cry.
A story that crosses time and generations, for adventure-loving readers young and old.
“My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve.”
On Al Chaudhury’s twelfth birthday his beloved Grandpa Byron gives him a letter from Al’s late father. In it Al receives a mission: travel back to 1984 in a secret time machine and save his father’s life.
Al soon discovers that time travel requires daring and imagination. It also requires lies, theft, setting his school on fire and ignoring philosophical advice from Grandpa Byron. All without losing his pet hamster, Alan Shearer…
Time Travelling With a Hamster is a funny, heart-warming race-against-time – and across generations – adventure that you will won’t be able to put down.
Have you got what it takes to keep Dennis and Walter from erasing each other from history?
It’s a week night and you have a sleepover round Dennis’s house! It’s going to be EPIC!
… Is what you thought before Dennis pulled a prank that shut the school down and you were forced to go to work with his parents. BORING!
… Is what you thought before you, Dennis, Gnasher and Walter got sucked into a time machine that sent you back in time to when their parents were your age! AWESOME!
… Is what you thought before Dennis and Walter messed with the timeline and started disappearing.
Can you make the right decisions and get history back on track before it’s too late? Find out in this pick your own story, where YOU are the main character!
This magically illustrated gamebook plunges you into a story with a difference – one where the hero is YOU. Woken one night by a bang at the door, you creep to the window and see five hooded strangers below. The leader looks up and beckons you down. What do you do? Open the door, play for time, or escape through the window out back? The choice is yours…
From this point onwards you are in control of an epic adventure, and your survival depends upon the decisions you make. Who to fight? Who to trust? In a book where nothing is as it seems, even the pictures hold secrets that must be unlocked. But as you race across land, sea and sky, one thing becomes clear: it’s not just your fate that hangs in the balance – it’s the fate of the entire kingdom.
Bringing together a sweeping story, beautifully illustrated picture puzzles and an exciting combat system (with a link to an online dice-roller), this is an adventure that will have you gripped from beginning to end.
The 13-Storey Treehouse – in colour! The first bestselling book in Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s wacky treehouse adventures, packed full of comic book style illustrations! Perfect for fans of Dog Man and Bunny vs. Monkey, this book will make you laugh-out-loud on every page.
Andy and Terry live in the WORLD’S BEST treehouse! It’s got a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory, a tank of man-eating sharks and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you’re hungry! Just watch out for the sea monkeys, and the monkeys pretending to be sea monkeys, and the giant mutant mermaid sea monster . . . Oh, and, whatever you do, don’t get trapped in a burp-gas-filled bubble . . . !
Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!
Climb more fun-filled levels by collecting all thirteen books in the seven million-copy-selling series – the perfect chapter books for reluctant readers. And dive into even more fun adventures in the brilliant You and Me series.
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