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| "The Young Elites by Marie Lu (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "I am tired of being used hurt and cast asideAdelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever A decade ago the deadly illness swept through her nation Most of the infected perished while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings Adelina's black hair turned silver her lashes went pale and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto an abomination ruining their family's good name and standing in the way of their fortune But some of the fever's survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars-they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts and though their identities remain secret they have come to be called the Young ElitesTeren Santoro works for the king As Leader of the Inquisition Axis it is his job to seek out the Young Elites to destroy them before they destroy the nation He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous and vengeful but it's Teren who may possess the darkest secret of allEnzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society This secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the Inquisition Axis can But when the Daggers find Adelina they discover someone with powers like they've never seenAdelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side and that Teren is the true enemy But the lives of these three will collide in unexpected ways as each fights a very different and personal battle But of one thing they are all certain Adelina has abilities that shouldn't belong in this world A vengeful blackness in her heart And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross herIt is my turn to use My turn to hurt"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "IF YOU LIKE POISONINGS BETRAYALS MUTILATIONS MURDERS AND FLESH-EATING FARMYARD ANIMALS KEEP READING In this gripping follow-up to Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods demigod Percy Jackson tells the stories of twelve of the original Greek heroes in all their gory bloodthirsty glory Want to know who cut off Medusa's head? Which hero was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus the winged horse? Percy has all the answers Rick Riordan is an award-winning writer He lives in Boston with his wife and two sons Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young demigod was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006 and is now a blockbuster film franchise starring Logan Lerman"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Although the silver sword was only a paper knife it became the symbol of hope and courage which kept the Balicki children and their orphan friend Jan alive through the four years of occupation when they had to fend for themselves And afterwards it inspired them to keep going on the exhausting and dangerous journey from war-torn Poland to Switzerland where they hoped to find their parentsBased on true accounts this is a moving story of life during and after the Second World War"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Soon by Morris Gleitzman (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "The Second World War has officially ended but the streets are still a battleground - for food for shelter for protection Felix is in hiding to stay safe but finds he has been left holding the baby - literally An orphaned infant has been left in his care and he will do everything he can to protect the child in the way a few incredible people did for him during the Holocaust This powerfully moving addition to Morris Gleitzman&39;s bestselling series about Felix and Zelda takes place in 1945 following the story told in After This intensely affecting story will move readers of all ages It will be welcomed by the many Holocaust educators who use Once Now Then and After to teach upper primary and lower secondary children and embraced by any reader who loves passionate moving and brilliant stories"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo Book 1)" |
| "How do you punish an immortal?By making him humanAfter angering his father Zeus the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus Weak and disorientated he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy Now without his godly powers the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favourBut Apollo has many enemies - gods monsters and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed Apollo needs help and he can think of only one place to go an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!Mr Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the worldAnd do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket is the hero The other children in this book are nasty little beasts called Augustus Gloop - a great big greedy nincompoop; Veruca Salt - a spoiled brat; Violet Beauregarde - a repulsive little gum-chewer; Mike Teavee - a boy who only watches televisionClutching their Golden Tickets they arrive at Wonka's chocolate factory But what mysterious secrets will they discover? Our tour is about to begin Please don't wander off Mr Wonka wouldn't like to lose any of you at this stage of the proceedings 'The ultimate children's story ever' - David Walliams Now you can listen to CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!WHOOSH! Inside the Great Glass Elevator Willy Wonka Charlie Bucket and his family are cruising a thousand feet above the chocolate factoryThey can see the whole world below them but they're not alone The American Space Hotel has just launched Lurking inside are the Vernicious Knids - the most brutal vindictive murderous beasts in the universeSo grab your gizzard! Hold your hats! Only Charlie and Willy Wonka can stop the Knids from destroying everything!Listen to CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Magic Finger" |
| "Every Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals and birds But the girl who lives next door hates hunting Now it's made her so angry she's PUT THE MAGIC FINGER ON THEM ALL And very strange things have begun to happen And now you can listen to THE MAGIC FINGER (with THE MINPINS) and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Danny the Champion of the World (Dahl Fiction) Paperback" |
| ""A true genius Roald Dahl is my hero" - David Walliams Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World&39;s NUMBER ONE Storyteller! Danny lives in a gipsy caravan with his father the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell a rich snob with a great glistening beery face and tiny piggy eyes Nobody likes him not one-little bit So one day Danny and his father concoct a daring plot that will give the old blue-faced baboon Victor Hazell the greatest shock of his life - so long as they don&39;t get caught Now you can listen to DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The BFG" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE StorytellerWIGGLE YOUR EARS! This new edition includes MAKE-YOUR-OWN GIANT EARS for dress-up!On a dark silvery moonlit night Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giantLuckily it is the Big Friendly Giant the BFG who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle But there are other giants in Giant Country Fifty foot brutes who gallop far and wide every night to find human beans to eatCan Sophie and her friend the BFG stop them? Let's hope so - otherwise the next child a gruesome giant guzzles could be YOUAlso look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet-shop But then he finds a giraffe a pelly and a monkey living inside - they're the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company! Who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe? They become best friends and when they meet the richest man in all of England there's a chance that Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true Now you can listen to THE GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME (with ESIO TROT) and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting TwitsA true genius Roald Dahl is my hero David Walliams"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Fantastic Mr Fox (Dahl Fiction) Paperback" |
| "A must-have on any bookshelf Fantastic Mr Fox is a children&39;s classic that never fails to get all young readers laughing out loud! And now with a phizzwhizzing new cover look you definitely need to get your paws on Mr Fox&39;s tale from Roald Dahl the world&39;s NUMBER ONE Storyteller! Boggis is an enormously fat chicken farmer who only eats boiled chickens smothered in fat Bunce is a duck-and-goose farmer whose dinner gives him a beastly temper Bean is a turkey-and-apple farmer who only drinks gallons of strong cider Mr Fox is so clever that every evening he creeps down into the valley and helps himself to food from the farms Now the farmers have hatched a plan to BANG-BANG-BANG shoot Mr Fox dead But just when they think Mr Fox can&39;t possibly escape he makes a fantastic plan of his own Listen to FANTASTIC MR FOX and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy sound-effects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 4.99 |
| "James and the Giant Peach (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World&39;s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that looks boiled and Aunt Spiker is bony and screeching He&39;s very lonely until one day something peculiar happens At the end of the garden a peach starts to grow and GROW AND GROW Inside that peach are seven very unusual insects - all waiting to take James on a magical adventure But where will they go in their GIANT PEACH and what will happen to the horrible aunts if they stand in their way? There&39;s only one way to find out "A true genius Roald Dahl is my hero" - David Walliams Now you can listen to James and the Giant Peach and other Roald Dahl AUDIOBOOKS read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Matilda by Roald Dahl (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World&39;s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!Matilda Wormwood&39;s father thinks she&39;s a little scab Matilda&39;s mother spends all afternoon playing bingo And Matilda&39;s headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well she&39;s the worst of all She is a big bully who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey As for Matilda she&39;s an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now she&39;s had enough So all these grown-ups had better watch out because Matilda is going to teach them a lesson they&39;ll never forget"A true genius Roald Dahl is my hero" - David Walliams Now you can listen to MATILDA and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Witches" |
| "THE WITCHES by Roald Dahl is the story of a detestable breed of Witches BEWARE Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women But they are not ordinary They are always plotting and scheming with murderous bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of YOU disappear Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her but if their plan fails the Grand High Witch will frizzle them like fritters and then what ?"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Twits by Roald Dahl (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World&39;s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eyeTogether they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meetDown in their garden the Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family locked in a cage But not for much longer because the monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits once and for all And now you can listen to THE TWITS and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 4.99 |
| "George's Marvellous Medicine (Dahl Fiction) Paperback" |
| "&39;A true genius Roald Dahl is my hero&39; - David Walliams Roald Dahl is the world&39;s NUMBER ONE storyteller- the perfect author for every young reader&39;s library! George Kranky&39;s Grandma is a miserable grouch George really hates that horrid old witchy woman One Saturday morning George is in charge of giving Grandma her medicine So-ho! Ah-ha! Ho-hum! George knows exactly what to do A magic medicine it will be One that will either cure her completely or blow off the top of her head WARNING Do not try to make George&39;s Marvellous Medicine yourselves at home It could be dangerous Now you can listen to GEORGE&39;S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Boy : Tales of Childhood Paperback" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World&39;s NUMBER ONE Storyteller! BOY Roald Dahl&39;s bestselling autobiography is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days illustrated by Quentin Blake As a boy all sorts of unusual things happened to Roald Dahl There was the time he and four school friends got their revenge on beastly Mrs Prachett in her sweet shop There are stories of holidays in fishing boats African adventures and the days of tasting chocolate for Cadbury&39;s You&39;ll hear tales of horrible school bullies and the motor-car accident when Roald&39;s nose was nearly sliced clean off Roald Dahl vividly shares his memories; some are funny Some are painful Some are unpleasant All are true You can listen to all of Roald Dahl&39;s stories on Puffin Audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy sound effects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "The Outsiders is an outstanding story of teenage rebellion written when the author was only 17 years old It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic outspoken first Youngsters in a small Oklahoma town have split into two gangs divided by money tastes and attitude The Socs' idea of having a good time is beating up Greasers like Ponyboy Curtis Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on his brothers and friends - until the night someone takes things too far The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults From political awakening war and unrequited love to addiction teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths The collection includes The Outsiders - SE Hinton I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith Postcards from No Man's Land - Aidan Chambers After the First Death - Robert Cormier Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty The Endless Steppe - Esther Hautzig Buddy - Nigel Hinton Across the Barricades - Joan Lingard The Twelfth Day of July - Joan Lingard No Turning Back - Beverley Naidoo Z for Zachariah - Richard C O'Brien The Wave - Morton Rhue The Red Pony - John Steinbeck The Pearl - John Steinbeck Stone Cold - Robert Swindells"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Fantastic Mr Fox (Colour Edn) by Roald Dahl (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!Fantastic Mr Fox - the legendary tale of the most cunning fox in the world Boggis is an enormously fat chicken farmer who only eats boiled chickens smothered in fatBunce is a duck-and-goose farmer whose dinner gives him a beastly temperBean is a turkey-and-apple farmer who only drinks gallons of strong ciderMr Fox is so clever that every evening he creeps down into the valley and helps himself to food from the farmsNow the farmers have hatched a plan to BANG-BANG-BANG shoot Mr Fox dead But just when they think Mr Fox can't possibly escape he makes a fantastic plan of his own Listen to FANTASTIC MR FOX and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play - including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Enormous Crocodile (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!The Enormous Crocodile is planning what to have for his lunch This foul fiend - the greediest croc in the whole river - wants to eat something juicy and delicious His teeth sparkle like knives in the sun and he's getting hungrier and hungrier But what can the greedy grumptious brute guzzle up?Beware - he's looking for someone someone who looks a lot like YOU!'A true genius Roald Dahl is my hero' - David Walliams Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! an HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting TwitsListen to THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios!"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Revolting Rhymes (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Roald Dahl's irreverent and hilarious collection Revolting RhymesThis book is filled with revolting rhymes (Be warned It's no ordinary Once upon a time)There's poor Cindy whose heart was torn to shreds because her Prince he chops off heads!Snow White's dwarfs although awfully nice are guilty of one shocking vice And what becomes of Goldilocks that nasty thieving little louse when she goes sneaking around the three bear's house Listen to REVOLTING RHYMES and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Twits (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eyeTogether they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meetDown in their garden the Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family locked in a cage But not for much longer because the monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits once and for all Listen to THE TWITS and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Matilda (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Roald Dahl's much-loved Matilda now in a stunning large paperback format with Quentin Blake's original illustrations in full colour Matilda Wormwood's father thinks she's a little scab Matilda's mother spends all afternoon playing bingo And Matilda's headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well she's the worst of all She is a big bully who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey As for Matilda she's an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now she's had enough So all these grown-ups had better watch out because Matilda is going to teach them a lesson they'll never forgetMatilda is also a phenomenally successful award-winning London stage musical adapted for the stage by Dennis Kelly with music by Tim Minchin 'A true genius Roald Dahl is my hero' - David WalliamsListen to MATILDA and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Jolly Foul Play: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery by Robin Stevens (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "The fantastic new mystery from the author of Murder Most UnladylikeDaisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean for a new school term but nothing is the same There's a new Head Girl Elizabeth Hurst and a team of Prefects - and these bullying Big Girls are certainly not good eggsThen after the fireworks display on Bonfire Night Elizabeth is found - murderedMany girls at Deepdean had reason to hate Elizabeth but who might have committed such foul play? Could the murder be linked to the secrets and scandals scribbled on scraps of paper that are suddenly appearing around the school? And with their own friendship falling to pieces how will Daisy and Hazel solve this mystery?Praise for the Murder Most Unladylike series'Ripping good fun' The Times'Thrilling' Guardian'Top class' Financial Times'A delight' Daily Mail"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Mistletoe and Murder: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery by Robin Stevens (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the Christmas hols in snowy Cambridge Hazel has high hopes of its beautiful spires cosy libraries and inviting tea-rooms - but there is danger lurking in the dark stairwells of ancient Maudlin CollegeTwo days before Christmas there is a terrible accident At least it appears to be an accident - until the Detective Society look a little closer and realise a murder has taken place Faced with several irritating grown-ups and fierce competition from a rival agency they must use all their cunning and courage to find the killer (in time for Christmas Day of course)The fabulously festive fifth mystery from the bestselling award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Murder Most Unladylike: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery by Robin Stevens (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie Which they don't)Then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress Miss Bell lying dead in the Gym She assumes it was a terrible accident - but when she and Daisy return five minutes later the body has disappeared Now Hazel and Daisy not only have a murder to solve they have to prove one happened in the first place Determined to get to the bottom of the crime before the killer strikes again (and before the police can get there first naturally) Hazel and Daisy must hunt for evidence spy on their suspects and use all the cunning and intuition they can muster But will they succeed? And can their friendship stand the test?'Ripping good fun' The Times'A skilful blend of golden era crime novel and boarding school romp The novel works both as an affectionate satire and an effective murder mystery and Stevens can go places Enid Blyton never dreamt of Top class' Financial Times'Plotting is what sets this book apart; this is about who was where at the time of the murder and it's about finding the chink in the alibi' Telegraph"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Arsenic For Tea: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery by Robin Stevens (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home Fallingford for the holidays Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy's birthday and the whole family is invited from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix But it soon becomes clear that this party isn't really about Daisy at all Naturally Daisy is furiousThen one of their party falls seriously mysteriously ill - and everything points to poisonWith wild storms preventing anyone from leaving or the police from arriving Fallingford suddenly feels like a very dangerous place to be Not a single person present is what they seem - and everyone has a secret or two And when someone very close to Daisy looks suspicious the Detective Society must do everything they can to reveal the truth no matter the consequences'The second book in Robin Stevens' fabulous Wells and Wong schoolgirl detective series - think St Trinians mixed with Miss Marple These are thrilling books for tween detectives who adore solving dastardly murders jolly hockey sticks and iced buns for tea' Guardian'A delight The Agatha Christie-style clues are unravelled with sustained tension and the whole thing is a hoot from start to finish' Daily Mail'A feelgood blend of Malory Towers and Cluedo Stevens has upped her game in this new volume' Telegraph"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Sheep-pig" |
| "The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smith's most famous tales It shot to further fame when the film adaptation Babe was released in 1995 'Why can't I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?'When Babe the little orphaned piglet is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget he is adopted by Fly the kind-hearted sheep-dog Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly He knows he can't be a sheep-dog But maybe just maybe he might be a sheep-pig'An unexpectedly thrilling funny charmer of a book' - Guardian'Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children' - ObserverWinner of the Guardian Fiction AwardDick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire the country of his birth Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences He wrote a great number of children's books including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award and filmed as Babe) Harry's Mad Noah's Brother The Queen's Nose Martin's Mice Ace The Cuckoo Child and Harriet's Hare (winner of the Children's Book Award in 1995) In 2009 he was made an OBE for services to children's literature Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Girl Online: Going Solo" |
| "Penny's life is back to normalAs Penny starts the school year she's ready to face the world - alone Noah has gone off the radar after ending his world tour early and no one including Penny knows where he is So when she accepts Megan's invitation to visit her performing arts school it seems like an opportunity to make some new friends Helping everyone else seems to be the right remedy Elliot needs her friendship more than ever and she meets Posey - struggling with stage fright and in need of support But is charming Scottish boy Callum the right kind of distraction? And can Penny truly move on when Noah's shadow seems to haunt her round every corner?"
Price: 7.49 |
