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The Makeover (wondergirls #6)
By Jillian Brooks. 2003
Welcome to Wonder Lake where four girls are learning that growing up isn't always wonderful-sometimes it's even better. My friend…
Felicia's been feeling a little down lately... so my friends and I decided to give her a makeover! She looks incredible . . . and everyone at school is starting to notice. The problem is, Felicia's acting a little full of herself. Now it's my job to bring her down to size--and get everybody's attention back where it should be. On me. RL 4 Ages 8-12 Look for the other books in the wondergirls series about the friendship of four girls at home and at middle school including: #1 The New Girl, #2 Team Player, #3 Troublemaker, #4 "And The Winner Is...", #5 Perfect Harmony, and #7 Birthday Blues, with the last book, #8 Growing Pains, on the way. When Arielle gives Felicia a makeover, shy, quiet Felicia becomes the most popular 6th grader in school. But what about the former most popular? Well, Arielle's not going to give up her title that easily -- even for one of her friends!A Witch In The Classroom!
By Ghillian Potts. 2000
"You're a frog, Ryan James, you're a frog. Slimy and jumpy, bug-eyed and lumpy . . ."Abigail is thrilled when…
she discovers that she's a witch - at last she can get her own back on her bullying classmate, Ryan.With help from her pet rat, Gnasher, Abigain turns Ryan into a frog, but that's when disaster strikes - she can't change him back! And suddenly Abigail discovers that she's not the ONLY witch in the classroom . . .The Whisperling (The Whisperling #1)
By Hayley Hoskins. 2022
'One of the best debuts I've read in YEARS!' - Emma CarrollWhen you're dead, you're dead. When you're gone, you're…
gone.Unless, of course, you're not.And that's where I come in.The year is 1897, and Peggy Devona can speak with ghosts.She hides her gift from those afraid of a girl with such powers, terrified of the secrets the dead could reveal through her. But when her best friend is accused of murdering her rich mistress, Peggy knows only she - a whisperling - can save her.Peggy escapes to her uncle's psychic emporium in the city, seeking out new ghosts to help her solve Sally's case.Yet time is running out, and each step towards uncovering the truth also brings Sally one step closer to the gallows. . .A ghostly adventure in a dark and dangerous Victorian world, perfect for fans of Emma Carroll, Robin Stevens, and Jenni Spangler.Praise for The Whisperling:'A thrilling Gothic page-turner' - Jacqueline Wilson'A captivating and spine-tingling read...paints a vivid picture of the Victorian era' - BookTrust'Sends multiple shivers down the spine and delivers thrilling twists along the way' - LoveReading4Kids'Atmospheric & gripping as well as witty. Loved the gothic girl power of Peggy' - Lucy Brandt, author of the Leonora Bolt seriesThe Underpants of Chaos (Tuchus & Topps Investigate #1)
By Sam Copeland, Jenny Pearson. 2022
"I should have realised that there was going to be something SERIOUSLY weird about a town called Little STRANGEhaven."Something BAD…
is happening at Little Strangehaven Primary.What are the peculiar SHIVERS that keep striking the school, bringing Strangeness in their wake -from uncontrollable ballroom dancing to an attack by military chickens?Spy-detective Agatha Topps is determined to find out. She's the only person who doesn't forget the Strangeness as soon as it's over. At least, until new boy Lenny Tuchus turns up and remembers too.Their spy-detectoring leads them to the Book of Chaos, an ancient text which has been hidden away in the Room of Forbidden and Dangerous Books. Can Agatha and Lenny fight off attacks from evil underpants and Transylvanian gargoyles to stop the SHIVERS before their town is sucked into oblivion?Because power lies in books - especially this one . . .The perfect story for 7 to 9-year-olds (or STRANGE adults) and fans of Ben Miller, David Walliams and Tom Fletcher. Packed with hilarious illustrations and easy-to-read text, discover the secrets of Little Strangehaven.Trixie Pickle Art Avenger: Toxic Takedown (Trixie Pickle Art Avenger #2)
By Olaf Falafel. 2023
'This is a GREAT book! Funny, charming, original, secretly educational.' Adam Kay'Funny, arty and just a little bit naughty, the…
Art Avenger is amazing!' Matt Lucas'Very funny . . . I learned tons about art and laughed A LOT' Joe LycettA laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure featuring Trixie Pickle, the Banksy of her school.A weird sickness bug has been spreading through Wormwood Town and everyone is wondering if there's something in the water. Trixie Pickle Art Avenger uses the power of art to investigate - can she get to the bottom of the mystery around the town reservoir?She's got a lot on her plate - being bored to sleep by Money Week at school, making comics with her best friend Beeks and finding a way to bring down the local mean girls - but with artistic inspiration from Botticelli, Damien Hirst and Kehinde Wiley, the Art Avenger is sure to win the day.Highly illustrated throughout by Olaf and with fact files of hilarious and irreverent details about real artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Hokusai, Trixie Pickle is perfect for fans of Konnie Huq, Sam Copeland and Liz Pichon.Trixie Pickle Art Avenger (Trixie Pickle Art Avenger #1)
By Olaf Falafel. 2022
'Funny, arty and just a little bit naughty, the Art Avenger is amazing!' Matt Lucas'Very funny . . . I…
learned tons about art and laughed A LOT.' Joe LycettA laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure featuring Trixie Pickle, the Banksy of her school.Trixie loves art and hates bullies - and so decides to become an Art Avenger, righting wrongs at her school through art.She uses Picasso, Pollock and Ofili to teach bullies a lesson, get out of lessons and help those in need, like an arty Robin Hood. Highly illustrated throughout by Olaf and with fact files of hilarious and irreverent details about real artists, Trixie Pickle is perfect for fans of Konnie Huq, Sam Copeland and Liz Pichon.Cruisin': A Short Story
By Sarah Mlynowski. 2009
From the critically acclaimed author of Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) and the Magic in Manhattan series…
comes a fun short story about taking the plunge on the high seas, where not everything is what it seems.Kristin is ready to take the next step. . . . The only problem is she hasn't found the right guy to take it with her. That's why she agreed to go on the ominously named Cruise to Nowhere with her best friend, Liz. There are plenty of cute guys on the ship to choose from if only Kristin can work up the nerve—and stop worrying about the reports in the tabloids that passengers on cruises have been mysteriously disappearing and that someone suspects it has to do with . . . vampires.Epic Reads Impulse is a digital imprint with new releases each month.Gris Grimly's Frankenstein
By Mary Shelley. 2013
Gris Grimly's Frankenstein is a twisted, fresh, and utterly original full-length, full-color graphic-novel adaptation of Mary Shelley's original text, brought…
to life by acclaimed illustrator Gris Grimly."Grimly enlivens the prose while retaining its power to both frighten and engage sympathy for the monster-creator Victor Frankenstein. This is a richly morose nightmare of a book, a primer for young readers on the pleasures and dangers of decadent languidness."—New York Times Book ReviewThe first fully illustrated version to use the original 1818 text, this handsome volume is destined to capture the imagination of those new to the story as well as those who know it well.New York Times bestselling illustrator Gris Grimly has long considered Frankenstein to be one of his chief inspirations. From the bones and flesh of the original, he has cut and stitched Mary Shelley's text to his own artwork, creating something entirely new: a stunningly original remix, both classic and contemporary, sinister and seductive, heart-stopping and heartbreaking.Dreaming Darkly
By Caitlin Kittredge. 2019
This teen gothic mystery novel, perfect for fans of Madeleine Roux and Lisa Maxwell, takes readers to the cold, creepy…
island of Darkhaven, where a girl with unexplained blackouts grapples with secrets from her dead mother’s past and a legacy of murders that have been committed by her family. Ivy Bloodgood’s mother is dead, and she should probably be sad about it. But she isn’t. Myra Bloodgood was a manipulative personality who never told the truth—about where she came from, who Ivy’s father was, or why they were living their lives on the run.Now that Ivy has been sent to the family estate on Darkhaven, an island off the New England coast, she is forced to reckon with her mother’s past. Ivy can tell right away there are long-held family secrets buried within these walls, but when she wakes up from one of her nightmares covered in someone else’s blood, Ivy fears that whatever demons her mother battled while she was alive have come to roost in her own mind. Scared that she can no longer trust what she sees, Ivy seeks the help of a boy who thinks her episodes are connected to the sordid history of Darkhaven—but what they don’t know might kill them both.Z
By Michael Thomas Ford. 2010
The First Rule of Torching: Cleanse with fire. Josh is by far the best zombie Torcher around—at least, he is…
in his virtual-reality zombie-hunting game. Josh has quickly risen through the player ranks, relying on the skill, cunning, and agility of a real Torcher.The Second Rule of Torching: Save all humans.But luckily for Josh, zombies exist only in the virtual world. The real zombie war is now more than fifteen years in the past, and the battle to defeat the deadly epidemic that devastated his family—and millions of others—is the stuff of history lessons.The Third Rule of Torching: You can't bring them back.Charlie is the top-ranked player in the game. Since all the players are shrouded in anonymity, Josh never expects Charlie to be a girl—and he never expects the offer she makes him: to join the underground gaming league that takes the virtual-reality game off the screen and into the streets. Josh is thrilled. But the more involved he gets, the more he realizes that not everything is what it seems. Real blood is spilling, members of the team are disappearing, and the zombies in the game are acting strange. And then there's the matter of a mysterious drug called Z. . . .Romeo & Juliet & Vampires
By William Shakespeare. 2010
"You are deluded, Romeo. Vampires do not have the capability to love. They are heartless." The Capulets and the Montagues…
have some deep and essential differences. Blood differences. Of course, the Capulets can escape their vampire fate, and the Montagues can try not to kill their undead enemies. But at the end of the day, their blood feud is unstoppable. So it's really quite a problem when Juliet, a vampire-to-be, and Romeo, the human who should be hunting her, fall desperately in love. What they don't realize is how deadly their love will turn out to be—or what it will mean for their afterlives. . . . This riotous twist on the ultimate tale of forbidden romance is simply to die for.The Detention Detectives: Murder By Mistake (The Detention Detectives #2)
By Lis Jardine. 2024
‘Top-grade misbehaviour’ – THE GUARDIANTHE DETENTION DETECTIVES ARE BACK! And there's been another murder...Headstrong LYDIA leads the new case. As…
a school reporter, she’s great at getting the facts. But when someone unexpected arrives at Gran’s, it’s clear she’s missing some clues…Sensitive DANIEL is convinced this case is linked to their first. As a young carer he’s got a lot on his plate, so he needs the trio to work on this together. He just needs to persuade…Not-so-new-boy JONNO, who’s settled in at Hanbridge High. But he’s so distracted by his new band – maybe solving crimes just isn’t cool anymore? Or maybe he’s scared of finding out the truth…Can you solve the case before THE DETENTION DETECTIVES?Praise for book one:'a fresh new take on the murder mystery genre' - The School Library Association'Friendship, trust, courage and determination are at the heart of this extremely funny murder-mystery tale' - BookTrust'Lis Jardine is an exciting new voice...This new school set crime series is well worth investigating' - LoveReading4Kids'splendidly assured' - The GuardianBuzz Kill
By Beth Fantaskey. 2014
Putting the dead in deadline To Bee or not to Bee? When the widely disliked Honeywell Stingers football coach is…
found murdered, 17-year-old Millie is determined to investigate. She is chasing a lead for the school newspaper—and looking to clear her father, the assistant coach, and prime suspect.Millie's partner is gorgeous, smart—and keeping secrets Millie joins forces with her mysterious classmate Chase who seems to want to help her even while covering up secrets of his own.She&’s starting to get a reputation . . . without any of the benefits. Drama—and bodies—pile up around Millie and she chases clues, snuggles Baxter the so-ugly-he&’s-adorable bassett hound, and storms out of the world&’s most awkward school dance/memorial mash-up. At least she gets to eat a lot of pie.Best-selling author Beth Fantaskey&’s funny, fast-paced blend of Clueless and Nancy Drew is a suspenseful page-turner that is the best time a reader can have with buried weapons, chicken clocks, and a boy who only watches gloomy movies . . . but somehow makes Millie smile. Bee-lieve it.T.J. and the Winning Goal (T.J. (Theo Walcott) #4)
By Theo Walcott. 2010
The Parkview team are off to compete in the Regional Championship tournament, but their striker is in trouble. The team…
is improving all the time, but Tulsi, once the star, is getting left behind. When she's dropped from both the school team and her Sunday League team, she even talks about giving up football. Can TJ and the team help Tulsi change her ways and win her place back in the team?T.J. and the Penalty (T.J. (Theo Walcott) #2)
By Theo Walcott. 2010
TJ's friend Jamie is the heart and soul of the Parkview football team, but although he's a great tackler his…
passes are dangerously random - and he can't resist the stodgy food that his mum and the school cook love to tempt him with. Jamie becomes so unfit that Mr Wood drops him from the team, so his friends and their parents organize a World Food and Football day to try and change his eating habits - and to impress the Inspectors who seem to think Parkview is not a very good school. Jamie works really hard to get fit, and finally regains his place in the team, but only when he accepts his true vocation as a goalie.T.J. and the Hat-trick (T.J. (Theo Walcott) #1)
By Theo Walcott. 2010
TJ is a new boy at Parkview School and he's never played in a proper football match before, but he…
soon makes friends with a bunch of football-mad kids.The trouble is, none of the teachers at Parkview are interested in football and the kids have nowhere to play - until Mr Wood arrives. With Mr Wood's help - and with the assistance of Mr Wood's old friend, Marshall Jones, a Premier League footballer - the kids and their parents mend their pitch, begin to put together a brilliant football team, and start to turn the school into a place to be proud of.T.J. and the Cup Run (T.J. (Theo Walcott) #3)
By Theo Walcott. 2010
TJ and his friends get a terrible shock when their old teacher, Mr Potter, returns from illness to take over…
from Mr Wood as PE teacher at Parkview School. Worse still, they are about to play in the semifinal of the Cup, and Mr Potter's really bad tactics nearly lose them the match.With everything they've trained for hanging in the balance, can TJ and his friends turn things around and win?Survival Squad: Book 1 (Survival Squad #1)
By Jonathan Rock. 2012
There's a reason they're known as the Survival Squad...The Tiger Patrol are on an expedition out on the wild and…
desolate moors when a new member runs off. Soon they're all in trouble - they're completely lost, and they have no way of contacting anyone for help... This is where their training kicks in - are they prepared to survive outdoors?Superstar High: The Time of Your Life (Superstar High #2)
By Isabella Cass. 2009
Now well into their first term at the world-famous Garrick stage school, Holly, Cat and Belle still have a lot…
to prove.Holly is enjoying her new life more than ever, but for her best friends, things are not so easy. Belle is confused by her feelings for the gorgeous new boy Jack, and Cat just doesn't how she's going to cope with everything on her plate. The girls will have to stick together to make it through the rest of the term!Superstar High: Star Friends
By Isabella Cass. 2009
Holly, Cat and Belle are best friends - and superstars in the making! As they settle into their new school…
- the world-famous Garrick School of the Performing Arts - they soon find out that trying to be a star can be tough. But it's also fun when your best friends are around to help you make your dreams come true - and find a touch of romance!