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Case File 10: The Case of Allie's Really Very Bad Singing (Famous 5 on the Case #10)
By Enid Blyton. 2008
A new generation Famous Five: Jo, Dylan, Allie, and Max are the children of the four kids - and not…
forgetting Timmy II to make up the Five!In book ten, Allie becomes the big star of a TV talent show. But things are not as they seem.The Famous Five meet Scooby Doo! All the heritage of the original Famous Five - adventure, mystery, action - combined with a great modern-day feel and lots of laughs.All 24 books in the series feature black and white inside illustrations and have been adapted into an animated television series for the Disney Channel.Case File 24: The Case of the Fish That Flew the Coop (Famous 5 on the Case #24)
By Enid Blyton. 2009
A new generation Famous Five: Jo, Dylan, Allie, and Max are the children of the four kids - and not…
forgetting Timmy II to make up the Five!In book twenty-four, a canal trip leads to a crocodile.The Famous Five meet Scooby Doo! All the heritage of the original Famous Five - adventure, mystery, action - combined with a great modern-day feel and lots of laughs.All 24 books in the series feature black and white inside illustrations and have been adapted into an animated television series for the Disney Channel.Crusader Gold
By David Gibbins. 2006
Jack Howard is the only man who can find out. But the clock is ticking against him. The quest to…
find out takes him from the fall of the Roman Empire to the last days of Nazi power - and uncovers a trail more thrilling than anyone could have imagined...The Year of Our War
By Steph Swainston. 2004
The most exciting, original and important new fantasy novel to be published since China Miéville's PERDIDO STREET STATION. A breathtakingly…
skilful debut.A superb work of literary fantasy. In a truly original imagined world of breathtaking, sometimes surreal beauty, fifty utterly alien but disarmingly human immortals lead mankind in a centuries-long war.Jant is the Messenger, one of the Circle, a cadre of fifty immortals who serve the Emperor. He is the only immortal - indeed the only man alive - who can fly.The Emperor must protect mankind from the hordes of giant Insects who have plagued the land for centuries, eating everything and everyone in their path. But he must also contend with the rivalries and petty squabblings of his chosen immortals. These will will soon spill over into civil war.Steph Swainston has written an astonishingly original literary fantasy. She writes beautifully. Her novel places her in a tradition of writing typified by Mervyn Peake, M. John Harrison and China Miéville. This is a breathtaking debut novel of the finest quality.Standoff: The gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestseller
By Sandra Brown. 2000
A fearless reporter trapped in a volatile siege, two young lovers turned fugitive and a hold up that transforms a…
small desert town into a powder keg . . . TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears on the radio that Fort Worth millionaire Russell Dendy's daughter has been kidnapped. Calling her editor she finds out that the girl is pregnant, the kidnapper is the girl's boyfriend and that they may be heading, as she is, to a small town in New Mexico. She puts her holiday plans on hold to chase the story but as she stops for gas she gets caught up in a standoff at a gas station. If she survives she knows this will be the biggest scoop of her life. But as the night-long siege continues she is forced to put aside her reporter's impartiality and become involved . . . or lives will be lost.**********Praise for Sandra Brown'Brown's novels define the term "page turner"' Booklist 'Perfectly plotted . . . sin-tillating suspense'People magazine'A masterful storyteller, carefully crafting tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats'USA TodayA new generation Famous Five: Jo, Dylan, Allie, and Max are the children of the four kids - and not…
forgetting Timmy II to make up the Five!In book one, the Famous 5 learn that there's much more to Shelter Island than a puffin refuge.The Famous Five meet Scooby Doo! All the heritage of the original Famous Five - adventure, mystery, action - combined with a great modern-day feel and lots of laughs.All 24 books in the series feature black and white inside illustrations and have been adapted into an animated television series for the Disney Channel.Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves
By Matthew Reilly. 2011
THE ULTIMATE HERO IS BACKTHE WORLD IS ON FIREAt an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic, a battle to save…
all life on Earth is about to begin...A TOP SECRET BASEWhen Dragon Island, a top-secret base that houses a weapon of terrible destructive force is seized by a brutal terrorist force calling itself the Army of Thieves, the fate of the world suddenly hangs in the balance. But there are no crack units close enough to get to Dragon in time to stop the Army setting off the weapon.ONLY ONE MAN CAN SAVE THE DAYExcept, that is, for a small equipment-testing team up in the Arctic led by a Marine captain named Schofield, call-sign SCARECROW.* * * * * READERS LOVE SCARECROW AND THE ARMY OF THIEVES'Each page is a thrill. If you are looking for escapism, this is definitely the book for you''Shocks galore and a great ending. Just read it''I shouldn't like it...but I do! Scarecrow rocks''A blistering pace with so many twists and turns''Rip roaring adventure'Amazonia
By James Rollins. 2002
From the author of ALTAR OF EDEN and MAP OF BONES comes another fantastic mystery adventure, this time set deep…
in the Amazon jungle.Out of the inhospitable Amazon rainforest a man stumbles into a missionary village. Soon the CIA operative and former Special Forces soldier, his eyes wide with terror, is dead. The photograph of Agent Clark's corpse in the Brazilian morgue shows two intact upper limbs, yet Agent Clark had only one arm, the other lost to a sniper's bullet. Nathan Rand's father led a scientific mission into the rainforest and never returned - the same expedition that took Clark into the jungle. Now Nate is to follow the elder Rand's trail, along with a team of scientists and experienced US Rangers. For somewhere in the dark, impenetrable depths of Earth's most dangerous region lie mysteries that must be solved...whatever the cost. As Nate Rand and his party push on into the jungle, they are haunted by a truth: that they are not alone. But each step brings the team closer to an ancient, unspoken terror that even the native people dread. As madness, fear and horrific death descend upon the second cursed expedition, those still living must confront a power beyond human imagining - one that can for ever alter the world beyond the dark, lethal confines of the Amazon rainforest for better...and for worse.The Escape: Book 1 (Henderson's Boys #1)
By Robert Muchamore. 2009
Summer, 1940.Hitler's army is advancing towards Paris, and millions of French civilians are on the run. Amidst the chaos, two…
British children are being hunted by German agents. British spy Charles Henderson tries to reach them first, but he can only do it with the help of a twelve-year-old French orphan.The British secret service is about to discover that kids working undercover will help to win the war.The Diamond Frontier
By John Wilcox. 2006
It's 1880, and the atmosphere is explosive in the South African province of the Transvaal. The discovery of diamonds has…
bred greed and violence, while British forces contend with murderous bePedi tribesmen and subversive Boer farmers.Former army captain Simon Fonthill has had his fill of conflict. But when he hears an old friend has been kidnapped by diamond smugglers, he and his servant '352' Jenkins embark on a rescue mission. Yet this is only the beginning. For when the acclaimed General Wolseley decides to lead his column against the bePedi stronghold, Fonthill and Jenkins once again find themselves marching to war...Case File 19: The Case of the Gobbling Goop (Famous 5 on the Case #19)
By Enid Blyton. 2009
A new generation Famous Five: Jo, Dylan, Allie, and Max are the children of the four kids - and not…
forgetting Timmy II to make up the Five.In book nineteen, an eccentric professor disappears - with a secret formula!The Famous Five meet Scooby Doo. All the heritage of the original Famous Five - adventure, mystery, action - combined with a great modern-day feel and lots of laughs.All 24 books in the series feature black and white inside illustrations and have been adapted into an animated television series for the Disney Channel.The Guns of El Kebir
By John Wilcox. 2007
1882. Lieutenant General Sir Garnet Wolseley is under pressure. News of an uprising against the British powers in Egypt has…
reached London, and he must react decisively and forcefully. But there is little time to assemble an army and, for his campaign to succeed, he needs someone on the ground to assess the movements and strength of the Egyptian rebels. Fresh from a scouting mission in South Africa, former army captain Simon Fonthill is kicking his heels in Brecon. When the request from Wolseley comes, Fonthill and his servant, '352' Jenkins, accept the assignment, fully aware of the dangers they will face in hostile terrain without back-up. But they could never have foreseen the bloodshed that awaits them in the desert at Tel el Kebir...Sargasso Skies: Book 5 (Sundered Lands #5)
By Allan Frewin Jones. 2011
Many a windship has foundered on the deadly skyreef known as Sargasso Skies. Our three brave adventurers are on their…
way to Hammerland, home of the sinister steammoles, to find the fifth lost crown: the Crown of Wood. But now they're trapped, at the mercy of savage beasts and the eccentric Count Leopold. When the Count discovers how vital Trundle, Esmeralda and Jack will be in helping to build his amazing opera house, he'll never let them go!Will their quest come to a dismal end amid the wreckage of the Sargasso Skies?Fairy (EDGE: I HERO: Immortals #14)
By Steve Skidmore, Steve Barlow. 2019
Exciting, choose-your-own-destiny adventure story in which YOU are the hero!In Fairy, you are a captain in the Fairy Guard. You…
are called upon to protect the magical land of Mab from an Evil Elf, who has stolen your land's protective magic: the golden casket. Will you be able to save Mab from a horrible fate? It's up to you to choose your path... In each adventure the reader makes a choice that affects how the story progresses - it really is 'decide-your-own-destiny!Reading Age 6-8 years, Interest Range 7-10 years and printed using a font approved by the British Dyslexia AssociationWritten by the award-winning duo Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore (more commonly known as the 2Steves).Mr Penguin and the Catastrophic Cruise: Book 3 (Mr Penguin #3)
By Alex T. Smith. 2020
From the international bestselling creator of Claude comes a hero like no other: Mr Penguin. Indiana Jones meets Hercule Poirot…
in this series from Alex T. Smith. Mr Penguin is boarding a luxury cruise ship. He doesn't like water, and he can't swim, but his friend Colin is performing with the Ladies Choir on board - and anyway, Mr Penguin feels like a rest after some busy Adventuring. What's more, fish finger sandwiches are apparently available twenty-four hours a day. Heaven! But despite the glamorous film stars and party atmosphere, Mr Penguin can't help but feel that something shifty is happening on board. And when he befriends a young stowaway with a mystery of her own to solve, he soon finds that Adventures are lying in wait after all ...This is the third Mr Penguin book with plenty of slapstick humour, mystery and adventure. Highly illustrated throughout with a striking black and orange design.Praise for Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure:'Addictive slapstick' - Guardian'The perfect introduction to mystery stories' - ScotsmanHave you read them all? 1. Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure2. Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets3. Mr Penguin and the Catastrophic CruiseWildfire at Midnight: The classic thriller you will not be able to put down
By Mary Stewart. 1956
The tense, twisty murder mystery which will have you on the edge of your seat, from the author of Madam,…
Will You Talk? /font size> 'Mary Stewart is magic' New York Times Following a heart-breaking divorce, Gianetta retreats to the Isle of Skye hoping to find tranquillity in the island's savage beauty. But shortly before her arrival a girl's body is found on the craggy slopes of the looming Blue Mountain, and with the murderer still on the loose, there's nothing to stop him from setting his sights on Gianetta next . . .Praise for Mary Stewart:'There are few to equal Mary Stewart' Daily Telegraph'One of the great British storytellers of the 20th century' Independent'A natural successor to Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte' Guardian'Total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors' Harriet Evans'She set the benchmark for pace, suspense and romance - with a great dollop of escapism as the icing' Elizabeth BuchanWhat readers have said about Wildfire at Midnight:'Could not put the book down, from start to finish! Absolutely brilliant! A great writer. Thank you Mary Stewart''I've read and re-read it countless times . . . wonderful setting for the plot, evocative and captivating writing, I love this book''If you like a beautiful heroine with pluck, a handsome hero, danger and strong descriptive passages this is a book for you''A fabulous fast paced read . . . Stewart keeps you guessing to the very end with a doozy of a nail-biting finish set amongst the swirling mists, shifting bogs and the rocky crags of the Cuillin'Crocodile River
By Geoffrey Malone. 2000
Visiting his uncle's cattle station in the Australian outback, Tom is thrilled when old Sam offers to take him and…
his cousin, Greg, walkabout. But trekking through the wilderness, the trio are appalled to stumble across an illegal drug laboratory experimenting on animals. Suddenly their lives are in jeopardy. Greg is captured, and Sam must forge onwards in an attempt to get help. Tom finds himself alone under the unforgiving sun, his food supplies dwindling. Meanwhile the lab workers plot to flee the country, and to dispose of Greg along the way.But the outback holds dangers that even scheming criminals cannot avoid. Kyrek the crocodile watches from the riverbed, assessing his prey. And when finally they take to the water, Kyrek moves in for the kill ...Merion of the Stones: Book 3 (Destiny's Path #3)
By Allan Frewin Jones. 2009
Branwen must bravely follow destiny's path even when it leads her into the enemy's stronghold ...Her next task from the…
Shining Ones is to rescue an ancient god trapped in a Saxon prison. But the trail leads into the heart of Saxon territory, and she and her followers face their greatest challenge yet ... until she learns that she is being hunted by the most feared warrior of all Scandinavia. Surrounded by danger, it is the worst time for her loyal band to splinter. But as Branwen seeks to outgrow her mentor, tensions within her band are growing. In her darkest hour, can Branwen remain on destiny's path?Kimba
By Geoffrey Malone. 1998
Born among the rocks of M'goma Hill, Kimba is nurtured by his mother, fierce, tender Sabba. She teaches him the…
ways of the plains - the merciless hunt for food, the endless dangers from hyenas, leopards, crocodiles and rival lions. But when strange lions wrestle the pride away from his sire, Black Mane, Kimba must flee for his life to face the struggle for survival alone. Slowly, painfully, he grows fiercer and stronger: ready at last to challenge for leadership of his old pride and to confront lion's greatest enemy - humans.Traitor's Blood: Book 1 of The Civil War Chronicles (Stryker)
By Michael Arnold. 2010
Traitor's Blood, the first in The Civil War Chronicles, Michael Arnold's acclaimed series of historical thrillers, sees battle-scarred hero Captain…
Stryker, 'the Sharpe of the Civil War', confront his nemesis. 'Stands in comparison with the best of Cornwell' Yorkshire PostOnce seen in the heat of battle, Captain Stryker is never forgotten. A hardened veteran of the wars in the Low Countries, he has come home to England to seek revenge on the man who left him for dead and scarred him for life.Stryker is driven by loyalty rather than conviction to serve King Charles's cause. He has no truck with aristocracy, preferring the company of a handful of trusted men, including sometime actor Lancelot Forreseter and his foul-mouthed sergeant, Skellen. But when the existence of a dangerous spy at the heart of the Royalist establishment is discovered, it is Stryker whom Prince Rupert chooses to capture the man before he realises the game is up.Lightly armed and with only a handful of men, Stryker must journey across a country riven by bitterness and beset by marauding bands of soldiers in a race against time. But unbeknown to Stryker, someone else is also closing in on his quarry, someone whom Stryker has sworn to kill: Captain Eli Makepeace, his nemesis, the man who nearly destroyed him . . .