Hodder Children's Books

  • School for thieves

    £7.99

    12-year-old Gabriel is a brilliant pickpocket, a skill which he uses to keep his often empty belly not quite so empty. And then one day, he’s caught. But instead of being arrested, he is invited by the mysterious Caspian Crook to attend Crookhaven – a school for thieves. At Crookhaven, students are trained in lock-picking, forgery and ‘crim-nastics’, all with the intention of doing good out in the world, by conning the bad and giving back to the innocent. But can you ever really trust a thief? With a school wide competition to be crowned Top Crook and many mysteries to uncover, Gabriel’s first year at Crookhaven will be one to remember.

  • Nightspark

    £7.99

    Having escaped from the half-bombed, blackened power station where he was being imprisoned, 12-year-old Luke is finally reunited with his family above ground. But not everyone made it out of the power station, and the guilt over his friends left behind is eating Luke alive. With the help of ghost-girl named Alma and his friend Jess, Luke will have to face his past and confront his deepest fear, to try to save Ravi, the friend who was there for him in his darkest hours.

  • Indigo Wilde and the Unknown Wilderness

    £5.99

    On Thursday, the doorbell rings at Indigo Wilde’s house on Jellybean Crescent. It’s a moon bear – an enormous winged bear covered with stars, the rarest of all rare creatures. The bear tells Indigo that her parents were studying it in its habitat in the Unknown Wilderness – and now they’ve vanished. Indigo and her brother Quigley head off to rescue their parents. On their journey they come across many magical and extraordinary new creatures, but their parents are nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, there are other people studying the wildlife in the Unknown Wilderness. But do the people Indigo and Quigley meet really have the best intentions? Or are they capturing the magical creatures for their own gain?

  • The wildstorm curse

    £7.99

    13-year-old Kallie Tamm can’t wait to spend a week of her summer holidays at the Wildstorm Theatre Camp: she’s determined not to let her dyslexia hold her back from achieving her dream of becoming a playwright. The finale of the whole week is a performance in the local village theatre. But as soon as she arrives, Kallie discovers that the cast will be performing a play written by a 17th Century witch, Ellsabet Graveheart, and strange, scary things start happening. Unbeknown to Kallie, a dark shadow is stirring in the woodland near Wildstorm: an ancient and dangerous creature has awoken from a centuries old slumber, and he’s out for revenge, putting Kallie and all of her new friends in grave danger.

  • A Tricky Kind of Magic

    £7.99

    What if Cooper could see his dad again? Cooper is brilliant at magic tricks. Card tricks, clever illusions – he can do them all. His dad, also known as the Great Eduardo, taught him the tricks of the magical trade before he passed away. But the one thing Cooper can’t do is see his dad again. So when a talking rabbit appears from his dad’s top hat, and reveals there is a place where Cooper might find him, he jumps at the chance. Magic is about believing the impossible, after all. And Cooper desperately wants to believe that he can see his dad once more. But what – and who – is waiting for them in the Land where Magic goes Wrong?

  • A Million to One

    £7.99

    Four friends have stolen aboard the Titanic. They’re after the Rubaiyat – a book inlaid with priceless jewels. Josefa is a charismatic thief, Hinnah a daring acrobat, Violet an outstanding actress and Emilie a talented artist. It is Josefa’s plan, but she needs all of their skills. Despite their very different backgrounds, in a world of first-class passengers and suspicious crew members, the girls must work together to pull off the heist of their lives. But careless mistakes, old grudges and new romances threaten to jeopardise everything they’ve worked towards.

  • The Heartstopper Yearbook

    £14.99

    Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. This joyful trip into the LGBTQ+ world of ‘Heartstopper’ is the perfect gift for anyone who loves the graphic novels or Netflix TV series from Alice Oseman, bestselling author and winner of the YA Book Prize.

  • The Magic of Flight

    £14.99

    Our skies are full of life! From bats and birds to bees and beetles, the air around us is buzzing with amazing flying creatures. Explore how and why animals fly, and the many ways in which this incredible ability has helped them flourish on our beautiful planet.