Children's fiction 8-12

  • Michael the incredible super-sleuth sausage dog

    £6.99

    Being a su-paw-star isn’t working out quite like Michael had planned. So when Susan the Labrador gets kidnapped, Michael jumps at the chance to increase his TV ratings and wow his fans by becoming not just a mind-reading sausage dog, but a detective mastermind as well – oh, and he should probably try and save Susan from her kidnappers too.

  • The beast of Farrowfell

    £7.99

    Jude Ripon has been gifted a fresh new start. For the last four months, she and her older sister Morley have been living with the Weston family. Jude is going to school every day, eating her vegetables and doing her homework. For the first time, Jude’s life seems normal. But adventure is calling her name. While unravelling their family’s illegal dealings with raw magic, Jude and Morley discovered a seedy side to the Consortium. They are eager to bring about justice, in their own way, through a series of heists. But in their escapades, they find something far darker bubbling in Farrowfell. Reports of a strange, menacing beast are inciting terror. Could it be connected to the resurfacing of raw magic and the devious dealings of the Ripons? Can Jude, Morley and the Westons band together to save Farrowfell?

  • Goth Girl and the sinister symphony. 4

    £7.99

    A beautiful fresh cover for the Costa Award-winning Goth Girl series. Ada and her friends solve a musical mystery in the fourth book in the series Goth Girl and the Sinister Symphony.

  • Goth Girl and the fete worse than death. 2

    £7.99

    A beautiful fresh cover for the second title in Chris Riddell’s Costa Award-winning Goth Girl series: Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death. Illustrated in black and white thoughout, full of adventure and dark humour, it is perfect for children aged 8 to 11!

  • Foxlight

    £7.99

    Fen and Rey were found curled up small and tight in the fiery fur of the foxes at the very edge of the wildlands. Fen is loud and fierce and free. She feels a connection to foxes and a calling from the wild that she’s desperate to return to. Rey is quiet and shy and an expert on nature. She reads about the birds, feeds the lands and nurtures the world around her. They are twin sisters. Different and the same. Separate and connected. They will always have each other, even if they don’t have a mother and don’t know their beginning. But they do want answers. Answers to who their mother is and where she might be. What their story is and how it began. So when a fox appears late one night at the house, Fen and Rey see it as a sign – it’s here to lead them to their truth, find their real family and fill the missing piece they have felt since they were born. But the wildlands are exactly that: wild.

  • Goth Girl and the ghost of a mouse. 1

    £7.99

    A beautiful cover look for the paperback edition of Chris Riddell’s Costa Award-winning first book in the Goth Girl series Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse.

  • Goth Girl and the wuthering fright. 3

    £7.99

    A beautiful fresh cover design for Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright with Ada and her friends at Ghastly-Gorm Hall in the third book in the Costa Award-winning Goth Girl series.

  • Skandar and the chaos trials

    £14.99

    The third instalment in the biggest fantasy series for readers age 9+ since Harry Potter is available for pre-order now!
     

  • Betty Steady and the toad witch

    £6.99

    Prepare to lick the toenails of adventure! Betty Steady’s faster than an angry goose and stronger than an ogre in yoga pants and she DON’T NEED NO STINKING HELP FROM NO ONE! But can she prevent the Toad Witch from attacking Wobbly Rock?

    The funniest young fiction debut of 2024, for readers of Mr Gum and Grimwood!

  • Starminster

    £7.99

    Take flight on this beautifully-written, epic and soaring new adventure, perfect for fans of Abi Elphinstone, Aisling Fowler, A. F. Steadman and Pari Thompson.

  • Tiny Dogs: Bea’s secret friends

    £7.99

    Bea and her mum are moving in with her grandparents, which will mean a new school, new friends, and big changes for Bea. All Bea can remember about Granny and Grandad’s house is their big, beautiful garden with its colourful flowers and secret hide-and-seek spots, but when Bea and her mum arrive, the garden has grown sad and neglected. The wild garden feels like the perfect place for Bea to hide away from all the changes in her life, but when she hears a strange noise in the long grass, she can’t quite believe what she finds.