Children's fiction 8-12

  • The 169-storey treehouse

    £7.99

    Lots of laughs on every level in the world’s most awesome treehouse! The thirteenth instalment in the worldwide bestselling Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton.

  • Roar of the hungry beast

    £6.99

    When a mysterious creature starts hounding teachers’ dreams, it’s up to Tito and Neena to save the day – and their friends!

  • Diary of a big bad wolf. Volume 1

    £12.99

    The big, bad wolf hasn’t had a great winter. He’s cold, lonely and hungry. But things are about to change – he’s going to take the Fairytale Woods by storm. But while he knows he’s big and bad, no one else seems to be scared of him, they just keep meddling with his plans – the troll under the bridge, the three annoying pigs, and that pesky Little Red Riding Hood! This is going to take all his brain power and his most cunning smile, to catch Grandma and reclaim his place at the top of the food chain!

  • Lost days

    £9.99

    Do it yourself; think for yourself; be yourself. The iconic, free-spirited, rebellious and bestselling YA graphic novel series, Emily the Strange is a cult classic: perfect for fans of Wednesday and Heartstopper.

  • Pirates of Darksea

    £7.99

    Max and his big brother Christopher have always shared their adventures. In fact for ages they’ve been sneaking down to Galway Bay at the turn of midnight, waiting for Captain O’Malley and his famed pirate ship to take them over the horizon to the magical world of Eighth Sea. Despite their messages, the Captain never arrived and now, two years later, Christopher is in grave danger. It’s not even the sort of danger Max can help with. Christopher is in hospital and getting sicker. Their parents want to take him far, far away for a new treatment, but they don’t have the money. That’s when a very loud, bright red parrot visits Max’s House in Bellflower Lane. Squawk is carrying a message from Captain O’Malley, who needs a new crew member to help with a top secret quest. The reward is treasure beyond Max’s wildest dreams.

  • Yara’s chance to dance

    £7.99

    When Yara joins Shimmer & Shine, a community dance school, she meets lots of other children her age, who are there to either start their training or just for the fun of it. Soon she has a group of ballet besties she loves to dance with. But then Dame Clougston-Wilmott, their grumpy, dance-hating landlady threatens to close the studio. Suddenly it’s up to Yara and her new friends to keep Shimmer & Shine open! Will putting on a performance of The Sleeping Beauty reawaken the Dame’s love for dance? Will Yara have the chance to dance her dream role of Aurora? And most importantly of all, can the ballet besties save their studio? A fun, inclusive and accessible series that will bring the joy of dance to young readers!

  • The Houdini Inheritance

    £7.99

    Meet Sailor, Moses, Wader and Shrimp. A gang of four Victorian children condemned to searching through the sludge under Putney Bridge for anything they can sell to make ends meet – the Mudlarkers! Wader has found a letter in a bottle, washed up on the riverbank. The note is mysterious and confusing and it’s followed by another one the very next day. Who is sending them? Why is Wader the only one who can read them? And what is this magic that he’s being warned of, about to befall the river?

  • The impossible secret of Lillian Velvet

    £8.99

    The fifth in the Bronte Mettlestone series, Lillian Velvet lives with her unpleasant grandmother when one day she is given a jar of coins that take her through time and space, providing answers to questions she didn’t even know about… what exactly is the secret of Lillian Velvet?

  • The dark portal

    £9.99

    In the sewers of Deptford there lurks a dark presence, which fills the tunnels with fear: Jupiter, an evil being who aims to take over the world. Worshipped by the fearsome rats, Jupiter’s dreams could well come true. Can the mice ever survive against such evil? Or have they lost the comfortable world they once knew for ever.