Children's fiction 8-12

  • Quest Kids and the Dark Prophecy of Doug

    £9.99

    It’s been six months since the Quest Kids?Ned, Terra, Gil, Boulder, and Ash?saved a village from a furious dragon (no big deal) and turned their questing efforts toward finding Ned’s parents. But when the crew notices a serious sense of doom and gloom across the Seven Kingdoms, they set out in search of Doug, whose mysterious Dark Prophecy has the potential to send the world into even more dire darkness and dread. With help from new and old friends, the Quest Kids sail through stormy seas, vacation on the newly rebranded Contentment Island, and venture into the Forsaken Lands to find Doug, whose wicked tunes and even wickeder plans are in full force. Can the Quest Kids get it together to counter Doug’s plans and find Ned’s parents?or must they watch as a triumphant Doug surfs on waves of fire and fulfills his terrible prophecy?

  • Wonka

    £7.99

    This is the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker becomes the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. Based on the major motion picture – an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humour – ‘Wonka’ introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

  • The lightning thief

    £8.99

    Look, I never asked to be the song of a Greek god, I was just a normal kid – until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. Percy Jackson is having a bad week. His life has gone from totally normal to monsters-from-Greek-mythology-randomly-appearing kind of strange. Worse still, the king of the gods thinks Percy has stolen his all-powerful lightning bolt – and it seems making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to catch the true lightning thief and stop all-out war from erupting on Mount Olympus.

  • The ice children

    £12.99

    The Ice Children is a modern fairytale adventure celebrating the magic and wonder of winter by the award-winning, bestselling author of Adventures on Trains and Twitch and Beetle Boy M. G. Leonard. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Snow Queen’, this is perfect for boys and girls of 8-12. Illustrated throughout by Penny Neville-Lee.

  • The incredible adventures of Gaston le Dog

    £12.99

    Gaston le Dog longs to return to the beautiful beach he remembers from years ago. So he sets off on an adventure – but mystery and danger lurk at every turn, and Gaston will need all the help he can get from the friends he meets along the way. But can they all be trusted? And will Gaston’s odyssey bring him everything he hoped for?

  • Dragon daughter

    £8.99

    Servant girl Milla witnesses a murder and discovers four strange eggs. Dragon eggs! Her world is turned completely upside down as she finds herself living a secret life in the palace caring for a dragon alongside her former masters. But with unrest and rioting in the town, Milla starts to wonder if keeping the dragons a secret is really the right idea and what role her unknown past might play in it all. Perhaps the dragons are the one thing that can bring all the warring factions together once and for all.

  • Search for the ice chaffy!

    £6.99

    Max and Chaffy can’t wait to search for more CHAFFIES. And today is a very SPECIAL day – a snow day! So, a SURPRISE visitor has arrived to look for one of the rarest chaffies of all, and YOU CAN HELP!