Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction

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  • The Witches

    £14.99

    One child a week is 52 a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear. Beware! There are witches everywhere. Witches could be a cashier in a supermarket, a woman driving a fancy car, or even your own teacher. The only thing a witch cares about is squelching children. She hunts and squelches as many children as she possibly can. At least one a week. The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one disappear. Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her. But if their plan fails, the Grand High Witch will frizzle them like fritters, and then what will happen?

  • The Twits

    £14.99

    Mr and Mrs Twit are awful and foul and scheming and sly, always playing horrible tricks on each other. The Twits are so ghastly and evil that they even keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family captive in their garden. But not for much longer! The monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits so that they can escape and put a stop to the frightful pair once and for all!

  • Fantastic Mr Fox

    £14.99

    Mr Fox is a very clever fox – every evening he creeps down into the valley and helps himself to food from the nearby farms. Chickens from Farmer Boggis, ducks and geese from Farmer Bunce, and turkeys from Farmer Bean. But now the farmers have had enough, and together they hatch a plan to get rid of Mr Fox for good! But what they don’t know is Mr Fox has some help, and a fantastic escape plan of his own.

  • The Mountain of Adventure

    £7.99

    Rediscover Enid Blyton's classic adventure with a refreshed retro cover illustrated by Rachael Dean.

  • The Circus of Adventure

    £7.99

    Rediscover Enid Blyton's classic adventure with a refreshed retro cover illustrated by Rachael Dean.

  • The River of Adventure

    £7.99

    Rediscover Enid Blyton's classic adventure with a refreshed retro cover illustrated by Rachael Dean.

  • The Ship of Adventure

    £7.99

    Rediscover Enid Blyton's classic adventure with a refreshed retro cover illustrated by Rachael Dean.

  • Spellhorn

    £8.99

    A blind girl and a unicorn in a world where magic and reality merge together. Can Laura save the Wild Ones and take them to the safety of the Bright Wilderness?

  • Around the World in Eighty Days

    £14.99

    After betting that he could travel across the entire world in just eighty days, Phileas Fogg had better get going! Passing through exotic lands and dangerous places, he and his servant Passeportout seize whatever transportation is at hand – whether train or elephant – in their race against the clock. But with countless surprises along the way and a last-minute setback, will Phileas win his bet?

  • The Happy Prince and Other Stories

    £14.99

    A gorgeous, magical fairy-tale collection that tells the story of (among others) The Happy Prince who was not so happy after all, The Selfish Giant who learned to love little children and The Star Child who did not love his parents as much as he should. Each story shines with poetry and magic, and has been enjoyed by children of all ages for generations.

  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    £14.99

    On the banks of the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Until one fateful night, when they witness a murder. The boys swear never to reveal the secret, and run away to be pirates and search for hidden treasure. But when Tom gets trapped in a cave with the murderer, he’ll need his wits about him to escape unharmed.

  • Pride and Prejudice

    £16.99

    ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen is a timeless novel about love, class and the courage to challenge first impressions. The narrative centres on the reluctance of the sharp-witted Elizabeth Bennet to be forced into a ‘suitable’ marriage, and her equally strong dislike for the enigmatic Mr Darcy, a haughty and unfeeling bachelor. His pride and her prejudices are tried in equal measure until true characters are revealed.

  • The Odyssey

    £14.99

    ‘The Odyssey’ recounts the story of Odysseus’ return to Ithica from the Trojan war, where he encounters Athene, Poseidon, the Cyclops and others before he is reunited with his faithful wife, Penelope.

  • Heidi

    £14.99

    As a young orphan, Heidi is brought to live with her gruff grandfather in the Swiss Alps. There, the bright and cheerful girl soon wins his heart and befriends their neighbours, including the young goatherd, Peter.

  • Goodnight Mister Tom

    £16.99

    Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of WW2. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley – but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mum back in London.

  • The Children of Wolf Rock

    £7.99

    High in the mountains of western Scotland, there is a loch, and on its shores there is a castle, and in that castle there is a school. Stormy Loch Academy is like no other teaching establishment. For one, its headmaster, Major Fortescue, believes in sharing the beauty of the world with his students, so that they will have the courage to fight for it. For Minna, Kass and Tom it proves to be the safe haven from their chaotic home lives, giving them all a chance to breathe freely, and to roam the valleys and lakes on their doorstep. But then they come across Addie, an older ex-student, hiding out in the wild, with only her guitar and her dog for company. At first they believe her stories, but when she goes missing, the lies she has told start to emerge. With Addie at risk, Minna, Kass and Tom must travel to London to uncover her past. The journey is dangerous, especially for those so young.