Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism

  • Norse Tales

    £11.99

    Enter an ancient world of green glades and glaciers, where gods and goddesses spread their magic whilst rock-giants and mountain-trolls roam. This collection of Norse tales from the award-winning Kevin Crossley-Holland – with Jeffrey Alan Love’s arresting illustrations – will enthral readers of all ages.

  • Nimona

    £15.99

    Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy; Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, the pair are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren’t the heroes everyone thinks they are. But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realises that Nimona’s powers are as murky and mysterious as her past – and her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.

  • The Darkness Within Us

    £9.99

    Chrysantha Stathos has won. By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautiful air-headed girl, she has become a wealthy duchess. And, once her elderly husband dies, she will have all the freedom, money, and safety she’s ever wanted. Or so she thought. A man claiming to be the estranged grandson of Chrysantha’s lecherous late husband has turned up to steal her inheritance. To make matters worse, her little sister is going to be queen and is rubbing it in her face. Chrysantha decides that the only thing to do is upstage Alessandra at her own wedding. And as for this grandson, he has to go. Never mind that he’s extremely handsome and secretive with mysterious powers. No, Chrysantha wants Eryx Demos dead, and in the end, a Stathos girl always gets what she wants.

  • The Invisibles

    £8.99

    In the Land of Magic, children never grow old. Gifted with marvellous powers, they spend their days being taught by the magical books of Library Island. But for one child, this life is not enough, and the call of the Island of Darkness is too strong to ignore. When Grace wakes up in Wasteland, the colourless city where grown-ups live, she no longer remembers the Land of Magic. She doesn’t even remember her own name. Alone and afraid, Grace discovers that Wasteland is no place for a child. A terrifying figure called the Catcher is looking for her, and the only clue to Grace’s past is guarded by a group of mysteriously invisible children, who have branded her a traitor. Can Grace uncover the secret of the invisible children, and find her way back to the Land of Magic, or will she be trapped in Wasteland for good?

  • Rory and the Balloon Bicycles

    £6.99

    Rory the dragon and his best friend Flora share a love of flyling and bicycles, so they are shocked when they discover a mountain of discarded bikes, and appalled when they realise that rust from that mountain is running into the dragon clan’s drinking and gardening water. More and more children start discarding their old, sturdy bikes in favour of brightly-coloured, plastic, inflatable, single-use replacements which look great (they even sort-of fly) but pop easily and cause injuries on impact – facts which are of no concern to Evilyn the Entrepreneur. It’s up to Rory and Flora to put an end to Evilyn’s schemes and repair and recycle all the damaged old bikes, before anyone gets seriously hurt.

  • How to Be a Viking

    £7.99

    This is a story about a little Viking who cannot fit in. Unlike his dad, Stoick the Vast, Hiccup is tiny, thoughtful and polite and scared of almost everything – especially of going to sea for the very first time. But go he must. So who will save the day when everything goes wrong aboard ship and all the big Vikings lose their cool?

  • Silverborn

    £16.99

    In the magical city of Nevermoor, long-buried secrets are coming to light, and Morrigan Crow’s life is about to turn upside down. When Morrigan is invited into Nevermoor’s wealthy Silver District, she discovers a world of extravagance and a family mystery she’s eager to unravel. She could never imagine where it will lead: a white wedding, a golden dragon and a red pool of blood. Embroiled in suspicion and danger, Morrigan leaps head first into a murder investigation, while also grappling with her ever-growing Wundersmith powers. And although her friends are there to help, she fears that could change if they learn she’s keeping a terrible secret of her own. As shadowy forces awaken in Nevermoor, can Morrigan find a killer and solve the mystery in her own past – before the clock strikes midnight?

  • Doom of the darkwing

    £7.99

    Join Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third and his dragons, Toothless and Windwalker, in their hilarious, hair-raising adventures at the Isle of Berk’s Training School for Vikings and Dragons. Where they are bottom in pretty much everything. Disastrous Lesson Number One: The Art of Battle. It was supposed to be a quiet, sensible lesson. Hiccup never meant to get into trouble. But things take an unexpected turn along the way and Hiccup and his friends soon find themselves adrift on stormy seas, in a sinking ship, facing imminent doom, in one of their biggest adventures ever. Packed with illustrations, action and a highly accessible text, this series is perfect for developing readers, and the millions of ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ fans worldwide.

  • Roswell Johnson saves the world!

    £8.99

    Eleven-year-old Roswell Johnson is obsessed with conspiracies about extra-terrestrial life, an interest he inherited from his late father. When Roswell is accidentally abducted by aliens, his biggest dream comes true – he learns that aliens are real! But when he discovers Earth is in grave danger, he must join forces with a team of quirky extra-terrestrials, including two bickering Grays, a humourless Cyborg, a germophobic Mantis, an overly confident Furgarian, and an over achieving Pleiadean to save his planet from a tyrannical invasion.

Nomad Books