Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction

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  • Rising storm

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    It’s the summer holidays and the S.T.E.A.L.T.H. team is split up. Donna is in the Caribbean visiting family while the boys are bored at home, filling time with computer games – until Sam persuades Arun to pay Donna a surprise visit using MANDROID. At the same time, plans are underway to hijack and destroy an oil platform off the Trinidad coast while a tropical storm rages. With MANDROID the only craft capable of operating in such challenging conditions, S.T.E.A.L.T.H. know they have to act to save the workers on the blazing platform and prevent an environmental catastrophe. Without the backing of MI6, the kids have to go it alone in their most dangerous mission yet.

  • Emerald and the Magic Shell

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    Meet Emerald-the most rebellious princess under the sea!Isadora Moon’s mermaid friend Emerald is learning how to be a princess, but she’d rather be exploring her underwater world with her pet octopus, Inkibelle.In this story, Emerald has a magical mishap during a family camping trip.

  • Birthday Secret

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    Destiny is really looking forward to her cousin Lola’s birthday party. Lola and Destiny love doing everything together! Drawing, dancing, you name it! But when Destiny arrives at the party, things are different. Lola is so busy playing with her friends, she doesn’t have time for Destiny and Destiny can’t help feeling left out. And when Lola receives lots of presents as well as all the attention, Destiny starts to feel jealous. Destiny draws herself a friend in her sketchbook – a gorgeous teddy bear. She can hardly believe it when her aunt gives her a teddy that looks exactly the same and when no one else is around, the teddy talks! Finally someone for Destiny to play with. But while Destiny has fun with the bear, it’s not the same as playing with Lola. Will Destiny be able to join in the party?

  • The great theatre rescue

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    Charley doesn’t mind that she’s had an unconventional childhood. Growing up behind the curtain in London’s West End has been full of excitement. She’s even begun taking a turn on stage. But her dreams of being a performer are shattered when she is sent off to boarding school. On arrival, Charley discovers that the school is a place where the girls are forced to do unpaid work in order to fill the pockets of the owners. With the theatre in peril back home, Charley has no choice but to escape, and to make a dangerous journey along the coast in order to get back to all that she loves, and to save her beloved home.

  • Mirabelle in Witch City

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    Mirabelle is special because she is different. Her mum is a witch and her dad is a fairy and she LOVES getting up to magical mischief. In the hustle and bustle of Witch City, Mirabelle and best friend Carlotta get separated from their school group. What are they going to do? Make mischief, of course! Bright lights, big city, here they come.

  • This Is a Gift for You

    £8.99

    A stunning companion to the best-selling and beloved The Wonderful Things You Will Be, this picture book celebrates how we say “I love you” with gifts as heartfelt as a daisy, as magical as a dream, and as comforting as a place to belong. It is a poetic tribute to the simple joys of life and nature, and a reminder that the greatest gift we have is time spent together.

  • The cat and the king

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    Nick Sharratt’s fabulously funny début novel is illustrated throughoutwith his irresistible wit and humour. The King and his catmust find a new home when their castle burns down in an UnfortunateIncident with a dragon. The King discovers lots of new experiences,from washing-up to shopping – then danger looms when the dragonmakes its return!

  • Ember Spark and the frost phoenix

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    This is a magical story where feisty character, Ember Spark, trains as an apprentice to a vet for magical creatures…

  • Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters

    £5.99

    Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, she’s an engineer, and engineering is all about perseverance! But, sometimes, Rosie has a really important project to tackle – one that feels much bigger than her. This is one of those times. Rosie’s beloved Aunt Rose and her pals make up the Raucous Riveters – a gaggle of fun-loving gals who built airplanes together during WWII. When one of their own, June, is injured and can’t paint in the town’s annual mural competition, it’s up to Rosie to design a painting contraption to assist. After various flops, Rosie starts to lose hope. But, thanks to some help from two classmates (and one neighbour who may not be as mysterious as she seems), Rosie creates the Paintapoolza! June gets to paint a mural and, together, the Riveters and their new friends rediscover the meaning of home.