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Four ducks are tired of their small pond and set out for an adventure in the big lake. Walking at the back, Eric isn’t sure. He’s heard there’s a monster in the lake, but his friends don’t believe a word of that old story! Eric reluctantly tags along, only to make a startling discovery and find himself in a wonderful underwater adventure.
Layla Fitzpatrick lives a simple life, for a werewolf. And that’s just how she likes it. Her childhood was less than ideal. She’d like to spend her adult years flying under the radar of more powerful preternatural creatures. Because she knows from experience what happens when they notice you. Everything changes one early summer night when she attends a ritual bonding ceremony meant to join two werewolves together for life. Midway through, the spell becomes corrupted and she finds herself unexpectedly mated to the stuffiest shifter she’s ever laid eyes on. Michael Kolbeck is more man than wolf. He spends his days in a skyscraper, building his family’s empire. At night, he prowls the streets of Boston, a city where shifters, witches, and vampires walk a delicate tightrope of ceasefire masquerading as peace. Little do they know that Layla’s arrival will act as the spark that ignites the fire, and that thin veneer of peace is about to vanis
Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth book in the series, will revisit the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
The final book in the Sunday Times bestselling Off the Ice series, from TikTok smash hit author Bal Khabra.
The people of Yrred are scared to death of monsters. Angry citizens have promised to deal with them once and for all. And a new rule bans books about monsters from the library, leading quickly to more sinister threats. Frank and his monster friends must stay hidden. Frank knows the monsters have good hearts – like his own monster inside – but their community is in terrible danger. A showdown between monsters and humans is inescapable. And Frank must decide what to say and what to keep inside.
Claris loves the ballet! When Claris spies a dancer who dreams of being onstage, she’s determined to help. But if new pointe shoes and a featherlight tutu don’t do the trick, what will?
From robot animals and micro-computers to space exploration and sci-fi toilets, this fun, fact-packed book immerses readers aged 8+ in the science of the future.
Harper’s life just exploded. Her parents are getting a divorce and eleven-year-old Harper and her mother are starting again-in a cramped house, in a new town, where everything feels unfamiliar, including the riding stables next door. Harper has never been around horses before. And no, she does not want to learn to ride. Then a truck dumps a starved and neglected horse right in Harper’s yard. One look at the horse’s huge eyes and skinny body and something inside Harper unlocks. She names the horse Phoenix, and she will not give up on him. Neither, it turns out, will Phoenix give up on her. Will this be Harper’s first step towards new friends? Towards riding?
Solve the puzzle. Save the world. Simple, right? Step into the shoes of Arlo Banks, and return to a world of secrets and spies and dastardly puzzles. Arlo must use all his skill and cunning to solve murders, catch killers and – just maybe – stop the end of the world. You choose what path you take, what puzzles you solve, and what answers you choose in this interactive high-stakes mystery.
Moving on from a traumatic experience, Yoohee has opened up her own Plant Shop to start afresh. Rows of plants, meticulously arranged like soldiers, thrive under her green fingers; sunlight filters through the windows at just the right angle making every leaf shimmer with health. It is a plant-lovers’ sanctuary, where peperomias and marigolds bloom, while the air itself is like an elixir of peace. Yoohee welcomes her customers, eager to share her tips, while scolding anyone attempting to caress an unfurling bloom, let alone snap off a stem. But as night falls, the soothing atmosphere transforms as Yoohee takes her shovel and hoe, and vanishes into her moonlit garden. In the shadows, she scatters the remains of the day – some finely ground powder and occasionally, the bloody remnants of an unfortunate encounter. Just as Yoohee thinks the past is buried, a young and determined police inspector comes knocking.
It’s time for a change, so Dominic packs his collection of hats and heads out. He encounters members of the Doomsday Gang, but easily foils their attempt to rob him. Legend of Dominic’s victory quickly spreads, and each new friend he meets tells him of their meeting with the villains, and asks for help. But can one lone dog bring down an entire band of hooligans.
Gawain the goose is devoted to King Basil the bear and takes his job as Chief Guard of the Royal Treasury seriously. But then things start vanishing from the treasure house, and only Gawain and the King have keys. Woe and misery must be borne before the goose’s good name is restored. At last the thief, burdened by guilt, sees them the right thing must be done and determines, heroically, to do it.
Shunned and living in an isolated wood, Sylvie comes across a scrawny, wasted monster named Illican: a local legend, a god made flesh. With their destinies entwined, Sylvie sees an opportunity for redemption, but the woods are watching and nothing goes as planned.
For the first time, a selection of Graham Swift's poems has been collected in a single volume to celebrate his 50 years as a published writer.
Spanning three cities, two women and one hundred years, this is a sweeping story of a patient and everlasting love – and the moments that tie people together forever.
A humorous, swoony and downright terrifying horror romance in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating event and must use her encyclopedic knowledge of the romcom and horror genres to make it as a real-life Final Girl.