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A stunningly imagined, action-packed fantasy adventure for fans of Nevermoor, Neverwhere and Mortal Engines, from bestselling and award-winning author Patrice Lawrence. "A beautifully written book, bristling with...

Everyone at the Royal Court was so excited today - the marvellous Frost Fair has come to London, and we all went ice skating! But there was a terrible discovery when the body of a man was found at the edge of the frozen river.Why was he killed, and what...

The year is 1921. Ireland has been at war for two years. Communities are torn apart by bitter hatred - and now a hard border splits the island. In Belfast, Helen's Hope hostel is a progessive space where young women live and work together - a haven of...

There were three men and two women . . . One had half a face. One had iron legs. The others all had one or both arms missing. There were pincers and claws and guns instead. And you could hear them ticking. Ticking all the time.When Sheba the wolfgirl...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692420683Author Seth KastleFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Tall Tale PressPublisher Tall Tale Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsSydney Taylor Notable Book.Book InformationISBN 9781541578876Author Tammar SteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Lerner Publishing GroupPublisher Lerner Publishing...

History, myth and legend collide in this full-colour illustrated storybook of the animated feature Brendan and the Secret of Kells. Twelve-year-old Brendan's life in the monastery at Kells is not very exciting until Aidan arrives. Suddenly life is one...

From the winner of the Guardian Children's Prize, comes a story of Medieval times, told from an entirely new perspective. Gatty the village girl - steadfast, forthright, innocent and wise - has never been further than her own village. But when she is is...

There is much excitement at court as the famous painter Levina Teerlimc arrives to paint the Queen's portrait. The Maids of Honour are recruited to help entertain the Queen during the sittings, and to pose for the painter whilst the Queen is busy. They...

A brand new edition of the vintage children's classic by Rosemary Sutcliff. First published in 1951 and now re-issued by Manderley Press, with an introduction by Lara Maiklem and a specially commissioned front cover and illustrations by Isabel Greenberg...

ECPA award winner 2023 - Best fiction cover Set in the early industrial revolution and the great canal building age, a young Jane Austen takes on the role of detective as she seeks to solve the mysterious events at the Oxford canal terminus. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Scottish Children's Book Awards: Older Readers 2015.Book InformationISBN 9781846471858Author Joan LingardFormat PaperbackImprint Catnip Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Scottish Children's Book Awards: Older Readers 2015.Book InformationISBN 9781846471858Author Joan LingardFormat PaperbackImprint Catnip Publishing...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps _______________ Ideal for readers aged 7+ Down at the theatre, Sam is about to star in Shakespeare's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665919357Author Robin StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

What he hears will change everything. Egged on by his wife, he decides to kill in order to gain the Scottish crown. How many people will have to die in Macbeth's pursuit of power? With armies, ghosts and magic against him, will Macbeth survive in this...

Theodosia Throckmorton has an extraordinary ability: she can sense ancient magic. This is most useful, as she spends her life fighting curses in the London Museum of Legends and Antiquities, where her father is head curator of a vast collection of...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps ____________________ Menes is training as a scribe in the local temple, and to earn extra money to help his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553510881Author Mary Pope OsborneFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Random House USA Children's BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

The Queen and her Maids of Honour are spending the summer at a nobleman's estate, where a new manor house is being built. But the work has to stop when a mysterious spook appears. Could the ghost of a murdered Earl be haunting the site of his death?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338317381Author Lauren TarshisFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 132mm *...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps _______________ Ideal for readers aged 7+ North America, 1009. The conquering Vikings are delighted to...

Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities. But it is still a shock when a few careless words...

Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities. But it is still a shock when a few careless words...

Eight-year-old Jack and his little sister, Annie, are playing in the woods during their summer holiday, when they find a mysterious tree house full of books. But these are no ordinary books . . . And this is no ordinary tree house . . .Morgan le Fay -...

The gripping sequel to Prisoner of Night and Fog. The epic tale of one young woman racing to save the man she loves during one of history's darkest hours. For fans of The Book Thief and Beneath a Scarlet Sky.' 'It's terrifying and incredible to think how...

At the start of book 2 in the Tales of Rome series, we find 13-year-old Bryn working a baker's shop in Rome but still dreaming of returning to his British homeland. Nero has been emperor for ten years and many fear him. Nero particularly dislikes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990035050Author Gay BuckinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint OneTree House LtdPublisher OneTree House Ltd

Take a journey from the distant past into a future to be imagined with this gorgeous debut picture book whose gradated pages reflect the passage of time.Hundreds of millions of years ago, land took shape. Millions of years ago, dinosaurs lived on Earth...

It's World War 2. Seventeen year-old Max meets a Romani girl from a circus who he falls in love with. But love between a member of the Hitler Youth and a gypsy is forbidden - as events tear them apart, can their love survive?About the AuthorSarah...

From the million-copy-selling author of The Roman Mysteries comes the third whip-cracking adventure in this award-winning series.When P.K. is suddenly abducted, he fears he's going to be thrown in the river to drown. In fact, he's about to get a new case...

Join two best friends as history is made in 1585. When Nell and Kat - who work in rivalling courts - meet by chance, an unlikely friendship blossoms. But tensions are high and the rivalry between Elizabeth I and Mary...

The Siege of Macindaw is the sixth thrilling book in John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series - over eight million sold worldwide.A renegade knight has captured Castle Macindaw, poisoning the royal family and conspiring to overthrow the Kingdom. The...

A thriller set in ancient Egypt between 1351-1354 BC. Tutmose and Ibrim's father, the animal dealer, is commanded by the new pharaoh Akhenaten, to bring him animals - lots of animals - for his new capital city. The boys' father is delighted. But he has...

Travel back in time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie in this #1 bestselling series and meet the greatest warriors of all--the Romans!We are warriors! Jack and Annie have met knights, pirates, ninjas, and Vikings, but they have never met the...

King Rollo is the adorable, bearded, kingly creation of David McKee. After the publication of his bestselling mini hardback stories, King Rollo went on to star in his own animation series, narrated by Ray Brooks. This slipcase contains four favourite...

The first figure raises his crossbow, tilting his head to pinpoint the exact position of the thing in the bushes. It has stopped running now, and is muttering something. Some kind of prayer, a call for its mother, its father: anyone who might help it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147515650Author Jonathan W. StokesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665919432Author Robin StevensFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375813658Author Mary Pope OsborneFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm)...