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Apollo Salvatoir is a fun and fast-paced coming-of-age saga that follows the lives of two children as they discover their destinies. Apollo Enrico Salvatoir was born into a life of privilege and fame. A growing business empire leads his father to hand off responsibility for raising Apollo to strangers who may not have Apollo’s best interest at heart. Apollo’s friend, a girl named Ling, comes from a family that is obsessed with the Salvatoirs and has a mysterious past. These best friends find themselves abandoned in a foreign land that is not as safe as the one they grew up in.

This is a fully dramatized audio presentation - hear every individual character's voice, sense every sound effect, feel the drama with every beat of the musical score! 1880: The city of Philadelphia has been invaded by an army of faceless, alien machines. Burning everything in their path and abducting people by the hundreds, no one knows where they come from, or their ultimate plan. The fate of the city falls to one teen girl, Greer Walker, whose love of fantasy stories gives her an uncanny insight into the horde's true origin, and their shocking, fatal weakness.

Cymbeline Igloo is bored. Bored of home learning, bored of lockdown, bored of not being able to do anything. And to make things even worse, his mum accidentally gave away his favourite football shirt. But then Mrs Stebbings, the beloved school cook, is taken into hospital, and suddenly coronavirus seems much closer to home. When Cym starts a project all about Mrs Stebbings’ childhood in World War II, he can’t know that it’s the beginning of something incredible and even dangerous.

Are you a fan of Stranger Things, Goonies, and The Explorers? If this is you, Small Town Kids will not disappoint. The first of several stories is about a small group of preteen friends determined to make their little town a better place…no matter where you’re from. If you like secret government conspiracies, rogue scientific groups, extraterrestrials, 1980s nostalgia, action/adventure, or science fiction, then this is for you. This is the first of several stories to come.

An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history. So when Ming is thrust back in time to Belgium during WWI, only to be rescued from a burning cellar by Marie -- an...

1945. War has ended, but for sisters Isobel and Flora, the struggles still continue. They've lost their father, had their home destroyed in a bombing raid and now they must go to live with their aunt and her awful husband, Mr Godfrey, in their ancestral home of Splint Hall. From the moment of their arrival, it seems that this is a place shrouded in mysteries and secrets. Who are the strange men who arrive with packages at night? What is the source of the strange blue sparks coming from the ground? And why do the locals seem to hate their family so much?

Deux petits orphelins sont recueillis par un brave sergent, Moutier et son chien Capitaine. Toute cette gentille équipe trouve refuge chez Mme Blidot qui tient avec sa sœur Elfy l'auberge de l'Ange-gardien. Commence alors une aventure qui mêlera un général excentrique mais généreux, un soldat à la recherche de ses enfants disparus et un petit garçon maltraité par son maître. Cette version sonore des aventures de Jacques, Paul et de leurs amis est animée par dix voix et accompagnée de près de trente morceaux de musique classique.

When mysterious footprints appear in the Stockholm snow, 10-year-old Kara must discover where they've come from - and who they belong to. They lead Kara to Rebecca, a 13-year-old Jewish girl, and her younger brother, Samuel. Kara realises they are refugees - from another time, World War Two - and are trying to find their way home. The grief and loneliness that Rebecca and Samuel have endured is something Kara can relate to - feeling like you're always on the outside looking in - and she finds herself compelled to help them. 

Beautiful and full of adventure, Escape to the River Sea is Emma Carroll's compelling novel inspired by Eva Ibbotson's bestselling, classic masterpiece, Journey to the River Sea. 'Unputdownable storytelling. I loved it.' - Hilary McKay, Costa Award-winning author of The Skylark's War In 1946...

Join brave little Nell and her beloved companion Cave Bear in this second delightful adventure from renowned illustrator Martin Brown (The Horrible Histories). Praise for NELL AND THE CAVE BEAR: "A charming and comforting read" The Scotsman "Ideal for newly independent readers" Booktrust Nell...

Before he was commodore in the US Navy, before sailing for Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin, before he fought in the Revolutionary War and escaped from the redcoat prison, Joshua Barney was a boy. And he wanted to sail. Joshua began sailing at age 12 and worked his way to second mate of a cargo ship by age 15. When the first mate jumps ship and his captain dies, Joshua assumes command of a leaky ship and a headstrong crew. To prove to himself, his family, and the world that he was meant to be a sailor, Joshua has to save the ship, deliver his cargo, and unite his men.

Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story by debut children's author, Annelise Gray.

From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winning author Kwame Alexander, comes a searing and breathtaking story of a boy, a village, and the epic odyssey of an African family. In his village in Upper Kwanta, 11-year-old Kofi loves his family, playing oware with his grandfather and...

Amunet es una niña que vive en El Cairo con sus padres y su perrito Bisu. Una mañana cuando va a dar de comer a su cachorro, en vez de a su perrito se encuentra con un señor gordito y calvo con bigote que le dice: -Mi nombre es Bes, aunque tú y tu familia me llamáis Bisu. En realidad, no soy ningún perro, soy un dios menor que desde hace siglos tiene como misión proteger a los niños de todo mal. Me envía Isis la diosa egipcia, que necesita que la ayudes a proteger a su marido Osiris de una conspiración para matarle.

Thirteen-year-old Jacob Mandel has it all: a loving family and a nice home. But nothing prepared him for what happened when the Nazis took his entire family away to a concentration camp. Miraculously, he escapes and survives by clinging to the one thing that gives him hope: his faith. But when he falls into the hands of the Hitler Youth, he discovers they have a secret.... When the Edelweiss Pirates come across a death train packed with Jewish prisoners bound for a concentration camp, they do the unthinkable…but at what cost?

WINNER ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER READERS 'Fans of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events will eat up Withering-by-Sea' -- Shelf Awareness High on a cliff above the gloomy coastal town of Withering-by-Sea stands the Hotel Majestic. Inside the walls of the damp, dull hotel...

Christopher finally uncovers the Raven’s identity in this sixth novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series. The stakes are higher than ever when the Raven sets Christopher up for a horrible crime, leading him to be locked away in London’s most notorious prison. This terrible act is the...

THE MAGICAL CONCLUSION TO STELLA MONTGOMERY'S AWARD-WINNING STORY 'the perfect conclusion to a wonderfully quirky Victorian fantasy series' -- Pages & Pages Stella Montgomery is in disgrace. The Aunts have sent her to Wakestone Hall, a grim boarding school where the disobedient are tamed and the...

THE MUCH-AWAITED SEQUEL TO THE RUNAWAY BESTSELLER WITHERING-BY-SEA 'you won't be disappointed. Wormwood Mire is another page-turner.' -- Kids' Book Review When Stella Montgomery returned to the Hotel Majestic cold and wet but exhilarated by adventure, the Aunts were furious. Now they are sending...

Bloomsbury presents When The War Came Home by Lesley Parr, read by Maya Grant. WINNER: Wales Book of the Year 2023 A STIRRING HISTORICAL MYSTERY SET IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE VALLEY OF LOST SECRETS The First World War has ended, but it hasn’t gone away...