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Eleven-year-old Bramble unearths a scarlet mask in her grandpa'smagical emporium. When she tries it on she becomes a notorious highwayman,Diamond Jack. It seems Bramble has been chosen for a mission:stand and deliver!

The world's worst-behaved immortals are at it again! Meet Vesper,the bossy, football-mad daughter of Elliot Hooper, and super-brightAster, son of Constellation, Virgo. Off they head to the Mayaunderworld, where Kizin and his Lords and Ladies of Death are messingwith astronomy, chocolate and human sacrifice ...

Kitt is a young financier who turns everything he touches togold. Os is a failed methic with a strange talent. But when a terribleaccident causes Lundain to be consumed by toxic feelings,only they can heal the city - but it will cost one of them everything...

Khadija's sister, Talia, has been kidnapped and stolen intothe magical realm of Al-Ghaib. Khadija embarks on a quest to rescueher. But Al-Ghaib, where the sky is emerald green, is a placeof trickery: she will have to have all her wits about her if she'sto outfox her sister's captor ...

When the mysterious Stink appears, there's a fart pandemicin the village - plus, Bogey has morphed into a dangerous, drippingsixty-foot goo monster, attracting the attention of Snotland Yard. Can Frank, Tiffany and the Snozzlers save the day?

Deliah, Sam and Claude follow little sister Amity inside amysterious mansion. But no sooner have they found her than the floorbeneath their feet starts to twist and turn: the house rearrangesitself like a giant Rubik's cube. To escape, they must solvethe puzzle - and the century-old mystery of a girl who disappeared...

Twin sisters, Icari and Sephie, live in a world where magicalgifts are bestowed on a chosen few. Sephie discovers she has twopowers - a crime punishable by death. Then, winged demons stealher to the underworld. Only a pair of wings can bring Icari tosave her twin ... But can a gentle healer learn to fight - and fly?

When a family of ice-cream makers arrive in Orinthia's village- including daughter Jemima - they announce they're enteringtheir ice-cream into the prestigious Golden Udder Awards in Norway. Orinthia and Jemima train a pair of cows to deliver a true show-stopperduring the competition. But someone is determined to sabotagetheir efforts ...

Silvia's Dad loves re-enacting Roman battles on Hadrian's Wall- unfortunately, he's stumbled through a one-way portal back toancient Rome and dragged the whole family along for the ride. Now,the fate of the world rests on Silvia's shoulders ...

Sid is proud to be working on The Titanic while Clara's a stowawayon a much smaller boat, Carpathia, with a dog called Rigel. When disaster strikes it will take all their courage - and thehelp of an even more remarkable sea creature - to answer the callof a sinking ship ...

HIS FEET WERE THE FIRST CLUE ... Casper dreams of swimming the Channel. Surely, he was born to usehis webbed toes ... Instead, he's strictly forbidden to go nearwater. When his parents have an unlucky accident, Casper is sent to staywith a grandmother he's never met - where he discovers his specialtie to the sea ...

It's been months since Levi and Kat rescued their town's forgottenchildren. But now the strangeness has started again: hundreds ofcreepy snowmen pop up across town and a bizzare blizzard hits theday before spring break, trapping the kids in school. And somethingis roaming the darkened halls, something hungry ...

Ajay's wish has come true - he's a news reporter for the paperhe and his friends set up, The Mumbai Sun. But money is tight, sowhen he learns of a cash prize for the first person to find a crashedmeteor, the race is on ...

When high-born Vita's father is murdered in Roman Londinium, Vitais forced to disguise herself as a slave at the gladiator's arena. Here she forges an unlikely bond with Brea, a native Britongladiatrix. Together, they resolve to bring the killer to justicebefore Vita is discovered ...

Alyce's mother has just been burnt at the stake for practicing witchcraft. With only a thin set of instructions and a witch's mommet for guidance, Alyce must face the world that she's been sealed off from -- a world of fear and superstition. With a witch

Frank has a secret: he picks his nose. But when his tower of greeniescomes alive, turning into a terrifying bogey monster thatescapes into the night, he has to catch the creature before thevillagers of Ploppety find out ...

Violet's in her element - cosplay at the ready, she can't wait to feel part of her favourite fandom: The Gallows Dance, a mega book and movie franchise. But when a freak accident transports her into the story for real, can Violet play out the plot the way it was written?

"Tamarind has never met her Indian mother, Chinty, who died shortly after she was born. But when her father remarries, Tamarind is sent to India to stay with the family she has never met, in their atmospheric ancestral home--a huge mansion high in the Himalaya mountains. Her arrival in India brings culture shock, secrets, and unanswered questions: What is the tension between her father and the family, and why will no one talk about her mother? Instead of answers, she is greeted with ominous silence. Taking refuge in the lush gardens one moon-lit night, she follows a friendly monkey to find an abandoned hut and a glowing star ring, and meets Ishta, a mysterious mountain girl. Tamarind unravels the mysteries of the house alongside the search for her own identity"--Provided by publisher.

"Ben and the Greenblooms must protect a mythical new creature rising from the ocean--a creature who can bring either light or darkness to whoever it first meets. Now not even baby dragons can keep Ben and the Greenblooms from heading to California where the vast, mythical Aurelia will appear. It's a race against time to protect it, for if the Aurelia is hurt, all fabulous creatures will vanish from Earth. In the end, though, it may take the arrival of the original silver dragon, Firedrake, to help save them all"--

"It's 1899. The Earl of Gosswater has died, and twelve-year-old Agatha has been cast out of her ancestral home - the only home she has ever known - by her cruel cousin, Clarence. In a tiny tumbledown cottage, she struggles to adjust to her new life and the stranger who claims to be her real father. While adjusting to her new fate, she learns that the shores of Gosswater lake are haunted, and soon comes face to face with the spirit of another young girl who's soul will not rest. Could the ghost of Gosswater hold the key to Aggie's true identity?"--

Sal lives in a haunted house - but as he grows closer to fellow outcast,fan of all things spooky and neighbourhood newcomer, Pax,the true nature of the hauntings is gradually revealed. Will Salfind the courage to conquer his ghosts?

A spellbinding, original and lavishly illustrated horror story for middle-grade readers.Nothing is out of place in the quiet suburban town of Cowslip Grove. But kids have been going missing?and only Levi and Kat notice. It's up to them to save the missing kids before a hidden evil swallows the town whole.

When their magician grandpa is imprisoned in a snow globe, Hedyand Spencer - with cousins Jelly and Max - go on a magical questto free him, with the help and hindrance of ghosts and monsters...

Grieving Orla and her brother go to stay with their gran in Ireland- but soon after they arrive, Gran vanishes. Shadowed by a shape-shiftingdarkness known as the Wild Hunt, the children - and especiallyOrla - must put their sadness behind them if they're torescue their beloved gran.

The third and final book in the middle-grade comedy adventure series by the bestselling author of Who Let the Gods Out.Vi has tried to save the Earth before ... and failed. Now, she faces an even bigger stress: her Gran is seriously ill. But Vi's not ready to give up just yet. She, Gran and the entire family blast off - together - on the rocket-ride of their lives.