A sword fighter without a sword, determined to find three keys....
Rupert has been fighting street battles for years, but when his sword breaks, he is desperate to find another blade. Along with the help of Galvin, an old man with a good memory, he retrieves an ancient sword that is protected by three doors. The keys to those doors are scattered across the lands and test any hero to the core.
Will Rupert pass the tests and fetch the keys? Hurry and listen to this fun, engaging story.
It's every brother's worst fear: As Aiden and his sister Meg are walking home from school one day, a van pulls over and Meg is kidnapped. Aiden is the only witness to his sister's disappearance. Why has Meg been kidnapped? As a vendetta against Meg and Aiden's parents? Or is there an even bigger conspiracy at work? While Meg fends off her kidnappers and plans an escape, Aiden must team up with the FBI to find her - tracking down clues only a brother could recognize.
In the next thrilling installment in Gordon Korman's nonstop action-adventure trilogy everyone from the FBI to her brother is searching for the kidnapped Meg Falconer.
When the naïve David Balfour sets out on his quest for a long-lost relative, a terrifying chain of events is set in motion. He is plunged into a world of infamy and violence from which there seems no escape, until, that is, he meets the enigmatic and valiant Highlander, Alan Breck.
Board the California Comet and help Harrison Beck to solve another heart-stopping mystery in the second Adventures on Trains story, Kidnap on the California Comet, from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman.
After the excitement of his adventures aboard the Highland Falcon Thief, Harrison Beck can't wait for the opportunity to go on another amazing train journey. So when his Uncle Nat invites him aboard the California Comet, the iconic three-day train journey from Chicago to San Francisco, he leaps at the chance to travel. But when the daughter of billionaire entrepreneur August Reza goes missing en route, Hal finds himself with another mystery to solve. Can he uncover the kidnapper before the journey's end?
An adrenaline-fuelled journey across America from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman in the second mystery adventure in the major Adventures on Trains series.
'A slick and super-satisfying sequel with kidnap, card tricks and the coolest train carriage ever' Ross Montgomery
'A chuffing triumph' The Times Children's Book of the Week on The Highland Falcon Thief
We all love yummy food, but why not delight in these yummy stories for kids? Voiced by the talented Brenda & Robin Markwell, from the Little Gingerbread Man to The Story Of The Greedy Dog, the children are sure to want more and more.
The third thrilling adventure book from bestselling, award-winning authors GREG JAMES & CHRIS SMITH
YOU DON'T NEED SUPERPOWERS TO BE A HERO ... OR DO YOU?
Despite having no powers, Murph Cooper is part of the best team in the Heroes' Alliance. So when supervillain Magpie declares all-out war, Kid Normal and the Super Zeroes lead the charge.
But Magpie believes that a powerless hero is no hero at all. And he's building a dastardly device to prove it.
When Kid Normal enters the SHADOW MACHINE, THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ...
'So funny, it's almost criminal' INDEPENDENT
The second, epically funny adventure starring Murph Cooper and the Super Zeroes from Greg James and Chris Smith
Not all heroes have superpowers.
Don't believe us? Well Murph Cooper is living proof. Since becoming Kid Normal, he and the Super Zeroes have been catching baddies all over the place. But being a hero is about to get a whole lot harder ...
Far away in a top-secret prison, the world's most feared supervillain has broken a thirty year silence. His first words?
'Bring Kid Normal to me!'
The epic conclusion to the awesome, award-winning, bestselling, super-charged KID NORMAL series by Greg James and Chris Smith.
Murph Cooper is famous and he's not happy about it. Kid Normal and the Super Zeroes used to save the day in secret. But suddenly everyone knows who they are. Oily villain Nicholas Knox has told the public that superheroes are dangerous. He wants to lock them all up and take over the world! *Cue evil cackling*
Murph must expose Knox's evil plan, or the world of heroes is doomed forever!
Praise for Kid Normal:
'So funny, it's almost criminal' INDEPENDENT
'Outrageous capers' GUARDIAN
When Murph Cooper rocks up to his new school, he can't help but feel a bit out of his depth. And it's not because he's worried about where to sit, and making friends, and fitting in, or not knowing where the loos are. It's because his mum has enrolled him at a school for superheroes by mistake. And unlike his fellow students Murph has no special abilities whatsoever. But just because you don't have superpowers, it doesn't mean you can't save the day...
Max and his best friend Kevin, the only roly-poly flying pony in Bumbleford, decide to enter the Magical Pony Club Steeplechase. Kevin is not particularly keen, as the other participants are all unicorns, and everybody knows that unicorns are quite snobby. But biscuits are promised, and Kevin wants to make Max proud. As the competition heats up, our inseparable duo uncovers a conspiracy to steal the precious Periwinkle Cup. Max and Kevin will have to intervene to stop the thieves and retrieve the stolen troph
Welcome to another brilliantly quirky adventure story from creative powerhouse Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre.
Bumbleford has been hit by a series of biscuit thefts. All the clues lead straight to the only roly-poly flying pony in town, and Max's best friend, KEVIN!
Max and Kevin are forced to go on the run. Will they find the real culprit before Kevin ends up in pony prison?
