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"The Young Fur Traders" is a children's adventure novel by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne, first published in 1856. Set in the American Old West, this exciting tale is full of action and daring-do, making it ideal for children with an interest in the Wild West and American history. Robert Michael...

In the back of my rough book I wrote a list of hurdles I needed to overcome in order to meet Luke and some of his friends in town for an almost-date type situation. Writing the list had the added advantage of making me look really busy and productive in the lessons. Get Poppy to invite Jez. Phone...

Staying alive isn't easy in the world of the dead After an accident at her grandmother's house, Rosie is transported to a strange and sinister world populated by a cast of carnivalesque characters who reside in the Circus of the Unseen. Reigning over them is an old woman called Mother Matushka,...

Sam Tennant has been brutally murdered in an online computer game. What’s worse, it looks like his killers are out to get him in real life too. ‘The Emperor’ and ‘Ollyg78’ say they know him from school, and soon turn his classmates against him with their vindictive website. With...

Simply defined, a "scheme" is nothing more than a systematic plan of action. Like snowflakes, no two schemes are exactly alike. This bizarre grouping of 36 mixed-genre short stories (sci-fi, horror and even some classic fiction) are all about schemes and the minds behind them. Some schemes are devious,...

Includes extra content detailing the story behind how the Mennyms came to be. Previously unpublished and exclusive to the ebook editions, the author hopes her readers, new and old, will enjoy discovering the back story to this mysterious family of life-sized rag dolls. From the outside, 5 Brocklehurst...

Legends of the Lake is a Halloween themed book. Tori and her classmates get a class project to research and present whether the local legends are based on fact or fiction. Finding an historic map leads them on an adventure that takes them into Lake St. Clair to prove one of the legends. What they find will make history.

I have spent most of my life telling stories. In my first year at university in a northern city, I would walk the streets and tell stories I concocted to random people. I taught college and university for over 30 years, embedding stories into many of the lessons I gave. My students used to call me...

Models, spies and lipstick gadgets... When Jessica's father, a former spy, vanishes mysteriously, Jessica takes matters into her own hands. She's not just a daddy's girl who's good at striking a pose; she's a trained spook who knows how to take on MI6 and beat them at their own game.

Alfie Mandeville doesn't know why he's been sent to Scarbrook House, a sanatorium where the children of Victorian Britain's upper class are hidden away. The only thing wrong with him is that he cannot sleep. But disturbing things are happening at Scarbrook - things that make Alfie wonder if he really...

Mark Lowery is far too funny - Jonathan Meres, author of THE WORLD OF NORM Roman endures a royal visit and a school fashion show - in a jumper knitted by his Grandma . . . Grandma has come to stay for the royal visit by Princess Lucy to launch her new badger charity, 'Badges for Badgers'....

When Daisy Miller accepts an exciting new job in London with the mysterious Mrs Peabody, her old friend George Dale is more than a little jealous. But all is not quite as it seems and Daisy soon realises that there's more to this job than meets the eye.Before long the two friends find themselves in...

Welcome to Alana's magical world of dance . . . World-famous choreographer and star judge of So You Think You Can Dance?, Arlene Phillips's brings us Alana Dancing Star - the hottest series in girls' fiction. Alana wants to help her best friend Meena audition for a brand new show Bollywood...

For hundreds of years the people of Alderston have guarded a terrible secret. When Jamie's family receive a summons to do a mysterious job, they move into a house that looks over the graveyard. Soon Jamie begins to suspect that the great iron cages placed on top of the graves are not there to keep robbers out, but to keep the dead in...