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Twin toads, business baboons, a newt with a laboratory, and a
mystery to be solved. The Free Range Detective Agency is on the
case! Seamus the turkey detective is once again desperate for a new
case. When security breaches threaten Frank Bloombum, baboon and
two-time BusinessMonkey of the Year’s top-secret money-making
facilities, the Free Range Detective Agency is called to the
rescue. Who might be responsible? The baboon, the jackal, the newt,
the toad or another creature lurking in the shadows? Seamus and
friends are back to solve a brand new mystery, in the second
installment of Jed Lynch's Free Range Detective Agency series!
Another hilarious, and yet very serious investigation led by Seamus
the private detective. Who said turkeys couldn’t solve
mysteries? 'I laughed so much I laid an egg. GENIUS.' Dustin
the Turkey
Hoofkommissaris Servin het 'n ou kasteel naby Edinburgh gekoop, maar 'n doedelsakspelende spook veroorsaak dat gaste hulle vinnig uit die voete maak! Willem en Adriaan moet kom help. Maar daar's ook 'n bende bankrowers doenig in Skotland en soos dit maar gaan, bevind Willem en Adriaan hulle kort voor lank in nog 'n speurtog, op die spoor van die Bandy-broers.
From the international bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
comes a brand-new addictive thriller. Ivy, Mateo and Cal used to be
close - best friends back in middle school. Now all they have in
common is a bad day. So for old time's sake they skip school
together - one last time. But when the trio spot Brian 'Boney'
Mahoney ditching class too, they follow him - right into a murder
scene. They all have a connection to the victim. And they're ALL
hiding something. When their day of freedom turns deadly, it's only
a matter of time before the truth comes out . . . It's Ferris
Bueller's Day Off with murder, perfect for fans of One Of Us Is
Lying and A Good Girl's Guide To Murder. This explosive new
thriller is impossible to put down.
Ride into danger with Hal and Uncle Nat on the fifth breathtaking
Adventures on Trains Mystery, Sabotage on the Solar Express, from
bestselling award-winners M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. Perfect
for readers of 8 to 12 and brilliantly illustrated in black and
white throughout by Elisa Paganelli. 'A thrilling and hugely
entertaining adventure story' - David Walliams on The Highland
Falcon Thief, the first book in the series. Billionaire train
enthusiast August Reza has invited Harrison Beck and Uncle Nat on
the maiden voyage of the Solar Express - the winning design of his
Reza's Rocket competition. But during the journey, they discover
the train has been sabotaged, hurtling passengers into a
heart-stopping, action-packed, thrill ride across the Australian
Outback. Can Hal find the saboteur and stop the runaway train
before disaster strikes? Sabotage on the Solar Express can be read
as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the Adventures on
Trains series. Join Hal and Uncle Nat on more stops in this
thrilling series with: The Highland Falcon Thief, Kidnap on the
California Comet, Murder on the Safari Star, and Danger at Dead
Man's Pass. Praise for the Series: 'Like Murder on the Orient
Express but better!' - Frank Cottrell-Boyce on The Highland Falcon
Thief 'A first class choo-choo-dunnit!' - David Solomons on Kidnap
on the California Comet 'A high-speed train journey worth catching
. . .The best yet' - The Times on Murder on the Safari Star 'This
series just gets better and better' - Maz Evans on Danger at Dead
Man's Pass
Josh is ingehuldig as die nuwe koning van Kalimbula. Hy sukkel
sonder sy ma en met die idee van koning wees, maar met die
ondersteuning van Njeri en Ngandu begin hy moed kry. Silvia, sy ma,
is egter nie dood nie. Sy word deur haar eie suster op die plaas
aangehou. Sy slaag daarin om te ontsnap en probeer Kalimbula
bereik. Intussen maak 'n misterieuse kryger haar verskyning in
Kalimbula. Sy dra 'n donker verlede met haar saam en saai
verwoesting so ver soos sy gaan. Josh se koningskap word tot die
uiterste beproef. Hy vra die hulp van die geheimsinnige sifashama
met hul rooi mantels en diep stemme, maar nie een plan werk nie. Op
Ngandu se aandrang, besluit Josh om sy aartsvyand – Masjeba, die
bose heks – in die tronk te besoek. Masjeba gee hom antwoorde oor
die kryger en hoe om haar te verslaan, maar teen 'n prys. Intussen
versterk die professor sy magte. Maar waar in Silvia? Sal sy
Kalimbula bereik voor dit te laat is en alles om Josh in duie stort?
Josh (13) woon by sy tannie Verona en haar gesin op 'n plaas in OosAfrika nadat sy ma twee jaar gelede skielik verdwyn het. Op 'n dag daag 'n vreemdeling by die plaas op en probeer Josh ontvoer. Gelukkig red Doris, die huishulp, hom uit die kloue van die bose man. Sy vertel hom dat 'n groep mense sy bloed soek en dat hy moet vlug na 'n magiese geheime vallei, Kalimbula, waar hy veiliger sal wees. Hy moet die wyseman, Ngandu, in sy grot gaan spreek. Josh en Njeri, 'n kanniedood 15jarige meisie, se paaie kruis. Sy help hom om die wyseman te vind – en Josh word met 'n opdrag weggestuur: die opsporing van die goue kalbas. Josh weet dat al sy vrae beantwoord sal word wanneer hy die kalbas kry en hy pak die reis deur Kalimbula alleen aan. Hy ontmoet Masjeba, die heks, wat hom help om die legkaartstukkies van sy ma se verdwyning bymekaar te sit. Wanneer die kalbas uiteindelik oopgemaak word om die naam van die volgende troonopvolger te onthul, kry Josh die verrassing van sy lewe . . .
Incredible stories. Award-winning storytellers. Epic adventure,
mystery, and fun? We've got it all in Ghostwriter-the extraordinary
new series from the Emmy-award winning hit Apple TV+ show, created
by your friends at Sesame Workshop. Three tales of middle-grade
magic from around the globe! Discover a paintbrush that brings to
life whatever is drawn, a mysterious girl who communicates with
animals and controls the weather, and an enchanted statue that
grants major-league baseball skills in fun remixes of classic
folktales by award-winning authors Henry Lien, Jennifer Torres, and
Varsha Bajaj. Featuring an introduction by Newbery and Coretta
Scott King Award winning poet and writer Kwame Alexander. The book
also includes bonus activities:GamesQuizzesPuzzlesVocabularyReading
Comprehensionand Crafts!
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Sometimes, the only way to live is to make sure the world thinks you’re
dead . . .
In the aftermath of a car accident that claimed the life of her senator
father, sixteen-year-old Milan finds herself adrift, expelled from her
third boarding school. Milan’s mother, who has assumed the senate seat,
diverts her private plane to pick up her daughter. But on their way
home, a bomb rips off a wing and the plane crashes in the mountains. In
her final moments, Milan’s mother entrusts her with a key. She reveals
it will unlock the evidence that so many people have already died
for—including Milan’s father. The only way Milan can survive, her mom
tells her, is to let everyone believe she died with the other
passengers.
Milan is forced to navigate a perilous descent in freezing conditions
while outwitting everything from a drone to wild animals. With
relentless assassins on her trail, she must untangle the web of deceit
and save herself and countless others. Will she piece together the
truth in time?
Rediscover Matt Carr's hilarious and adventurous super-spy
spider... SPYDER - code name 0008 (legs)! It's not easy being a
super special secret agent when you're only as big as a pin badge.
But when a birthday cake is under threat, SPYDER is called upon.
It's time to pack the spy-kit with binoculars, a top-secret laser
pen and... a banana. Will Spyder save the day, AND the party? From
the author-illustrator behind the multi-award winning Superbat,
Matt Carr Readers both big and little will be chuckling with
laughter on every page - mission accomplished! The same brilliantly
funny story with a new bright orange cover look!
Enter a world of wonder with the bestselling new novel from actor, comedian and author, Ben Miller - out in paperback 1st April.
Lana loves stories. Especially the ones she and her brother, Harrison, share in their make-believe games. But when Harrison decides he’s too grown-up to play with Lana she finds herself feeling lonely. Until something magical happens . . .
Hidden in the strange new supermarket in town, Lana discovers a portal to a fairytale world! But these aren’t the happy-ever-after fairytales that Lana knows, they are darker and more dangerous, and the characters need Lana’s help to defeat an evil witch. But she can’t do it alone. Can she convince Harrison to believe in stories again and journey to the world with her . . . before it’s too late?
Fall into this bestselling classic adventure about the power of stories, with beautiful illustrations throughout from Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini.
Milton is swept up in a quest for friends and excitement in Jess
Redman’s thrilling middle grade novel, The Adventure is Now.
Sometimes it's hard to be Milton P. Greene. He says all the wrong
things, his family is falling apart, and everyone at school avoids
him because of the very embarrassing Bird Brain Incident. But when
Milton plays his video game Isle of Wild, he becomes someone else
– Sea Hawk, the brave and brilliant naturalist explorer who
conquers danger at every turn. Then Milton’s parents ship him off
to the remote Lone Island for the summer. The island is chock-full
of spectaculous species, and Milton realizes this is his chance to
become the brave and brilliant naturalist he’s always wanted to
be – and even meet some fellow explorers! But as it turns out,
the future of the Lone Island is in some pretty serious peril, and
the only thing that can save it is a field guide full of cryptic
clues. So Milton and his unexpected new friends embark on a wild
and wondrous adventure all of their own.
Video games have never been more murderous. Veronica wakes up
trapped with four strangers in a sprawling manor house in a snow
storm with a dead body, a mystery right out of an Agatha Christie
novel. It feels so real - but it isn't. This is VR and this is THE
Game; a rumoured Easter Egg hidden in other VR games that draws you
into a competition for a prize beyond your wildest dreams. And
there's no escaping the VR world until the Game is won. But while
Veronica and her fellow players are trying to figure out the
puzzle, something is not right in the VR world. Blackouts,
glitches, NPCs acting strange, and a mysterious figure haunting
their footsteps. Then when a player dies, and also dies in real
life, all hell breaks loose. Without warning, the game Veronica
thought she was playing gets overshadowed by a much darker, and
much more real, mystery: who is killing us?' It may not be a game
Veronica wanted to play, but it's one that she has to win - or die
trying.
Double the trouble! An original novel by Michael Rosen, told
alongside the Dickens classic that inspired it: Oliver Twist. Shona
and her dad are moving house, and at Shona's new school, the rules
are pretty confusing; she keeps getting into trouble without
realizing! It's a lot like how it is for Oliver Twist, that boy
she's reading about in English class. After Shona is unexpectedly
given a mobile phone, she begins to suspect there's something fishy
about the new boys she's met. Where did the phone come from? And
some gifts, she soon learns, aren't exactly free... Read two
stories at once - both illustrated by Tony Ross.
Embark on a thrilling fourth adventure in the bestselling,
prize-winning Adventures on Trains series - Danger at Dead Man's
Pass, from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, as Harrison Beck
investigates an ancient family curse high in the German mountains.
Illustrated in black-and-white throughout by Elisa Paganelli. A
mysterious letter from an old friend asks Hal and Uncle Nat to help
investigate a spooky supernatural mystery. Legend has it the
Kratzensteins, a family of rich and powerful railway tycoons, are
cursed, but there is no such thing as a curse, is there . . .? Hal
and Nat take the night train to Berlin and go undercover. From a
creaking spooky old house at the foot of the Harz mountains, they
take the Kratzenstein family's funeral train to the peak of the
Brocken Mountain. Can Hal uncover the secrets of the Brocken
railway and the family curse before disaster strikes? Danger at
Dead Man's Pass can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as
part of the Adventures on Trains series. Join Hal and Uncle Nat on
more stops in this thrilling series with: The Highland Falcon
Thief, Kidnap on the California Comet, Murder on the Safari Star
and Sabotage on the Solar Express. Praise for the Series: 'Like
Murder on the Orient Express but better!' - Frank Cottrell-Boyce on
The Highland Falcon Thief 'A thrilling and hugely entertaining
adventure story' - David Walliams on The Highland Falcon Thief 'A
first class choo-choo-dunnit!' - David Solomons on Kidnap on the
California Comet 'A high-speed train journey worth catching . .
.The best yet' - The Times on Murder on the Safari Star 'This
series just gets better and better' - Maz Evans on Danger at Dead
Man's Pass
Join young detective Lizzie and her adorable puppy Lucky on another
mystery-solving adventure! With charming illustrations throughout,
and fun activities to try. Lizzie and Lucky are visiting the Five
Freedoms Sanctuary. It's a lovely place for all sorts of rescued
animals. When a local farmer announces some terrible plans for his
land that could endanger the surrounding wildlife, our dynamic duo
know they must investigate the case. Can they use their detective
skills to stop him? While looking for clues, Lizzie spots some
strange footprints and an unusual blue creature that stands out
from the rest! But what is it, and where did it come from? Could it
be the key to saving the day? Praise for the Lizzie & Lucky
books: 'The author's experience of partial deafness shines through,
with helpful but gentle hints about the importance of accessibility
and equality. Above all, this is a joyous tale celebrating animals,
mysteries, family and friendship (both of the two-legged and
four-legged variety!)' - BookTrust
'n Storie oor obsessies. Arian en Estie is in Graad 11 in dieselfde skool. Na hulle op sosiale media vriende word, begin Estie vir Arian stalk: Aanlyn, en later ook in die werklikheid. Eers is hy vir haar net nog 'n misterieuse vreemdeling, maar soos wat sy hom dophou openbaar hy, onwetend, sy diepste geheime aan haar.
Maar Estie het geheime van haar eie, wat sy ten alle koste verberg, selfs toe sy en Arian later vriende word: Geheime wat haar haar enigste vriend kan kos.
Three budding journalist friends and their faithful hound uncover
top local news stories in this delightful new series about family,
friends and DOGS! Eva has always wanted to be a journalist, so when
she finds a stray dog outside her home, she might just have found
her first case. Can she, along with her best friends at the
Newshound newspaper, Simone and Ash, find Wafer’s real owner? As
the trail leads from one dead end to another, Eva realises that she
might not want to get to the bottom of the mystery after all –
because won’t that just mean she just has to give Wafer back?
With non-binary representation within the cast of characters, join
Eva and her friends at the Newshound as they solve exciting new
mysteries . . .
"The Agency for Scandal is glorious! Clever, funny, charming, and
achingly romantic, it is a delight from start to finish. Laura Wood
always writes about love and friendship with a deft hand, and this
is her best work yet" Katherine Webber, author of Twin Crowns An
all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the
nineteenth century; infiltrating a scandalous upper class world
straight out of Bridgerton and using their wit and bravery to
unmask a villain. Eighteen-year-old Isobel Stanhope is keeping a
lot of secrets. There's the fact that she's head over heels in love
with a Duke who doesn't know she exists; there's the fact that her
family is penniless but nobody in society knows about it; and then
there's her job at the Aviary, an investigative agency run by women
that specializes in digging up scandal on powerful men. When Izzy
finds herself pulled into a case that involves gaslighting,
blackmail, and missing jewels, as well as the Duke who holds her
heart, can she and her friends untangle the web of secrets and lies
to uncover the truth and protect the innocent? And when the stakes
are so high, what happens when the crush she's been hiding begins
to turn into so much more? 'Incredibly charming' Sophie Irwin,
author of A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting Bridgerton meets
Charlie's Angels - the most romantic, exciting, empowering YA of
the year. A smart, charming, brilliantly plotted and swooningly
romantic story about a collective of bold women changing their
world.
A story of two girls living in Johannesburg. Two acts of betrayal, set more than fifty years apart. Jenna Moore, a troubled fifteen-year-old, is packing up her Aunt C-C's Johannesburg house. She pries open a locked drawer and finds an old letter addressed to her aunt. One of a few words stands out clearly: MURDERER. As Jenna discovers the clues which reveal the secret her aunt has attempted to keep hidden all her life, she is forced to confront her own shameful act of betrayal.
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