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Truly Devious Trilogy - Truly Devious / The Vanishing Stair / The Hand On The Wall (Paperback, Boxed set): Maureen Johnson Truly Devious Trilogy - Truly Devious / The Vanishing Stair / The Hand On The Wall (Paperback, Boxed set)
Maureen Johnson
R799 R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious trilogy is a hilarious and inspiring whodunit that weaves together the story of a cold case from 1936 and the story of teen sleuth Stevie Bell in the present. The Truly Devious box set includes all three paperbacks in the series and is perfect for gift-giving and binge reading.

The Truly Devious case—an unsolved kidnapping and triple murder that rocked Ellingham Academy in 1936—has consumed Stevie for years. It’s the very reason she came to the Academy. But after she arrives, more students turn up dead. Teen detective Stevie is on the case until she solves every mysterious death—from the past and the present.

Anatomy - A Love Story (Paperback): Dana Schwartz Anatomy - A Love Story (Paperback)
Dana Schwartz
R311 R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.

Edinburgh, 1817. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die.

When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, the university will allow her to enroll. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books – she’ll need bodies to study, corpses to dissect.

Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living, then.

But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets. Hazel and Jack work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.

Immortality - A Love Story (Paperback): Dana Schwartz Immortality - A Love Story (Paperback)
Dana Schwartz
R309 R282 Discovery Miles 2 820 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Hazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of the year before—the immortality, Beecham’s vial—were a figment of her imagination. She doesn’t even know if Jack is alive or dead. All she can really do now is treat patients and maintain Hawthornden Castle as it starts to decay around her.

When saving a life leads to her arrest, Hazel seems doomed to rot in prison until a message intervenes: Hazel has been specifically requested to be the personal physician of Princess Charlotte, the sickly granddaughter of King George III. Soon Hazel is dragged into the glamor and romance of a court where everyone has something to hide, especially the enigmatic, brilliant members of a social club known as the Companions to the Death.

As Hazel’s work entangles her more and more with the British court, she realizes that her own future as a surgeon isn't the only thing at stake for her. Malicious forces are at work in the monarchy, and Hazel may be the only one capable of setting things right.

Anderkind (Afrikaans, Paperback): Betsie van Niekerk Anderkind (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Betsie van Niekerk
R235 R221 Discovery Miles 2 210 Save R14 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

'n Storie oor twee dapper tieners, Johannes en Dina, tydens die dodelike griepepidemie van 1918.

As die enigste oorlewendes uit hul gesinne op twee buurplase in die Sandveld kruis hul paaie met oom Andries, 'n dorpenaar wat ook sy hele gesin verloor het. Tesame met Lya, wat vir Johannes help grootmaak het, durf hulle verskeie aanslae aan - van wilde diere en boewe tot die regering se beleid oor weeskinders en die eienaarskap van plase.

A Long Walk to Water - Based on a True Story (Paperback): Linda Sue Park A Long Walk to Water - Based on a True Story (Paperback)
Linda Sue Park 1
R225 R201 Discovery Miles 2 010 Save R24 (11%) In Stock

A gripping tale of conflict and survival that has inspired millions of young readers and adults alike

It’s 1985, and southern Sudan is ravaged by war. Eleven-year-old Salva is forced to flee on foot when his village is attacked. Braving every imaginable hardship – including killer lions and hungry crocodiles – Salva becomes one of the 'lost boys' of Sudan, travelling the African continent on foot in search of his family and a safe place to stay.

Years later, a girl named Nya walks for hours each day to fetch water for her family. The walk is gruelling and leaves no time for school. But there is unexpected hope, as Salva’s story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way.

Shrapnel Boys (Paperback): Jenny Pearson Shrapnel Boys (Paperback)
Jenny Pearson
R230 R205 Discovery Miles 2 050 Save R25 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

An explosive new novel about the friendship and courage of a group of young boys living through the Second World War, from award-winning author Jenny Pearson.

There's a war going on out there, and I'm missing it.

When war comes to London in 1939, Ronnie Smith is scared and excited: scared of the bombs that fall at night, but excited to race his friends to collect the best bits of shrapnel every morning.

But for Ronnie, the battles aren't just in the sky and on the streets. They're at school and at home too. His little brother is up to no good with a secret job and dangerous new friends, and Ronnie's worried he's getting himself into big trouble.

Ronnie's desperate to help his little brother. But he isn't expecting to uncover secrets that could change the fate of the whole war...

Stories Between the Lines - Inspired by New Testament Events (Paperback): Nita Barnes Stories Between the Lines - Inspired by New Testament Events (Paperback)
Nita Barnes
R327 R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Save R20 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Magical Imperfect (Paperback): Chris Baron The Magical Imperfect (Paperback)
Chris Baron
R256 Discovery Miles 2 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Where the Heart Should be (Paperback): Sarah Crossan Where the Heart Should be (Paperback)
Sarah Crossan
R267 R218 Discovery Miles 2 180 Save R49 (18%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The outstanding novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning, former Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan; thought-provoking and moving, it explores love and family during The Great Hunger. Ireland, 1846. Nell is working as a scullery maid in the kitchen of the Big House. Once she loved school and books and dreaming. But there's not much choice of work when the land grows food that rots in the earth. Now she is scrubbing, peeling, washing, sweeping for Sir Philip Wicken, the man who owns her home, her family's land, their crops, everything. His dogs are always well fed, even as famine sets in. Upstairs in the Big House, where Nell is forbidden to enter, is Johnny Browning, newly arrived from England: the young nephew who will one day inherit it all. And as hunger and disease run rampant all around them, a spark of life and hope catches light when Nell and Johnny find each other. This is a love story, and the story of a people being torn apart. This is a powerful and unforgettable novel from the phenomenally talented Sarah Crossan.

When the World Was Ours (Paperback, Reprint ed.): Liz Kessler When the World Was Ours (Paperback, Reprint ed.)
Liz Kessler
R338 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R18 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Last Seal (Hardcover): Richard John Denning The Last Seal (Hardcover)
Richard John Denning
R617 Discovery Miles 6 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A powerful demon has been trapped under the city of London for over 300 years. However, malevolent forces are at work in the 17th century, planning to unleash terror and chaos on the world. Two rival secret societies - the Liberati and the Praesidum - are caught in a battle that threatens to destroy the city and its unknowing inhabitants. When a truant schoolboy, Ben, finds a scroll revealing the location of magical seals that bind the demon, this throws him into the centre of a dangerous plot that leads to the Great Fire of London. Ben must overcome his own problems - fear of failure, desire for revenge, guilt over his parents' deaths - if he is to protect the city, and confront the evil demon. As the plot unfolds, a little more of the mystery about Ben's own past and his parents' deaths is made known. Ultimately, Ben and his friends must combat sorcery, defeat the evil Liberati and destroy the demon if they are to save their city and themselves. The Last Seal is historical fantasy and horror for Teens and Adults.

Escape to the River Sea (Paperback): Emma Carroll Escape to the River Sea (Paperback)
Emma Carroll
R220 R200 Discovery Miles 2 000 Save R20 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'A joyously animal-packed adventure.' - Hilary McKay, Costa Award-winning author of The Skylark's War In 1946, Rosa Sweetman, a young Kindertransport girl, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood, a rambling country estate in the north of England, where she'd taken refuge seven years earlier. The arrival of a friend of the family, Yara Fielding, starts an adventure that will take Rosa deep into the lush beauty of the Amazon rainforest in search of jaguars, ancient giant sloths and somewhere to belong. What she finds is Yara's lively, welcoming family on the banks of the river and, together, they face a danger greater than she could ever have imagined. Featuring places and characters known and loved by fans of Journey to the River Sea (including, among others, Maia, Finn, Miss Minton and Clovis) this spectacular story tells of the next generation and the growing threats to the Amazon rainforest that continue to this day.

Digging for Victory (Paperback): Cathy Faulkner Digging for Victory (Paperback)
Cathy Faulkner
R248 R220 Discovery Miles 2 200 Save R28 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Devon, 1941. Bonnie wants to help in the war effort like her brother, Ralph, rather than tend the home vegetable patch. So when the mysterious Mr Fisher is billeted at their family home, Bonnie's mission to uncover his secrets begins. Why is he here? Is he a shirker? Or worse ... a German spy?

Middleworld (Hardcover): J&p Voelkel Middleworld (Hardcover)
J&p Voelkel
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Rivet Boy (Paperback): Barbara Henderson Rivet Boy (Paperback)
Barbara Henderson
R243 R220 Discovery Miles 2 200 Save R23 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Based on real people and events, Rivet Boy blends fact and fiction to tell the story of one boy's role in the building of the iconic Forth Rail Bridge-Scotland's greatest man-made wonder-in 1889. When 12-year-old John Nicol gets a job at the Forth Bridge construction site, he knows it's dangerous. Four boys have already fallen from the bridge into the Forth below. But John has no choice-with his father gone, he must provide an income for his family-even if he is terrified of heights. John finds comfort in the new Carnegie library, his friend Cora and his squirrel companion, Rusty. But when he is sent to work in Cain Murdoch's Rivet Gang, John must find the courage to climb, to face his fears, and to stand up to his evil boss.

Cobweb (Paperback): Michael Morpurgo Cobweb (Paperback)
Michael Morpurgo; Illustrated by Michael Foreman
R230 R205 Discovery Miles 2 050 Save R25 (11%) Pre-order

A powerful, moving adventure inspired by the extraordinary true story of the French Drummer Boy of Waterloo, COBWEB is a stunning tale of courage and kindness – a book about humanity, animals, and the heartbreak of war, from a writer at the height of his powers. “They call me Cobweb. I’ll tell you why later. I may be a dog, but I know and understand a lot more than people think I do.” Britain. 1815. After years of loss and sacrifice, the end of the war with Napoleon is approaching. Cobweb knows nothing of the war – he loves being a young puppy and playing with his owner, Bethan, exploring the countryside and chasing rabbits. But when he is taken away from Bethan and sold, Cobweb must learn to become a Drover’s Dog – herding sheep and cattle for hundreds of miles on the long, treacherous journey to London. And after the Napoleonic wars finally come to an end with the Battle of Waterloo, Cobweb meets an unexpected stranger with an incredible tale to tell on his journey home …

28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto (Paperback): David Safier 28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto (Paperback)
David Safier
R327 Discovery Miles 3 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Warsaw, 1942. Sixteen-year old Mira smuggles food into the Warsaw ghetto to keep herself and her family alive. When she discovers that the entire ghetto is to be 'liquidated' - killed or resettled to concentration camps - she desperately tries to find a way to save her family. She meets a group of young people who are planning the unthinkable: an uprising against the occupying forces. Mira joins the resistance fighters who, with minimal supplies and weapons, end up holding out for twenty-eight days, longer than anyone had thought possible. During this time, Mira has to decide where her heart belongs. To Amos, who will take as many Nazis as he can with him into the grave? Or to Daniel, who wants to help orphans in a shelter?

The The Ancient Egypt Sleepover (Paperback): Stephen Davies The The Ancient Egypt Sleepover (Paperback)
Stephen Davies
R187 R171 Discovery Miles 1 710 Save R16 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Titanic Detective Agency (Paperback): Lindsay Littleson The Titanic Detective Agency (Paperback)
Lindsay Littleson
R217 R198 Discovery Miles 1 980 Save R19 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Unlock the secrets of the unsinkable ship... Bertha Watt, tree-climber and would-be polar explorer, is excited to be on RMS Titanic's maiden voyage, as she leaves Aberdeen behind for the glamour of a new life in America. But Bertha quickly realises that some passengers are behaving strangely, and she determines to unravel their secrets. With new friend, Madge, Bertha sets up her own detective agency to try and solve the mysteries onboard, but they have no idea that disaster is looming for Titanic. Can they help Johan find the hidden treasure and unmask the identity of the enigmatic Mr Hoffman before time runs out on the 'unsinkable' ship?

Allies (Paperback): Alan Gratz Allies (Paperback)
Alan Gratz 1
R249 R228 Discovery Miles 2 280 Save R21 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

From Alan Gratz, the highly acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster Refugee, comes a thrilling new multi-perspective novel, this time centered around D-Day. D-Day, June 6, 1944: the most expansive military endeavor in history. No less than world cooperation would bring down Hitler and the Axis powers. And so people -- and kids -- across the globe lent their part. From the young US soldiers in the boats to spies in the French countryside, the coordination of thousands came together. Alan Gratz, author of the New York Times bestselling Refugee, explores the necessity of teamwork and heroism in dismantling tyranny in this epic, yet personal, look at D-Day in time for the 75th anniversary of the operation.

Giant (Paperback): Judith McQuoid Giant (Paperback)
Judith McQuoid
R186 Discovery Miles 1 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Davy was too old for make-believe. Then he met Jacks. A fictionalised exploration of the childhood of CS Lewis. Davy, a working-class boy living in East Belfast in 1908, is sent to work at the wealthy Lewis household. When he meets Jacks – the name by which CS Lewis was known to friends and family – Davy is captivated by his friend’s world of books and stories. Together the boys plunge into imagining and adventuring, and Davy discovers his own artistic talent. But when Davy is offered a job at the shipyard, and Jacks’s mother falls gravely ill, their wondrous days of make-believe seem numbered. Will they lose their extraordinary shared world forever?

The Golden Horsemen of Baghdad (Paperback): Saviour Pirotta The Golden Horsemen of Baghdad (Paperback)
Saviour Pirotta; Illustrated by Freya Hartas 1
R212 R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Save R20 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Written by bestselling author Saviour Pirotta, this fast-paced story is set in the Islamic Golden Age when Baghdad was the largest and most dazzling city in the world. Perfect for fans of thrilling adventure. Thirteen-year-old Jabir is hoping to save his family from being made homeless by finding work in Baghdad. Famished after his long journey to the city, Jabir is caught stealing bread and sent to prison. Luckily, one of the guards there notices that he has a gift for carving wooden models and he is released on the orders of the grand caliph Harun al Rashid himself. In return Jabir must carve twelve golden horsemen, a gift from the caliph to the emperor Charlemagne. But someone is determined to stop Jabir from completing the work and he will stop at nothing, not even arson, to achieve his aim. Can Jabir and his friend Yasmina finish the horsemen or will Jabir be sent back to prison? Ideal for readers aged 8+, this exciting and readable adventure story is packed with great characters and insight into Islamic civilisation and the historic culture of the Middle East circa AD 900, a period which is now studied in the National Curriculum. The Flashbacks series offers dramatic stories set in key moments of history, perfect for introducing children to historical topics.

Under the Broken Sky (Paperback): Mariko Nagai Under the Broken Sky (Paperback)
Mariko Nagai
R387 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R21 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Necessary for all of humankind, Under the Broken Sky is a breathtaking work of literature.--Booklist, starred review A beautifully told middle-grade novel-in-verse about a Japanese orphan's experience in occupied rural Manchuria during World War II. Twelve-year-old Natsu and her family live a quiet farm life in Manchuria, near the border of the Soviet Union. But the life they've known begins to unravel when her father is recruited to the Japanese army, and Natsu and her little sister, Cricket, are left orphaned and destitute. In a desperate move to keep her sister alive, Natsu sells Cricket to a Russian family following the 1945 Soviet occupation. The journey to redemption for Natsu's broken family is rife with struggles, but Natsu is tenacious and will stop at nothing to get her little sister back. Literary and historically insightful, this is one of the great untold stories of WWII. Much like the Newbery Honor book Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, Mariko Nagai's Under the Broken Sky is powerful, poignant, and ultimately hopeful. Christy Ottaviano Books

Raaiselsee (Afrikaans, Paperback): Troula Goosen Raaiselsee (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Troula Goosen
R225 R211 Discovery Miles 2 110 Save R14 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Daniel weier om te glo wat almal sê: dat hy ’n skelm is, nes sy pa . . . Wanneer hy egter ’n meisie in ’n rolstoel op Simonstad se kaai raaksien en besluit om haar pêrelhangertjie te steel, beland hy onverwags op ’n skip wat hom wegvoer na Skulpiesbaai en die rykman Robert Stanford se plaas. Hy maak kennis met Malgas, ’n visser wat in die kliphuis bokant die melkhoutbos woon, en Gertjie, die diensmeisie wat die venynige juffrou Caitlin in haar rolstoel versorg. Maar wie is die vreemde ou vrou wat saam met die strandjutwolf langs die see verskyn? En waarom tree Caitlin so boosaardig op, terwyl sy vrees dat die Seevrou haar gaan kom haal? Hou dit dalk verband met die wrak van die slaweskip wat daar op die rotse geloop het? ’n Spannende historiese jeugroman wat tegelykertyd fantasie­, avontuur­ en spookverhaal is.

Yonder (Paperback): Ali Standish Yonder (Paperback)
Ali Standish
R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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