An edge-of-your-seat adventure packed full of puzzles, spooks and mystery! When Claude's little sister, Amity, runs off in forbidden Badwell Woods - where children disappear - Deliah, Sam and Claude follow her to a mysterious mansion. Inside, time has frozen in the 1930s and an invitation promises a devious party game. Not long after they find a terrified Amity, hiding from 'ghosts', the floor beneath their feet starts to twist and turn: the rooms are changing places. The house has rearranged itself like a giant Rubik's cube. To escape, they must solve the puzzle - and the century-old mystery of a girl who disappeared ... A fabulous twist on a timeless haunted house adventure from the acclaimed author of the Milton the Mighty series Scooby-Doo meets The Mysterious Benedict Society via Escape Room Full of friendship, teamwork and logic versus instinct - all wrapped up in a book with thrills, heart and bags of atmosphere Perfect for readers aged 9 and up

Before Stinkville, Alice didn't think albinism-or the blindness that goes with it-was a big deal. Sure, she uses a magnifier to read books. And a cane keeps her from bruising her hips on tables. Putting on sunscreen and always wearing a hat are just part of life. But life has always been like this for Alice. Until Stinkville. For the first time in her life, Alice feels different-like she's at a disadvantage. Back in her old neighborhood in Seattle, everyone knew Alice, and Alice knew her way around. In Stinkville, Alice finds herself floundering-she can't even get to the library on her own. But when her parents start looking into schools for the blind, Alice takes a stand. She's going to show them-and herself-that blindness is just a part of who she is, not all that she can be. To prove it, Alice enters the Stinkville Success Stories essay contest. No one, not even her new friend Kerica, believes she can scout out her new town's stories and write the essay by herself. The funny thing is, as Alice confronts her own blindness, everyone else seems to see her for the first time. This is a stirring small-town story that explores many different issues-albinism, blindness, depression, dyslexia, growing old, and more-with a light touch and lots of heart. Beth Vrabel's characters are complicated and messy, but they come together in a story about the strength of community and friendship. This paperback edition includes a Q&A with the author and a sneak peek at the upcoming The Blind Guide to Normal.

This truly beautiful and wonderfully illustrated book introduces children to the magic of nature, through the stories of 48 fascinating life cycles. Every story has a beginning, middle and end and so does everything in our world. From a frog, to a cloud in the sky to a twinkling star at night, discover the stories of the most amazing of life cycles between you and outer space. This is a book to show children that the world is always turning, and change is happening all the time, it's in the turning of the season, sometimes its as fast as a hatching egg and sometimes it's a slow as a growing mountain. 48 story spreads tell fascinating stories of all sorts of lifecycles, from very small, to out of this world. This captivating book will transport children across the globe, teaching them about just how mother nature keeps everything in our world turning round, and round.