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Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > School Stories
Over a year after her parents sent her away from Hawaii to live with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska, Makani Young is still adjusting to her new life. She's made a small group of close friends and even flirted with romance, but her past in Hawaii is still hard to forget.
And then . . . one by one the students of her new high school begin to die in a series of gruesome murders. Makani doesn't know who's next on the list. Between this, and a secret scorching relationship with the school weirdo, this school year may turn out to be one to die for . . . literally.
There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins will have you swooning with fear and romance, and is the perfect page-turner for fans of Scream Queens and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Get on the case with the best kids' detective club in town! Minerva Keen and co are ready to take on a hair-raising new lead. But when know-it-all Zoe joins the club to read mysteries instead of solving them, it seems their sleuthing days might be over. To make things worse, Minerva's favorite teacher, Ms Voyant, takes Zoe's side . . . which gets Minerva wondering what secrets they could be hiding. As she digs into one puzzle, new questions pop up. Such Why are Ms Voyant and Zoe so friendly? And where do Minerva's parents go on their mysterious 'business trips'? Minerva and her friends are divided over which mystery to untangle first. And without their greatest strength - each other - will this detective club be in over its head?
Hilarious, illustrated school-based antics where everything that happens leads to DRAMA and RUNNING AROUND and even some FAINTING!
When a session of extreme dancing leaves Maisie in hospital with a broken leg, things take a turn for the weird! Strange noises in the ward at night, missing cuddly toys and a sandwich trolley that only ever has TUNA sandwiches. Could Maisie's leg be CURSED? If it is, and it DEFINITELY IS, then everything is DOOMED!
Laugh-out-loud fun from Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham.
Life at Wigglesbottom Primary is often lived on the edge. Is there
a shark in the local swimming pool? YES! Can playing with the class
parachute make you invisible? YES! Are there dinosaur bones buried
in the playground? YES! What are 2F going to do about it all? Have
a lot of fun! Laugh-out-loud school-based fun in two-colour
stories, perfect for encouraging independent reading! Three short
stories in each book keep just confident readers engaged while
lively two-colour illustrations bring these hilarious early readers
to life and perfectly bridge the gap between picture books and
chapter books. Written by the bestselling, Blue Peter award-winning
author Pamela Butchart and illustrated by Becka Moor. Look out for
all the Wigglesbottom titles! The Toilet Ghost The Shark in the
Pool Super Dog The Classroom Cat The Break-Time Bunnies
Book five in the OFFICIAL Minecraft fiction series for readers age
7+ Ash, Morgan, Harper, Po and Jodi are back for their fifth
adventure in the world of Minecraft. When Morgan and his friends
receive an unwelcome visit from the elusive Evoker King, they find
themselves on a quest to find a secret item hidden in the depths of
an unknown dungeon. But not is all as it seems, and they must gear
up for an epic journey rife with danger, dragons and mysterious
foes. Meanwhile, in the real world, the school play seems to be
full of its own traps and troubles. Will Morgan and the gang
finally uncover the identiy of the Evoker King? For fans of the
Minecraft game, Jumanji and Wreck it Ralph.
Dewald se ouers stuur hom na 'n nuwe skool na sy lewe omvergegooi
is. Elke skool het nuwe uitdagings en elke skool het sy boelies, en
dis nie maklik om 'n tiener te wees met 'n skielike hakkelprobleem
nie. Dewald probeer weer sy balans vind, om sin te maak van hoekom
sy beste vriendin hom nooit ingesluit het in haar grootste besluit
nie. Dit terwyl een van die grootste boelies in die skool sy lewe
hel maak. En hy besluit: genoeg is genoeg. 'n Hartroerende
verhaal oor relevante tienerkwessies.
The seventh book in the bestselling series, from the brilliantly
talented Liz Pichon. Will Tom and his band be LUCKY enough to win
the Rock Weekly Band Battle competition? They just might be ...if
they could find time to practice! But with inspectors in the
school, an amazing new cartoon on TV, caramel wafers to eat and a
stray cat getting in the way, Tom's a bit too busy having FUN!
ABOUT THE SERIES: Written in diary form Full of Tom's doodles and
pictures & his amazing sense of humour The Brilliant World of
Tom Gates, was the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize! Perfect
gifts for boys & girls who love to laugh themselves silly The
first series of The Brilliant World of Tom Gates won the Scottish
BAFTA for Entertainment! Love Tom Gates? Don't miss Liz Pichon's
spectacular Shoe Wars, a laugh-out-loud, gadget-packed adventure!
This heart-warming story is about Bella, a 13-year-old girl in
Tampa, Florida, in the 1930s. Her grandfather is a "lector" at a
cigar factory, which means he reads fiction, newspapers, and union
news to the workers as they roll cigars. Being a "lector" is an
important role in their Cuban American immigrant community. But the
hard times of the Depression mean that Bella must go to work in the
factory. Her hope of getting the education a "lector" needs seems
impossible.
Kimber Delaney is the seventeen-year-old flaky and endearing editor
of the Westfield High School literary magazine. Her wealthy,
handsome, two-faced boyfriend Lou is giving her nothing but grief,
while her pot-smoking brother and sulking father are driving her
crazy. Troubles are contagious during this senior year at Westfield
High, and all of Kimber s friends are afflicted. Fickle Deena
misses her collegiate boyfriend Phil madly and constantly pines for
him. Bodacious Martha gets into more trouble than she can handle
and has to be rescued by Lou, Mr. Suave and Heroic. Meanwhile,
Jason has a fervent and not-so-secret crush on Kimber and anyone
else who looks his way. All this makes for a great state of social
and romantic upheaval. New beaus, old flames, and straying loves
all add to the intrigue. As the Senior Prom approaches, the lives
of Kimber and her friends turn into a complicated web of love,
jealousy, loyalty, betrayal and confusion. On prom night, all is
chaos: dates break up, fights break out. But later in the night, at
a reunion on the beach, Kimber and her friends all reach important
conclusions on life and love, vowing to put romantic conflicts in
perspective and value their friendship and youth while they can."
You've never seen the Wimpy Kid World like this before - an entirely
new, awesome, friendly, truly fantastic fantasy quest from #1
international bestselling author Jeff Kinney!
From the imagination of Wimpy Kid's Rowley Jefferson comes an adventure
of epic proportions! Join Roland and his best friend, Garg the
Barbarian, as they leave the safety of their village and embark on a
quest to save Roland's mum from the White Warlock. Will our heroes
survive? Find out in Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure!
And don't miss Rowley Jefferson's first book, the instant #1
bestseller, Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's
Journal.
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