Street kid Scott jumps at the chance to be a Virtual Kombat gamer. If he can battle his way up the ranks, the ultimate prize will be his. But then his friend Kate goes missing in the battle arena, and Scott's dream turns into a nightmare ... A sleek new edition of the first book in Bodyguard author Chris Bradford's action-packed dystopian trilogy. Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2022* 'A superbly original debut' - Guardian 'A time-twisting, mind-bending thrill ride . . . I loved it!' - Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 'Impossible to put down' - The Independent ONE GLIMPSE OF A TERRIFYING FUTURE. ONE CHANCE TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. After suffering a knock to the head, 15-year-old Esso experiences a chilling vision: that night he will witness the violent deaths of everyone he knows. He writes off the out-of-body experience as a strange dream - until a series of frightening coincidences prove that the vision is just hours away from coming true. There is only one person who can help him rewrite the future. The trouble is, she hasn't been born yet . . . SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOVIE STARRING ACADEMY AWARD WINNER DANIEL KALUUYA 'A rollercoaster of a story . . . Orangeboy with an Inception-style twist.' - Kat Ellis 'Ambitious and highly addictive' - The Bookseller 'This is a book I will return to time and time again' - Caleb Femi 'So happy this exists' - Daniel Kaluuya, Academy Award-winning actor

When a mysterious girl shows up in Jaxon Meadows' dreams, he thinks he's going crazy. And when she asks him to come on a "mission" to find three magic stones made up in a story, he's sure it's a trick. Join Jaxon and his dream girl, Mara Qatan, on a journey through the Netherside, a scary-wonderful place where nothing's impossible. Along the way, you'll meet a bad-mannered king, filthy pirates, and strange beings who talk inside each others' heads. Dodging the traps of his own imagination, Jaxon hunts down the magic stones, hoping to escape the dark forces sent to capture him. For more exciting adventures in the "Secrets of the Netherside" trilogy, read: "Search for Pandemonia" Book II "Eyes in the Stone" Book III (available fall, 2007)

"In fairytales, frogs turn into princes, little boys never have to grow up, and ordinary girls become extraordinary with the wave of a wand. But this is not a fairytale." By refusing to accept her untimely death, Emma's "earthly" family and friends have unknowingly pulled her back from Magestic and into a world in which she doesn't belong. Though her memories are vague and dreamlike at best, she knows what she must do-stay alive. Without her Guardian, Simon, this is no simple task. Sheltering her friendship with Sarah and working to master her clumsy and disastrous powers, all while keeping up her GPA as a seemingly ordinary senior at Greenville High, isn't easy either. But when Mark returns from his summer in Alaska with a newfound need to protect her, things get really complicated. He seems to have picked up a few of Simon's characteristics, and when he appears as the main event in her dreams, she realizes it is more than just coincidence. As Emma struggles to balance the light and darkness she discovers within herself, she begins to understand the legend of Princess Magdon; Peace and harmony, and death and destruction shall rest delicately on her fingertips. And when the King's secret is finally revealed, she is left with one question: Will she be the one to save the universe, or destroy it?

For generations L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz books have captured and enthralled millions of readers. These stories are as delightful today as they were the day they were written. In The Scarecrow of Oz, you'll accompany Scarecrow as he journeys to Jinxland to rescue Cap'n Bill, and Trot. In Rinkitink in Oz you can join Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz as they set off on a rescue mission. And in The Lost Princess of Oz Ozma and the Great Book of Records disappear and it's up tp Dorothy to find them.

Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his trusty servant set sail to hunt a sea monster. With help from the world s greatest harpooner, the men discover that the creature is really a high-tech submarine with a mysterious leader, Captain Nemo. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words and dynamic new covers."

Hobin is the boggart of Ellwin Hall. Not so very long ago, there were boggarts in all the big houses, but not anymore. Now there's just Hobin - the last of the fairies. Or so twelve year old Adam Ellwin has always believed. Then one day he happens upon a starving fairy and brings him home. Hobin isn't at all pleased to share his family or Ellwin Hall, and when Hobin's not happy, everyone knows about it. But Hobin going on the rampage is only the start of Adam's problems. It turns out that there are more fairies out there - and they all have a knack for getting Adam into trouble. So does Sophie, Adam's best friend, with her crackpot idea about the Fairy Rescue League...

In Sika Longtooth's line of work, the potential for risk is always present no matter how simple the job. And those risks are often downwind of him-out of range for even his keen nostrils. As the young beaver ambles along the trails in the Great Forest, he has no idea that an evil force lurks in the shadows.

In a time when the world is different and the creatures in the forest are close to all the mysteries, Sika is suddenly whisked away from the only life he knows and-to protect his forest-is forced into battle with a fierce enemy. Used to living within the predictable and ordinary, Sika now must move from one dangerous situation to another while in the company of a slow-talking porcupine, an excitable skunk, and two spirited squirrels. If Sika is to survive and ultimately save the Great Forest, he must first endure perils that no beaver has before.

From one unexpected turn of events to the next, an unlikely hero emerges. Now he must determine who is friend and who is foe- before the forest disappears forever.

'Immensely, cheerily silly' Guardian 'A thunderously good read, so funny and action packed. Children are going to love it!' Serena Patel, author of ANISHA, ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE Grown an extra head and don't know why? Pocket money stolen by a green blob? Lost your peculiar pet? You need the Space Detectives! What seems like a simple case of a missing pet soon has the Space Detectives completely bamboozled! This is no ordinary pet – it’s a synthpet, where owners mix in different animals to make a totally unique one-of-a-kind pet. The missing pet has the body and legs of a cat, a duck’s bill, long rabbit-like ears and the scaly tail of a crocodile. A creature like that should be easy to spot, right? Not on Starville, the universe’s biggest space station where every inhabitant looks different – it’s like looking for a star in a galaxy. Where should our heroes Connor and Ethan even begin? Another out-of-this-world adventure awaits!

Ethan Randall seemingly has a perfect life. Girls are crazy about him; all the guys want to be his friend-what more could a teenage boy want? Ethan has no idea his idyllic life is about to hit rock bottom.

While on a mission one evening to seek revenge on a rival, Ethan and his friend, Anthony Williams, are attacked by a gigantic, wolf-like creature. Although the two boys manage to escape, Ethan soon lapses into a brief coma of sorts, leading to the eventual discovery that, whether he likes it or not, he has transformed into a werewolf. Ethan tries to carry on as if everything is normal, but when he and his rival get into a fight, Ethan loses control and kills him. Even worse, three more people die in mysterious wolf at-tacks. Ethan believes he has no one but himself to blame, but his best friend, Anthony, wonders if someone else is responsible for the killings.

In this exciting, suspenseful tale, Ethan must find a way to protect everyone he cares for before they all end up victims of the menacing monsters that lurk in the shadows of the night-just waiting to pounce.