General Children's

Juliette Forrest / Twister

 "If you only read one children's book this summer... makeitthis one" The GuardianA brave, bright girl embarks on a heart-racing adventureto find her missing father - with magic and danger quite...

Lisa Thompson / Goldfish Boy

   A story about finding friendship when you're lonely -andhope when all you feel is fear.Twelve-year-old Matthew is trapped in his bedroom by cripplingOCD, spending most of his time staring out of...

Kenneth Ireland / The Kingfisher Treasury of Ghost Stories

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Katie Davies / The Great Cat Conspiracy

 The New Cat keeps bringing dead things into the house as presents for Tom. When he brings in the head of the vicar's very expensive Koi Carp and the Vicar makes Mum pay GBP200 for a replacement,...

Books Ltd Parragon / Disney Planes Book of the Film

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Nicola Davies / A Girl Called Dog

   Dog wasn't really a dog, she was a human girl. But she was called Dog because that is what Uncle had always called her.Dog has never been outside of nasty Uncle's pet shop. She sleeps in a box on...

Gaby Morgan / Christmas Stories

 Christmas Stories contains short stories for the festive period from some of your favourite children's authors - including Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, Malorie Blackman, Philip...

Philip Reeve / Pugs of the Frozen North

 Reeve and McIntyre bring you another rip-roaring read!The Race to the Top of the World! It comes around once in a lifetime, and the prize? Your heart's desire. Shen and Sika can't resist the chance...

Dan Smith / My Friend the Enemy

   Summer, 1941. For Peter, the war is a long way away, being foughtby a faceless enemy, marching across places he's never seen. Untilthe night it comes to him. A German plane is shot down over...

Richmal Crompton / William's Birthday and Other Stories : And Other Stories, Book 1

  With the original text shortened and adapted by Martin Jarvis, this is a collection of four favourite Just William stories.    All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the...

Yvonne Carroll / Leprechaun Tales

   Tradition has it that leprechauns are mischievous little people, often cobblers, who have pots of gold hidden away. The humans are always keen to find the gold but somehow are always outwitted by...

Robert Cormier / Heroes

   'What if I told him I am not the hero he thinks I am . . .?'Maimed and disfigured whilst fighting in the World War Two, young Francis Cassavant is returning to his hometown as a hero. But one who...

Anna Kirwan / Victoria

   The young Queen Victoria was brought up hidden from the world shewould one day govern. In 1829, aged ten, Princess Victoria is alonely little girl, but she is about to make a startling discovery...

Conor Kostick / Saga

   How do we know we are real and not just some character in an elaborate game?In the virtual world of Saga, Ghost is a fifteen-year-old airboarding anarcho-punk, with no past, no memories, only a...

Catherine Forde / Fat Boy Swim

    Fourteen-year-old Jimmy Kelly is Fat Boy Fat, the largest kid in his Scottish community, who' s made to feel useless at everything. Only his family knows he' s a whiz in the kitchen, and...

M. G. Harris / Zero Moment

    Josh thinks he has discovered the key to time travel. Should he use it to go back in time and save his father? Ixchel knows what he intends to do. Should she stop him? Before they can decide,...

Jenny Valentine / Broken Soup

   An intriguing, compelling and moving new novel from the award-winning author of Finding Violet Park.When the good-looking boy with the gentle voice presses the dropped negative into Rowan's hand,...

Jan Needle / The Bully

   'Unbidden, Simon saw a face before his eyes, a girl's face with blonde hair. Unbidden, his teeth clamped shut, ground against each other. She was the target.'Simple, lumpy Simon Mason. Of course...

Lara Williamson / The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair

    Becket Rumsey is all at sea. His dad has run away with him and his brother Billy in the middle of the night. And they've left everything behind, including their almost-mum Pearl. Becket has...

E. R. Murray / The Book of Learning : Nine Lives Trilogy Part 1

   The exciting adventures of Ebony Smart, a twelve-year-old girl who discovers she is part of a special tribe of reincarnated people - and a terrible curse. Ebony has just one week to break the...

Nicky Singer / The Survival Game

   'A wonderful, surprisingly delicate story about a teenager making her way home to Scotland in a world remade by climate change (aimed at YA readers but, like all good children's books, good for...

Barbara Mitchelhill / Dangerous Diamonds

    When Dad goes missing, twins Harry and Charlie scour Edinburgh to find him. But why are others determined to stop them? And how is a strange wooden box linked to his disappearance? The twins...

S. D. Crockett / After the Snow

   Set in the haunting and barren landscape of a new ice age, AFTER THE SNOW is the story of fifteen-year-old Willo, a 'straggler' kid who loses his family in the opening pages. Completely alone, he...

Cecilia Vinesse / The Summer of Us

   Five friends. Five cities. Two complicated love stories . . . The perfect read for fans of Jennifer E Smith and Sara Barnard.Aubrey and Rae have been planning their European tour since the moment...

Ann Bryant / Jaimini and the Web of Lies

    Sometimes Jaimini wishes she wasn't so clever. Then her parents wouldn't try to ruin her life, take her away from her friends and send her to a posh school. Luckily, the Cafe Club is plotting...

Ann Bryant / Andy the Prisoner

    Andy's parents have gone away on their own and forced her to stay with old Grandma Sorrell. Worse still, they have forbidden her to work in the cafe for three weeks. Andy is sure something is...

Sheila Agnew / Marooned in Manhattan

   New York City. Evie Brooks had seen it on the TV, but suddenly finds herself leaving her home in Dublin and moving to Manhattan to her American uncle Scott, after the death of her mother.Never...

Lucy Daniel Raby / Nickolai of the North

    Nickolai is the last true elf left in the world, rescued from the fate of his people by Comet, a flying reindeer. Brought up by human parents in the distant north, Nickolai knows that there's...

Vivian French / The Robe of Skulls

   An exuberant, hilarious and wildly entertaining fairy tale with a cast of characters who are good, bad and very, very ugly.All is not well in the crumbling castle high above the mountain village...

Kate Cann / Hard Cash : Coins & banknotes, leading to freedom, potency, style, possession & sex

    Rich is too poor to afford even the drawing pencils he needs for college. His one chance is in the post - copies of his best work, sent out to all the local advertising agencies. Rich is...

Berlie Doherty / Dear Nobody

  Helen and Chris are in their last year at school when Helen becomes pregnant. Deeply unhappy and confused, Helen resolves to break off their relationship, but Chris is bitter and wants to be...

Jack Scoltock / Seek the Enchanted Antlers

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Katherine Paterson / The Great Gilly Hopkins

    Gilly Hopkins is a tough operator - she's super-cool and super-intelligent. And Gilly's not going to be 'had' by anyone: teacher, social worker or foster parent. All she wants is a reunion...

Geraldine Mccaughrean / Smile!

   A magical and uplifting tale. When Felix's plane crashes, he finds himself in a small remote village. The only thing he has salvaged from the plane is a Polaroid camera with ten remaining...

Lloyd Alexander / The Black Cauldron

    Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, has another chance to prove himself as a warrior, as his land is once again threatened by the Dark Lord of Annuvin. Arawn is creating legions of undead,...

Josephine Feeney / Makeover Madness

    Leanne thinks her school's rubbish - so when she sees an advert asking people to apply to have their school transformed, she sends off a letter. To her delight the tv company pick her school...

Jason Lethcoe / You Wish

    When eleven-year-old Ben makes the ultimate birthday wish - the wish for unlimited wishes - he sends the magical realm of wishes and curses into chaos...for he has followed every rule of...

Linda Jennings / A treasury of Stories From Around the World

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Juliet Bawden / CRAZY Monsters

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Volger & Burchett / Gargoylz on the Loose!

 When Max and Ben discover that the ancient stone figures on the church next door to their school actually come to life, they are delighted! School will be much more fun now that the boys have the...

John Hegley / Glad to Wear Glasses

   Comic, poet, singer, songwriter, and glasses-wearer John Hegley has captivated and devastated audiences all over the country. Glad to Wear Glasses is his first full-length collection,...

Berlie Doherty / The Golden Bird

   Andrew hardly speaks since the death of his father. Then he is given the part of the Golden Bird in the school play and through his acting he learns to express himself again   All of our books...

Frank Cottrell Boyce / The Great Rocket Robbery

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Andrew Mattews / A Shakespeare Story: King Lear

   Foolish and bad-tempered, King Lear divides the kingdom between his two wicked daughters, disowns his honest youngest daughter and banishes his friends. As the kingdom falls apart and Lear's...

Gordon Snell / Cruncher Sparrow's Flying School

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Jo Nesbo / The End of the World, Maybe.

 Everyone is hooked on the hottest singing competition on TV, The NoroVision Choral Throwdown! Everyone, that is, except for Doctor Proctor, Nilly and Lisa, who are far too busy having fun to watch...

Janet Lorimer / Strange But True Stories Book 2

   Provides accounts of a variety of unusual happenings.   All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good...

Ashley Birch / Magic Farm : Yummy Scrummy!

   Step into a topsy turvy world of magical fun, where anything can happen! Magic Farm: Yummy Scrummy! Olly, Hannah and Aidan are off to visit the Hayseeds - the walking, talking scarecrows who live...

Ellie Boswell / Witch of Turlingham Academy: Secrets and Sorcery : Book 3

   Sophie and Katy have almost forgotten that they're supposed to be mortal enemies - and now that they've persuaded Sophie's family that witches and witch hunters can be friends, life ought to be...

Danielle Star / Melowy #1: Dreams Come True

   Hidden somewhere beyond the highest clouds is the castle of Destino,a school for very special students. They're the Melowies, littleunicorns born with a symbol on their wings and a hidden...

Anne Fine / Bad Dreams

   Mel is the class bookworm. She prefers books to people and doesn't want to be a first-week minder for new girl Imogen. But there's something very strange about Imogen and, as Mel slowly uncovers...

Anne Fine / Goggle-Eyes

     Kitty Killin is not only a good storyteller, but also the World's Greatest Expert when it comes to mothers having new and unwanted boyfriends. Particularly when there's a danger they might...