Product Description: Harmony Parker thought animals much nicer than people, and saw everyone she knew as some non-human species. Her father, for example, was most definitely a bald-headed Sea Lion, her mother a tubby, fussy Pouter Pigeon, and her tiresome older sister a Siamese cat...read more

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Product Description: Hi! I'm Charlie (DON'T call me Charlotte—ever!). History is boring, right? Wrong! The Victorians weren't all deadly dull and drippy. Lottie certainly isn't. She's eleven—like me—but she's left school and has a job as a nursery maid...read more

Product Description: A selection of seriously scary stories from bestselling author Joan Aiken These eleven stories include, amongst others, a terrifying Nordic curse and a country garden inhabited by a deadly ghost. Aiken's other works include "The Kingdom Under The Sea," "Mortimer Says Nothing," and "Past Eight O'Clock...read more

Product Description: After her first week working at Prairie Books, Calico thinks she should be getting paid danger money. Exploding packages, menacing letters, arson. But it's the black-enveloped letters from Nemesis that really scare her. What if "Publish or Die" is a real threat?

Product Description: Fatal Majesty is the story of Mary, Queen of Scots--but this is no conventional retelling of a fascinating yet familiar tale. Returning from the sophisticated court of France to take up her throne in a cold and backward Scotland, eighteen-year-old Mary found herself trapped in a web of ambitions and intrigues--those of her self-righteous brother, James, whose ambition was to rule in her place; of her brilliant secretary of state, Lethington, dedicated to placing the Stewarts on the throne of England; and of Elizabeth I, dazzling and unscrupulous, who feared Mary as a threat not only to her crown but to her life...read more

Product Description: The Revolting Baby Katie thinks looking after a baby will be easy. But after Emily has covered herself in sticky golden syrup, newspaper print, scrambled egg, a few leaves and plenty of boot polish, Katie has changed her mind!The Revolting Holiday A week in a holiday camp sounds awful to Katie she’s sure she’ll be bored stiff! But then she meets Antonia, whose family wins all the competitions, and suddenly Katie finds lots of opportunities for her family to show off their talents...read more

Product Description: The fourth story featuring the madcap ten-year-old, Flossie Teacake. Her older sister's magic fur coat transforms Flossie into Floz, a teenager who can go anywhere and do anything - including buying a lottery ticket and winning a million pounds.

Product Description: The Revolting Bridesmaid When Katie's sister, Gillian, announces that she is marrying the appalling Christopher, Katie is horrified. When she realises she will have to be a bridesmaid, she feels sick! She is to have a boring teacher for a brother-in-law, and she'll have to wear a frilly blue dress...read more

Product Description: A saga set in 1920s following the fortunes of Caithleen Healy who leaves Ireland for the Australian goldmines. Abandoned by both the men in her life, Caithleen tries to forge a new life for herself but soon finds echoes of past treachery resound still.

Product Description: 14-year-old Roxanne, a farmer's daughter, runs away to London and to a life in showbusiness. But at the height of her career disaster strikes, and she returns to Devon, where she learns to accept that love is a thing of the past - or so she likes to imagine...read more

Product Description: A sequel to "Rags and Riches" by the same author, this book continues the tale of Sam and her brother Seb who are left, with their granny, to run their mothers second-hand clothes shop.

Product Description: Flossie Teacake, the girl with a magic fur coat, enjoys more weird, wild and wonderful adventures as her alter ego, the grown-up Floz.

Product Description: When Flossie Teacake tries on her older sister's fur coat she is transformed from a timid ten-year-old into a glamorous 18-year-old. With all her dreams coming true she is determined to have a fantastic time.