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  • Siege

    Siege

    • Sarah Mussi
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781444910087
    • Published: 05-09-2013

    Leah Jackson - in detention. Then armed Year 9s burst in, shooting. She escapes, just. But the new Lock Down system for keeping intruders out is now locking everyone in. She takes to the ceilings and air vents with another student, Anton, and manages to use her mobile to call out to the world....

  • The Worst Witch All at Sea

    The Worst Witch All at Sea

    • Jill Murphy
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780141349626
    • Published: 05-09-2013

    The Worst Witch All At Sea is the fourth of Jill Murphy's classic, much-loved The Worst Witch series, the original story of life at a magical boarding school, perfect for readers aged 5-9. Lovable but disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is possibly the worst witch ever to go to Miss Cackle's Academy...

  • Stolen

    Stolen

    • Lucy Christopher
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781908435750
    • Published: 05-09-2013

    Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wi...

  • Stolen

    Stolen

    • Lucy Christopher
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781908435750
    • Published: 05-09-2013

    I was stolen from an airport. Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used to. Taken to sand and heat, dirt and danger. And he expected me to love him. This is my story. Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. Ty, her captor,...

  • My Friend's a Gris-Kwok

    My Friend's a Gris-Kwok

    • Malorie Blackman, Andy Rowland
    • Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781781122440
    • Published: 01-09-2013

    Mike had no idea that his best friend Alex was a Gris-Kwok - he can turn into any living creature he chooses. But so can Alex's naughty little sister Polly, and it's not long before Mike and Alex are dealing with a whole heap of trouble! A hilarious and thrilling read. Particularly suitable fo...

  • The Prey

    The Prey

    • Andrew Fukuda
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9780857075451
    • Published: 15-08-2013

    For Gene and the remaining humans - or hepers - death is just a heartbeat away. On the run and hunted by society, they must find a way to survive in The Vast... and avoid the hungry predators tracking them in the dark. But they're not the only things following Gene. He's haunted by the girl he...

  • The Storm Whale

    The Storm Whale

    • Benji Davies
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471115684
    • Published: 15-08-2013

    The stunning bestseller by Benji Davies, winner of the inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize.   Noi and his father live in a house by the sea, his father works hard as a fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach aft...

  • Toys in Space

    Toys in Space

    • Mini Grey
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9781849415613
    • Published: 04-07-2013

    What happens when you leave your toys out in the garden at night? They get beamed into space - that's what! Join our plucky band as they explore the cosmos, and help out one lonely alien along the way...