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  • No such Thing as Dragons

    No such Thing as Dragons

    • Philip Reeve
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9781407114835
    • Published: 05-10-2009

    This is a dragon story with a brilliant twist from multi award-winning writer, Philip Reeve. Ansel's new master slays dragons for a living. He says he's hunted the monstrous worms all over Christendom and has the scars to prove it. But is Brock just a clever trickster in shining armour? Ansel...

  • The Graveyard Book

    The Graveyard Book

    • Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9780747594802
    • Published: 05-10-2009

    When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is al...

  • Traction Man Meets Turbodog

    Traction Man Meets Turbodog

    • Mini Grey
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780099484028
    • Published: 01-10-2009

    Traction Man is back! And so is Scrubbing Brush, his brave and rather bedraggled pet. But one night Scrubbing Brush myseriously vanishes and in his place is the utterly hygenic Turbodog, in indestructible Purple Plastic with Flashing Eyes, Electronic Bark and three AA batteries. But it's not t...

  • X-Isle

    X-Isle

    • Steve Augarde
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780385610612
    • Published: 01-10-2009

    Ever since the floods came and washed the world away, survivors have been desperate to win a place on X Isle, the island where life is rumoured to be easier than on what's left of the mainland. Only young boys are in with a chance, the smaller and lighter the better. Baz and Ray are two of the...

  • Threads

    Threads

    • Sophia Bennett
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781905294985
    • Published: 07-09-2009

    Fashion fairy tales really can happen. Nonie, Edie and Jenny are best friends with very individual tastes. Nonie's a real trend setter and her passion is fashion. Humanitarian Edie is on a mission to save the world. And budding actress Jenny has just landed a small part in a Hollywood blockbus...

  • A Sunny McCloud Book: Smile

    A Sunny McCloud Book: Smile

    • Leigh Hodgkinson
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781408301821
    • Published: 03-09-2009

    Sunny has lost something terribly important . . . her smile! She searches everywhere: under the sofa, in the dog basket, in all her pockets, yet it's nowhere to be found. But while she is busy searching and playing and having fun looking something special happens, and she realises that happine...

  • Ganglands: Brazil

    Ganglands: Brazil

    • Ross Kemp
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780141325897
    • Published: 06-08-2009

    Deep in the heart of Rio, a new gang has emerged in the favelas. A gang with a sinister reputation, heavy-duty weaponry and a seemingly limitless drug supply. Recruited by the shady organization Trojan Industries, teenage tearaway Luiz Alves must gain initiation, infiltrate the gang and find o...

  • Daft As A Doughnut

    Daft As A Doughnut

    • Adrian Mitchell, Tony Ross
    • Orchard Books
    • ISBN13: 9781408308073
    • Published: 06-08-2009

    Reissue of delightful collection of children's poems by the esteemed late poet, Adrian Mitchell.