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Jim Sturges is your typical teen in suburban San Bernardino - one with an embarrassingly overprotective dad, a best friend named Tubby who shares his hatred of all things torturous (like gym class), and a crush on a girl who doesn't know he exists. But everything changes for Jim when a 45-year-old mystery resurfaces, threatening the lives of everyone in his seemingly sleepy town. Soon Jim has to team up with a band of unlikely (and some unhuman) heroes to battle the monsters he never knew existed.

The year is 2425. Centuries after a catastrophic meteor collision, nature has retaken the earth. In a small town in what was once England, young Ocean Mooney and the monkey-owning Duke Smiff have just dug up a 400 year-old tablet computer. Meanwhile, in the present day, Thomas Reeve and his genius cousin Kylie create the Time Tablet – a device which they hope will allow them to communicate with the future. But when the Time Tablet malfunctions live on television, Thomas and Kylie are sucked into the year 2425 – and have only 24 hours to return home, and save the future of humanity.

Can stopping time solve a murder? Journey to a house on a clifftop and discover the secret of a cursed painting in a puzzling mystery from the bestselling and award-winning Michelle Harrison. For fans of Robin Stevens and Cressida Cowell. Our story begins with identical twins . . . Spike and...

When dorky, unpopular 11-yr-old Otis wakes up in the morning at a sleepover birthday party, he's in for a shock. At the marquee where the sleepover took place, it's a scene of carnage and mayhem: there's a donkey drinking at the chocolate fountain, a huge inflatable helium sausage looms above, doves everywhere, one of the kids has a tattoo, and there's a suitcase of bratwurst on the floor! But what's weirdest of all, neither Otis nor the other kids can remember what happened!

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES WITH MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! On your marks. Get set. Read! From what James Patterson calls “the coolest library in the world” to the race of a lifetime, follow along and solve the clues in this interactive adventure! By the co-author of Murdle...

Two master criminals are on the run with ancient treasure, using London's web of hidden trails and passages to conceal their loot. The Adventurers must track them down using their wits, Uncle Logan...and a stolen red bus. Join Lara, Rufus, Tom, Daisy and Barney as they race to uncover the City of Secrets!

Brought to you by Puffin. Daisy and Hazel invite you to discover their untold stories . . . Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are famous for solving murder mysteries. But there are many other intrigues in the pages of Hazel's casebook, from the macabre Case of the Deepdean Vampire, to the baffling Case...

Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! These timeless stories are perfect for young fans of mystery, adventure or detective series. In book six, Peter and Janet are the only witnesses when a car is stolen. They saw the thieves, and now the whole of the...

Elmo and his sister love playing in the jungle house next door...that is, until mean old Mr Birdsnest moves in. But when it appears that Mr Birdsnest has kidnapped the children's grandma they must sneak back in to rescue her! A delightful and cleverly written story by the Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson.

A strange telegram lures fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, deep into Russia and away from the only trustworthy adult they know. Signed with the initials NRR, the telegram launches a race to uncover a treasure stolen by the Nazis and the truth about the murder of the last Russian royal family. All too soon, the treasure hunt starts to smell like a Lucian trap. But the bait might just be irresistible . . . what will Amy and Dan risk to find out what really happened on the night their parents died?

WINNER OF THE LEEDS BOOK AWARDS 2026 - BEST MIDDLE GRADE FICTION An exciting and funny new murder mystery from debut author Niyla Farook. Perfect for fans of HIGH RISE MYSTERY! Separated when they were 6 months old, twins Ani and Riri couldn't be more different. Loud and adventurous Ani wants to...

It’s not every day a couple of eagles pay you a visit in the middle of the night and tell you your friend, who happens to be hundreds of miles away, is in terrible danger. But Matt and Elena are not everyday people. They’re Night Speakers, with the ability to communicate with animals, and an uncanny habit of getting into save-the-world situations. But what is shaking the birds’ world so much that it would drive them to fly hundreds of miles? Something huge and horrifying is happening, and Tima is in the middle of it.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert, read by Rebecca Soler. Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice's life on the road, always a step ahead of the strange bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice's grandmother, the reclusive...

PAW Patrol: This is Chase, Marshall, Rocky, Zuma, Rubble and Skye. The six heroic dogs are led by Ryder. Mayor Humdinger is being very naughty on Christmas Eve, and it's up to the PAW Patrol to help Santa and save Christmas and in another adventure Myrna the Mynah bird leads her new feathered friends astray. It's up to the PAW Patrol to rescue the wayward flock! Moreover, Adventure Bay is holding a "kids only" soapbox derby race, when a mysterious newcomer named "Hum-Kid" shows up, breaking rules. No mission is too big, no paw too small.

Funny, exciting and brilliantly clever, Frank Cottrell-Boyce's Millions is a fantastic adventure about two boys, one miracle and a million choices. Perfect for boys and girls of 8 to 12. What would you do with a million pounds? Buy a thousand pizzas? Give it to charity? When a bag stuffed full...

'A rip-roaring delight.' Anna James The Famous Five are back as a new group of kids head to Smuggler's Top to crack their second mystery. A brand-new adventure by bestselling author Chris Smith, inspired by Enid Blyton and featuring original and new characters. Maddy, Fran, Tom and Gilbert can't...

Homeless, frightened and alone, Link finds himself down and out in London. He survives only because he is befriended by the streetwise Ginger, then Ginger disappears. Other kids are vanishing, too. Will Link be the next victim?

Four of the seven Trustees have been defeated and their Keys taken, but for Arthur, the week is still getting worse. Suzy Blue and Fred Gold Numbers have been captured by the Piper, and his New Nithling army still controls most of the Great Maze. Superior Saturday is causing trouble wherever she...

Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! These timeless stories are perfect for young fans of mystery, adventure or detective series. In book twelve, there are strange happenings indeed at Torling Castle! Someone is hiding out in the ruined tower, making the...

Violet never wanted to move to Perfect. Who wants to live in a town where everyone has to wear glasses to stop them going blind? And who wants to be tidy and perfectly behaved all the time? Violet quickly discovers there's something weird going on - her mam is acting strange and her dad has...