The story of a friendship as deep & dangerous as the ocean by the Costa Award-winning author of The Lie Tree. ...

Alfie thought he knew his destiny. He didn’t know the half of it. Fourteen-year-old heir to the throne, Alfie, didn’t expect to be King so soon. He DEFINITELY did not expect to be DEFENDER OF THE REALM, a legendary superhero, fighting a secret, centuries-long battle to protect the nation from monsters & super-villains. ...

Alfie thought he knew his destiny. He didn’t know the half of it. Fourteen-year-old heir to the throne, Alfie, didn’t expect to be King so soon. He DEFINITELY did not expect to be DEFENDER OF THE REALM, a legendary superhero, fighting a secret, centuries-long battle to protect the nation from monsters & super-villains. ...

The action-packed second book in the Defender of the Realm trilogy! After the great battle at King Alfie’s coronation, the nation thinks it’s seen the last of the Black Dragon. But when a band of undead Vikings appears, Alfie, Hayley & the rest of the Yeoman Warders must prepare for the epic battle that’s brewing. ...

Royal superhero King Alfie isn’t feeling all that super right now. Well, how would you feel if you lost your whole kingdom to your evil nemesis? He’s still licking his wounds from his disastrous battle against the terrifying Black Dragon. Now the UK is under the cruel control of dark forces. So much for defending the realm. (Sigh.) ‘ Lord Protector’ Lock is spreading his tyranny far & wide. That’s bad enough. But it’s the undead Viking invaders & monstrous berserkers that really have Alfie worried. Obviously, he needs to raise an army & take his country back. But isn’t that a bit too obvious? What if he’s walking straight into a trap? The blockbusting climax to this storming fantasy series Fresh & fast-paced writing full of energy & humour By the screenwriting team behind TV’s Danger Mouse King Arthur meets Young Bond meets Percy Jackson ...

‘A kinetic tale of the tension between duty, love & trust’ – Cassandra Clare ‘ Defy the Night is everything I crave in a fantasy romance’ – Stephanie Garber ‘ Addicting from page one!’ – Jennifer L. Armentrout The first book in the thrilling Defy the Night series: a blockbuster fantasy saga about a corrupt kingdom, a star-crossed romance & a girl who will do anything for justice. A spark of rebellion is all it takes to DEFY THE NIGHT. In a kingdom where sickness stalks the streets & only the richest can afford a cure, King Harristan & his brother Prince Corrick are forced to rule with an iron fist. Tessa Cade is a masked outlaw marked for death, but she likes it that way. Together with the mysterious, handsome Weston, she robs from the rich to help the poor, distributing food & medicine to those who need it most. As it becomes clear that the only way to save her people is to assassinate the King, Tessa must face a deadly mission that will take her to the dark heart of the kingdom … & force her to work with the very people she intended to destroy. For more fantasy romance, don’t miss Brigid Kemmerer’s New York Times bestselling Cursebreaker series. ...

All aboard for the rip-roaring final book in the bestselling Train to Impossible Places Adventures, with magic at every stop. From the award-winning P.G. Bell, with dazzling illustrations from Flavia Sorrentino, join Suzy on this magical adventure, where the journey will never, ever take you where you expect it to. ...

This title is part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled stories are engaging, & are exactly matched to Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised, used in schools across the UK. ...

This beautiful hardcover box set

Includes:: all three books in Suzanne Collins’s internationally bestselling

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The latest jaw-achingly funny, number-one bestselling novel from David Walliams – now out in paperback. Make your appointment if you dare… ...