When fifteen-year-old Rose visits Belgium, she can feel the deep scars left there by the Great War. But when she hears the sound of marching late at night, she does not expect to see the ghosts of the past from her window. & one boy in particular. ...

To kill with one touch. To harvest dead souls from the battlefields. Kate made Pegasus real. Now: a Norse goddess of death. ...

A supernatural school: a hellishly moreish read. Romance, friendship, social games, scary rituals. & eternal darkness! ...

Strong hands grasped Jack’s shoulders painfully from behind, & he looked up into the eyes of a vampire. He felt the claws prick through his skin, & small flowers of blood welled up through the white cloth. The vampire growled, & Jack felt the fangs sink into his throat… Jack wants to believe it was only a dream. The vampires are gone! Banished for a thousand years by an ancient ritual that sent their leader to the depths of Hell. But that voice still echoes in his mind: the voice of the vampire god, promising to return. Jack’s friends Ben & Emily say it’s just his imagination, but Jack isn’t so sure. Maybe Victorian London is safe… but now a strange sickness is raging in Paris. A familiar sickness which leaves its victims drained of blood. It seems that the vampires have moved on, & the fight must follow them… halloween-1016 ...

Ben, Jack & Emily are in a deadly race against time. They must find the final part of the golden amulet before Camazotz, the vampire god, gets his evil claws on it. With the completed amulet, Camazotz will rule the world &8211; & the entire human race will be reduced to mere prey. As the young vampire-hunters hack through the steaming Mexican jungle, searching for the ancient Mayan temple where the amulet is hidden, danger looms on every side. Against such hopeless odds, how can they succeed &8211; & stop the world from being plunged into everlasting darkness? ...

Emily caught a flashing glimpse of movement as two men broke free from the shadows & began to run… For a moment Emily thought they were bandits. But then she saw their deathly white faces & claw-like hands. “ Lampirs!” she cried. Christmas comes to a devastating end for Jack, Ben & Emily when they discover that Ben is infected by the lampir plague. But when they race to Poland to find a doctor who is rumoured to have developed an antidote, they find it in the grip of a lampir epidemic of monstrous proportions. From the city of Warsaw to the snowy forests & villages, the country is swarming with the undead… & this time there seems to be no cure. halloween-1016 ...

A hundred snarling lampirs had gathered across the pathway. Grey river-mist curled around their feet. Somewhere a wolf howled, & a bat dived to flit low across the surface of the water. & Jack saw, with a sickening certainty, that there was no way past the lampirs. They were trapped. Ben, Jack & Emily are journeying into the Polish mountains, desperate to end the fearful lampir plague. If they destroy the monstrous Count Lampirska, the evil founder of the lampir clan, then Poland’s dead can rest at last. Now they must face their final challenge, & take a stand against the terrible forces of ancient darkness… halloween-1016 ...

In this emotionally raw novel written in verse, Vanilla & Hunter have been dating since seventh grade. They came out together, navigated middle school together, & became that couple in high school that everyone always sees as a couple. There are complications & confusions, for sure. But most of all, they love each other. As high school goes, though, & as their relationship deepens, some cracks begin to show. Hunter thinks they should be having sex. Vanilla isn’t so sure. Hunter doesn’t mind hanging out with loud, obnoxious friends. Vanilla would rather avoid them. If they’re becoming different people, can they be the same couple? Falling in love is hard. Staying in love is harder. ...

The first book in a bitingly brilliant & fangtastically feisty debut middle-grade series by New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron. Fans of The Breakfast Club Adventures, Goosebumps & Stranger Things will devour this fun, thrilling & heartfelt vampire adventure. In the world of the Vanquishers, vampires were history … until now. Malika “ Boog” Wilson & her best friends have grown up idolising the Vanquishers, a group of heroic vampire hunters who wiped out the last horde of the undead decades ago. Nowadays, most people don’t take even the most basic vampire precautions – the days of garlic wreaths & early curfews are long gone – but Boog’s parents still follow the old rules, much to her embarrassment. When a friend goes missing, Boog isn’t sure what to think. Could it be the school counsellor, Mr Rupert, who definitely seems to be hiding something? Or could it be something more dangerous? Boog is determined to save her friend, but is she ready to admit vampires might not be vanquished after all? No one ever expected the Vanquishers to return, but if their town needs protection from the undead, Boog knows who to call … ...

Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten. He lives high up in an old house on a hill. He’s never left home, but then his grandfather tells him about the Way – a secret martial art for cats. Now Varjak must use the Way to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs, cat gangs &, strangest of all the mysterious Vanishings. primary-092016 bookpacks-0816 rrchildrens readandrespond-reading-collections reading-spine-year-5 reading 3for 2 pie 3for 2 bestchildrensbooks 3for 2 rbmember summer-18 sum-18 sum-18-ie read-&-respond-2018 piecorbettreadingspine pm 19-offer ...