Upper Key Stage 2
When their dad dies on a mission to South Polaris, Arthur and Maudie join the next mission. They set off to discover what happened to their dad.
A unique story of triumph over adversity, told against the background of the Nationalist/Communist struggle for control of China.
A fantastic collection of poems!
When Michael is washed up on an island he curls up to die. But the next morning he wakes up to a plate of food. He isn't alone...
Beirut is bomb-ravaged and divided. Ayesha is forced on a journey across no man's land to reach enemy territory and save her ill grandmother.
A child's perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn't always make sense.
The Wild Wood seems a terrifying place to Mole, until one day he pokes his nose out of his burrow and finds it’s full of friends.
Ballet was not an option in Syria. But now they need to build a new life and ballet is an option. A story with humanity, warmth and hope!
Their father goes away with two strangers. Their mother, a writer, moves with them to the boring countryside. However, they soon come to love the railway that runs near their cottage, and they make a habit of waving to the Old Gentleman who rides on it. They befriend the porter, Perks, and through him learn railway lore and much else. They have many adventures, and when they save a train from disaster, they are helped by the Old Gentleman to solve the mystery of their father's disappearance, and the family is happily reunited.
Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas only thinks his life has been turned upside down after his developer father remarries... But an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem - the huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety - and it's up to Nick; his stepsister, Laurie; and his big brother, Julian to figure out the best way to stop a host of rampaging giants before all of Florida goes up in smoke.
August is an ordinary boy, who does ordinary things like eat ice-cream and play on his Xbox. But other ordinary kids don't think he's ordinary. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, August will face other children, for the first time in a real school. How will they react?
Coraline's new house isn't like every other house. There's a house inside her house. With another mother and father with black-button eyes and papery skin, waiting for Coraline to join them. But if she does, there's no turning back...
Cameron dreams of having a normal life. But his heart isn't functioning normally. How will others around him react when they learn Cameron has a functioning heart but it's a pig's heart?
After a devastating car accident, Annie can no longer play her flute and the music she always loved. She exists in a world of angry silence – furious with her mum and furious she can't seem to play her beloved flute any more. Then she meets Noah, and through their friendship she rediscovers music in a different way. Will she be able to keep recovering and will she reconnect with her mum after the crash?