Scully is a trainee wizard. His dad's a wizard and his mum can see into the future. When Scully is given a Minder called Monika to watch over him, he soon finds himself at the centre of a perilous adventure in which the future of magic itself is at stake.

Octavia's credentials are fine (a sitcom-star mum, a film-director dad), but she's never fitted in at Darlingham House School, where the kids of the super-rich and famous go to get educated (if you can call tai-chi and Sanskrit an education.) It's hard enough for Octavia to avoid the pygmy blondes (India, Asia, China and Twinkle), without having t...

This is the story of a cat, a broomstick and an ordinary schoolgirl called Rosemary. She bought them both in the market, quite cheaply. Of course, neither the cat nor the broomstick were just what they seemed, and they turned up just when Rosemary badly needed something nice to happen to her. Between the cat and the broomstick, Rosemary picked up s...

Andie reckons the Breakfast Museum - a greasy spoon cafe - is the perfect place to hide out in when her boyfriend dumps her, and on the spur-of-the-moment she bunks off for the day. Only losers and drop-outs go there, don't they? Wrong! For it's there that Andie meets Tod and Rally and discovers that the Breakfast Museum can provide much more than...

Mischievous reindeer Twinklestar has bolted - leaving real-life Santa Claus, Niklas, to fall from the sky in his Christmas caravan. Luckily he crash-lands in a friendly neighbourhood, where two children come to his rescue. But he's still in terrible danger. For on his trail are Gerold Goblynch and his bad Santas from Yule Land, who will stop at not...

Nicholas's dad has had an idea - always a cue for disaster! This time he's planning to take the whole family camping. Sounds great, but Tomato is taking her pet carrot (don't ask) and Cheese is smuggling his pet hen into the camping van, while Granny and Lancelot are planning on bringing the goat... How much chaos can one family cause!?

Mildred Hubble has always been the worst witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, but she just knows this term will be different. She's done the best holiday project ever and she's sure that her form teacher, the fearsome Miss Hardbroom, will be impressed. Even her arch-enemy, Ethel Hallow, is being friendly to her! But is it all too good to be true? Will d...

Wren Natsworthy who is fifteen and eager for excitement has been living peacefully in Anchorage - a static settlement on the shores of the Dead Continent. So when the Lost Boys turn up searching for the mysterious Tin Book, Wren's sure that her adventure has arrived. But before another day is out, Wren will find herself a captive, the slave and f...

Midden the messy witch and her team of helpers run the famous magic factory in Starling Castle. All sorts of people go there to buy spell ingredients, or for cauldron, broomstick and wand repairs, or just for helpful advice. The Magic Factory Mail Order Service is really big as well - spells delivered to your door any time of the day or night!

Joe is twelve and very, very worried about girls. Girls turn boys into dribbling wrecks. They make you sweat and your tummy feel funny. They make you ditch your mates and football practice to go snogging in their bedrooms for hours. Joe knows. He's seen it happen to his brother. Joe wants none of it. And he doesn't want his friends to change either...

St Sebastian's School in Grimesford is the pits. Built on the boggy remains of a medieval plague pit, this once proud school's dodgy nineteenth-century foundations are causing it to slowly subside. Every year the ghosts of the plague victims underneath become more disgruntled. All they want is to rest in peace, but during term time all they hear is...

Bjarni needs a sword so he can join a pirate ship and win some treasure, but he can't afford one. Then Astrid's mysterious long-lost uncle appears out of the blue and offers to lend him one; but the strange runes carved on it are a dangerous curse. When he uses it, he and Astrid plunge into a terrifying adventure which leads them straight into th...

When Patrick saves a litter of greyhound puppies from the canal, he can't bear to hand them all over to the RSPCA. He pleads with his parents: couldn't he just keep one of them? But nothing will convince them and Patrick cries himself to sleep - only to be woken by a greyhound puppy licking his face! Patrick christens his puppy Best Mate. But one d...

Tiger Lily is not just fond of reading, she's obsessed! Her head is full-to-bursting with stories of pirates, wonderlands, daring deeds and buried treasure... And now she's had one of her BIG ideas - she's going to become a heroine and roam the world in search of adventure! There's just one problem - Tiger Lily lives in the middle of nowhere where...

This audiobook brings a literary classic to life, retelling 'The Faerie Queen' in an accessible way. The original was written in 1596 for Elizabeth I, but now McCaughrean introduces a whole new generation of readers to Edmund Spenser's exciting adventures of knights and dragons, sorcerers and hermits, princesses and sea nymphs.

When the walls of Max and Finlay's den start crumbling away, little do the best mates know that everything is about to change. Trapped inside the wall is the ancient god Hercules and he needs the boy's help! The friends must complete a terrifying challenge every day for seven days and can choose only one of Hercules's amazing superpowers at a tim...

When Dirk Dilly gets a call from a distraught wife, he does not expect much in the way of exciting crimes to solve, but he sets off to follow the husband anyway. He couldn't be more wrong and soon he is up to his scaly neck in stolen government secrets, wicked and treacherous dragons, and a confused Prime Minister's son. Of course, nothing is too d...

When Pablo discovers he can predict the future through the cartoons he draws, he can hardly believe his luck. But what seems to be a brilliant discovery soon turns into a terrible burden, as Pablo's secret is uncovered by the wrong kind of people. Kidnapped and in a foreign country, with only a cartoon character for company - will Pablo be able to...

Ten year-old Danny can't outrun the memories that have chased him ever since his identical twin brother died. Where can Danny hide when every day his own face reminds him of Finn? A poignant story about a bereaved boy who embarks on an emotional journey - and ultimately finds his way home...

Princess Bella has been snatched from her secret garden by a terrifying monster, leaving behind nothing but a glittering golden ball! Not even the bravest knights in the kingdom can save her from the huge, dark, fire-breathing creature with enormous wings, a great swishing tail and deadly claws. But clumsy Ned, the stable boy is determined to succe...

Prepare to be terrified by the exhibits at the Museum of Little Horrors. But make sure you heed the warning: Do Not Touch! For ignoring these instructions can only lead to trouble. Monstrously terrible trouble... But Mr. Ellis' class don't take instructions as seriously as they should and, after running riot in the museum, the pupils aren't quite f...