For years, Valkyrie Cain has struggled to keep her loved ones safe from harm, plunging into battle - time and time again - by Skulduggery Pleasant's side, and always emerging triumphant. But now the very thing that Valkyrie fights for is in danger, as a ruthless killer snatches her little sister in order to lure Valkyrie into a final confrontation....

There were dozens of us on the ship, all ages, boys and girls, and we were all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye, I thought they were waving good-bye. None of us spoke. It was a grey day with drizzle in the air, the great sad cranes bowing to the ship from the docks as we steamed pas...

Magids look after all worlds, steer them towards magic, and keep history happening. But Rupert Venables' mentor has just died, and as the junior magid on earth he has to find a replacement. When he interweaves the fate lines to get all the candidates together at a sci-fi fantasy convention, havoc ensues as they all converge on a very strange hotel...

Hello. I'm called Ella Brook and I live in a town called Cherrywood. I have blue eyes and dark brown hair. My best friends at school are Tom and Lenka. My worst enemy is Zoe. And then there is my mummy. She looks normal, like any other mummy . . . but she's not. Because she can turn into a fairy. She just has to shut her eyes tight, say 'Marshmallo...

Being President is no laughing matter . . . . . . Especially when Max is forced to run for class president to get even with his psycho teacher, Mr Armstrong. But how can Max possibly hope to win the presidency? He isn't the sportiest, smartest, best-looking or even the tallest candidate in the running. And Mr Armstrong is determined to sabotage his...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER, FUNNY KID FOR PRESIDENT!

FROM THE AUTHOR OF NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER, FUNNY KID FOR PRESIDENT! Being funny is a good gig and it's pretty much the only thing Max Walburt is good at. At least he thinks he's good at it . . . . . . Max takes being funny very seriously. At home, he is the Chief-Walburt-Entertainer (CWE) and at school, he's the funny kid. So when the Redhill Talent...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How High The Moon by Karyn Parsons, read by Sisi Aisha Jonshon. It's 1944, and in a small Southern town, eleven-year-old Ella spends her summers running wild with her cousins and friends. But life isn't always so sunny. The deep racial tension that simmers beneath their town's peaceful facade never quite go...

Chaos, wizardry and a gang of kind-of ghosts are the stars of this hilarious adventure. Noah's mum's new invention can zap ANYTHING into a ghost of its former self. It's still there, but you can't see it and you can't touch it. When sinister 'Seerblight Solutions' steal her invention, Noah himself is zapped-and he's not the first to have been turne...

From the international bestselling author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth, Ann Patchett, comes a hilarious children's story about a slide made just for lambs. Nicolette Farmer is running for class president, and the rest of the Farmer family tells her she'll win by a landslide. A pack of overconfident lambs mistakenly hear lambslide and can't believe...

Libby and her big sister Bella used to be close, but lately Bella's become sarcastic and mean and obsessed with her boyfriend. Then there's six-year-old Grace, the baby of the family. Whenever Mum and Dad aren't at work, it's all about Grace. So where does Libby fit in? Things change suddenly when the girls move to the tiny village where their dad...

Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon-the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Rag...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan, read by Michael Crouch. Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. Now he's readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, armed with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the Norse gods and begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It's up to Magnus Ch...

Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he's never met-who tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, g...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson, read by Hugh Dennis. If you haven't met a Moomin yet, you're in for the most magical fun! 'This is snow,' Moomintroll whispered to himself. Moomins always sleep through the winter - or they did until the year Moomintroll woke up and went exploring in the silent, snow-co...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of My Brother's Name is Jessica written by John Boyne, read by Joe Jameson. Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible. Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him. Sam idolises J...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of My Magical Life written and read by Zach King. Eleven-year-old Zach has magical powers, just like everyone in his family, but he's having trouble harnessing his abilities. To help his powers manifest, and to help him appreciate his natural gifts, Zach's parents decide that he needs to be around 'real' peopl...

Beans calls her dad 'Gadgetman' because of the weird and wonderful gadgets he comes up with - everything from exploding biscuits to Spy Kits. But when Gadgetman accidentally invents a device that could be used to steal millions of pounds, the wrong people find out and Gadgetman is kidnapped! With the help of her friends - and her special Gadgetman...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Princess in Practice written and read by Connie Glynn, with additional narration from Jacynthe Barnes, Tom Berkerly, Victoria Blackburn, Saffron Coomber, Liam Jefford, Matthew Jacobs Morgan, Sabi Perez and Philippine Velge. Lottie Pumpkin is an ordinary girl who longs to be a princess; Ellie Wolf is a princ...

Jake's class are competing in the Whizz-BANG Science Fair and surely nothing can stop them from winning at the final. Well, maybe one thing...their teacher, Mr Hyde, has turned into Creature, and is more interested in eating the exhibits than talking about them. And what's more, Creature's made a friend! With two mischievous monsters causing havoc,...

Moving to a new house and school is hard for Lucy. Then she finds a family of stray kittens in an alleyway, and doesn't feel quite so lonely. She especially loves the shy black-and-white one, and calls her Catkin. Catkin doesn't like it when the other kittens are taken away. Then Lucy makes her a new home in their greenhouse. But the kitten can't s...