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Bill is a 15-year-old runaway evacuee, and he’s finding that surviving on the streets of London is pretty easy. Things get more complicated for Bill with the arrival of Julie. She's a runaway too, and although she’s a bit posh, she’s just as determined as Bill to stay free of interfering parents and 'the social'. But although it’s fun for a while to duck Jerry missiles and camp out in bombed-out houses, the reality of living through the Blitz quickly begins to set in.

What can you do when your parents turn into supervillains? I just took one tiny power nap in a very boring lesson and they totally overreacted - banning me from appearing on the most awesome vlog in the universe! I tried everything I could to change their minds - even doing my homework! - but nothing worked. Then my best friend, Maddy, told me about a secret way to fool your parents into doing anything you want....

When Owen Underwood's family move to Barrow, it's because there's nowhere safer in the Valleys - and safety is very important. Especially when the threat of tornadoes, and giant bears, is constant. But in Barrow, safety is taken to extremes. Children have to wear bright yellow at all times and are never allowed outside except to go to school. How can Owen face an entire summer of that? In secret, Owen and his friends form the Tornado Chasers. Their mission: to get as close to a Grade 5 tornado as possible.

The year is 2069, and the earth is in flux. Whole nations are being wiped off the map by climate change. Desperate for new resources, the space race has exploded back into life. Corporations seek ever greater profits off-world. They offer immense rewards to anyone who can claim space's resources in their name. The bounty on a single asteroid rivals the GDP of entire countries, so every trick, legal or not, is used to win. 

Meet Atticus Grammatticus Cattypus Claw, the world’s greatest cat burglar. He’s a tabby who spells trouble. And he’s been hired by the fiendish Jimmy Magpie to steal all the jewels in Littleton-on-Sea. Atticus needs a temporary home – preferably one with lots of sardines provided. But when he adopts Inspector Cheddar and his family, Atticus starts to wonder, is a life of crime really for him?

Atticus is on beach-tidying duty with the kittens when he finds a message in a bottle from Fishhook Frank. Fishhook is marooned on a desert island, but he promises Atticus treasure in exchange for his rescue! Atticus sets out to rescue Fishhook Frank and find the Casket of Desires with his owners, the Cheddar family. But it's not all plain sailing, and Atticus must learn to be a first-class ship's cat if they want to stay afloat!

Three crazy, funny stories, featuring the two clumsiest talking mice you’ll ever meet…‘ The mouse started to trundle away, glancing at Howard over its shoulder, nervously. “You may well glance at me nervously," said Howard, picking up an empty water glass and placing it over the mouse. "You'll stay in there so I can eat my breakfast in peace. I shall deal with you afterwards…”’But you can't really deal with the Clumsies, afterwards or at any time.

The Clumsies are back in their fourth hilarious and very messy adventure! Everyone’s favourite biscuit-munching, tea-drinking, talking mice are back, and this time they are making a mess of the zoo. Quality writing and side-splitting humour combine in these brilliant stories that will be loved by children and adults alike.

Gabriel Silk's family have been the Keepers of a magical cloak for centuries. But when Gabriel is entrusted to take the cloak to his uncle, who lives under the curse of an evil sorceress, it goes missing. Gabriel and his cousin Sadie are determined to find the cloak before the sorceress does. But someone, or something, is following Gabriel. Have the Sleepers awoken?

Dylan Malone, aka Beaky, has a habit of telling porkies - every time he opens his mouth, out pops a whopper! But then his long-suffering sister shoves him into the truth-telling machine at Madame Shirley's Marvellous Emporium of Peculiarities. Now Beaky can't tell a lie - not even a teeny-weeny one - and a truth-telling Beaky is even worse....    

Can Louis' parents get any more embarrassing? Will they ever get on board with his dreams of stardom? Why is everyone dressed in glittery and ill-fitting clothes? And why, oh why is everyone chanting 'ommmmmm'? Follow the hilarious adventures and misadventures of Louis, the aspiring schoolboy comedian, in this laugh-out-loud tale from the award-winning author of How to Train Your Parents, Pete Johnson.

More sparklingly funny adventures about the much-loved talking mice that live under Howard's desk, eat his biscuits, try and help him out, but only ever end up making a mess. This time they are at the airport, but a mix up at security sees the Clumsies end up in the wrong suitcase and running amok in Departures.

Atticus Grammatticus Cattypus Claw, the world’s greatest reformed cat burglar, is back. This time, the tabby with talent is on the right side of the law. And when Jimmy Magpie and his gang are busted out of jail by a mysterious villain and an evil cat called Ginger Biscuit, Atticus knows from bitter experience he’s going to need all his skill and courage to catch them. This hilarious sequel to Atticus Claw Breaks the Law takes him from tea with the Queen to the dungeons of the Tower of London.

The Hole-in-the-Tree gang, led by Quickpaw Cassidy and the Sunshine Cub, is the most daring group of raccoons in town. But when these cheeky chancers carry out the biggest, boldest heist of their lives, they push the neighbourhood too far. The heat is on, and the gang goes on the run in this wild adventure ultimately learning that there’s no place like home. 

The yellow letter arrived on a Saturday, otherwise Henry would have been at school. The envelope was such a bright, sunny colour, no one would have believed that it contained a bombshell. Less than 10 minutes after the arrival of the mysterious letter, Henry is on the run with his Auntie Pearl, possibly never to return home. Henry has a secret.

When DC Rawls decided to take some time off work for his mental health, he thought he would need just a few days. However, it's been months since that terrible night, and Rawls still hasn't returned to the Somerset Police Dept. He can't seem to shake the feeling that he might never be the same again. But when a schoolgirl disappears and the police link her case to the disappearances of three other girls in Bath, it sends the media into a frenzy that places Rawls and his team at the heart of the storm.

Atticus Grammatticus Cattypuss Claw, the world’s greatest police cat, is back. When the kittens at the local cats’ home are wrongly suspected of a knitting crime spree, Inspector Cheddar is baffled. Atticus must step in to find the real culprits. In an adventure that takes him from Littleton-on-Sea to the sands of the Egyptian desert, Atticus has to use all his tabby talents to keep one paw ahead of Ginger Biscuit and Jimmy Magpie and his gang.

The enchanter Count Harken – the shadow in the painting of the Red King – is determined to stop Billy from discovering a life-changing family secret. His incredible power reaches out from the dark land of Badlock to wreak revenge on Charlie and his friends. Charlie’s ancestor, Otus Yewbeam – a giant, married to Amoret, the Red King’s daughter – has been imprisoned in Badlock by Count Harken. Charlie is sucked into a painting of Badlock and tries to rescue Otus. But can he outwit the shadow’s troll army?

It's 92 hours since Beaky told a lie. He's survived two full days of school...but now he and his class are off to Learning Land, home to cheery-but-creepy Clumso the Clued-up Clown, whose job is to dish out fascinating facts to one and all. Beaky's partnered with Wayne, the school bully, who's scared of clowns. With Beaky unable to tell a lie and Wayne intent on beating him up, things are tricky. And soon they're on the run from a manic clown who'll stop at nothing to track them down.

Eleven-year-old Olly has a very special delivery, a 3D-printing machine stamped Property of the MOD and British Space Agency...Warning: Do Not Tamper. It's a machine with magical properties, it has a name, it speaks and it can print anything Olly asks it to, from the coolest new toy to a room full of chocolate. But what Olly really wants is...his dad.