Twelve-year-old Scarlett is a rebel: outrageous clothes, tongue stud, total contempt for authority and thinks she is totally cool.

Annie loves drawing, running barefoot, her family, and possibly Max, her running partner. It’s an eventful time for the 12-year-old: as her mother is about to give birth, her beloved grandfather is sliding slowly into dementia.

Ted likes the weather, he also likes statistics and routine but his life is thrown into disarray when his Aunt Gloria and cousin Salim arrive, like a hurricane, to stay in London en-route to a new life in New York.

An original and fascinating book by a talented new writer, which explores themes of trust, redemption, forgiveness and natural justice in the context of a dark and gripping mystery.

American explorer Matthew Henson was one of the first men to reach the North Pole in 1909. But his place in history wasn’t formally acknowledged for many years, due to the colour of his skin.

Runaways Mamo, a homeless orphan, and Dani, a wealthy boy from a rich family, meet on the streets of Addis Ababa.

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant, skeleton detective, fighting to save the world from wizard-gone-to-the-dark-side, Nefarian Serpine.

This is a collection of funny poems from a wide range of poets from Spike Milligan to Valarie Bloom, and Lewes Carroll to Michael Rosen.

Danny is obsessed with two things: football and investigating crimes.

Twins Kim and Seth and their friend Wes visit the plague village of Eyam on a school trip and steal some cursed coins from an old well.

The facts in this book will make you laugh out loud and possibly answer some of life's great mysteries such as why eating bogeys is good for you.

H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a top secret school of villainy, where children with a talent for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents to become criminal masterminds.

Children will love the energy and humour of the verse, which works best read aloud, and the appealing, colourful illustrations include lots of fascinating details that children will love picking out.

A section ‘all about dragons' is followed by a series of dragon stories with multiple appeal.

Ottoline is good at solving mysteries, in part due to her eavesdropping habit and in part because of her qualification as a mistress of disguise.

Ladybird loves to play with all the animals in this chunky board book, which makes a satisfying 'clackety-clack' noise when shaken.

A retelling of 11 Robin Hood stories, from his fight with Little John to the firing of his last arrow in humorous comic-strip format.