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Bloomsbury presents The Clockwork Conspiracy by Sam Sedgman, read by Jot Davies. ‘Clever, inventive and a cracking read’ – Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockwork Conspiracy is a must for...

Bloomsbury presents The Forbidden Atlas by Sam Sedgman read by Jot Davies The exhilarating sequel to The Clockwork Conspiracy, Isaac Turner is back for another action-packed mystery adventure. 'An ingenious mystery' - A. F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, on THE CLOCKWORK...

Bloomsbury presents The Galileo Heist by Sam Sedgman read by Jot Davies The third adventure in the Isaac Turner Investigates series sees Isaac’s summer in Italy go horribly wrong when he becomes embroiled in a heist to clear his grandfather’s name. Can Isaac shine a light on the truth in...

Visiting the train museum, Miles and Louis say at the same time, “Wouldn’t it be neat to ride on these model trains!” Suddenly, they shrink smaller and find themselves on the platform of the model train station. Around them are plastic models of people.

After many years, Haley finally builds a time machine. Haley jumps in the time machine and sets it to go back in time. With a smile on her face, Haley has gone back to the Age of Dinosaurs. What’s that ahead?

Bienvenido al campamento de los semidioses. Bienvenido al mundo de Percy Jackson… y de Katie Kim. En teoría, la vida en el Campamento Mestizo es muy tranquila. Aquí, todo semidiós encuentra.

Dans un monde fantastique où les chiens sèment la terreur, les chats ont bâti un royaume paisible et protégé par le bon roi Walter. Pourtant, à la suite d'un terrible malentendu, Chouchou, Ficelle et Roquette se retrouvent accusés d'espionnage et bannis du Royaume des Chats. Ils ne seront réhabilités qu'à condition de rapporter un trésor suffisamment grandiose… et d'échapper aux terribles monstres qui rôdent à l'extérieur !

চোর, পুলিশ, ডাকাত ভূত, সব কিছুই আছে শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায়ের লেখা এই ছোট গল্পগুলিতে। তবে কেউ-ই ভয়ঙ্কর নয়. কোনটা...

In book 4 of this hit series, a giant volcano grows up out of the floor of Eerie Elementary! Eerie Elementary is having a science fair. Sam, Antonio, and Lucy are hard at work on their projects when they find a strange, old book. Suddenly, the school comes alive! The ground shakes, science projects explode, and the school gym turns into a giant volcano! How will Sam and his friends fight hot lava? And what is hidden in that strange, old book?

Oliver Winter has the January blues. His sister hates him, his parents are always at work, and his keen mind sees through every fairy tale he was ever told. But one night, a mysterious stranger taps at his bedroom window and blows his world apart. Recruited by Enzo, a top agent of the mysterious Order of St. Nicholas, Oliver solemnly promises to do good, all year round.

This 18th entry into the Rick Brant series finds Rick and Scotty on vacation with Rick’s new houseboat, visiting government agent Steve Ames down in Chesapeake Bay. Their plan is to meet Mr. and Mrs. Brant, Barby Brant, and Jan Miller at Steve’s vacation house and float languidly back to Spindrift Island up in New Jersey. But, Rick and Scotty seem to draw trouble like a freshly cooked steak draws flies. A strange encounter during a storm leads to a mystery involving UFOs, flying stingrays, missing crabmen, and shady neighbors.

My name is Eddie. I sit down and look at my computer screen. Oh! No! A virus alert! My fingers touch the dusty screen. I feel like I’m falling into a pit. I shrink smaller and fly into my computer. I see a computer chip.

Uvula Publishing presents the tenth volume in the Rick Brant Science-Adventure stories-- The Golden Skull. Here Rick Brant and Don Scott leave New Jersey to join Dr. Tony Briotti on an Indiana Jones-style archeological expedition in the Philippines. All the Spindrifters want to do is to quietly dig up and study some ancient native artifacts, including a full-sized, solid-gold skull that is sacred to the Filipino natives.

The further adventures of Marta and Serge, which began in Quantum Horizons: A Fable of Science and Wonder. When they travel through the wormhole in an attempt to rescue their grandchildren, Marta and Serge find a new world that is under siege from powerful beings. Will they stay and help the inhabitants? What they learn on this new world will change everything they thought they knew about the Quantum Fairies.

With the success of the lunar rocket in the previous novel, The Rocket's Shadow, Rick Brant and Scotty learn that they have been chosen as part of the Tibet expedition to place communications equipment there to bounce radar signals off the moon. From the beginning of the expedition, however, they discover that someone does not want the experiment to succeed.

The day has arrived for 10-year-old Anna to start her studies at the Quentin Academy, but she doesn’t want to fly to school, despite the insistence of her magical frog. On her first day at the academy, Anna meets the enigmatic singer Ingrid Andersson and her daughter, Miriam. Something is odd about the girl with the intense blue eyes and long, flowing blonde hair, but Anna can’t put her finger on it. And soon her peaceful home is thrown into chaos. The teachings of the academy are powerful. But is Anna powerful enough to find and rescue the lost child?

Ifé Lela feels invisible at school. Her classmates whisper. Her teacher touches her hair without asking. Even her favorite lunch draws stares and giggles. Every day makes her wish she could disappear. But one quiet evening, when her tears fall into a warm bath, something magical begins. The water starts to shimmer, the air hums with light, and the bathtub becomes a doorway to another world — a world where colors dance, kindness blooms, and every child belongs.

First in the series about a child superhero who is autistic.

Jessie wants her science fair project to make a difference. So when she gets the chance to test a local creek for pollution, she can’t wait to get started. But when things start going wrong with her experiment, Jessie and her siblings don’t just have an experiment to investigate, they have a...

In The Rocket’s Shadow, Rick Brandt first meets his new friend Don Scott, and investigates the apparent sabotage of the Spindrift Foundation’s new experimental rocket, which if successful, will net them a two million dollar grant.