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Life has never been more complicated for 13-year-old Marcus. It's not easy trying to hide your secret identity as a half-vampire, avoid garlic, and work up the courage to ask out vampire-crazy Tallulah. Plus, Marcus's parents are still convinced his special power is going to arrive any day now, and Marcus is totally feeling the pressure. As if that wasn't bad enough, a seriously creepy Winter Fair has arrived in town - and a number of terrifying attacks have started happening. All Marcus wants is an easy life. But now it's up to him to save the day.

Josh and Danny have gone for a nice day out at the zoo. Or, should that be, a nice, experimental day out at the zoo? Petty's developed a new S.W.I.T.C.H. spray for snakes! And Josh and Danny are willing volunteers. Things start to go a bit wrong though when they fail to SWITCH back into boys, and are spotted by a whole class of girls on a school trip! Luckily, Charlie, an old friend from summer camp, is there to help, and the panic subsides. The trouble is not over yet though....

Josh and Danny are on holiday with their parents in Cornwall - so the last person they expect to see is mad scientist, and next door neighbour, Petty Potts! So when the twins see her on the beach - holding a turtle under each arm - they can't help but wonder what she's up to. The thing is, the boys have got other things on their mind. They've found another mystery marble clue, and need to get out to the ruined fort on the rocky island. But they take too long and the tide comes in, trapping them.

Charlie has given up cheese and onion crisps! He just hasn't been himself lately. There's only one thing for it - the Truly Amazing Smarties Trick! .... And Charlie's big brother Max isn't scared of anything...except Aunt Emma's spooky house. At last it's Charlie's chance to be the hero. Those ghosts had better watch out! Two more irresistibly funny Charlie stories from award-winning author Hilary McKay.

'This is it! Batwing Castle. And the treasure can only be found every ten years or so, when the full moon falls on Friday the thirteenth', he said softly. 'That's tonight.' Molly and Wilkins T. Wilkins are both after the riches, but can they escape being caught for ever in a treasure-trap? A funny, scary story about treasure-hunters, vampires and ghosts, from best-selling author Terry Deary.

Will Gallows, a young elfling sky cowboy, is riding out on a dangerous quest. His mission? To bring Noose Wormworx, the evil snake-bellied troll, to justice. Noose is wanted for the murder of Will’s pa - the former deputy sheriff of Oretown. Will’s journey takes him deep into the heart of the West-Rock, to the dark underground city of Deadrock, where he soon uncovers a deadly secret that could spell disaster not only for Oretown, but for the whole of the West-Rock...

Petty Potts has vanished - at least it seems that way to Josh and Danny. In actual fact, she's just relocated her secret lab… to the very pink and very girly Princess Land! Reluctantly, the twins fight their way through hordes of excited girls dressed as fairies to the back of the shop, where a single door stands between them and Petty's new lab. SWITCH-ing into geckos, the boys have no problems getting under the door and up the walls. It's on the way out that things start to get really tricky.…

Petty's back with a new kind of SWITCH spray - repto SWITCH! The lizard formula is ready for testing, and Josh and Danny are eager to help. But as Josh and Danny are trying it out in the safety of Petty's secret underground lab, they're interrupted by an intruder's attempt to get in to Petty's house! The intruder vanishes, but there is a package waiting for Josh and Danny at home containing a marble and a cryptic clue. Will Josh and Danny find the next mysterious marble? And will they be able to work out who sent the clue?

Old Mother Goose may know the nursery rhymes, but it's Daddy Goose who knows the stories behind them. This is a funny, affectionate collection of stories, revealing who put Humpty together again, why the cow jumped over the moon, and more.

Petty's been kidnapped! Josh and Danny have already broken into her secret lab looking for her, and now they're going to brave all her anti-intruder traps and break into her house. There's no sign of Petty, but there is a very interesting little box…containing the best SWITCH spray ever.

Unable to resist the temptation, the twins head to the park to try out alligator SWITCH spray. But before they make it to the river, they're roped into being in the audience of a touring chat show, with some VERY interesting guests...

Danny doesn't know what to think when his little brother Tid tells him about Wolf, with his terrifying yellow eyes and silver teeth. Who is Wolf? Is he really out to get Danny? And isn't it strange that Tid knows so much about it? A thrilling story from bestselling author Susan Gates.

Two brothers, one serum, and a world of trouble! In 'Ant Attack', the twins are horrified when they are accidentally turned into ants: can they escape before terrible Tarquin roasts them under his magnifying glass? 'Crane Fly Crash' finds Josh and Danny going on a rescue mission to save their annoying big sister, Jenny, after she accidentally uses the S.W.I.T.C.H spray and turns into a crane fly!

An invitation to train at B.A.S.E. Camp, the British Academy of Sporting Excellence, is every young athlete's dream. But what is really going on behind the scenes? Who is the mystery runner that appears out of nowhere? And where does the lake tunnel lead to, with its secret entrance beneath the statue of Olympic champion, Taffy Jones? Are the boys brave enough to find out the answers to these questions, and more?

Jack and Lewis love drawing monsters: the scarier the better! But they don't expect them to come to life! They've already set Electrotaur and Slashermite loose upon the world. Now they've created Stinkermite - but they didn't mean to set him on their horrible, guffy cousin Timmy!

Frankie and his pals are back and trying to save the world from another diabolical scheme by the evil Dr Gore. This time he's planning to infiltrate the dreams of children everywhere using his army of robot toys! Can Frankie and his friends stop him before it's too late?

Bloomsbury presents Fizzlebert Stump and the Bearded Boy by A.F. Harrold, read by Daniel Hill Fizzlebert Stump's second adventure. The bearded Barboozul family are the new stars of Fizz's circus. Their act is full of magic, mystery, fear and fun. And it's nice to have another boy around, even if...

Have you ever wanted to be in the movies? Kip has, and when he meets mysterious Mr Lazarus he thinks his dream’s come true. Because Mr Lazarus can project people into movies! Films like Terror Island, full of hungry sabre-toothed tigers and killer Neanderthals. When you’re in a film, everything is real: real bullets, real swords, real monsters. But beware… if you don’t get out before the closing credits roll, you’ll be trapped in the film forever!

Jack and Lewis love drawing monsters – and their drawings have a funny habit of coming to life! But now everything is going horribly wrong. The dreaded Dahlia Dawkins has somehow managed to find out their secret – and now she’s created a monster of her own, Bashertaur! With monsters on the rampage in the playground, things are about to get very messy. How are the boys going to get out of this one?

In these four stories - "The Curse of Captain Cross-Eyed", "The Treasure of Mr Tipp", "The Riddle of Dr. Sphinx", and "The Mystery of Miss King" - Jonny meets a range of oddballs and mysterious neighbours, including the shady figure at number 13 with a parrot on his shoulder; the inventor at number 34 1/2, who has a hall full of robots; the archaeologist with the overgrown garden at number 36; and the lady at number 57 with a foot in her shed.

Sam and Freddie, both fostered with the same family, are best friends. Sam even laughs at Freddie's jokes! But after Sam has an accident and knocks herself unconscious, she begins to have weird nightmares about a sinister figure with huge eyes - alien eyes. Freddie, who thinks he knows everything there is to know about extra-terrestrials, jokes that aliens must be after Sam - trying to contact her. But it's just his imagination, isn't it? Until they see the spaceship...