Black Leopard Red Wolf
Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter – and he always works alone. But when he is engaged to find a child who disappeared three years ago, he must break his own rules, joining a group of eight very different mercenaries working together to find the boy.
Magnus Chase and the Hammer Of Thor
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.
Slime A Fantastically Funny Tale
This little island is home to a large number of horrible grown-ups. The school, the local park, the toy shop and even the island’s ice-cream van are all run by awful adults who like nothing more than making children miserable. And the island is owned by the most awful one of all – aunt greta greed!
Mantel Pieces
Her subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.
Constantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.
Before She Knew Him
They had a secret, the two of them, and there was no better way to start a friendship than with a secret.’when hen and lloyd move into their new house in west dartford, mass., they’re relieved to meet.
Village By The Sea
The village by the sea: an indian family story is a novel for young people by the indian writer anita desai, published in london by heinemann in 1982. It is based on the poverty, hardships and sorrow faced by a small rural, community in india
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The triwizard tournament is to be held at hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter – but that doesn’t stop harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at hallowe’en, when the goblet of fire makes its selection, harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons, and dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, ron and hermione, he might just make it through – alive!
Percy Jackson and the Titans Curse
The titan’s curse is an american fantasy-adventure novel based on greek mythology written by rick riordan. It was released on may 1, 2007, and is the third novel in the percy jackson & the olympians series and the sequel to the sea of monsters.
The Trials of Apollo The Burning Maze
The third book in the latest series from international bestselling author, rick riordan he was a god once. Until he was cast out his father, zeus. Now, he’s an awkward teenager. Called lester. The only way out is a series of scary and dangerous trials, of course. For his third trial, apollo must journey through the labyrinth to free an oracle who only speaks in puzzles. Then, defeat the most vicious of three very vicious roman emperors. (all without the use of his godly powers.) It looks like he will need all the help he can get – from some new and old friends.
The Mirror & The Light
The story begins in may 1536: anne boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired french executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, henry viii, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, jane seymour.
The Trials of Apollo The Dark Prophecy
The second book in the latest series from international bestselling author, rick riordan he was once an immortal god, now he’s an awkward teenager. Things aren’t going well for apollo. There’s only one way he can earn back zeus’ favour, and that’s to seek and restore the ancient oracles – but that’s easier said than done. Apollo must head to the american midwest where, rumour has it; a haunted cave may hold answers. There are a few things standing in his way though. The cave could kill him, or drive him insane
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters
The sea of monsters is an american fantasy-adventure novel based on greek mythology written by rick riordan and published in 2006. It is the second novel in the percy jackson & the olympians series and the sequel to the lightning thief
The Grace Year
The resistance starts here… No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. We’re told we have the power to lure grown men from their beds, make boys lose their minds, and drive the wives mad with jealousy. That’s why we’re banished for our sixteenth year, to release our magic into the wild before we’re allowed to return to civilization.
The Remains of the Day
The remains of the day is a 1989 novel by the nobel prize-winning british author kazuo ishiguro. The protagonist, stevens, is a butler with a long record of service at darlington hall, a stately home near oxford, england.
The Night Country
The new york times bestselling sequel to melissa albert’s beloved the hazel wood! In the night country, alice proserpine dives back into a menacing, mesmerizing world of dark fairy tales and hidden doors of the hazel wood.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
The lightning thief is a 2005 american-fantasy-adventure novel based on greek mythology, the first young adult novel written by rick riordan in the percy jackson & the olympians series. It won the adult library services association best books for young adults, among other awards.
Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian
The last olympian is a fantasy-adventure novel based on greek mythology by rick riordan, published on may 5, 2009. It is the fifth and final novel of the percy jackson & the olympians series and serves as the direct sequel to the battle of the labyrinth.
Into The Fire
The gripping new sunday times top 5 bestseller from the bestselling author of out of the dark and orphan x evan smoak – former government assassin, ‘orphan x’, turned white knight of last resort – is planning on hanging up his gun. Then he gets one last call. Max merriweather has lost his wife, home and career. Now it looks like he’s going to lose his life. A murdered cousin has left him a package and a team of assassins on his trail . . . Nothing evan can’t handle
God Of Small Things
The god of small things offers a keen insight into human nature with sensuous prose and dreamlike style. It is set in kerala, india, during the late 60s where communism rattled the ancient caste system. The story starts off with the funeral of young sophie mol, who is the cousin of the protagonists – the twins, rahel and estha. In a serpentine and suspenseful narrative, arundhati roy unveils local politics, social taboos and historical aspects that lie underneath family tensions which leave the relationships irrevocably shattered. In this poignant novel, roy captures the children’s candid observations, while showing an adult’s clouded understanding and complex emotional life
The Girl On The Train
The girl on the train is a 2015 psychological thriller novel by british author paula hawkins that gives narratives from three different women about relationship troubles and binge drinking.
The Trials Of Apollo The Tyrant`S Tomb
The former god apollo is having a pretty rough time of it. Well, for one thing, he’s been turned into a human and banished from olympus. And he’s called lester. But being an awkward mortal teenager is the least of his worries right now. Though he and some of his friends have emerged from the burning maze, rescued the oracle and lived to fight another day, they can’t escape the tragedy that has befallen them, or the terrible trials still to face.
Heroes of Olympus The Blood of Olympus
The blood of olympus is the fifth book in the bestselling heroes of olympus series – set in the high-octane world of percy jackson. Though the greek and roman crew members of the argo ii have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, gaea. Her giants have risen – all of them – and they’re stronger than ever.
Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth
The battle of the labyrinth is an american fantasy-adventure novel based on greek mythology written by rick riordan. It is the fourth novel in the percy jackson & the olympians series
The Archer
The archer we meet tetsuya, a man once famous for his prodigious gift with a bow and arrow but who has since retired from public life, and the boy who comes searching for him. The boy has many questions, and in answering them tetsuya illustrates the way of the bow and the tenets of a meaningful life. Paulo coelho’s story suggests that living without a connection between action and soul cannot fulfil, that a life constricted by a fear of rejection or failure is not a life worth living.
Charlotte’s Web
Stories that last a lifetime. Wilbur the pig’s life has already been saved by fern, but when he is sold to her uncle, he realises his life is in even more danger. Enter charlotte a. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider. Charlotte is determined to keep wilbur from the chopping block, and comes up with an ingenious way to do just that. Charlotte’s web is a classic tale of friendship, bravery and some animal magic.
Book Thief
Special 10th anniversary edition with exclusive extra behind-the-scenes material from the author it is 1939. In nazi germany, the country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier – and will become busier still. By her brother’s graveside, liesel’s life is changed forever when she picks up a single object, abandoned in the snow. It is the gravedigger’s handbook, and this is her first act of book thievery. So begins liesel’s love affair with books and words, and soon she is stealing from nazi book-burnings, the mayor’s wife’s library
Bloom
Sorrel fallowfield is so good at being good that teachers come to her when they need help remembering the school rules – and there are lots. Luckily, sorrel doesn’t have any trouble following them, until the day she discovers a faded packet of surprising seeds buried under a tree in her backyard.
Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods
So begins percy jackson’s greek gods, in which the son of poseidon adds his own magic–and sarcastic asides–to the classics. He explains how the world was created, then gives readers his personal take on a who’s who of ancients, from apollo to zeus. Percy does not hold back. “if you like horror shows, blood baths, lying, stealing, backstabbing, and cannibalism, then read on, because it definitely was a golden age for all that.”
Red Pyramid
Since his mother’s death six years ago, carter kane has been living out of a suitcase, traveling the globe with his father, the brilliant egyptologist dr. Julius kane. But while carter’s been homeschooled, his younger sister, sadie, has been living with their grandparents in london. Sadie has just what carter wants — school friends and a chance at a “normal” life. But carter has just what sadie longs for — time with their father. After six years of living apart, the siblings have almost nothing in common. Until now.
The Hazel Wood
Seventeen-year-old alice and her mother have spent most of alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the hazel wood, alice learns how bad her luck can really get: her mother is stolen away―by a figure who claims to come from the hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother’s stories are set. Alice’s only lead is the message her mother left behind: “stay away from the hazel wood.”