Jenny Pearson

An explosive new novel about the friendship and courage of a group of young boys living through the Second World War, from award-winning author Jenny Pearson. There's a war going on out there, and I'm missing it. When war comes to London in 1939, Ronnie Smith is scared and excited: scared of the bombs that fall at night, but excited to race his friends to collect the best bits of shrapnel every morning. But for Ronnie, the battles aren't just in the sky and on the streets. They're at school and at home too. His little brother is up to no good with a secret job and dangerous new friends, and Ronnie's worried he's getting himself into big trouble. Ronnie's desperate to help his little brother. But he isn't expecting to uncover secrets that could change the fate of the whole war...

Strap yourselves in for the crime-solving adventure of a lifetime, from bestselling and award-winning author Jenny Pearson. Evie Clutterbuck is on the starting line of the most famous, most extraordinary car race in the whole world - the Speedwheels 3000. There are just two small problems: * Evie's not supposed to have snuck into her dad's car boot. * And four million pounds worth of stolen gold isn't supposed to be in there either... With both cops and robbers on their tail, can Evie and her dad solve the mystery of the missing gold before it's too late? Or are their hopes of becoming the Ultimate Speedwheels Racing Champions about to go speeding by...

Egy igazi családi karácsonyi kaland Amikor Oszkár és Molly elhatározzák, hogy utánajárjanak egy furcsa hangnak az éjszakában, nem számítanak arra, hogy a kábultan bóklászó Gábriel arkangyalra találnak a nagyszüleik hátsó kertjében. Arra pedig még kevésbé, hogy a részesei lesznek egy versenyfutásnak, aminek a tétje a karácsony megmentése. Ha nem kapnak el egy eltűnt pásztort, egy napkeleti bölcset, egy szamarat és az igazi Máriát és Józsefet, akik mind valahol Chipping Bottomban landoltak, nemcsak a karácsony léte kerül veszélybe, hanem ők maguk is. Kezdődik a Pásztorjáték küldetés! Lapozz hátra a szórakoztató ünnepi feladatokért, és próbáld ki őket a családoddal!