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HELP! ALIEN PIRATES STOLE MY GRANDAD! is an intergalactic adventure that asks a lot of BIG questions: * Why is Harrison Brown pretending to be the Earthling Prime Minister?* Who are the Cheddar Moon pirates and where's their lucky parrot?* What happens when you fire your dead grandpa's ashes into space? One teensy little fib plunges foolhardy ten-year-old Harrison headfirst into a daft and dangerous lunar parrot search. He'll be plundering from pirates, wrangling space cows and even coming face-to-face with a ghost captain. But if he can't find the pirates' missing parrot by bedtime, he'll be forced to walk the plank... into the BLACK HOLE.

'Two galactic rulers, Cassiopeia and Perseus, have battled across the stars. Now their feud lands in Bilgeley, a nowhere town, on nowhere planet Earth. Princess Cassiopeia's in a fix. She shrank her entire space armada while making a smoothie (don't ask!). She came to rally Earth's leaders. She got Hillman. Age eleven. And his crusty old Grandad. Perseus isn't far behind, and when his armada shows up, Earth's toast. Perseus, Lord of the Seven Spirals, Admiral of the First attack Fleet , Commander of the Order of Zarg, Winner of the Alpha Centauri Award for Best Dressed Galactic despot is not amused by the situation. And he's landed in Bingeley dump. Roz, age eleven, is here to help but she's got her eyes set on a bank heist. What does such a small girl want with so much money and how has she got the nerve to turn down his offer of the order of the Medusa and a far flung galaxi? Perseus is about to fin out! Can Hillman save the Earth? Maybe...

Monty the fox has a dream - but that's nothing new. Monty is brilliantly clever. But to the despair of his best friend, Nettle the rabbit, he just can't stick at anything. He's tried being an inventor, an aeronaut, and a magician; he's had a go at painting, writing, and exploring - and got bored of them all. Now Monty is determined to be a detective. Despite the danger, he decides to solve the mystery of The Feathered Book. This priceless work of alchemy has disappeared in baffling circumstances - stolen from a locked and empty room in an underground library known as the labyrinth. What's more, the work is no ordinary book, for it is reputed to be cursed: many creatures have tried to steal it over the centuries, and all have perished in the attempt. Leaving his own cosy home in the roots of an old oak tree, Monty sets off to investigate. Dragging cynical Nettle with him, he heads to the ginormous, red-leafed tree that houses the library. But as they sail across the Lake - a huge body of water dotted with wooded islands - they are swept up in a dangerous adventure, featuring pirates, mazes, boobytraps, kidnaps, boat chases and knife fights. Along the way, they meet the motley cast of characters who live on the Lake, from a rakish pirate otter to a kindly police badger, from a sinister and wealthy toad to a meek hedgehog astronomer. But who stole The Feathered Book? Will Monty the fox manage to catch the thief? And how was the impossible crime committed in the first place?

FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE OTHERS, A TALE OF MAGIC AND EVIL. Perfect for fans of Sophie Anderson and Katherine Rundell Time 1899. Mason makes the world's best ice cream but a sinister and dangerous stranger wants to destroy his business. But then Mason receives an invite to the mysterious manor of Darlington the Miraculous, a Wish Maker who creates stunning bubbles that can float wishes to the skies and make them come true. Darlington has his own reasons for wanting to fulfil Mason's wish- they share some very special magical gifts- but he hasn't reckoned with the sinister stranger!

The legendary Captain Carver and his wicked pirate crew commanded by the GLOOM BADGER have arrived in the Jumble Jungle Wood on board their pirate ship THE SHIFTING SHADOW in search of monstrous beasts to capture and use to tyrannise all the animals in the wood. They have already captured the Ravenoserous, the Chargemeleon and are heading for FIRE ISLAND beyond the DEEP DARK DEPTHS with the daringly wicked plan to steal the eggs of the GORGONCONDA, a two head snake whose eyes can turn you to stone. The GLOOM BADGER is in daily charge of a dastardly crew of rodent pirates and above him is the legendary CAPTAIN CARVER. But they haven't reckoned with THE NARZAT, THE LOOKY LIZARD AND THE CHATTY CHIRPER! Dive into a host of comic characters and an unpredictable plot!