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Ashley Bennett is a straight-A student in her junior year of high school, and life is looking good: she's got a boyfriend whom she loves, a group of friends who love to party... But really, Ashley loves to curl up at home with a good book, and she can't wait to go to college. When junior year starts, the life Ashley's settled into is turned upside down - the empty house next door has finally been sold, and moving in is Todd O'Connor...When Ashley first meets Todd, he seems aloof and cocky, and she's reluctant to share a ride to school with him as her mom tells her to. As the two get to know each other, though, Ashley comes to realise that the mysterious, brooding Todd O'Connor, who all the girls are swooning over, is actually bookish and shy, and a little bit lonely. His parents split up and he has moved away from his mother to live with his father, and since then Todd has mostly kept to himself, his books, and his guitar.And as Todd gets to know Ashley, he forces her to realise that her relationship with her boyfriend, Josh, isn't really making her happy - Josh is selfish, arrogant, and domineering. Will Ashley find the courage to forge her own path?

The second cool, sexy YA romance novel from seventeen-year-old Wattpad sensation and author of The Kissing Booth, Beth Reekles.They say that the higher you climb, the harder you fall - and Madison Clarke will do anything to keep her new life from crumbling to pieces. Moving from a small town in Maine to Florida, Madison grasps the opportunity to reinvent herself, to forget about those days of being a lonely, loser outcast, and jumps at the chance when the popular kids decide to take her under their wing. A hot boyfriend, parties, friends... If only there wasn't the slight problem by the name of Dwight, a cute, funny and totally nerdy guy in Madison's physics class who she can't help but enjoy spending time with. Running from her past and stumbling through the present, who knows what lies ahead in this new life in Florida?

Speaking to the dead is nothing for Daisy Goodnight. The living, on the other hand, can occasionally be a problem. Especially when they knock you out and kidnap you.Willing or not, Daisy finds herself on a high-speed mission to track down a mob boss's precious daughter, but she's running out of time.The dead are coming to take over.

From the creator of the award-winning THE ANIMALS OF FARTHING WOOD books, comes the CITY CATS series: incredible animal adventures starring furry felines, Sammy and Pinkie. Big city cats Sammy and Pinkie are living in the fast lane. Pinkie's expecting kittens and proud Sammy is top cat of the neighbourhood - but how long will their good life last?

For Alice, danger threatens from inside the library as well as out. Having figured out the role her master and uncle, Geryon, played in her father's disappearance, Alice turns to Ending the mysterious, magical giant feline and guardian of Geryon's library for a spell to incapacitate Geryon.But, like all cats, Ending is adept at keeping secrets and Alice doesn't know the whole story. Once she traps Geryon with Ending's spell, there's no one to stop the other Readers from sending their apprentices to pillage Geryon's library. As Alice prepares to face an impending attack from the combined might of the Readers, she gathers what forces she can the apprentices she once thought might be her friends, the magical creatures imprisoned in Geryon's library not knowing who, if anyone, she can trust.

When Wilf sees the simple wooden bowl in the local museum, he s not sure why he s so drawn to it but it has him mesmerized. Leaving with the bowl under his jacket, he notices two men in dark suits heading purposefully inside, and something tells him he should make a quick exit.The next morning, there s someone in his room: Crog. Dressed in muddy rags, with black stubs for teeth and a grisly rope around his neck, Crog isn t sure how he ended up here but he knows it s because of the bowl. Three thousand years ago, Crog was tasked with protecting the bowl from those who want it to gain power, and he failed once. But he won t fail again.Within minutes, the doorman at Wilf s apartment is lying dead, the men in suits closing in. Wilf, Crog and Wilf s twin sister Ishbel are suddenly on the run and those who want the bowl are only one step behind.

Ruby wants a pet. She thinks it's very unfair that her older sister Jane is allowed a kitten for her birthday, especially when Jane refuses to let Ruby play with the kitten. So when she finds a very friendly-looking stone, she decides to adopt him as her pet. Jane thinks Ruby is being silly, but Ruby is pleased to discover that her new pet has some appealing characteristics - and she doesn't have to clean up any messes like Jane does! When the girls enter their pets in the school fete pet competition, there is a very surprising result.

Joe is nervous about his first big party, and as Mum walks him along the darkening street to his friend s house, his imagination starts to run wild. They search for the right place, looking through the windows, wondering "e;What if...?"e; while making surprising discoveries along the way.

Imagine being a talented footballer - yet never being allowed to play?No football - ever. That's the law as laid down by Flint's bad-tempered, bullying father: a man with a dodgy back and an even dodgier means of earning a living - as a petty thief. But nothing can keep Flint from playing football for long. And when he is offered a place in a local team, suddenly Dad no longer seems to mind! Flint's over the moon - until he realizes what Dad's real motives are...A tough, hard-hitting and action-packed football tale.From the author of BROOKSIE.

GRACE and her mates hate late lunches and being last in the canteen queue. They always get stuck with the rank leftovers. But then they think of a wicked plan . . .DEAN is always up for making some extra cash. When he gets his hands on a sweet stash of mobile phones and games, he knows he s going to make millions. Unless school bully Jason makes trouble instead . . . Two hilarious stories from the Devana High gang.

Seventeen-year-old Jayna wishes she could spend every second of the day with Andrew. He's her first love, and he understands her like nobody else can. Jayna just wishes Andrew's prejudiced family could accept her - but when they're alone together, it hardly seems to matter.But something strange has happened to Andrew. He looks . . . different. Pale and drawn, as if he hasn't been outside for days, with mysteriously cold green eyes. He won't go out in the sunlight, and he's unnaturally fast and strong. And now he wants Jayna to join him.Now she has to make the choice: to lose Andrew forever, or to be with him always - no matter the cost.

JIT can t be bothered with school. His mum s new boyfriend is doing his head in, and the last thing on his mind is dealing with lessons and homework. He needs the gang s help, and fast . . . SUKY and Imi have been going out for ages. But there s trouble in paradise namely, Suky s strict parents. A whole load of drama is about to kick off . . .Two great stories from the Devana High gang.

Matilda loves science and inventing. Her heroes are Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison, and one day she wants to be a famous inventor herself. So when she doesn t win the school science fair, she s devastated especially as the judges didn t believe she'd come up with her entry on her own. Because she's a girl.When Matilda shares her woes with her Grandma Joss, she's astonished to learn her grandma was once a scientist herself an astrophysicist, who discovered her very own planet. Trouble is, Grandma Joss was also overlooked her boss, Professor Smocks, stole her discovery for himself. And he's about to be presented with a Nobel Prize.Matilda concocts a plan. They'll crash the award ceremony and tell everyone the truth! So begins a race against time - and against Matilda's strict mum and dad! - on a journey through Paris, Hamburg and Stockholm, and on which they encounter a famous film star, a circus, and a wanted diamond thief...

WARNING!THIS STORY CONTAINS:- A sheep called Alan Shearer. Even though she's a she- The greatest illusion trick known to man!- DASTARDLY crooks- A pesky big brother- A 1000-piece Lord of the Rings Jigsaw puzzle with all the pieces making up Gandalf s face missing- Shear determination- A brave young hero. Yep, that s me. Charlie Rudge, aged 10 and READ ON IF EWE DARE!

A hilarious new story from the author of BILLIE TEMPLAR'S WARHow do you make yourself heard in the midst of chaos?Anthony Button loves his big family, but their noise can drive him crazy. And with the arrival of a brand-new older brother, it s worse than ever!So Ant starts a silent protest to try and get everyone s attention. But now he s pressed the mute button, will he ever find his voice again?

Jack's mum insists he has new school shoes and the only ones they can find are horrid, black lace-ups. They are so stiff, noisy and uncomfortable that Jack suspects they must be monster shoes, especially when they seem to kick his classmates for no reason and make the football go in completely the wrong direction at playtime. Jack desperately works on a plan to get rid of them, until he discovers, quite by accident, a way of taming the monster shoes...

Ninth thrilling REDWALL adventure - new in PAPERBACK! Far away, on the isle of Sampetra, Emperor Ublaz - also scarily known as. . . . Mad Eyes - sends his fearsome lizards and seascum on a murderous mission to Redwall. Meanwhile Tansy and her fellow abbey dwellers frantically race against time to unravela fiendishly difficult set of riddles and rhymes left by the Fermald the Ancient. . .

I wish you could change dads, the way you can change library books. I wish there was a Dad Library.Joseph is fed up with his dad. He forgets to go shopping, he cooks terrible meals, he doesn't help Joseph with his homework and he makes him eat school dinners.Then Joseph discovers the Dad Library, crammed full with all sorts of wonderful dads. Should he borrow an Organizer Dad, or a Sporting Dad, or a Clever Dad, or an Indulgent Dad? Joseph wants to try them all. But which one will he want to keep?

In 2012, Bradley Wiggins became the first ever British cyclist to win the Tour de France. Ten days later he became Britain s most decorated Olympian.Follow Wiggo on his remarkable journey from childhood to cycling champion, national hero and knighthood.Contains fascinating facts, maps, diagrams and photographs

For every day of the year Eleanor Farjeon provides a scrap of fun or fancy, poetry or nonsense, fact or fable. Here young readers can set out with Will Kemp on his nine-day dance from London to Norwich and read the lovely tale of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, as well as celebrate Lincoln's birthday with a poem, and Christmas with a carol.A wonderful, timeless and utterly unique read for the whole family.

AAnthony grew up in the loveliest place in the world - his father called it the Eye of the Earth. But to Anthony, the 'eye of the earth' was the old mill-pond near his home a place of mystery and enchantment . Anthony's childhood was full of happy moments, and sometimes strange ones, for he had been touched with magic as soon as he was born . . . A wonderful and timeless collection of stories, beautifully illustrated by renowned artist, Edward Ardizzone.

Every time he went out for his daily walk, Derry had to pass the corner where old Jim sat on his orange box. And every time he lingered there in the hope of a story. For Jim was a sailor who had grown too old for the sea, but who was never tired of his adventures on the good ship Rocking Horse under brave Captain Potts.

This is the story of the twenty-six children of Zeal Monachorum who did not know their ABC, until one day Perkin the Pedlar came by. He told them a story and a verse for each letter of the alphabet, starting with Appledore and ending with their own Zeal Monarchorum. Eleanor Farjeon's unique gifts appear at their best in this enchanting alphabet book, where the little stories are in the enduring tradition of English folktale, and the verses pure, delightful poetry.

Get into double trouble with Daisy in this fantastic collection, featuring her first two troublesome tales: Daisy and the Trouble with Life and Daisy and the Trouble with Zoos. Trouble is, which story will you read first?

Ring! Ring! Another phone call for Stanley's Garage - but can he fix all the cars with problems today?There's an overheating radiator, a flat tyre, and a bit of an oily mess! What a job for Stanley and his pick-up truck.Join Stanley and friends for a mucky adventure in this colourful new series from William Bee...

What a job for Stanley - he's building a house for his friend, Myrtle. He will need his digger and his bulldozer and his cement mixer! He will also need his friend, Charlie to help. But will they manage to build the whole house?Join Stanley and friends for a hard-working adventure in this colourful new series from William Bee...

Eastward in Clerkenwell lies the Mulberry Pleasure Garden: six acres of leafy walks, colonnades and pavillions. In this bosky setting parade a variety of characters of awesome granduer, innocence and evil - and all are subject to a ring of blackmail terror.

One stormy December night some time in the eighteenth century, a coach came thundering down the long hill outside of Dorking on its usual journey into London. But something unusual was to happen that night as one of the passengers unexpectedly gave birth to a child.Not until he was eight did Sam Chichester discover that the coachman and guard he called 'Ma and 'Pa' were not his real parents. Sam will need to grow up, leave home, and find love before he will finally uncover the truth about his parentage.

A bargain of a lifetime - seven years off the end of his life in exchange for a fortune now!By day, Mr Fast was a solicitor s clerk, drawing up strangle-tight agreements and contracts. By night he repaired to his rooms to spy upon his neighbours (for he had no friends) and to dream of being richer than other men. But when old Mr FIshbane offers him what he most desires in return for seven years off the end of his life, he could never imagine the little lost spectre that will come to haunt him . . .Another remarkable novel from Leon Garfield.

Across the continents of the ancient world wandered the Storyteller, enchanting all who heard him with his wondrous tales of the gods. He longed for a glimpse of the all-powerful deities of his stories, and listened eagerly to those who had experiences such encounters. And interwoven with his journey is the story of Heracles a magnificent story with all the intense drama and high tragedy of the Greek Myths.