About 	 Lucy Rycroft: Lucy is the founder of The Hope-Filled Family, a ministry encouraging Christian parents, carers and all those investing in the younger generation. She is the author of several books for adults and children, including Busy Family Devotional and the Mighty Girl, Mighty God series. She is mum to four children ages 11 to 16, who arrived by birth and adoption, and is married to Al, a church leader in York, England.

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About A D Swanston: Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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About A J Baime: A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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About A J Pollard: Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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About A L Berridge: A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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About A L Gaylin: Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
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About A S Webb: A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

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About A. A. Dhand / A. A. Dhand: A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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About A. B. Poranek / A. B. Poranek: A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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Stranger Things

Matthew J. Gilbert

This expanded junior novelisation retells the third season of Netflix’s iconic series Stranger Things. 
 
It’s 1984 in Hawkins, Indiana, and Dustin, Mike, Eleven and their friends are investigating supernatural forces and uncovering government plots. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries that lead to the local Starcourt Mall and reveal a terrifying Soviet experiment. This 320-page junior novelisation retells the thrilling third season of Stranger Things and is sure to thrill kids ages 7 to 10 as well as fans of all ages. 
 
Welcome to the thrilling world of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things. Follow Eleven, Dustin, Max, Lucas, and their friends for mystery, suspense, and supernatural adventures in 1980s Hawkins. 
 
Don't miss these other Stranger Things books: 
Stranger Things: Season One: The Junior Novelisation 
Stranger Things: Season Two: The Junior Novelisation 
Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters 
Stranger Things: Hawkins Horrors

Stranger Things: Season Three

The Junior Novelisation

Follow Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas and their friends through humorous scenes of Hawkins as you count from 1 to 11. 
 
With waffles, walkie-talkies, and Demogorgans, learning to count has never been more fun. Humorous scenes around Hawkins introduce charming Funko Pop! versions of Eleven, Lucas, Dustin, and other popular characters. Funko collectors of all ages and fans of Netflix's hit television series Stranger Things will love this funny counting book. 
 
Welcome to the thrilling world of Netflix's hit series Stranger Things. Follow Eleven, Dustin, Max, Lucas, and their friends for mystery, suspense, and supernatural adventures in 1980s Hawkins.

Stranger Things: We Can Count on Eleven (Funko Pop!)

This expanded junior novelisation retells the first season of Netflix’s iconic series Stranger Things. 
 
Hawkins is a quiet town where nothing exciting seems to happen—until one night when a boy named Will Byers vanishes. Follow his friends Mike, Lucas, and Dustin as they search for him and uncover a world of secret experiments and terrifying supernatural forces. Is Eleven, a girl with incredible psychic powers, the secret to the mystery? This 320-page junior novelisation retells the landmark first season of Stranger Things and is sure to thrill kids ages 7 to 10 as well as fans of all ages. 
 
Welcome to the thrilling world of Netflix's hit series Stranger Things. Follow Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and their friends for mystery, suspense, and supernatural adventures in 1980s Hawkins. 
 
Don't miss these other Stranger Things books: 
Stranger Things: Season Two: The Junior Novelisation 
Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters 
Stranger Things: Hawkins Horrors

Stranger Things: Season One

This expanded junior novelisation retells the second season of Netflix’s iconic series Stranger Things. 
 
It's been a year since Will Byers escaped the Upside Down and Eleven went into hiding, and Hawkins seems to have returned to normal. But when Will sees premonitions of a darker supernatural threat, Mike, Lucas, and Dustin must join him for a new adventure. Can Max, the new girl in school, help them? This 320-page junior novelisation retells the landmark second season of Stranger Things and is sure to thrill kids ages 7 to 10 as well as fans of all ages. 
 
Welcome to the thrilling world of Netflix's hit series Stranger Things. Follow Eleven, Dustin, Max, Lucas, and their friends for mystery, suspense, and supernatural adventures in 1980s Hawkins. 
 
Don't miss these other Stranger Things books: 
Stranger Things: Season One: The Junior Novelisation 
Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters 
Stranger Things: Hawkins Horrors

Stranger Things: Season Two

Wednesday

From Wednesday Addam’s iconic black Raven dress to Enid Sinclair’s rainbow sweaters and flowery skirts, Wednesday fans of all ages will love dressing up press-out Wednesday and Enid paper dolls in more than 30 hauntingly beautiful outfits in this Wednesday Paper Doll Book! 
 
Based on the Characters Created by Charles Addams.

Wednesday: The Official Paper Doll Book

Rana Tahir

Patrick Spaziante

Katherine Spaziante

A thrilling Choose Your Own Adventure® book based on Netflix’s Stranger Things! 
 
Are YOU ready to journey to the dark side of Hawkins, Indiana? Join Eleven, Dustin, Max, Lucas, and their friends as they explore Pennhurst Asylum, the creepy old Creel house, and possibly even the Upside Down. The decisions YOU make will decide the fates of the characters and lead to unexpected, thrilling, and even deadly outcomes. Fans of Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things will love this exciting addition to the Choose Your Own Adventure® series. 
 
In Netflix’s Stranger Things, a group of young friends explore supernatural forces and secret government exploits in Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s. As they search for answers, the children embark on incredible adventures and unravel extraordinary mysteries.

Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters

Choose Your Own Adventure

Help Wednesday Addams find her faithful companion Thing, a lurking monster called a Hyde, hidden clues, and more within the intricate illustrations of the this devilishly devised Seek & Find book based on the hit series Wednesday! 
 
Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ time as a student at Nevermore Academy. Featuring highly detailed and intricate full-colour art, with surprises and frights hidden in every scene, Wednesday fans of all ages will love searching these pages over and over again in this full-colour book. 
 
Based on the characters created by Charles Addams.

Wednesday: A Seek-and-Find Book

A collection of tales from the thrilling world of Netflix's hit series Stranger Things! 
 
Prepare to visit the darkest and most chilling corners of Hawkins. 
 
Dustin, Lucas, Max, and their friends want to rent videos one night. But when a blackout changes their plans, they swap seven twisted tales based on their hometown. 
 
What secrets lurk in an old asylum? Does a mutant creature live at the bottom of Lovers' Lake? Is a harmless teddy bear actually controlled by a supernatural force? These are just a few of the monstrous mysteries in this creepy collection that is sure to thrill fans of Stranger Things ages 8 to 12. 
 
Welcome to the thrilling world of Netflix's hit series Stranger Things. Follow Eleven, Dustin, Max, Lucas, and their friends for mystery, suspense, and supernatural adventures in 1980s Hawkins.

Stranger Things: Hawkins Horrors

A Collection of Terrifying Tales

Curtis Jobling

'You're the last of the Werewolves, son. Don't fight it . . . conquer it.' 
 
Discover the epic fantasy adventure series as Drew Ferran learns he's the last of a long line of Werewolves - and rightful ruler of a land governed by Werelords. 
 
When the air is clear, Drew Ferran can pick up the scent of a predator 
 
When the moon breaks through the clouds, a terrifying fever grips him. 
 
And when a vicious beast invades his home, his flesh tears, his fingers become claws, and Drew transforms . . . 
 
Can Drew battle the Werecreatures determined to destroy him and master the wolf within? 
 
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Wolf King is perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. 
 
'Epic' - Guardian 
 
'Unpredictable, exciting - hugely recommended' - Bookbag

Wolf King

Max Brooks

The final book in Max Brooks's official Minecraft trilogy! The New York Times bestselling author of Minecraft: The Island details the story of two stranded heroes whose block-breaking expedition lands them squarely in the middle of a conflict which only they can resolve. 
 
Journeying into the unknown is a scary prospect, but together, Guy and Summer can navigate any challenge. The two castaways strike out in this curious, blocky world, searching for a way home. As they cross the Overworld-traversing frozen wastelands and baking deserts-the pair make an exciting discovery: a community populated by villagers! 
 
Guy and Summer settle in to learn more about their new friends, trading with the residents and exploring the surrounding area as they work out the next steps in their voyage. But with monstrous mobs and perilous pitfalls around every corner, they soon find that they might be needed here more than they thought. 
 
When a villager disappears, their investigation uncovers new foes-ones so powerful that it might spell the end of their adventure. Drawing on the lessons they've learned along the way, Guy and Summer must work together to protect the village.

Minecraft: The Village

Suyi Davies

Journey into a lawless land and take its toughest trials in this official Minecraft novel! 
 
All of Cecelia Alao's friends call her Cece. All one of them. But she and Therese are so close that one friend is all Cece needs. Both at school and in their shared Minecraft world, Cece and Therese are inseparable. Until the night before the first day of school, when Therese sends Cece a message, three words that change everything: 
 
We are moving. 
 
Therese's new home in the USA is 7,000 miles away from Lagos, where the two best friends grew up. Not only is Cece facing secondary school without her best friend, but she's losing the world she built with Therese. But Cece still has hope. Maybe she can't cross the world to get to her friend, but in Minecraft she won't need to. Therese has invited her to a new server-with new friends from her new home-a place called Haven. All Cece has to do is join and they'll be reunited. It's that easy, right? 
 
When she follows the invite, she realizes just how wrong she was. Lost in a chaotic world named Anarchia, Cece learns that the server's owner, a shadowy figure called the Ocury, has sealed off the peaceful land of Haven behind a twisted initiation ceremony called the Haven Trials. 
 
Three titanic tasks. Five lives to complete them. A host of dangerous mobs and griefing players. If Cece fails, she'll be banned from the server forever. There's no way she can do this alone. If she wants to play with Therese again, she's going to have to find new people she can rely on-both in-game and IRL. 
 
No time to lose. . . . The trials await!

Minecraft: The Haven Trials

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. 
 
Taylor Swift, a Level 1 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past simple tense and some simple modals, adverbs and gerunds. Illustrations support the text throughout, and many titles at this level are graphic novels. 
 
Taylor Swift started singing and writing songs at a very young age. Now she is a very famous singer - and lots more! How did she get there? This book tells the story of her life.

Penguin Readers Level 1: Taylor Swift (ELT Graded Reader)

Abridged Edition

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. 
 
Freddie Mercury, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly. 
 
This book tells the story of Freddie Mercury, one of the greatest rock stars of all time. Learn about his early years as a shy young boy from Zanzibar. Discover how he became the lead singer of one of the most famous rock bands in history, Queen.

Penguin Readers Level 5: Freddie Mercury (ELT Graded Reader)

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The highly anticipated coming-of-age story of kick-ass super hero: CATWOMAN by international bestselling author Sarah J. Maas. 
 
When the Bat's away, the Cat will play. It's time to see how many lives this cat really has. . . . 
 
Two years after escaping Gotham City's slums, Selina Kyle returns as the mysterious and wealthy Holly Vanderhees. She quickly discovers that with Batman off on a vital mission, Batwing is left to hold back the tide of notorious criminals. Gotham City is ripe for the taking. 
 
Meanwhile, Luke Fox wants to prove he has what it takes to help people in his role as Batwing. He targets a new thief on the prowl who seems cleverer than most. She has teamed up with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, and together they are wreaking havoc. This Catwoman may be Batwing's undoing. 
 
In this third DC Icons book--following Leigh Bardugo's Wonder Woman: Warbringer and Marie Lu's Batman: Nightwalker--Selina is playing a desperate game of cat and mouse, forming unexpected friendships and entangling herself with Batwing by night and her devilishly handsome neighbor Luke Fox by day. But with a dangerous threat from the past on her tail, will she be able to pull off the heist that's closest to her heart?

Catwoman: Soulstealer (DC Icons series)

From X-Factor to One Direction to his incredible self-titles solo album, Harry Styles is an icon for our times. His debut solo single, Sign of our Times, shot to number one in both the UK and US charts and he's about to embark on an already sold out global tour. 
 
This comprehensive biography details his early days discovering his love of music, right through to his first acting rols in the action-packed, star-studded Dunkirk with Tom Hardy in summer 2017. Packed with facts, this is every fan's guide to Harry's transition from schoolboy to superstar.

Harry Styles Unofficial Biography

Caspar Lee

Emily Riordan Lee

Unbeknownst to Caspar, his mum secretly signed a deal to write his life story. Luckily, he discovered her plan and dashed to the printers, just in time to correct some of her allegations. The story of Caspar's crazy life so far is brimming with hilarious anecdotes, including how he tried to kill his mum on his first day on earth, his 'eventful' time at school, and how he always was a hit with the ladies... THE must-have book for Caspar's fans around the world.

Keep the doom, gloom and darkness away with this glow-in-the-dark colouring book based on the hit TV series Wednesday! 
 
Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ time as a student at Nevermore Academy. Featuring highly detailed and hauntingly beautiful black-and-white illustrations with 24 special pages that glow in the dark, this colouring book is the perfect way for fans of Wednesday to bring a little light and colour into the dark world of the Wednesday TV series. 
 
Suitable for children.

Wednesday: Official Glow Colouring Book

This expanded junior novelisation retells the fourth season of Netflix’s iconic series Stranger Things. 
 
It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down. This 320-page junior novelisation retells the thrilling fourth season of Stranger Things. 
 
Welcome to the world of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things. Follow Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Will, Max, and their friends for mystery, suspense, and adventures in 1980s Hawkins. 
 
Don't miss these other Stranger Things books: 
Stranger Things: Season One: The Junior Novelisation 
Stranger Things: Season Two: The Junior Novelisation 
Stranger Things: Season Three: The Junior Novelisation 
Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters 
Stranger Things: Hawkins Horrors

Stranger Things: Season Four

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

A Christmas Mystery

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

A Commissario Brunetti Mystery

A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series

A Daisy Story

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

A Dance to the Music of Time

A Fairy Tale Revolution

A Frank Grasby Mystery

A Guide For the Curious

A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea

A Jo Birmingham Thriller

A Jon Roscoe Thriller

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A Ladybird Magic Windows Book

A Look Back at

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A Max Mingus Thriller

A Michael Bennett Thriller

A Midge McGowan Mystery

A Mitchum Thriller

A Moneybunny Book

A Murder Most Unladylike Collection

A Murder Most Unladylike Mini Mystery

A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery

A Nigel Strangeways Mystery

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