Michael Symmons Roberts’s fourth book of poetry, Corpus, was the winner of the 2004 Whitbread Poetry Award, and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize, and the Griffin International Prize. His sixth collection, Drysalter, was the winner of both the Forward Prize and the Costa Poetry Prize in 2013. He collaborated with Paul Farley on Edgelands (Cape/Vintage) and will do so again in The Deaths of the Poets (Cape, 2017). He has also worked many times with the composer James MacMillan. He has published two novels, and is Professor of Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Philip Ridley

Bailey arrives in a new neighbourhood with his extraordinary family. He has no friends but receives a mysterious invitation to join  the Scribbleboy Fan Club. The one and only founder member is Ziggy Fuzz. His vital mission is to spread the word about Scribbleboy and his amazing scribbles which years ago transformed the gloomy grey concrete of the neighbourhood.  Swept along in plans to discover the identity of the mythical artist, Bailey carries on his work so the scribbles start again and eventually he discovers the scribbleboy is in fact a scribblegirl!

Scribbleboy

Louise Cooper

Since her family moved to Cornwall, Lizzy's world has been turned upside down by the discovery that she has a long-lost brother, Kes, and even more amazingly that their mother is a mermaid. Now Lizzy and her new family must bravely battle the evil sea queen and her terrfying servant, for Lizzy has a powerful treasure and the sea queen will stop at nothing to get it. 
 
Exciting and full of dark mystery and suspense, ideal for girls of 8&ndash;10 who love stories with an edge.

Mermaid Curse: The Black Pearl

A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

Accidentally transported from his remote Scottish castle to the bright, fast-moving, hi-tech city of Toronto, the highly mischievous Boggart simply can't resist the opportunity for pranks, and wreaks havoc for the Volnik family, inheritors of his distant castle home. But the Boggart doesn't mean any real harm, and when he begins to pine for the rolling Scottish mists and the sound of bagpipes, he turns to his two young friends, Emily and Jessup Volnik, for help. 
 
A delightfully funny and moving story for children.

The Boggart

Joan Lennon

A teenage shape-shifter called Eo. A boy from the sixth century called Adom. And a girl from the twenty-second century called Jay. 
 
What do they have in common? Well, they're all being hurled back and forth through time in a deadly game where there can only be one winner. A careless mistake by Eo has led to a time-travelling challenge which could cost them their lives. 
 
If they fail, they're at the mercy of beautiful soul-sucking demons. But Eo, Adom and Jay are ready to face whatever the seven tides throw at them. They hope . . .

The Seventh Tide

Philip Pullman

Peter Bailey

Featuring wonderful new illustrations from Peter Bailey, this intriguing and exciting tale of chance and misfortune by multi award-winning Philip Pullman, is perfect for readers young and old. 
 
I was a Rat! Roger insists, and insists . . . In fact, when Bob the cobbler and his washerwoman wife, Joan, find the young boy abandoned on their doorstep, these are the only words he says. And he does have ratty behaviour, it's true. 
 
Staying with Bob and Joan, however, Roger learns quickly to behave more like a human child. They try to find his parents, but the orphanage, police and hospital all have nothing on their records about a lost boy in the city. What is the truth? As more and more people find out about Roger the mysterious rat-boy he faces more and more danger. But sometimes help comes from the most unexpected of places . . .

I Was a Rat! Or, The Scarlet Slippers

Eoin Colfer

Meg Finn is in trouble, unearthly trouble. Cast out of her own home by her stepfather after her mother's death, Meg is a wanderer, a troublemaker. After a botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat, Meg and her partner in crime, Belch, end up in a very sticky situation. Meg's soul is up for grabs as the divine and the demonic try every underhand ploy imaginable to claim it. Her only chance of salvation is the Wish List. But how can she persuade the pensioner Lowrie to help her when she has wronged him? Even if she can persuade him, will she really have enough points to face up to St Peter?

The Wish List

Giovanni Rigano

Paolo Lamanna

Andrew Donkin

This adaptation of his genre-busting, award-winning Artemis Fowl series has been a labour of love for lifelong graphic novel fan Eoin Colfer, and Andrew Donkin. Art by Giovanni Rigano and colour by Paolo Lamanna. 
 
Thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has constructed a supercomputer from stolen fairy technology. In the wrong hands it could be fatal for humans and fairies alike. But no need to worry, Artemis has a brilliant plan. He's not going to use the computer; he's just going to show it to a ruthless American businessman with Mafia connections. His bodyguard, Butler, will be with him. What could possibly go wrong...?

The Eternity Code

The Graphic Novel

John Robertson

Louis Ghibault

In a town surrounded by deadly mist, and filled with oddities, two young siblings become orphans. 
 
And that's the best thing that's happened to them all day. 
 
Howard Howard was a Wrecker (a brute and bully by profession) who was brutal and bullish to his children - Aubrey and Aubrey's Sister. Howard Howard deserved to be turned into mince, and thanks to a mysterious duo called The Grinders, that's exactly what happened to Howard Howard. 
 
Hunted by the police and their father's gang of Wreckers, the siblings find some new friends to help keep them safe: a talented burglar named Charlie (who has no bones, but a great moustache) and a sword-wielding assassin named Calo (who has a sword, duh.) 
 
In a town already revelling in its own chaos and with new dangers around every corner, Aubrey's Sister and Aubrey stumble into a world of secrets, myths and monsters.

The Little Town of Marrowville

Susan Gates

This is a potato with attitude! It's come from outer space and it's landed in the council rubbish tip. It's growing bigger by the minute and it's looking round for things to eat. Only Cruncher, his grandad and a potato-obsessed professor are around to stop it before it wipes out the human race. The bad news is that the crash has upset the rules of space and time and Silas Smite, the mad preacher, has been brought from the past to hunt down all potato lovers. The good news is that Grandad has a secret weapon: Gloria, the super bin van designed to collect space junk. It's chaos out there - expect anything!

The Spud from Outer Space

Liam's grandad is devastated when Mrs Porteous succeeds in her mission to close Nursery Rhyme Land, a museum full of stuffed animals displayed in nursery rhyme scenes. Not only that, but Liam has to contend with a pair of haunted trousers, which when combined with General Custer's false teeth, turn the wearer into  Rabbit, a sad orphan cat-catcher - and both Grandad and Mrs Porteous fall victim!  Stir in a fainting goat, stand back as the museum animals come to life and attack Grandad, and watch the fast and furious fun develop.  Surprisingly, all ends happily as Grandad and Mrs Porteous open the Fainting Goat Farm.

Night of the Haunted Trousers

Brian Jacques

The twenty-second book in the classic fantasy Redwall series – perfect for readers aged 9+. 
 
Mossflower Country has never seen a creature more evil or more hideous than Razzid Wearat. Captain of the Greenshroud, a ship with wheels that can sail through water as well as the forest, this beast is a terror of both land and sea. And his goal? To conquer Redwall Abbey. 
 
From Salamandastron to the High North Coast, the brave hares of the Long Patrol team up with the fearless sea otters of the Rogue Crew to form a pack so tough, only they can defend the abbey and defeat Razzid Wearat once and for all. 
 
Brian Jacques is one of Britain's best-loved storytellers - and Redwall is his most famous creation. 
 
Discover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series: 
Redwall 
Mossflower 
Mattimeo 
Mariel of Redwall 
Salamandastron 
Martin the Warrior 
The Bellmaker 
Outcast of Redwall 
The Pearls of Lutra 
The Long Patrol 
Marlfox 
The Legend of Luke 
Lord Brocktree 
The Taggerung 
Triss 
Loamhedge 
Rakkety Tam 
High Rhulain 
Eulalia! 
Doomwyte 
The Sable Quean 
The Rogue Crew

The Rogue Crew

Michelle Paver

Hylas and Pirra return to Akea for their final confrontation with their arch-enemies, the Crows. They must recover the dagger of Koronos if they are to end the warriors' brutal rule. Only if old and new friends join forces can they hope to triumph - but the price of victory may be higher than either Hylas or Pirra has dreamed . . .

Warrior Bronze (Gods and Warriors Book 5)

Rick Riordan

An exciting new short story from Rick Riordan where Carter Kane meets Percy Jackson!

The Son of Sobek

Greg Howard

Since his mother's disappearance four months ago, Riley has become increasingly frustrated by the incompetence of the police and apathy of his family and friends. In desperation, Riley turns to the Whispers, creatures of legend that he believes can grant him his heart's desire. But Riley has secrets of his own - and finding the truth could cost him more than he is willing to give. 
 
Time-Travelling with a Hamster meets Goldfish Boy in this stunning middle-grade story of belief and magic, a tender exploration of prejudice, grief and self-acceptance.

The Whispers

Sylvia Waugh

From the outside, 5 Brocklehurst Grove looks like an ordinary house - the windows are always clean, and the garden well tended. And from the inside, to hear the voices of the inhabitants, the Mennym family, you would think they were a perfectly ordinary family, too. But you'd be wrong, for the Mennyms are far from ordinary. The whole family shares an astonishing secret behind which it's hidden for forty years; a secret to which nobody has ever come close - until perhaps, now. When a letter arrives from Australia, the whole family is plunged into fear that, for the first time, their secret is about to be exposed . . .

The Mennyms

Dick King-Smith

Discovered as a foundling in a lambing pen, Spider Sparrow grows up surrounded by animals. From sheep and horses to wild otters and foxes, Spider loves them all, even the crows he must scare away from the newly sown wheat. Crowstarving is the ideal job for Spider - he is on his own, yet never alone for all around him are animals of one sort or another. Amazingly, every animal who meets Spider implicitly trusts the young boy. This magical rapport is Spider's unique gift, but nothing else in his tough life is so easy.

The Crowstarver

Fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill longs to escape from the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys. When a rare chance to get away comes, he grabs it, but the attempt goes fatally wrong. He can feel his life force ebbing away, sucked out of him by a strange blue Parasite ... until a wisecracking gang of kids burst in, blast the creature and save him. They are the Supernaturalists, dedicated to ridding the world of these life-sucking blue parasites. When they realise that Cosmo has the ability to see these blue creatures too, they enlist him as one of them. Their mission leads Cosmo into a world of high-level corruption, James Bond type technology, thrilling adventure and finally back to a place that Cosmo ever thought he'd have to return...the dreaded Clarissa Frayne.

The Supernaturalist

The twenty-first book in the classic fantasy Redwall series – perfect for readers aged 9+. 
 
Vilaya, the Sable Quean, and her hordes of vermin have a plan to conquer Redwall - a plan that begins with a devious kidnapping. Will the Redwallers risk their Abbey and all of Mossflower Wood to recover their precious children? 
 
Perhaps Buckler the Hare, Blademaster of the Long Patrol, can save the day. After all, he has a score of his own to settle with the Sable Quean . . . 
 
Brian Jacques is one of Britain's best-loved storytellers - and Redwall is his most famous creation. 
 
Discover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series: 
Redwall 
Mossflower 
Mattimeo 
Mariel of Redwall 
Salamandastron 
Martin the Warrior 
The Bellmaker 
Outcast of Redwall 
The Pearls of Lutra 
The Long Patrol 
Marlfox 
The Legend of Luke 
Lord Brocktree 
The Taggerung 
Triss 
Loamhedge 
Rakkety Tam 
High Rhulain 
Eulalia! 
Doomwyte 
The Sable Quean 
The Rogue Crew

The Sable Quean

The sixteenth book in the classic fantasy Redwall series – perfect for readers aged 9+. 
 
Young haremaid Martha Braebuck is unable to walk - and no beast knows why. The answer lies far away - at the ancient, ruined abbey of Loamhedge. And two old Redwall warriors, Bragoon and Sarobando, are determined to help her. 
 
But a murderous band of sea rats is heading for Redwall Abbey - and their leader, Raga Bol, is a mighty vicious beast. One brave badger, Lonna Bowstripe, wants revenge on Bol and his crew - and the fate of Redwall, and young Martha Braebuck, will depend on him . . 
 
Discover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series: 
Redwall 
Mossflower 
Mattimeo 
Mariel of Redwall 
Salamandastron 
Martin the Warrior 
The Bellmaker 
Outcast of Redwall 
The Pearls of Lutra 
The Long Patrol 
Marlfox 
The Legend of Luke 
Lord Brocktree 
The Taggerung 
Triss 
Loamhedge 
Rakkety Tam 
High Rhulain 
Eulalia! 
Doomwyte 
The Sable Quean 
The Rogue Crew

Loamhedge

Cat Weatherill

A fantastic epic and magical adventure story set in a beautifully realised world that's almost but not quite like our own. Barkbelly is a wooden boy, brought up by loving human parents, whose life falls apart when he accidentally kills one of his playmates and has to go on the run. His journey turns into a quest for his real home and his real mother, and takes in along the way the circus, fierce pirates and mysterious giant hedgehogs. Full of poetry, magic, and dark twists of fate, Barkbelly discovers what can happen when your dreams come true, but not in the way you expect.

Barkbelly

Brought to you by Puffin. 
 
The first three audiobooks in the Artemis Fowl series from award-winning and best-selling author, Eoin Colfer. 
 
Artemis Fowl (Book 1) 
Twelve-year-old villain Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. 
 
But he’s taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit). For a start, leprechaun technology is more advanced than our own. Add to that the fact that Holly is a true heroine and that her senior officer Commander Root will stop at nothing to get her back and you’ve got the mother of all sieges brewing! 
 
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (Book 2) 
Someone has been supplying Class-A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that her archenemy, 13-year-old Artemis Fowl, is responsible. 
 
But is he? Artemis has his own problems to deal with: his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him. Maybe this time a brilliant plan just won’t be enough. Maybe this time Artemis needs help.... 
 
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code (Book 3) 
Artemis Fowl is attempting to go straight. But there's always time for one last job. Artemis Fowl has created the most powerful new supercomputer known to man - using stolen technology from an elite race of underground fairies. And when the computer falls into the hands of an IT billionaire with a shady past and an alleged mob connection, Artemis is in deep trouble. 
 
The consequences for humans and fairies alike are deadly. Only one person, well, fairy, can help him now. If only Artemis Fowl wasn't the fairies' public enemy number one... 
 
©2013, 2014 Eoin Colfer (P)2025 Penguin Audio

Artemis Fowl Collection

3-book audio collection

Lizzy Baxter is thrilled when her family moves to Cornwall &ndash; she's always loved the beach. Lizzy doesn't realise, but she has a special connection with the sea &ndash; and the mysterical mermaids and silver dolphins who swim there. But there's much more to the beautiful blue-green world than magic. The evil sea queen is plotting to steal something precious &ndash; something that belongs to Lizzy. 
 
The Mermaid Curse quartet is a perfect blend of fantasy and reality for readers aged 8&ndash;10.

Mermaid Curse: The Silver Dolphin

Asako Yuzuki

The charming, cosy tale about a very magical but slightly naughty witch, by bestselling author of BUTTER, Asako Yuzuki. 
 
MARI AND THE UNWONDERFUL WITCH follows Mari, an eleven-year-old witch who lives with her two mothers, loves food and fashion, but is less keen than she ought to be on using her magic to help others. 
 
In fact, when she breaks the golden rule that ‘you can’t use magic for yourself’, causing a giant-doughnut-sized catastrophe at her school, she’s in more trouble than ever before.. 
 
For fans of KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE by Eiko Kadano and THE HATMAKERS series by Tamzin Merchant.

Mari the Unwonderful Witch

When Ned helps his grandmother clear out her attic, he finds a very unusual Victorian doll - she speaks! Ned and Lady Daisy soon become fast friends, even though he's teased at school for owning a doll. Ned learns to stand up to his father and the school bully in order to protect Lady Daisy. But then the doll is stolen - will Ned ever find her again?

Lady Daisy

My name is Magnus Chase. I'm orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse. 
 
I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, 'They're after you.' Next thing I know, I'm reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god. 
 
And it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Apparently, if I can't find the sword my father lost two thousand years ago, there will be doom. Doomsday, to be precise . . . 
 
Magnus Chase: The Complete Series includes all three novels in the action-packed, electrifying series from Rick Riordan: The Sword of Summer, The Hammer of Thor and The Ship of the Dead

Magnus Chase: The Complete Series (Books 1, 2, 3)

When Dakota Pink decides to find out the truth about Medusa's baby monster it is the beginning of a quest that will lead Dakota and her best friend, Treacle, away from the White Flats to Dog Island and the Fortress. Will they manage to excape the mutant killer eels to discover what lies behind the barbed wire of the Fortress and who the mysterious Lassitter Peach is?

Dakota of the White Flats

Michael Moreci

Stephen Gilpin

*Soon to be a major film!* 
 
 AT JUST TWELVE YEARS OLD, ARTEMIS FOWL IS A CRIMINAL GENIUS. 
 
 No scheme is too dastardly, no plot too devious. And he's just discovered that fairies are real. 
 Poor fairies. 
 
 But these are not the cuddly creatures of bedtime stories. They are armed. They are dangerous. And when Artemis captures Captain Holly Short for her fairy gold, he messes with the wrong elf. 
 
 Holly isn't armed but she's incredibly dangerous, and pretty annoyed with all the kidnapping. Artemis Fowl is about to find out that fairies fight back . . . 
 
This graphic novel adaptation of the internationally best-selling novel offers an exciting look inside both Fowl Manor and Haven City as it follow Artemis Fowl's battle against a cast of creatures beyond your wildest imagination.

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (New)

Magic is once again afoot in Scotland when Allie and Jay visit their grandfather and are eagerly greeted by the Boggart, an ancient sprite, and his cousin Nessie, formerly known as the Loch Ness Monster. Things are rarely peaceful with two boggarts around, but this time a real estate developer is the one causing a disturbance - a man named Trout. 
 
Trout is building a luxury resort, and is desperate to buy up everything in town - including Allie and Jay's grandfather's shop. He's willing to do almost anything to raze the store to the ground. But with his beloved family under attack, the Boggart doesn't stay silent for long: soon bulldozers are mysteriously driving themselves into the loch, and surveying flags are floating off into the sky, but Trout is unmoved. When Nessie tries to scare him by transforming into the Loch Ness Monster, Trout is delighted - what a sensational tourist attraction he's found! 
 
Allie, Jay, and the boggarts will have to use all of their wits to outsmart the developers and save their home - even if it means waking up all the Old Magic creatures. Even the deadly ones...

The Boggart Fights Back

AT JUST TWELVE YEARS OLD, ARTEMIS FOWL IS A CRIMINAL GENIUS. 
 
No scheme is too dastardly, no plot too devious. And he's just discovered that fairies are real. 
Poor fairies. 
 
But these are not the cuddly creatures of bedtime stories. They are armed. They are dangerous. And when Artemis captures Captain Holly Short for her fairy gold, he messes with the wrong elf. 
 
Holly isn't armed but she's incredibly dangerous, and pretty annoyed with all the kidnapping. Artemis Fowl is about to find out that fairies fight back . . .

Artemis Fowl

David Elliott

The fifteenth book in the classic fantasy Redwall series – perfect for readers aged 9+. 
 
Triss is a brave squirrelmaid - enslaved by the evil ferret King Agarnu of Riftgard and his cruel daughter, Kurna. But, secretly, Triss is planning a daring escape by sea . . . 
 
As Triss sets sail, three young friends leave Salamandastron in search of adventure - and two youngsters go missing in Mossflower Woods. After three dangerous journeys, the travellers' paths cross at the famous Redwall Abbey - where Triss will discover her destiny, and a new champion will rise to carry the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior and fight for the future of Redwall . . . 
 
Discover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series: 
Redwall 
Mossflower 
Mattimeo 
Mariel of Redwall 
Salamandastron 
Martin the Warrior 
The Bellmaker 
Outcast of Redwall 
The Pearls of Lutra 
The Long Patrol 
Marlfox 
The Legend of Luke 
Lord Brocktree 
The Taggerung 
Triss 
Loamhedge 
Rakkety Tam 
High Rhulain 
Eulalia! 
Doomwyte 
The Sable Quean 
The Rogue Crew

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