Award-winning author Steve Cole delivers a poignant quick-read for struggling teen readers, expertly capturing resilience and hope amidst the devastating impact of war.Danylo watches fearfully as war edges ever closer to his peaceful life on a Ukrainian farm. To prepare for the worst, he and his mother build a shelter for protection.But when the missiles eventually drop, they’re unprepared for the devastating impact and must cling to all they have left in o...

An ominous presence lurks in the shadows awaiting visitors who linger too long in this eerie horror for struggling teen readers from internationally bestselling author Steve Cole.Everyone knows the abandoned old house at the edge of the woods is haunted, but one reckless boy steps inside for a dare. Creeping through the dust-covered rooms, he finds a strange message scrawled on the wall: Stay Too Long. Then, he finds letters scattered on the floor written by previo...

Award-winning author Steve Cole expertly captures one boy’s cringe-worthy attempt to pole vault his way to love in this witty and relatable super-short read for struggling teen readers.Ryan hates running and jumping, and had a disastrous experience in the long jump back in Year 6, so why on earth would he decide to join the school athletics club? The answer, of course, is to impress a girl – Tala.Unfortunately, Tala competes in the pole vault, which Ryan ha...

One friend’s passion for saving the planet clashes with another’s lust for likes in this super-short read for struggling teen readers from bestselling author Steve Cole.Determined to make a stand against climate change, two friends start out small, with cardboard signs and low-budget videos. But when they start to gather an online following, their ambitions grow, leading them to plan an ambitious stunt at a packed art gallery. Although the soup never hits the paint...

Terrance Dicks’s The Vampire Mutation was intended to open Doctor Who’s 15th season in 1977. Cancelled at the last moment, its secrets were believed lost forever. Now, working from never-before seen scripts and synopses, Steve Cole’s novelisation brings this ‘lost’ adventure from a much-loved writer into the light.‘The conjunctions of the stars at last permit the awakening of the Dead One…’Summoned by the White Guardian to a domai...

“Steve Cole is a master storyteller. Prepare to meet your new favourite bunch of scrappy animals.” - Eoin Colfer“As adorable and hilarious as it is heart-stopping.” - Piers Torday“Humour, heart and hope.” - Abi Elphinstone“A truly great adventure from a master storyteller. ” - Phil Earle'The old familiar world had gone. Out there in the cold and gusting d...

Can you save the world by living for ever? Anders uncovers the sinister truth about Pleekas in this gripping dystopian thriller from award-winning author Steve Cole.The year is 2070, and the New You Foundation claim to have found the ultimate answer to the climate crisis. They want human beings to transform themselves into Pleekas – perfect artificial replicas. Pleekas can go on for ever but won’t create waste or use the Earth's resources.Too good to be tru...

‘Stories are the most important thing of all because they are just about the only living thing that lasts…'At the end of the universe, a mysterious storyteller builds a campfire to draw his audience. He has gathered tales like any minstrel of old – and his specialty is tales of the Doctor.In this book of stories both long and short, you can experience Doctor Who’s adventures through the prism of folk tales and fables. Retold from unusual p...

A real-life astronaut is here to tell you what it's REALLY like to blast off into space - and everywhere we might travel in the future! Could we build a colony on Mars? Will we ever land on Venus? Can we play football on the Moon?Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to pull on your spacesuit and join your guide, real astronaut Tim Peake (and a host of expert STEM characters), in this fascinating adventure through space, time and the diary of one truly incredible space adventur...

For over half a century the world has been kept safe from alien invasion by the tireless work of UNIT – the Unified Intelligence Taskforce. Finally, that story has been uncovered.From the early days working in secret under the command of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart to the new, modern UNIT organisation under the leadership of his daughter Kate, this secret history exposes the many threats ranged against our world – and how UNIT has saved humanity time and again.Carefully cu...

We live forever, barring accidents. Just like everyone else in the universe.The Doctor travels back to the Ancient Days, an era where life flourishes and death is barely known...Then come the Kotturuh – creatures who spread through the cosmos dispensing mortality. They judge each and every species and decree its allotted time to live. For the first time, living things know the fear of ending. And they will go to any lengths to escape this grim new spectre, ...

‘Did you ever wonder why I chose you all those years ago? I wanted to see the universe, so I stole a Time Lord and I ran away...’The Doctor has a unique bond with their TARDIS. They’ve always loved the ‘old girl’ for the way she’s gone looking for trouble anywhere in the universe. The Doctor says they stole the TARDIS from Gallifrey. The TARDIS disagrees… she stole them. She hasn’t always taken them where they want to go, but she’s made sure to take them where the...