It was supposed to be a digital detox in a sleepy Welsh village. Instead, twelve-year-old Josiah and his brother Nate are thrust into a war for an ancient technology hidden at the bottom of the ocean.Separated from his family and trapped on a prototype submarine, Josiah discovers he has a unique connection to the terrifying creature guarding the deep.With a ruthless enemy closing in and the pressure rising, Josiah learns that the only way to save his brother is to unleash t...

A futuristic drama full of suspense from the award-winning Malorie Blackman. What do you do when your dad has created a monster? That's Claire's dilemma when her father reveals the latest project in his lab. It's hideous – but can Claire bring herself to destroy it? Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+A futuristic drama full of suspense from the UK Children's Laureate 2013-2015. Claire is keen to find out what her dad has been working on in h...

Betsey's teddy bear has disappeared without a trace! Join Betsey the Detective as she enlists the help of Prince, the detective dog, to solve the mystery!This book is one of five short story collections featuring Betsey Biggalow from Children's Laureate, Malorie Blackman. Beautifully illustrated by Jamie Smith, these warm and funny stories are ideal for building confidence in readers aged 7 and over, whether reading aloud or reading alone.

Sephy is a Cross - a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a Nought - a 'colourless' member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood. But that's as far as it can go. Until the first steps are taken towards more social equality and a limited number of Noughts are allowed into Crosses schools... Against a background of prejudice and distrust, intensely highlighted by violent terrorist activity by Noughts unable to acc...

Eleven Doctors, eleven months, eleven stories: a year-long celebration of Doctor Who! The most exciting names in children's fiction each create their own unique adventure about the time-travelling Time Lord.When the TARDIS lands on Skaro, the Seventh Doctor and Ace are shocked to discover the planet has become the universal centre of learning, populated by a race of peace-loving Daleks. Ever suspicious of his archenemies' motives, the Doctor learns of a threat that could literally t...

Malorie Blackman retells 'Bluebeard'. A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories. These twists on familiar tales make the perfect Christmas gift.'Please don't even try to get down to the basement. Just leave it alone - okay? Otherwise you'll ruin things for both of us...'Nia has met the man she wants to marry. Marcus is kind, clever and handsome, with a beard so dark it is nearly blue...

In March 1807, the British Parliament passed an Act making the trading and transportation of slaves illegal. It was many years before slavery, as it was known then, was abolished, and slavery still continues today in different ways, but it was a big step forward towards the empancipation of a people.Malorie Blackman has drawn together some of the finest of today's writers and poets to contribute to this important anthology. Their short stories and poems sit alongside first-hand acc...

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 unnatura...

"The apartment's big enough for the three of us."Falser words were never spoken. Aching, lustful tension builds between the three roommates when Jane unwittingly moves in with her long time fwb Cain Hunter and her love interest, Samuel Smith.When both men realize the roles they play in her lives, they decide to punish her in the most deviant, perverse method possible. Toys, whips, bondage, and more awaits Jane as she is dominated by the two alpha males, intent on making her...

I am drowning in this roaring silence. I am drowning. I'm going to die . . . Cameron is thirteen and desperately in need of a heart transplant when a pioneering doctor approaches his family with a startling proposal. He can give Cameron a new heart - but not one from a human, one from a pig. It's never been done before. It's experimental, risky and very controversial. But Cameron is fed up with just sitting on the side of life, always watching and never doing. He has to try - to become the...

Juggling university commitments and part-time work is enough to take up all of April's time. However, when her roommate suggests a trip to the male strip club in town, she couldn't say no, especially after the kind of day she's had.She finds herself in the arms of two familiar sexy hunks who are eager to help her take the edge - and her clothes - off. Embarrassed but aroused, April is stripped down in public and taken hard in every way possible while strangers watch. She soon finds...

WHEN TRUTH AND JUSTICE ARE NO LONGER BLACK AND WHITE ISSUES . . .Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a nought father . . . Jude is a Nought. Eaten up with bitterness, he blames Sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered . . .Now Jude's life rests on a knife edge. Will Sephy be forced, once again, to take sides?A razor-sharp and intensely moving...