"There was an almighty whooshing sound and she was swept right off her feet and straight up through the ceiling. It was as if a giant vacuum cleaner had just descended from the sky and sucked her up."When Jess drinks a can of glowing fizzy pop, she gets the strangest wibbling feeling in her stomach. Little does she know she's about to get transported onto a spaceship and caught up in the adventure of a lifetime. Meanwhile, Yusilli the alien is stranded down on Earth, searc...

"There was an almighty whooshing sound and she was swept right off her feet and straight up through the ceiling. It was as if a giant vacuum cleaner had just descended from the sky and sucked her up."When Jess drinks a can of glowing fizzy pop, she gets the strangest wibbling feeling in her stomach. Little does she know she's about to get transported onto a spaceship and caught up in the adventure of a lifetime. Meanwhile, Yusilli the alien is stranded down on Earth, searc...

We can't possibly play football out there - the pitch is wet through!I know - the first years have been doing dribbling practise all morning!This hilarious bumper book includes over 1000 jokes. Packed with sparkling rib-ticklers and dozens of cartoons, it includes all the best joke themes, including:• Knock knock jokes• School and teacher jokes• Funny foods• Ghosts and ghouls• Space and a...

Here is the book that every boy, young and old, has been waiting for. Learn how to ride waves, skateboard, make giant cookies, whistle, shuffle cards, talk like a pirate, train a goldfish, play the didgeridoo and much, much more. The Book For Boys is bound to banish boredom and help boys become the best at everything.

Sometimes in life there is just no answer to the questions we askKate is twelve years old, and chats to God about everything - her parents and their new baby, her friends, getting used to her new glasses, even about the ants who drown in the puddles in her driveway. If God exists, why doesn't he teach ants to swim? Kate also talks to God about Stephanie, the new girl in her class. Stephanie isn't the sort of girl Kate is usually friends with; she's too 'nerdy' for a start. And she l...

A compelling story full of magic and music.Sylvie Bartram lives alone with Mr. Jackson the dog and her eccentric composer father, who invents strange and wonderful musical instruments. One day she returns from school to find a message left in toothpaste on the bathroom mirror: her father has been kidnapped. Later that night, the house is visited by a terrifying apparition—a half-man, half-creature who is searching for something and will not rest until he has found it. . . ...

Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! With ever-increasing madcap schemes and crazy capers, Bertie continues to delight his legions of fans who revel in his revolting ways. In Horror! join Bertie as he sneaks into a scary film, meets a bad-tempered guard dog on his paper round and ruins a priceless work of art on a school trip! Dirty Bertie is a hugely popular series created by award-winning...

With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!In this sixth book in the My Weird School Daze series, the new vice principal of Ella Mentry School has some crazy ideas on how to teach kids. A.J. and the gang have to stand on their heads while they do math! They have to take a spelling test underwater! Everybody has to do yoga! Could it possibly get any weirder?Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers alike, Da...

With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!It's the start of a new school year in this third book in the My Weird School Daze series. And A.J.'s third-grade teacher, Mr. Granite, is out of this world! He's a super genius who dresses weird, talks weird, and acts even weirder. He seems to know literally everything, which only makes the students at Ella Mentry School wonder… Is he a computer posing as a person, or does he come from anothe...

In a world where every word and gesture is copyrighted, patented or trademarked, one girl elects to remain silent rather than pay to speak, and her defiant and unexpected silence threatens to unravel the very fabric of society.Speth Jime is anxious to deliver her Last Day speech and celebrate her transition into adulthood. The moment she turns fifteen, Speth must pay for every word she speaks (“Sorry” is a flat ten dollars and a legal admission of guilt), for every...

A boy and his friends must find a way to survive in the mining tunnels after their new space colony is attacked in this gritty action-adventure novel, which School Library Journal called “a solid survival story.”In space. Underground. And out of time.Christopher Nichols and his family live on a new planet, Perses, as colonists of Melming Mining’s Great Mission to save the earth. Dozens of families like Christopher’s have relocated, too, like his be...

A New York Times bestseller from the author of The Mysterious Benedict Society, this heart-pounding mystery adventure is laced with magic and humor.When Reuben discovers an extraordinary antique watch with a secret power, his life takes an intriguing turn. As one secret leads to another, Reuben finds himself torn between his honest nature and the lure of becoming a hero.No...