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"Out you go," says Dad. It is cold outside. How can a little dragon get in? Ben's dad won't let Rascal in until he learns how to beg. Rascal has other ideas, and Dad is not happy. Looks like Rascal is in trouble.

"Can I have a dragon, please, Dad?" The answer is no. Or is it? In Ben's world, dragons exist like dogs and fulfill all the doggy functions with dragon overlays, like having two heads, or being able to fly. The dragons all correspond to various breeds of dog.

"Flap your wings, Rascal," says Ben. But Rascal's wings don't work. What else can he use?

Andrew Kinnear has dreamt of becoming a ship's engineer and traveling the world. But as his apprenticeship at Dalrossan Dockyard begins, he quickly realizes there is much more to his dream that he's bargained for. There are unwritten rules in his new workplace that he will break at his peril, a fearsome pecking order, and strange rites of initiation.

Chatsworth is no ordinary duck. He can: read an encyclopedia at a single glance, eat toast faster than you can butter it, save Mr. Piccoli's pet shop from financial ruin without ruffling a feather, and solve mysterious crimes in the blink of an eye. And he's a whiz at making friends, too. Chatsworth, a duck for our times!

Tony's dad wants Tony to be a footy superstar. But Tony's got another talent, one that's more important to him.

When Arthur stays at Lottie's mysterious house, he makes sure he's prepared for anything. But the night turns out to be so scary that he is forced to use his ghost fighting kit, with unexpected results.

Grommet lives life on the edge. When this gets him into trouble at Scream World, the manager sets him the biggest challange of his life. It could be tough just staying alive...

When Calypso returns from Los Angeles to her English boarding school for the summer term, she is determined to fit in with the popular crowd. Her plan is to pretend her mother's gay assistant back home is her boyfriend. And to her surprise, the trick works, at least at first. She makes a whole batch of new friends, and even finds herself winning the unwritten contest to woo the prince at the boys' school next door.

Simon Bright has a feeling that this week is going to be different. And he's right! After the discovery of the Super Gum, his life changes.

Maddy was always being asked to sing jingles for commercials. She'd sung about chocolate, cereal and dog food. Now she wanted a real acting job. But was she good enough to be an actor? Then came the announcement in class: "Maddy, you have an audition for Halfway Hospital." An audition! She just had to get the job. The second book in a series of entertaining short novels about four girls who attend The Shooting Star drama school.

If you think Isador Brown's adventures have been strange, finding Lulu's missing parents turns out to be the strangest adventure ever.

Four new smelly and gross stories to rot your socks, plus the added extra of some particularly putrid poems! If you've ever wondered what happens in a Fart Factory or what if feels like to be stuck in a fridge, now's your chance to find out. Seriously revolting stories to curdle your stomach and addle your brain.

Will he be able to hit the apple with his arrow? Willie isn't sure. He's not very good with bows and arrows, but his sister's life depends on it...

Aaaaaaaaghhhhhhh! Dene screamed at the TV. A commercial for ice-cream had just come on and it starred those twins Evie and Cameron Billingham. We've never spoken to them but we just know they're vomitus. If you walked into an audition and the terrible twins were there, you could forget about it! The first book in an entertaining series of short novels about four girls who attend The Shooting Star drama school.

Jessie would love to keep the tortoise in her backyard. But Mr. Smith must belong to somebody. Will Jessie find the right home for him?

Life falls apart for Hayley when she doesn't make the swimming squad, and her best friend moves away. But then something very surprising happens...

Lulubelle doesn't even know she's a dog! Then she meets Bones, rescues him from a life of slavery, and together they run away to London. Life on the road isn't easy. Danger lurks behind every bush and around every corner. But Lulubelle and Bones find friends in the strangest places, and their luck soon turns.

Dene knows that being in a movie is going to be so perfect, until she finds out that she has to kiss a boy. She has never kissed a boy before. Then she meets her co-star. Suddenly, everything's even scarier. Book 3 in the popular Shooting Stars series.

Jock can make a special sound like a duck! Can you make it, too? Can you help Jock rescue the little duck from the duck hunter?