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When Pete and his friends set sail on a private yacht in the Balearics to celebrate Fergus’ upcoming wedding, they’re all looking forward to sun, sea and copious quantities of alcohol. But there’s a reason they are still entwined in each other’s lives a decade after leaving university. A terrible event they’ve all been trying their hardest to forget.

The funniest kid in fiction aka Shoutykid is back and has more to shout about than ever! When he's packed off on a school trip to 'Adventure Camp' for half term Harry is less than thrilled. He'd planned to spend his holiday shooting zombies, not kayaking, abseiling and perfecting his archery skills! Even worse than all the outdoor activities, Harry's been put in a dorm with his arch-nemesis Ed Bigstock!

Although mostly unseen by us, moths are everywhere. And their capacity to delight astounds. Inspired by a revelatory encounter with a Poplar Hawk-moth - a huge, velvety-winged wonder wrapped in silver - James Lowen embarks on a year-long quest to celebrate the joy of Britain’s rarest and most remarkable moths. By hiking up mountains, wading through marshes and roaming by night amid ancient woodlands, James follows the trails of both Victorian collectors and present-day conservationists.

She was the one line he swore he'd never cross. Now she's the only one who can save him. Marek spent years running from a past that still haunts him, and for an immortal, that's a hell of a long time. But when an ancient power rises from the ocean's depths, he's forced back into the one place he swore he'd never return. And into the arms of the only woman he ever loved. Lady Isolde has built her life on control... of her lands, her legacy, and the feelings she buried the day a dashing Thalassarian captain disappeared.

Mark Chadwick is cycling home from work, eager to get back to his pregnant wife, Katy, and two children, when he sees the police calling at his house. He knows exactly why they are there, and he knows that the world he has carefully constructed over 20 deliberately uneventful years is about to fall apart. He could lose everything.... A story of a toxic love gone wrong, with a setting that moves between present-day London and 1990s Cambridge, Stronger Than Skin is utterly compelling, combining a gripping narrative with a keen eye for the absurdities of the way we live now.

It is the summer of 1989 when Lucas witnesses an event that will tear his family apart. Over a decade later, his estranged father succumbs to a suspected heart attack. Lucas shuns grief and escapes to New York with his colleague Mariana. However, a dark secret from his past threatens to reemerge and destroy the burgeoning relationship before it has even begun. When his father's girlfriend fails to reappear after reporting his death, the true cause of his demise falls under scrutiny. And as the startling truth comes to light, Lucas must confront the fact that father and son may not have been so different after all.

Alex Sparrow is a super-agent in training. He is also a human lie detector. Working with Jess (who can communicate with animals), he must find out why their friends - and enemies - are all changing into polite and well-behaved pupils. And exactly who is behind it all. This is a humorous tale full of smells, jokes and superhero references. Oh, and a rather clever goldfish called Bob. In a world where kids' flaws and peculiarities are being erased out of existence, Alex and Jess must rely on what makes them different to save the day.

Sometimes secrets are hidden in the most obvious places! When Nelly returns home to discover that her mother has vanished, she vows to stop at nothing until she's found her. A magical mysterious tale begins for Nelly and her wonderful turtle Columbus!

After caring for his mother in her last days, Alex has gone off round the world - with no plan other than to travel and maybe recapture some of his lost youth. Beginning his travels in Indonesia, the idea of finding himself sounds appealing...but soon he finds himself in real trouble. It starts with a bus crash on a terrifying mountain road. Lucky to escape with his life, Alex loses everything else - even his identity. But then he meets Domino, a beautiful girl who takes Alex under her wing.

Following his expulsion from school, 17-year-old dreamer Ellis Dau is sent to work with his father. His father is editor of The Chronicle, the last bastion of free speech in their strange, strange land. And it is under threat: from heavy-handed policemen, mysterious revolutionaries, and the resident Russian billionaire. As Ellis navigates his collapsing, blacked-out city - and his feelings for the oligarch's beautiful daughter - he realises that some things are worth fighting for.

Ssh! Keep the noise down! Shut Uuuuuppp! Thanks... There are strange things happening on the island of Great Kerfuffle. Listen carefully...can you hear that humming noise? It's getting louder...and louder.... It's coming this way! I think we'd better leg it! Oh, hang about, here come our heroes, Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face, to save us. They're sure to know what's beehind all this strange beehaviour. Let's hope they don't buzz off beefore the end of the story!

In this hilarious adventure, you'll discover that pizza is the evil genius of the world! It's all the fault of pizza. It has absolutely nothing at all to do with the badgers! With more twists and turns than a pizza delivery guy on an oil slick, this amazing adventure will leave you hungry for more (pizza).

One girl. One turtle. One epic voyage! When Nelly says she's going to do a thing, she does it. Learn to juggle china cups? Of course! Live on lemons for a month? Why not? Set out in a boat with knitted sails to find her long-lost father, with only her turtle, Columbus, for company? Absolutely! And she won't let anything get in her way.

Dare you open the Henry Hunter files? Henry Hunter’s friend, Charlie, is desperate for help: his parents have gone missing in the Caribbean Ocean, and no one will believe him that something sinister is afoot. It’s up to supersleuth Henry and his friend, Dolf, to investigate, but their only leads are local legends about the Sword of Columbus and the feared pirate Blackbeard....

Oi! You at the back! Yes, you! Stop mucking about, and get a move on. Some of us are waiting to get going on this quest, you know! These magic porcupines are pretty hard to find, so pay attention, and stick with our fearless heroes, Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face. It could take many years for us to finish our gigantic quest ,but I’m pretty sure we’ll be back in time for tea....

When schoolboy super-sleuth Henry Hunter uncovers a clue about the legendary Beast of Snagov, the origin of all vampires, he and friend Dolf travel to Whitby and Romania on its trail. Unravelling clues from Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the legend of Vlad the Impaler, they encounter Dracula’s daughter, Bella Dracula. But is she a friend or a foe? And can the trio evade the sinister forces that are tracking their every move, intent on releasing the beast from its underground tomb?

Catching the school's runaway guinea pigs is boring, so how can Alex find a bigger test for his and Jess' superpowers? Jess is worried about the bullied new boy, whose Mum runs the local animal sanctuary. To befriend him she gets a voluntary job there but soon realises that something is very wrong: the animals are terrified. People start reporting strange events: things missing, property destroyed, and the local squirrels have turned mean. The police have no suspects. It looks like a job for Agent Alex....

While the youth uprising sweeps across Europe, a debate about Franz Kafka appears in student magazines, arguing that publishing the texts Kafka left behind against his will is unfaithful to his legacy. When Kafka's best friend, Brod, is injured in an attempted assassination, assailant Ferdy Kaplan is captured and questioned by Commissioner Muller at the West Berlin police station.