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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert, read by Rebecca Soler. Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice's life on the road, always a step ahead of the strange bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice's grandmother, the reclusive...

When 12-year-old, UFO-obsessed Lucy Sladan sneaks out in the middle of a thunderstorm to investigate the unexplained disappearances in her hometown of Sticky Pines, she finds more than she bargained for: a huge hairy creature, a 13-year-old stranger named Milo Fisher and a deep-rooted secret. Together, Lucy and Milo become entwined in a mystery that threatens to engulf the whole town of Sticky Pines and its weird and wonderful residents.

In the second installment of the Century Quartet, Italian author P. D. Baccalario continues the mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve. Four kids. A wooden top. And four postcards with secret instructions. New York City, March 15 Another mysterious artifact...

A brilliantly imagined new 8+ adventure about resilience, family and hope. From the bestselling and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted author of BOY IN THE TOWER. Perfect for fans of Ross Welford, Lisa Thompson and Onjali Rauf. Rule number one: Always be prepared . . . Billy’s mum...

Brought to you by Penguin. Tick, tock, tick, tock! Some stories are like that. Once you've wend them up, nothing will stop them ... A tormented apprentice clock-maker, a deadly mechanical knight in armour - and the sinister Dr Kalmenius, who some say is the devil ... Wind up these characters...

An upper-middle grade thriller by the New York Times bestselling Nightfall authors–perfect for fans of James Dashner’s Maze Runner books. Thousands of miles south of the island of Bliss, day and night last for 72 hours. Here is one of the natural wonders of this world: a whirlpool thirty...

During their last adventure, Zak Nine and Erro found a mapping device in a crashed Prison ship. Following the map, the boys make their way to the Plateau of Leng, a vast desert on Planet Alcatraz. Other than an occasional giant scorpion, the boys seem to be safe on the endless sands until they spring a deadly trap! Huge rocky walls spring up from beneath the sand, grinding against each other and forming into walls, passageways, and stone cages.

"Open the box," says Lucas. "Bet there's a body in it." Ruby doesn't want to open the abandoned grey cabinet partially hidden by falling snow but she does. And immediately wishes she hadn't. A grisly discovery starts a chilling chain of events. Can Ruby and Lucas stay one step ahead? Or will they be thrown to the wolves. When Lucas and Ruby find an abandoned trunk covered in snow, Lucas says there's bound to be a body inside. Ruby laughs but what if he's right? Nervously she starts to open it, and immediately wishes she hadn't.

The must-read new middle-grade novel from the author of the super-spooky Dread Wood series. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine’s Goosebumps and Stranger Things. "Jennifer Killick has become the go-to horror writer for readers aged nine and over … readers are as likely to howl with laughter as...

Todo comenzó un lunes por la mañana, cuando mi padre, el famoso arqueólogo James Callender, nos dijo: - Niños, ¡nos vamos a Egipto! Los hermanos Callender, miembros del Club de los Sabuesos, no se creen lo que les cuentan si no lo ven por sí mismos, tienen una enorme curiosidad y un gran espíritu de aventura.Y cuando viajan a Taposiris Magna, las ruinas del palacio de Cleopatra, y conocen a Marcus y Alfred O’Reilly, expertos mundiales en esta reina, además de gemelos estrafalarios, se empeñarán en acompañarlos en su busca de la tumba de Cleopatra....

Ya nos imaginábamos que la misión sería peligrosa cuando Lord Thomsing nos avisó de que los hombres de Irma Dagon estaban en movimiento y acercándose a un peligrosísimo espíritu, escondido en medio de la jungla y protegido por dos tribus ancestrales muy poderosas. Sin embargo, fue la advertencia de Benson, que tenía un mal presentimiento si nos separábamos, la que más nos preocupó a mi mejor amigo y a mí. Y con buena razón. En aquellos instantes, todavía no sabíamos que ninguno de nuestros planes iba a salir bien.

It's basically the worst school detention ever. When classmates (but not mate-mates) Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira are forced to come to school on a SATURDAY, they think things can’t get much worse. But they’re wrong. Things are about to get seriously scary. 

As life for German Jews becomes increasingly perilous, Anna’s parents put her on a train leaving for England. But the war follows her to Kent, and soon Anna finds herself caught up in a web of betrayal and secrecy. How can she prove whose side she’s on when she can’t tell anyone the truth? But actions speak louder than words, and Anna has a dangerous plan.

London, 1842. Wild Boy, master detective and former freak-show performer, and Clarissa, circus acrobat and troublemaker, are the secret last hope of a city beset by horror. A poisoner stalks the streets, leaving victims mad with terror - and then dead. Can the Black Terror be traced to a demon called Malphas? With their partnership threatened by rules and regulations, can Wild Boy and Clarissa uncover a cure in time to save the queen and the city?

Since the world fell sick with fantastical illnesses, sisters Payton and Ani have grown up in King Jude's Hospital. Payton wants to be a methic like her father, working on a cure for her mother's sleeping fever. Ani, however, thinks the remedy for all illness might be found in the green wilderness beyond the hospital walls. When Ani stumbles upon an imprisoned boy who turns everything he touches to gold, her world is turned upside-down. The girls find themselves outside the hospital for the first time, a dark mystery unraveling...

Enter the chilling world of Hailie's Scary Doll, where every minute is a journey into darkness and suspense. In this captivating children's short story collection, listeners will embark on a spine-tingling adventure alongside Hailie and her best friend, Max, as they unravel the mysteries surrounding a sinister doll with a haunting past.

The adventure of Brian Parker's dreams has just become a nightmare. While on a school trip to Europe, Brian hopes for just a taste of the glamour and excitement from his favorite spy novels. Yet he gets way more than he bargained for when he stumbles across a wounded spy in a Lucerne alley.

Podnikatel Klement Hrouda se vrací do Prahy, aby se pomstil. Co nevidět davy lidí vyrazí vzhůru temnými uličkami a budou hledat stroj dávného vynálezce Hanuše Nápravníka. Zatímco se v oprýskaných domech a prázdných náměstích v tichosti schyluje k poslednímu střetu, rozhodne se En vzít osud čtvrti do svých rukou. Jirka se vydává v jejích stopách.

There’s a new craze at Dread Wood High. Flinch is a game of fear. The more you scare your friends, the more points on the app you get. At first it’s fun, but soon fun is replaced by fear. And Angelo and his friends notice that everyone is behaving more and more strangely every day—almost as if something is taking over their brains. With the fair arriving in town, adrenaline and excitement levels are high. But who are the people behind the super-creepy clown masks? With fights breaking out and Flinch in full force, it’s time for the final showdown at the Fear Ground. 

Gus is a morose and insular youngster. When he is pressed into service in the garden by his mother, he is reluctant to spend time with the twee sun, birds, and grass. But once he grabs his watering can, he enters a world more grim and interesting than he'd ever imagined. He quickly discovers the dark side of the "circle of life" and is thrilled to learn that gardening also includes grime, death, and decay.