A smart, funny junior novelization of Despicable Me, an animated movie about “world’s greatest villain” Gru, coming from Universal Studios in Summer 2010! Includes a color insert of stills from the...
Conor Broekhart was born to fly. In fact, legend has it that he was born flying in a hot air balloon at the world's fair.
In the 1890's Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor spends his days studying...
This novel is based on the true story of Juana Maria, better known to history as "The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island", a Nicoleño Indian left alone for 18 years on San Nicolas Island, one of the Channel Islands off the California coast,...
Who could have set fire to Mr Hick's cottage? The suspects include a tramp and even the housekeeper, Mrs Minns. The Five Find-Outers and Dog aim to solve the mystery before Mr Goon, the grumpy...
Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home to Rhode Island from her school in England during the summer of 1832.
But when the two families she was supposed to travel with mysteriously cancel their trips, Charlotte finds herself...
Fatty's disguises are better than ever. No one recognises him as a balloon seller, or as the old man in the village. Burglaries are going on and the police are baffled. It's a new mystery for the Five Find-Outers and...
Fatty astonishes Mr Goon with his wonderful disguises, while he tries to discover who is using Miss Crump's old house and why. Inspector Jenks will help the Five Find-Outers again. And there's a surprise for Mr...
Someone is sending spiteful letters. Gladys and Mrs Moon are terribly upset. There are lots of suspects it could be gossipy Miss Tittle or Old Nosey, a very curious man. The Five Find-Outers and Dog will find the...
Say you’ve spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and...