Jeanne DuPrau   Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked…but now the storerooms are...

Mary Pope OsborneSummary:Jack and Annie travel back in time to a desert in the Middle East at the behest of Merlin who has given them a rhyme to help on...

Mick O'HareWhy Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following...

Philip ReeveTwo years ago, Fever Crumb escaped the war-torn city of London in a travelling theatre. Now she arrives in the extraordinary crater city of Mayda, where buildings ascend the...

RLL LaFeversOn the eve of Luc s thirteenth birthday, a man called Ranger offers him a horrifying, enticing truth: Luc is a shapeshifter, a werewolf. It s time to come...

Jonathan StroudAt only fourteen, Nathaniel is a rising star: a young magician who is quickly climbing the ranks of the government. There is seemingly nothing he cannot handle, until he...

Polly Berrien BerendsEleven-year-old Gilbert, self-styled private eye, takes on his toughest case when he finds a duck in the elevator of his housing project. In this easy-to-read mystery, "the solution...

Jake MaddoxDominic doesn't want to play soccer, but when his mom signs him up, he has no choice. So Dominic just messes around on the field during practice, even though...

Jake MaddoxSomeone keeps playing pranks on Ryan and it is starting to affect how he plays basketball. Who is the big prankster and why is he or she out to...

Tony AbbottCould the road to the afterlife be a two-way street?Derek Stone just turned fourteen. He's lived in the heart of New Orleans with his dad and older brother, Ronny,...

Jeff Kinney   It’s summer vacation, the weather’s great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where’s Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades...

Judy Blume   Sheila Tubman is not quite sure who she is. Just when she's convinced that she really is confident, witty Sheila the Great, she is confronted with her...