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It’s summer term and time for a school trip with a difference! Year 8 are on a boat off the coast of France, learning about ocean life. But things are about to get WEIRD . . . Who is the creepy man on board the ship? And what IS the vast, shadowy creature seen lurking at the bottom of the ocean? When the ship is sunk Club Loser realise that they are the only ones who can save the day, and their classmates. Can they outwit and defeat a giant, deadly sea monster that comes from the depths? It’s a fight for survival and if they fail, Club Loser will find themselves in a watery grave...

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?

Dread Wood High is suffering from an infestation of caterpillars. But these are no ordinary caterpillars. These creepy creatures grow into giant, mutant, killer moths with a taste for BLOOD! They’ll stop at nothing until everything – and everyone – is destroyed. It’s Club Loser’s toughest battle to date. It’s all to play for … and everything is at stake.

Lexile Level: 560 L Grade Level 3-7 Lucy’s fascination with dirt was far beyond the average kid. In fact, it surpassed most adults. So, when her family builds a new shed at the back of their property she takes every soil sample she can find. But there is something strange in the dirt: wiggling strands of silicon. Then, the day after the shed is built she finds strange hand formations in the fresh soil: a hand with six fingers. The following day, feet appear on the other side of the shed, as if someone was squashed by the new construction. But the prints aren’t there for long. No one but...

After an evil witch steals their aunt in a deal gone wrong, Nell and her sisters must embark on a fantastical journey to take the beldam down in this first book in a middle grade trilogy for fans of Coraline and the Sinister Summer series. Although triplets Nell, Annet, and Hannah were born only...

Una serie de desdichas amenaza el rodaje de la nueva película de la famosa Rita Turner: los guionistas desaparecen, las cuerdas de seguridad se rompen y el presupuesto de la producción está en las últimas. El director de la película, el hermano de lord Thomsing, ha acudido a nosotros en busca de ayuda, porque sospecha que las catástrofes podrían estar relacionadas entre sí. Para llegar al fondo del asunto, hemos venido en persona a investigar. Y, claro, para pasar desapercibida ¿qué mejor idea que convertirme en doble de riesgo?

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...

Cewek itu kembali tersenyum. Senyum yang kian membuat wajah cantiknya mengemuka. Namun, perlahanlahan wujudnya berubah kemudian. Wajahnya yang cantik berubah menjadi pucat dan dingin. Kedua matanya memucat, menyisakan warna putih keperak-perakan. Hidung mungil mancungnya menjadi berlubang. Juga...

Hiro Morrison, anak genius keturunan Jepang-Amerika, tak sengaja berkenalan dengan Detektif Samuel Hudson dari Kepolisian New York dan putrinya, Karen, saat terjadi suatu kasus pembunuhan. Hiro yang memiliki kemampuan membaca identitas kimia dari benda apa pun yang disentuhnya akhirnya dikontrak...

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....

Maggie Fishbone wird auf das Midwatch-Institut für unerwünschte Mädchen geschickt. Doch Maggie stellt bald fest, dass das Institut nicht der schreckliche Ort ist, für den ihn alle halten. Im Gegenteil: The Midwatch heißt die verstoßenen Mädchen willkommen und ermutigt sie, ihre Talente einzusetzen und weitere nützliche Fähigkeiten wie Schlösserknacken und Morsen zu erlernen. Denn es sind die verstoßenen Mädchen des Midwatch-Instituts, die mit ihren besonderen Fähigkeiten Kriminalfälle lösen und die Stadt vor Bösewichten beschützen.

The Zombie Chasers meets The Goonies in David Macinnis Gill’s middle grade debut about a group of tweens who ride out the zombie apocalypse on a cobbled-together train. Fans of Ty Drago’s The Undertakers: Rise of the Corpses and Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth will lose themselves in...

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.

Bela mora em um lindo castelo, com a Fera e objetos encantados que ganharam vida. Entretanto, esta não é a coisa mais estranha do castelo. Pétalas de rosa e folhas começaram a aparecer, de forma misteriosa, em locais aleatórios, fazendo Bela e seus amigos Horloge, o relógio, e Lumière, o castiçal, começarem uma busca pelo intruso.

Ethan keeps having the same nightmare. A huge creature stares out from the night sky and then reaches down to grab him. But it’s no dream . . . aliens have come to Ravens Pass! What peculiar plans do the extraterrestrials have in store for the odd little town? This thrilling Return to Ravens Pass tale will chill young listeners to the bone.

Frankie is obsessed with all things paranormal. So when folks in her small Minnesota town report seeing a large, flying man with red eyes, she suspects a Mothman is on the prowl. While legends say this creepy cryptid is a sign of ill things to come, Frankie isn’t buying it.

Written in 1940 in Yiddish, this heart-wrenching story of two nine-year-old friends caught up in the earliest tremors of anti-Semitic hatred in Vienna is all the more shocking because its author had no idea of what was still to come. Despite the casual violence done to their families - Karl's parents were socialists and Emil is Jewish - the boys find moments of kindness, courage and hope along their painful journey.

Ellie “Scaredy Bat” Spark is a tween vampire that loves solving mysteries, but is afraid of...everything. She's afraid of spiders, clowns, and deep water, to name a few. And her pesky sister Penny never lets her forget it. But with a little courage and help from her friends, Ellie just might achieve her dream of becoming a real detective.

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.