


A brilliantly funny, gripping novel - andThe bestselling hardback children's debut of 2014 - from a born storyteller, The Parent Agency is an epic wish-fulfilment adventure for every child and for the child in everyone. Barry said, a third time, "I wish I had better parents!" And then suddenly the entire room started to shake ... Barry Bennett hates being called Barry. In fact it's number 2 on …




Twelve-year-olds Ambrose, Tom, and Frankie are transported to the boys' hometown of Freedom Falls, Ohio, in 1852 when Frankie blows her Romani family's magical trombone, and to return home they'll have to use both Morse code and the ancient form of divination known as the I-ching.

Nigel Mullet, a 100-year-old vampire doomed to spend eternity in the body of a socially awkward fifteen-year-old boy, records his attempts to impress the love of his life, Chloe, while battling an embarrassingly overwhelming desire to sink his fangs into her.




When his mother dies, 38-year-old Bartholomew Neil, who doesn't know how to be on his own, discovers a letter in his mother's underwear drawer that causes him to write a series of highly intimate letters to actor Richard Gere, while embarking on a quest to find out where he belongs.



Meet classic comic-strip character Big Nate - The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World - as he stars in his own super-funny series. Big Nate is created by Lincoln Peirce, who inspired Jeff Kinney, author of `Diary of a Wimpy Kid'.

Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants coaches his best friend Patrick to become the cha-cha-champion of the Krusty Krab dance contest. This Step 2 reader is sure to entertain boys and girls ages 4-6


The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

Summary: Back to school, but it's not all bad. Sport's Day, the School Fair and my birthday are coming up so this term's going to be amazing! Mostly because Delia's not invited to any of these. There's only one small problem with my birthday, Grann

So you think you can handle the gross-out in a fleabag monkeyface book?
A collection of stories which includes Home a wryly whimsical account of a soldier's return from war; Victory lap a tale about an inventive abduction attempt; and the title story, in which a suicidal cancer patient saves the life of a young misfit. George Saunders.
Age range: 7 - 12 YearsrnMr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything—except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge. The misadventures …

Edge of reason

one of the most beloved characters in modern literature (v.g.)—is back! In Helen Fielding's wildly funny, hotly anticipated new novel, Bridget faces a few rather pressing questions: What do you do when your girlfriend’s sixtieth birthday party is the same day as your boyfriend’s thirtieth? Is it better to die of Botox or die of loneliness because you’re so wrinkly? Is it wrong to lie…

Based on an idea by Elisabetta Dami--T.p. verso Translated from the Italian""

Lauren Weisberger.

http://www.wheelers.co.nz/ebook/9781742739618-all-the-wrong-questions-who-could-that-be-at-this-hour

Summary: George decides that his grumpy, selfish old grandmother must be a witch and concocts some marvellous medicine to take care of her First published: 1981

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