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Water Water Peter Dickinson,Robin McKinley What magical beings inhabit earth’s waters? Some are as almost-familiar as the mer-people; some as strange as the thing glimpsed only as a golden eye in a pool at the edge of Damar’s Great Desert Kal… OL109408W
The Wheatstone Pond The Wheatstone Pond Robert Westall When an archaeological dig begins at the Whetstone pond, the pond seems to have ideas of its own. Violence and aggression builds up in the people who work there. The corpse of a baby is found. A moto… OL11314906W
Lion adventure Lion adventure Willard Price Two young men try several methods, including scouting in a balloon, to find man-eating lions that a native village hired them to kill. OL1157378W
Drilling into your mind, the story has you hooked for good Horror Drilling into your mind, the story has you hooked for good Horror Anthony Horowitz this is the best book you could ever read as long as you'll be able to gather the courage to turn out the lights when you're ready for bed. OL14952300W
Smack Smack Melvin Burgess After running away from their troubled homes, two English teenagers move in with a group of squatters in the port city of Bristol and try to find ways to support their growing addiction to heroin. So… OL15398265W
Steampunk! Steampunk! Kelly Link,M. T. Anderson,Gavin J. Grant,Gavin J Grant Kelly Link,Link and Grant Kelly Link A collection of fourteen fantasy stories by well-known authors, set in the age of steam engines and featuring automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never existed. OL16412640W
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories Dennis Pepper > This is a collection of stories about all kinds and varieties of ghosts, drawn from many parts of the world and from many writers. There are stories about the spirits of people who have returned fr… OL18496344W
Half a creature from the sea Half a creature from the sea David Almond An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from master storyteller David Almond, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England. It features coming of age stories on the theme of… OL20011809W
Clouded World Clouded World Jay Amory "Beneath the cloud cover, in the perpetual half-darkness cast by the immense sky cities looming overhead, lives a race of people known as Groundlings. They have toiled for centuries to farm, scavenge… OL20624562W
Ghost stories Ghost stories Dennis Hamley Four terrifying ghost stories are packed into this haunting collection. A girl has a strange encounter on a misty road in Gillian Philip's "Misty;" a boy at war finds himself stepping into the past i… OL20637137W
The perfect world? The perfect world? Jon Snow The inspirational theme of the perfect world created an impressive response and intriguing range of ideas from the numerous teenage entrants. Jon Snow (Channel 4 presenter and journalist), Joanna Car… OL24291438W
Martin Farrell Martin Farrell Janni Howker Martin Farrell, a fourteen-year-old boy, wants the answers to questions about his birth and heritage, and the truth, covered up for all his life. OL2640390W
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories Roald Dahl Is it really possible to invent a machine that does the job of a writer? What is it about a landlady's house that makes it so hard for her guests to leave? Does Sir Basil Turton value most his wife o… OL45808W
Skin and Other Stories Skin and Other Stories Roald Dahl Who could imagine that a woman would kill her husband with a frozen leg of lamb--and then feed it to the police investigating the murder? Or that a greedy group of art dealers would stop at nothing t… OL45830W
Step by Wicked Step Step by Wicked Step Anne Fine One stormy night, five stranded schoolchildren uncover the story of Richard Clayton Harwick — a boy who many years ago learned what it was like to have a truly wicked stepfather. But the children hav… OL50750W
Candy Candy Kevin Brooks When Joe meets Candy, it seems like a regular boy-meets-girl scenario. They chat over coffee, she gives him her number, and he writes her a song. But then Joe is drawn into Candy's world --- a world … OL5824033W
The Lives of Christopher Chant (Chrestomanci, Book 2) The Lives of Christopher Chant (Chrestomanci, Book 2) Diana Wynne Jones PerfectBound e-book exclusive extras: "Diana Wynne Jones's The Chronicles of Chrestomanci: Nine Notes"; and our exclusive interview with Diana Wynne Jones.His father and uncles are enchanters, his mo… OL60105W
Power of Three Power of Three Diana Wynne Jones Ayna could predict the future. Cari could find what was lost. Gair thought he was ordinary. The three children of Gest, the chief of Garholt, know the perils of the Moor on which they live. The Dor… OL60147W
Exploring Harry Potter Exploring Harry Potter Elizabeth D. Schafer Provides insights into J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, including ideas, questions, background and creative process. OL7797148W
Welcome to the club Welcome to the club Martyn Godfrey Everyone thinks Matt is totally reliable. They expect him to be sensible. Everyone thinks Oona is totally weird. They expect her to be outrageous. When Matt and Oona team up in the Helping Hands Club… OL873912W
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