Secondhand Childrens Confident Reader Books

A spellbinding children's story from from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo - now with a brand new cover look. Toby Jenkins doesn't like boarding school. He...

A lively, gorgeously illustrated story from Dynamic Duo, Reeve and McIntyre!Along with his new friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted mermaid, and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver goes...

What's the best way to sneak onto a film set? Why do grown-ups trust you more when you're carrying a baby? Is pizza a pizza without mozzarella cheese? What do...

Merle, the Flowing Queen, Junipa and Vermithrax the stone lion are in snow-bound Egypt, surrounded by ice, mirrors and sphinxes. They encounter Seth, the Pharoah's dangerous chief priest. Why is...

It is midnight in Crackledawn - a midnight full of magic. Sea dragons stir in the depths of the ocean, silver whales surface beneath the moon and sand goblins line...

This tale is told by 1 that died at birth by 1 that came into the world in days of endles war & at the moment of disaster.Billy Dean is...

'A heart-warming story with a great girl-power message' - Jacqueline WilsonCharlie Bass is a horse-mad ten-year-old who dreams of owning her own pony. So when she accidentally manages to buy...

Nelly's monster sitting adventures are always full of surprises. She certainly can't believe it when she sits a monster who wants to do absolutely nothing! Or when she has to...

Lucky Jimmy Armstrong and his friend Claire find themselves deserted by the new Titanic on an unfamiliar shore. With normal life changed forever, the world is left in the hands...

Ten-year-old Danny knows he's going somewhere, but he just doesn't know where. On his way he . . . . . . flattens a stuffed otter (with a three-holed brick)...

From number one bestselling author Matt Haig comes a hilarious and heartwarming story, brilliantly illustrated throughout by Chris Mould'Wherever she is, whatever the day,She only has one kind of thing...

The Spymaster General has formed an intelligence network to ensure that England remains the mightiest super-power. He is always looking for brilliant new agents, and Nathan Fox has just caught...

The third spellbinding story about Sapphy and Conor's adventures in the powerful and dangerous underwater world of Ingo. A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo,...

Time travel adventure in which a boy joins a rebel uprising against a sinister enemy - 'The Harsh' - in order to repair the fabric of time. Owen's ordinary life...

Time travel adventure in which a boy joins a rebel uprising against a sinister enemy - 'The Harsh' - in order to repair the fabric of time. Owen's ordinary life...

A madcap adventure starring a bandit family, a LOT of sweets and a girl who is ready for anything... Maisie is convinced her summer holiday is going to be as...

Lonny is a lifeling. He has the power to heal any living creature and bring it back from the dead. But he pays a price for this gift - by...

The first novel in the magical White Fox series - a beautifully illustrated tale of a young fox and a magical moonstone. '[A] delight, full of peril, friendship and mysticism'...

Hard Stew always gets what he wants, but he's not the only thing chasing Davey. There's also a secret -- the sort that jumps up on you and is more...

.'Funny, sweet and very useful for opening conversations with anxious children' - GuardianEveryone feels worried sometimes. But what if your worries came to life and started following you around? Sohal...

Evil pixie, Opal Koboi is back and she's more dangerous than ever. This time she doesn't just want power over the fairy People, this time she wants the lot. Everyone...

'Ivy turned on her. 'I told you I'd get you, didn't I? Well,' her next words sent shivers through Katie. 'Tonight's the night.' Katie is being bullied at school -...

Fleeing from the ruins of New Undertown, Rook Barkwater and his colleagues - the librarian knights, Felix Lodd and his banderbear friends - must lead the escaping population to a...

The ghoulishly funny sequel to Groosham Grange by number one bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.Someone is trying to destroy David Eliot's school. A year ago, he'd have been happy to see...

Katie Lynch and her family are invited to tumbledown Walburley Hall to meet the new owners. They are astonished to discover that their hosts, Bill and Fred, are women --...

After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the...

April knows she was found in a dustbin fourteen years ago as a new-born baby. And now she's fairly happily settled with her foster mother, Marion. But she's desperate to...

213 BC. The great inventor Archimedes has just one problem. His clumsy servant, young Lydia, is the bane of his life. But when the Romans besiege Syracuse, and the Greeks...

AD 113. The young boy Pertinax helps his grandmother prepare a feast in Pliny's household. As all the workers are busy in the kitchen, the young boy keeps Pliny company...

The first book in the heart-warming White Giraffe series by Lauren St John, featuring the African adventures of Martine and her magical white giraffe.When tragedy strikes on a winter's night...

Perfect for fans of Goth Girl, this addictive supernatural series is ideal for girls of 9+ to sink their fangs into...The twins are adjusting to high school, but everything is...

WARNING: DO NOT GIVE THIS BOOK TO YOUR OWN GRANDMA. SHE MIGHT GET IDEAS...Grandma demands justice!**And also all the teacakesA priceless artefact has been stolen in Russia - and Grandma...

The Magenta has returned to the shores of England, carrying young Kate, her friend Thomas and the ship's charismatic owner, Jacob Crane, up the Thames. They have recently escaped the...

All over the world children are discovering they have magical powers - as Rachel did when she was abducted by the Witch Dragwena in The Doomspell. But the reason is...

Ben, Jack and Emily are in a race against time. They must find the final part of the golden amulet before Camazotz, the vampire god, gets his claws on it....

Samuel Johnson - with a little help from his dachshund Boswell and a very unlucky demon named Nurd - has sent the demons back to Hell. But the diabolical Mrs...

Lily Blennerhassett, an aspiring writer, is hampered in her ambitions by the tragic boringness of her family. Then at a family wedding, she meets tanned, gorgeous cousins the Le Blancs....

First name . . . Action. Second name . . . Dude. What would happen if you put Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham and Die Hard-era Bruce Willis in...

The magic ring that Emily Windsnap - half mermaid, half ordinary girl - finds buried in the sand belongs to Neptune, and he wants it back. But the ring, once...

In 1950s Ireland, Sixteen year old Stella's innocent childhood is shattered when charismatic Charlie comes into her life. Where Stella's family struggle to make ends meet, Charlie can have anything...

Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy and Angel are six extraordinary kids created by the crazed Uber Director in a twisted laboratory experiment that left them with the ability to fly....

The fact that someone had decided I'd be safer on Mars, where you could still only SORT OF breathe the air and SORT OF not get sunburned to death, was...