Download or read book Pip and the Wood Witch Curse written by Chris Mould and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark, scary, and magnificently illustrated, this is a new series not to be missed! The great walled city of Hangman's Hollow is at war with the forest outside. Into this war, one dreadful night, fate delivers a skinny, helpless boy. But maybe Pip isn't as helpless as he seems. Maybe he is the one who will defeat the wood witches and rescue the children of Hangman's Hollow.

Download or read book Pip and the Wood Witch Curse written by Chris Mould and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great walled city of Hangman's Hollow is at war with the forest outside. Into this war, one dreadful winter's night, fate delivers a skinny, helpless boy. But maybe Pip isn't as helpless as he seems. Maybe he is the one who will defeat the wood witches and rescue the children of Hangman's Hollow ...

Download or read book Wolf Wood written by Paul van Loon and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolf Wood has been home to generations of werewolves, including Grandpa Werewolf, and holds an important secret. But unscrupulous developers plan to destroy the woods and build blocks of flats and carparks. The werewolves are in danger - and so is their secret. When Alfie's mysterious dreams lead him to uncover the secret of Wolf Wood he knows he must save it - can his classmates help Alfie stop the bulldozers, before the wood gets turned into a block of flats?

Download or read book Disgusting Dave and the Flesh Eating Maggots written by Jim Eldridge and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dave's disgusting. He has a dog that farts, and he's way too interested in snot and sick for his Aunt Dora's liking. But really, he only wants to find out about fascinating things like the human body, and creepy crawlies, and ... flesh-eating maggots. When some real-live maggots arrive for Dave in the post, he discovers that science can turn dangerous! Can he keep the squirmy wormlets under control before they chomp their way through the whole neighbourhood?

Download or read book Disgusting Dave and the Bucketful of Vomit written by Jim Eldridge and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Dave. He's disgusting. At least, that's what his older sister thinks. But Dave knows better: he just wants to know how things work. Even things like burping and farting. And now Dave needs to turn detective and clear his best friend's mother from food poisoning charges. But he's going to have to get up close and personal with some vomit under a microscope ...

Download or read book Disgusting Dave and the Farting Dog written by Jim Eldridge and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Dave. He's disgusting - everyone says so. Even his mum is fed up with him examining his nose pickings. So now Dave's got a challenge: if he can avoid doing anything disgusting for a week, he gets a £20 reward. He thinks he can do it. At least, until his arch-enemy, Banger Bates, lands him with Fred, the farting dog.

Download or read book Birthday Surprise written by Paul van Loon and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfie can't wait to turn seven like his friend Tim, but something strange is happening. When on his birthday, under the light of the full moon, he sprouts fur, grows fangs and develops a wolfish appetite, it's clear he's doing more than turning seven - he's turning into a WEREWOLF! But it's not all bad - now Alfie's great at gym, has the guts to stand up to the school bully and is invited to parties. Maybe being a werewolf isn't so bad after all?

Download or read book The Evil Triplets written by Paul van Loon and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfie is enjoying life as a werewolf - until his crazy, werewolf-hating neighbour, Mrs Chalker, arrives back in town. And she appears to have turned over a new leaf. Can Alfie trust her? Then things gets even more suspicious when two Mrs Chalker lookalikes are spotted carrying a rowing boat through the forest. There can't be three Mrs Chalkers, can there? Alfie is on his guard, but too late he discovers that the Mrs Chalkers are all part of a club dedicated to eradicating all werewolves. Alfie better watch his hairy werewolf back...

Download or read book Silvertooth written by Paul van Loon and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a mysterious stranger suddenly turns up claiming to be Alfie's guardian, Alfie's happy days living with Tim's family are over. Soon, Alfie's trapped in a cage with a grouchy vampire and a mysterious creature called a scoffle. He's been 'collected' by werewolf hunter, Sebarino Silvertooth, who is capturing extraordinary creatures in order to sell them to researchers. Can Tim and his parents, with the help of Grandpa Werewolf and Noura, help Alfie escape before he ends up in a lab?

Download or read book Werewolf Secrets written by Paul van Loon and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfie and his friends are on holiday. A break from all the werewolf mysteries and spooky goings on? No chance! When Alfie discovers a creepy old house full of mysterious portraits and a family tree that features his name he has to investigate ... and what he finds is a group of orphan werewolves under the control of crazy lady Mooma. Can Alfie help them and avoid getting captured too?

Download or read book Full Moon written by Paul van Loon and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfie and Tim are looking forward to their school trip, until Tim gets flu and has to stay behind. Alfie will have to cope without his best friend for once, but at least it's not full moon and he won't be turning into a werewolf ... or so he thinks! A calendar mix-up means that Alfie will be camping out with his classmates in the woods during full moon with a crazy hunter as their guide. How on earth will Alfie keep his werewolf identity a secret from his friends and avoid being the hunter's prey? And as if that wasn't enough, something scary is lurking in the forest ...

Download or read book Witch Wood written by John Buchan and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1927 and set in the 17th century, this is a wonderful story of witchcraft in the forests of England.

Download or read book Full Circle written by Allan Frewin Jones and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hedgehogs Trundle and Esmeralda are facing an impossible task. The last of the six lost crowns of the Badger Lords of Old is hidden on an island no one has ever heard of. Even if they do manage to find it, they must then set sail for a place that doesn't exist! With the crowns theyhave found behaving so very dangerously, Aunt Millie and the pirates breathing down their necks, and powerful magic working against them, is there any hope that they can fulfil their quest? This is the final book in the SUNDERED LANDS series by celebrated author Allan Frewin Jones and REDWALL illustrator Gary Chalk.

Download or read book Dreambender written by Ronald Kidd and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeremy controls the dreams of City dwellers to keep the earth safe. But then he sees Callie dreaming of singing and begins to wonder if there is more to life than being safe. Everyone in the City is assigned a job by the choosers—keeper, catcher, computer. Callie Crawford is a computer. She works with numbers: putting them together, taking them apart. Her work is important, but sometimes she wants more. Jeremy Finn is a dreambender. His job is to adjust people's dreams. He and others like him quietly remove thoughts of music and art to keep the people in the City from becoming too focused on themselves and their own feelings rather than on the world. They need to keep the world safe from another Warming. But Jeremy thinks music is beautiful, and when he pops into a dream of Callie singing, he becomes fascinated with her. He begins to wonder if there is more to life than being safe. Defying his community and the role they have established for him, he sets off to find her in the real world. Together, they will challenge their world's expectations. But how far will they go to achieve their own dreams?

Download or read book Will Gallows the Snake bellied Troll written by Derek Keilty and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Gallows, a young elfling sky cowboy, rides out on a perilious quest to bring the evil snake-bellied troll bandit, Noose Wormworx, to justice. Will's journey takes him deep into the heart of the West-Rock, to the dark underground city of Deadrock, where he soon uncovers a deadly secret that could spell disaster.

Download or read book The Apothecary written by Maile Meloy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin must uncover the secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the Pharmacopoeia, in order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their enemies - Russian spies in possession of nuclear weapons. Discovering and testing potions they never believed could exist, Janie and Benjamin embark on a dangerous race to save the apothecary and prevent impending disaster. Together with Ian Schoenherr's breathtaking illustrations, this is a truly stunning package from cover to cover.

Download or read book The Football Girl written by Thatcher Heldring and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book