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In the first of an exciting new illustrated chapter book series, a school author visit goes spooktacularly wrong, but launches Olivia's career as a Spooky Special Agent!Olivia is the only one who can detect that the author is a ghost - but that’s just the beginning!  Her grandpa turns out to be a secret agent for SCARE - Spook Capture and Rehabilitation Enterprises - and Olivia has inherited his Spook Sense. So when Grandpa is kidnapped, Olivia has no choice but to embark on a chilling rescue mission with her best friend Roop.

Will Gallows, a young elfling sky cowboy, rides out on a perilous quest to bring the evil snake-bellied troll bandit, Noose Wormworx, to justice. Noose is wanted for the murder of Will's pa - the former deputy sheriff of Oretown.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 not only for Oretown, but for the whole of the West-Rock.

Will Gallows, a young elfling sky cowboy, rides out on a perilous quest to bring the evil snake-bellied troll bandit, Noose Wormworx, to justice. Noose is wanted for the murder of Will's pa - the former deputy sheriff of Oretown.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 not only for Oretown, but for the whole of the West-Rock.

The Times: Summer Reads, Best 20 Children’s books 2020Toppsta: 100 most popular books of 2020The Week: Summer Round up, Best reads of 2020‘Welcome to the Black Hound - a ship full o’ the cleverest pirate investigators ya ever set eyes upon.’ The captain pauses. ‘You OK, lad? Ya gone paler than a full moon.’When Flynn applies for the job of cabin boy on the Black Hound, he doesn’t expect it to be a pirate ship! But soon he’s setting sail for the Seven Seas, on a perilous quest to recover ancient treasure bound by a magical curse. The first in a trilogy of three pirate investigator adventures!

A priceless golden chalice has been stolen from Fergus McSwaggers, fearsome chief of the squelchy Bog Islands ... and he wants it back! Can Flynn and the crew of the Black Hound solve their most dangerous case yet, battling deadly ice pirates, outsmarting squabbling clans, and facing the scariest beast of all the Seven Seas, the monstrous, cat-like Mogdrod?The second in the exciting Flyntlock Bones detective adventure series, this is a humorous book for both boys and girls, and it's packed with quirky black and white illustrations which really make the story come alive!

First in a highly illustrated chapter book series for boys and girls, Ivy Newt is guaranteed to get the youngest readers hooked!Ivy's parents, the King and Queen of the Sand Witches, have prepared her a show-stopping birthday present - a magic act where they disappear! But hold on, they really have disappeared! Foul work is at play, and to rescue Ivy's parents, she and Tom must travel all over Miracula on broomsticks and flying carpets, making friends along the way, and pulling together to defeat Clawdelia Thorn, evil Queen of Grotland.

Every Halloween at sunrise, a spooky haunted house appears near Newt Castle, only to disappear again at the stroke of midnight. Ivy and Tom set out to solve the mystery, stumbling upon an imprisoned witch, a powerful sorcerer and a curse they must break before time runs out . . .The second in a fast-paced adventure series for emerging readers, set in the magical world of Miracula. With wonderful, dramatic black and white illustrations throughout, enhancing the atmosphere of wizardry, peril and fun.

Age range 5+Third in a highly illustrated chapter book series for ages 5-7 featuring Ivy, an unstoppable and lovable young witch, and her friend and familiar Tom.By accident, Gran's magic bubble bath creates pesky Ivy and Tom lookalikes, intent on some serious mischief!All too soon, they have made dangerous doubles of the swamp dragons, who launch a fiery attack on Miracula. Can the real Ivy and Tom stop them before everything goes up in smoke?Praise for the series:'The perfect book to launch youngsters into a lifetime of reading.' - Lancashire Evening Post'A satisfying mix of jeopardy and laughter.' - Books for Keeps

Ivy and Tom embark on a hunt for spell ingredients with Griselda, the Sand Witch, and together they journey to a far away island volcano. There, they stumble on a sinister plot by the evil Vampixies to suck all the magic out of Miracula forever! Can Ivy and her friends save not only Miracula but the existence of magic itself?