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History and gender are intertwined in this fast-paced arresting account of the First World War and its devastating impact on familial and romantic bonds.As headstrong as her twin is gentle, Nina has never fit the womanly mould society expects of her. Alfie and Nina Mullins have always relied on their shared world of hope and make-believe for comfort, but as the pressure on Alfie to prove himself at the Front mounts, Nina is presented with more possibility than she had ever imagined and the two are pushed in wildly different directions.Coming of age as the First World War breaks out, the Mullins twins’ fates are inextricably interlinked with the turmoil of conflict in this fascinating exploration of gender roles and the extremes to which war pushes us.

'My first thought is that it’s a pig that someone has lost to the river. Perhaps it fell off one of the barges that choke up the Thames. They’re a constant feature, toiling up and down, day and night, giving off black smoke that clings to the water.'Joe (15) and Edie (13) are orphans living in Victorian London. Forever worried that they will be sent to the dreaded workhouse, they scratch out a living the best way they can by mudlarking on the foreshore of the River Thames and selling their finds to the nortorious Hempson. One day they discover something macabre, and it will change their lives forever. The Grinning Throat is the first in the trilogy of The Mudlark Mysteries. Written by award winnng author, Kate Wiseman, it is historical fiction at its best. Suitable for readers from age 11 and upwards

It's been a year since a body found floating in the murky waters of the Thames thrust penniless Joe, Edie, Ottilie and Jack into the criminal underbelly of Victorian London.The Mudlarks, now raised from poverty, are pursuing their own ventures. But their new-found security is shattered when Jack crosses paths with a fearless street urchin called Flea.Flea knows the whereabouts of a deadly treasure hidden deep beneath London, and he needs their help to recover it. Yet they are not the only ones on the trail of the treasure, and the dark sewers beneath Hampstead hold forces more sinister than anything the Mudlarks have faced before.As they face criminals, cutthroats and things far worse, familiar faces will force Jack to confront memories he had struggled to forget, and the Mudlarks will fight to survive on their most monstrous adventure yet.

'They do say there be a witch in it, and if you let ‘un out, there’ll be a peck of trouble’Eleven-year-old Egg is having a rough year. Dad has a whole new family and she’s sure it’s all her fault. The last thing she wants is a mandatory school trip to the spooky Pitt Rivers Museum, but her strange, silver-haired teacher, Mr. Fellgrim, insists. When she’s paired with the popular Josh for a museum-wide treasure hunt, Egg thinks her luck might finally be changing.She's wrong.As the hunt leads them deeper into the eerie, artefact-filled halls, the shadows begin to stretch. Why does Mr. Fellgrim look exactly like a man in a hundred-year-old portrait? And where did the rest of her classmates go?When the museum lights flicker and die, a bone-chilling fog swallows everything. When Egg wakes up, she isn’t in the museum anymore. She’s staring through silver-tinted glass at a world that has grown impossibly large.Egg is trapped inside the Witch Bottle, one of the museum’s prize exhibits. Now, she must find the courage to face Priscilla— a powerful, ancient witch with a wicked plan. If Egg can’t find a way out, she’ll become much more than just a student on a school trip. She’ll be the museum’s newest permanent exhibit...

The Golden Skull is the third book  in Kate Wiseman’s Mudlarking Mysteries, the cosy crime series for teens.Ottilie Zhang has flourished since her escape from the clutches of China Jane. Her greatest joy is combing the Thames foreshore with Joe, looking for treasure.During one mudlarking expedition, she uncovers something astounding and troubling: a golden Aztec skull, once the property of a legendary pirate. It comes with a grim reputation.Ottilie’s hard-won happiness is threatened when China Jane once again tracks her down, offering an impossible choice: hand over the skull, together with a golden skeletal hand that once accompanied it, or Jane will order the deaths of her cherished friends, one by one.With only days to complete the task, Ottilie turns to fledging suffragette Adelaide Bing for help, encountering obstacles both human and ghostly as she fights against time itself to save her friends.

Icarus and Velvet is a YA Fantasy written by award winning novelist Kate Wiseman.‘We increased the bounty on angels today,’ my father said. He was shielding his eyes as he squinted up through the ground window at the red, dying sun. ‘Five thousand pecs for a healthy woman or child…’ Humanity has splintered. Over millennia, the Avians of the Clifflands have learned to fly with wings of sky metal. The Subterraneans venture to the surface only to farm in vast glass domes. Between them lies the boundless and savage Wilderness. Suspicion and hostility between their cities shadow every aspect of life in this post-apocalyptic world.Icarus is a Seraphim, rare and destined for greatness. When he is sent on a deadly mission to far-off Subterranean Newtopia, his people’s hopes weigh on him as heavily as the wings on his back, or the bounty he must capture.Velvet is an outcast, shunned throughout Newtopia and protected only by her domineering father’s influence. Unwilling to bend to the patriarchal tyranny of the Elders, she dreams of freedom.Meanwhile, shadowy forces are plotting to overturn the long-simmering stalemate, unleashing conflict that will usher in a new and even darker world order.Threatened with a war that will end their people forever, Icarus and Velvet must struggle to survive. Flung together by fate, they must forge an alliance — or die.

‘I bet no other school gives you the chance to chase super villains through hidden tunnels!’That’s what Milly Dillane has to say about life at Blaggard’s, A.K.A Gangster School. Milly and her new friend Charlie have just started at Blaggard’s. But what’s it like to be in a school that teaches lying, kidnapping and stealinginstead of Maths and English? Their parents and teachers are master criminals and want them to follow in their footsteps … but are Milly and Charlie just too … dependable?In this funny and exciting adventure, smart Milly and super-hacker Charlie face some of the worst villains around, including the cold-hearted Pecunia Badpenny and her sidekick: Wolf the evil electronic dog.Can Milly and Charlie beat Badpenny and her demonic plans? And are they criminal enough to keep their place in a school they’ve come to love?Kate Wiseman’s brilliant Blaggard’s is like Hogwarts for criminal kids!