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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.

It’s Crimicon – the annual meeting for promising young criminals – and this year it’s being held at Crumley’s, the dreaded School for Career Criminals, who also happen to be Blaggard’s bitterest rivals.It’s not until it’s too late to turn back that Milly and Charlie realise that Gruffles, Charlie’s devoted but stinky dog, has followed them. Can Milly and Charlie keep their school’s reputation as the best school for criminals, steer clear of Dr B L Zeebub, Crumley’s evil Head Teacher as well as keeping Gruffles out of harm’s way? What is the purpose of the mysterious machine that Zeebub has hidden away in the school’s basement? Can Trickery Hackett, an over-friendly Crumleian, really be on their side? Why does the animal-hating Zeebub allow a flock of weirdly large sheep to roam Crumley’s grounds? And since when have sheep been CARNIVOROUS?Milly and Charlie must use all their skills to find their way through the maze of traps and problems awaiting them at Crumley’s, to save Blaggard’s reputation and protect Gruffles from the Killer Sheep.

Blaggards ist keine Schule wie jede andere: Hier werden die Sprösslinge der berüchtigsten Verbrecherfamilien in Diebstahl, Fälschung und Schwindel ausgebildet, um eines Tages in die Fußstapfen ihrer Eltern zu treten. Aber die Neuankömmlinge Milly und Charlie sind anders. Sie wollen nicht böse sein. Also unternehmen sie alles, um das kriminelle Tun auf der Schule zu verhindern – nur wie kann man gleichzeitig allen weismachen, dass man der genialste Gangster aller Zeiten werden will? Und es kommt noch schlimmer, als die finstere Superschurkin Pecunia Badpenny zum großen Schlag ausholt. Denn Milly und Charlie sind die einzigen, die das verhindern können ...

Jeder angehende Gangster, der etwas auf sich hält, geht auf die Gangster School – die Schule für die Kinder der berüchtigtsten Ganovenfamilien. Hier werden die Schüler in Betrug, Diebstahl und Kunstfälschung ausgebildet. Doch Milly und Charlie sind anders: Sie wollen nichts Unrechtes tun. Nur müssen sie das leider vor ihren Mitschülern, den Lehrern und sogar den eigenen Eltern geheimhalten. Und damit haben sie bereits alle Hände voll zu tun. Doch dann geraten Milly und Charlie auch noch in eine neues Abenteuer: Eine geheime Bruderschaft versucht, den kostbarsten Diamanten der Schule zu stehlen und die Macht über die Gangster School an sich zu reißen. Da hilft es nur, cool zu bleiben – und mit einer gehörigen Portion Scharfsinn und Humor die Schule zu retten. Zum Glück können sie sich auf ihre Verbündeten verlassen, den faulen Hund Gruffel und den fliegenden Roboterwolf Wolfie.

Milly und Charlie besuchen die Gangster School, die Schule, in der die Kinder berühmter Gangsterfamilien ausgebildet werden. Doch Milly und Charlie sind anders als die anderen, denn sie wollen weder Kunstfälscher noch Betrüger oder Erpresser werden. Sie wollen Gutes tun. Und das müssen sie natürlich vor allen anderen geheimhalten. Als Milly und Charlie zur Gangsterkonferenz an die unheimliche Schule Crumley''s reisen müssen, wird dieser Trip zu einem gefährlichen Abenteuer. Denn Hunde sind dort nicht erlaubt, wohin also mit ihrem vierbeinigen Schützling Gruffel? Der finstere Schulleiter Dr. B.L. Zeebub verabscheut Hunde, und als Gruffel entdeckt wird, gerät der in größte Gefahr. Können Milly und Charlie ihren Verbündeten retten und ganz nebenbei noch die dunklen Geheimnisse von Crumley''s aufklären?