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Nick Donaghue, a handsome young obituary writer for The Times, leads a charmed existence until he is caught up in one of Britain's worst ever train crashes. When he survives unscathed, his friends and colleagues consider him the luckiest man alive. Only Nick knows the truth - that he is tormented by horrific nightmares.

Small dragon...big trouble! When Eric finds a tiny dragon nestled among the beansprouts in his Friday night takeaway, he thinks it's a free toy. But Pan the Mini-Dragon is very real indeed - and he's about to get Eric into a whole heap of trouble. How is Eric going to explain the trail of devastation caused by a creature not much bigger than a spring roll?

Four boys and four girls are on a trip to the theatre. Little do they know that they will never see the play. They're about to be plunged into a nightmare. Beneath the theatre lies a secret. And now she has been released….

Bill is a 15-year-old runaway evacuee, and he’s finding that surviving on the streets of London is pretty easy. Things get more complicated for Bill with the arrival of Julie. She's a runaway too, and although she’s a bit posh, she’s just as determined as Bill to stay free of interfering parents and 'the social'. But although it’s fun for a while to duck Jerry missiles and camp out in bombed-out houses, the reality of living through the Blitz quickly begins to set in.

Meet Atticus Grammatticus Cattypus Claw, the world’s greatest cat burglar. He’s a tabby who spells trouble. And he’s been hired by the fiendish Jimmy Magpie to steal all the jewels in Littleton-on-Sea. Atticus needs a temporary home – preferably one with lots of sardines provided. But when he adopts Inspector Cheddar and his family, Atticus starts to wonder, is a life of crime really for him?

Atticus Grammatticus Cattypuss Claw, the world’s greatest police cat, is back. When the kittens at the local cats’ home are wrongly suspected of a knitting crime spree, Inspector Cheddar is baffled. Atticus must step in to find the real culprits. In an adventure that takes him from Littleton-on-Sea to the sands of the Egyptian desert, Atticus has to use all his tabby talents to keep one paw ahead of Ginger Biscuit and Jimmy Magpie and his gang.

Atticus Grammatticus Cattypus Claw, the world’s greatest reformed cat burglar, is back. This time, the tabby with talent is on the right side of the law. And when Jimmy Magpie and his gang are busted out of jail by a mysterious villain and an evil cat called Ginger Biscuit, Atticus knows from bitter experience he’s going to need all his skill and courage to catch them. This hilarious sequel to Atticus Claw Breaks the Law takes him from tea with the Queen to the dungeons of the Tower of London.

Atticus Claw, once the world's greatest cat burglar and now its best ever police cat, is celebrating New Year's Eve in a Scottish castle! But with rumours of hidden treasure, an ancient family curse and sightings of a mysterious giant cat on the moor, it seems Police Cat Sergeant Claw's detective skills will be needed again. And danger lurks everywhere on the misty moor....

Dylan Malone, aka Beaky, has a habit of telling porkies - every time he opens his mouth, out pops a whopper! But then his long-suffering sister shoves him into the truth-telling machine at Madame Shirley's Marvellous Emporium of Peculiarities. Now Beaky can't tell a lie - not even a teeny-weeny one - and a truth-telling Beaky is even worse....

When DC Rawls decided to take some time off work for his mental health, he thought he would need just a few days. However, it's been months since that terrible night, and Rawls still hasn't returned to the Somerset Police Dept. He can't seem to shake the feeling that he might never be the same again. But when a schoolgirl disappears and the police link her case to the disappearances of three other girls in Bath, it sends the media into a frenzy that places Rawls and his team at the heart of the storm.

Can Louis' parents get any more embarrassing? Will they ever get on board with his dreams of stardom? Why is everyone dressed in glittery and ill-fitting clothes? And why, oh why is everyone chanting 'ommmmmm'? Follow the hilarious adventures and misadventures of Louis, the aspiring schoolboy comedian, in this laugh-out-loud tale from the award-winning author of How to Train Your Parents, Pete Johnson.

Atticus is on beach-tidying duty with the kittens when he finds a message in a bottle from Fishhook Frank. Fishhook is marooned on a desert island, but he promises Atticus treasure in exchange for his rescue! Atticus sets out to rescue Fishhook Frank and find the Casket of Desires with his owners, the Cheddar family. But it's not all plain sailing, and Atticus must learn to be a first-class ship's cat if they want to stay afloat!

What can you do when your parents turn into supervillains? I just took one tiny power nap in a very boring lesson and they totally overreacted - banning me from appearing on the most awesome vlog in the universe! I tried everything I could to change their minds - even doing my homework! - but nothing worked. Then my best friend, Maddy, told me about a secret way to fool your parents into doing anything you want....

Eleven-year-old Olly has a very special delivery, a 3D-printing machine stamped Property of the MOD and British Space Agency...Warning: Do Not Tamper. It's a machine with magical properties, it has a name, it speaks and it can print anything Olly asks it to, from the coolest new toy to a room full of chocolate. But what Olly really wants is...his dad.

When Louis' parents are forced to swap roles, there is total chaos. Dad serves up meals no one can eat, messes up all the laundry and, worst of all, decides Louis is his new best friend. But you can't hang out with your dad, can you? Louis decides that dads just can't be mums - but then he's in for a huge surprise. The latest hilarious instalment of Louis the Laugh's best-selling adventures.

The first of two wildly funny tales about daring, adventure, and friendship from the award-winning author of the Spy Dog series. The Hole-in-the-Tree gang led by Quick-paw Cassidy and The Sunshine Cub is the most daring group of raccoons in town. But when these cheeky chancers carry out the biggest, boldest heist of their lives, they push the neighbourhood too far. The heat is on and the gang goes on the run in a wild adventure that ultimately teaches them that there’s no place like home.

The Clumsies are back in their third and most hilarious book yet! Full of the surreal invention and sparkling wit we’ve come to expect, this latest instalment will have everyone checking under their desks for talking mice…Howard's evil boss Mr Bullerton has decided to put on a Big Show at work – and he wants Howard to sing!Trouble is, Howard's singing is worse than awful… and Mr Bullerton knows it. Now Howard faces an epic humiliation.

Gabriel Silk's family have been the Keepers of a magical cloak for centuries. But when Gabriel is entrusted to take the cloak to his uncle, who lives under the curse of an evil sorceress, it goes missing. Gabriel and his cousin Sadie are determined to find the cloak before the sorceress does. But someone, or something, is following Gabriel. Have the Sleepers awoken?

It's 92 hours since Beaky told a lie. He's survived two full days of school...but now he and his class are off to Learning Land, home to cheery-but-creepy Clumso the Clued-up Clown, whose job is to dish out fascinating facts to one and all. Beaky's partnered with Wayne, the school bully, who's scared of clowns. With Beaky unable to tell a lie and Wayne intent on beating him up, things are tricky. And soon they're on the run from a manic clown who'll stop at nothing to track them down.

This is the second in a hilarious new series featuring one boy and a little dragon with an oversize appetite for adventure. Eric finally succumbs to Pan's demands and agrees to take the Mini-Dragon to school with him. But Eric gets more trouble than he bargained for when nightmare neighbour Toby switches his backpack with Eric's and dragon-naps Pan! Now Eric must dash across town to Toby's posh school and swap them back before his snappy secret is out!