9-12 Year Old Books

Discover the world of Shakespeare with these brilliant retellings of sixteen of the Bard's best-loved plays! This brilliant collection features more Shakespeare Stories than ever before, from the tragedy of 'Macbeth' and the epic 'The Tempest', through to the humour of 'Much Ado About Nothing'. Providing an excellent introduction to Shakespeare for younger readers, this wonderful set with engaging illustrations is perfect for those over the age of 6 years. Included in this title:• The Taming of the Shrew• The Merchant of Venice• King Lear• Julius Caesar• Much Ado About Nothing• As You Like It• Richard III• Othello, and much more!Product Information:• ISBN: 9781408344897• Author: Andrew Matthews and Tony Ross• Publisher: Orchard Books• Format: Paperback• Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 9cm

The hilarious new sequel to The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by the bestselling creator of Hurrah for Gin. Lottie Brooks is back for spring term at secondary school and ready to face anything. No more trying to impress mean girl Amber. And absolutely no more being nicknamed Cucumber Girl. A lead role in the spring musical gives Lottie a chance to dazzle her mega-crush Daniel with her talent as a singing crab but it's not all singing and dancing at Kingswood High. Lottie's friendship with Molly and Jess seems to be falling apart no matter how hard she tries to keep her BFFs together. Is Lottie on track for another epic friendship fail? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9780241460900 • Author: Katie Kirby • Publisher: Penguin Random House Children’s UK • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 19.6 x 3.2cm

Some legends are born, some are drawn . . . Drawing feels like magic to Peanut Jones. But art can't fix her problems. Her dad has gone missing, and she's stuck in a boring new school. Until the day she finds a unique pencil turbo-charged with special powers. Suddenly she's pulled into a world packed with more colour, creativity, excitement and danger than she could ever have imagined. And maybe, just maybe, she might find out what happened to her dad. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529040531 • Author: Rob Biddulph • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback

This official graphic novel adaptation of Netflix’s viral sensation KPop Demon Hunters retells the hit film through a series of comics, complete with full-color scenes and dialogue from the movie! When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira, and Zoey aren’t selling out stadiums, they protect the world from demons with their musical abilities. Follow their band HUNTR/X, as they make music and face their greatest challenge yet—Saja Boys, the hottest new boy band with a dark secret. This official graphic novel retells Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters through a series of comics using full-color images and dialogue from the hit movie. Based on the screenplay by Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan and Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans Based on KPop Demon Hunters, the film Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241838020 • Author: KPop Demon Hunters • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback

A journal activity book featuring the beloved characters from Netflix’s hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters that’s sure to entertain and inspire fans of all ages! A must-have for fans! This colorful and interactive hardcover journal is perfect for fans of KPop Demon Hunters! Featuring questions and prompts on each page, this guided activity book will provide hours of entertainment and inspiration for those looking to strengthen their own Honmoons. Including passages for writing song lyrics, designing costumes, planning tour stops, making post-tour relaxation plans, and even jotting down secrets and notes, this journal inspired by the hit animated film makes the perfect gift for fans! Based on the screenplay by Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan and Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans Based on KPop Demon Hunters, the film Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241838112 • Author: KPop Demon Hunters • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback

Welcome to Football School STAR PLAYERS – packed with the inspiring true stories of 50 ICONIC football players in the Premier League, Champions League and beyond – from Messi to Marta, Harry Kane to Kylian Mbappé! You’ll find out: - The secret behind Lionel Messi’s standout success - How Harry Kane overcame the odds to win the Golden Boot - What made Pelé the greatest player of all time Plus many more incredible true stories about the game's greatest legends, who changed the world of football. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781406386417 • Author: Alex Bellos &  Ben Lyttleton • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd • Format: Paperback

From hilarious MEGA-BESTSELLING author Katie Kirby comes a brand-new story in the phenomenal LOTTIE BROOKS series! Pack your bags, and put on your helmets, for Lottie’s latest hilarious diary! She’s off on a ONCE IN A LIFETIME skiing holiday - what could possibly go wrong?! Amber has seen the light and returned to the QUEENS OF EIGHT GREEN. PHEW! And now she’s invited Lottie on her family skiing holiday – RESULT! One tiny problem . . . Lottie’s never been skiing before and she doesn’t know her piste from her poles! How hard can it be though? Join Lottie as she learns how to ski with old and new friends, tries fondue for the first time and discovers what the banana of destiny has in store for her. Will this be the best holiday ever or is it all downhill from here? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241769249 • Author: Katie Kirby • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 22.4 x 16.2 x 3.2 cm

Bring the magic of Disney to life with over 100 beautiful illustrations waiting for you to colour! From Dumbo and Bambi to The Lion King and Aladdin, this book is a celebration of Disney's rich collection of unforgettable films and the characters who make them what they are!  Product Information: • ISBN: 9781839031298 • Author: Autumn Publishing • Publisher: Autumn Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 128 • Dimensions: 21.1 x 29.6 x 2.6 cm

The Supa Buddies have been working hard to help Dog Man overcome his bad habits. But when his obsessions turn to fears, Dog Man finds himself the target of an all-new supervillain! Meanwhile, Petey the Cat has been released from jail and starts a new life with Li'l Petey. But when Petey's own father arrives, Petey must face his past to understand the difference between being good and doing good. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780702303678 • Author: Dav Pilkey • Publisher: Scholastic • Format: Paperback • Pages: 240 • Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.5 x 1.4cm

Petey the Cat is out of jail, and he has a brand-new lease on life. While Petey's re-evaluated what matters most, Li'l Petey is struggling to find the good in the world. Can Petey and Dog Man stop fighting like cats and dogs long enough to put their paws together and work as a team? They need each other now more than ever - Li'l Petey (and the world) is counting on them! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780702306877 • Author: Dav Pilkey • Publisher: Scholastic • Format: Paperback • Pages: 240 • Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.2 x 1.4cm

The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone. Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical mind. But her parents have decided she's just a nuisance who wastes too much time on reading and stories. And her headmistress Miss Trunchbull is a terrible bully, who thinks children are rotten and awful and should be locked up. Now it's time for Matilda to find the power to change her story, and show them just how extraordinary children can be . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241558317 • Author: Roald Dahl • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.5 cm

Percy Jackson returns to give readers his unique and unforgettable insight into the epic feats of twelve of Ancient Greece’s most recognisable heroes. Percy Jackson knows all there is to know about the greatest heroes in Greek mythology. After all, he’s met most of them. Want to know who cut off Medusa's head? Which hero was raised by a she-bear? Whose idea it was to create an impossible Labyrinth? What happens when you try to sneak someone out of the Underworld? Who tamed Pegasus, the winged horse? Percy has all the answers . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9780141362250 • Author: Rick Riordan • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback  • Pages: 528 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 3.4 cm

"Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist." One dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant! Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant (the BFG), who is no ordinary bone-crunching giant, but instead prefers snozzcumbers and frobscottle to children. But there are other giants in Giant Country. And those giants have a plan to gallop far and wide to find some tasty human beans to eat. Can Sophie and the BFG stop them?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241558348 • Author:  Roald Dahl  • Publisher:  Puffin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  384 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 2.3 x 19.8 cm

Edie is fascinated by Victorian times, and she's just desperate to be cast in the lead role of her drama club production of Oliver. When she's given a real Victorian notebook she's determined to write the best story ever, all about a girl in a workhouse. But when she starts writing, something strange happens. Edie finds herself in Victorian London. She feels the same, but everything around her is completely different to what she knows. Soon, she realises she's living the life of another Edie Trimmer - and is in danger of being sent to a real workhouse! Will she forget everything she knows about her other life - and will she ever be able to make it back to her family? A heart-warming time slip adventure about family and friendship from the much-loved, bestselling Jacqueline Wilson. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241567203 • Author: Jacqueline Wilson • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416     • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.5 cm

One minute, Mia is a normal fourteen-year-old learning maths, putting up with a bully and crushing on a boy who doesn't know she exists. The next, Mia is receiving etiquette lessons from her snobby grandmother, getting glamorous makeovers from someone called Paolo, and being trailed by a bodyguard. A life of royalty is every young girl's dream – but Mia can't think of anything more absurd! Life just got a whole lot more interesting for this distressed princess! ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781447280620 • Author: Meg Cabot • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback

The bestselling and hilariously funny series for kids, told entirely in the form of a group chat, from award-winning author and comedy writer, Emily-Jane Clark. Welcome back to the Cringe Club! It’s Kennedy’s first day back at Hellington High after half term and things seem to be going . . . well!? Even her arch enemy, Harmony Bliss, is being NICE!? Meanwhile, Devon is collecting cringes like trophies thanks to his highly embarrassing parents and Liv is having major boy trouble. Unfortunately, Kennedy's good luck soon turns: she earns herself a new nickname, things between her new friend group are not going smoothly and she has to go on a school trip to a theme park when she’s TERRIFIED of heights. To top it all off, The Mother has made them go vegetarian (aka STARVE TO DEATH). Things couldn’t get any CRINGIER. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398543553 • Author: Emily-Jane Clark • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback  • Pages: 368

Lottie Brooks is BACK for more extremely embarrassing adventures as she goes on holiday and gets her very first boyfriend! Things that are rubbish in my life: Have the most disgusting little brother in the entire world, have to get braces when am on the brink of having my first kiss and mum is making cottage pie for dinner. VOM. Finally summer has arrived and Lottie has BIG plans - scrolling through Instagram, dreaming about MEGA-crush Daniel and sunbathing by the pool on their family holiday to France. Then Lottie meets new CRUSH Antoine. The language is a tiny bit of a barrier but does it matter when he's THAT good looking? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9780241562031 • Author: Katie Kirby • Publisher: Penguin • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 466 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 19.8 x 4cm

A new title in the hugely successful Clever Kids series, this book is packed with memory, word and number games for you to solve. From battleships and mind-bending spot the differences to mazes and number pyramids, there are plenty of puzzles to give your brain a workout. Created by bestselling puzzle book author Gareth Moore, author of the chart-topping success Brain Games for Clever Kids. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781780556642 • Author: Gareth Moore & Chris Dickason • Publisher:  Michael O'Mara • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  192 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 19.8 x 1.7 cm

The Overworld is in jeopardy in this action-packed series! After Theo’s meddling with the code goes wrong, he and his friends must find all the pieces of the Evoker King and put them back together in time to save the entire Overworld from destruction. Join this gang of kids on an epic adventure and find out whether they can fix their mistake before it’s too late. This set is the ideal gift for any Minecraft super-fan! Titles in this collection: • Cracks in the Code • Mobs Rule • New Pets on the Block • To Bee or Not to Bee • Golem’s Game • The End of the Overworld Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008659615 • Author: Mojang AB • Publisher: Farshore • Format: Box Set • Dimensions: 12.9 x 4.3 x 19.8cm

Read Diper Överlöde, book 17 of the bestselling series Diary of a Wimpy Kid with this red sprayed edge edition! Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks. When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and money troubles are all part of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. Can Greg help Löded Diper become the legends they think they are? Or will too much time with Rodrick's band be a diper överlöde?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241583104 • Author:  Jeff Kinney • Publisher:  Penguin Random House Children's UK • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  240 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 12.9 x 1.5 cm