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The Eldovian Empire covers an ancient land that has seen the rise and fall of many a dynasty. Now word has begun to spread in the most secret parts of the country that the current Imperial bloodline has little time left...In the rural north, eleven-year-old Rassa is burdened with a secret nature he would do anything to be rid of. His desire to be normal like all his friends seems like a dream most days, and an impossible reality when the gluttonous hunger within him is unleashed at night. His excitement at even the mildest of solutions makes him careless, and the slightest mistake proves fatal for more reasons than one.In the mightiest Ducal House of the Empire, thirteen-year-old Aegin trains to be the perfect servant, spy and assassin, just like his father. But his curiosity holds him back at the best of times even when his physical skills are a bar above the rest. When given a mission despite his youth, he knows that he needs to prove himself, or lose the faith of those he looks up to.When the two boys meet, their individual masks are beginning to slip, but can the two recognise the similarities in each other's plights before their masks crumble for all to see the monsters within?

A one-of-a-kind, hilarious, high-stakes murder mystery! Seventeen-year-old Jess is recovering from heart transplant only to realise she is being haunted by the disgruntled ghost of her donor, Tilly. Tilly is determined there is more to her death than meets the eye, and insists that she won't stop haunting Jess until she helps solve her own murder.

Dive into the award-winning story of 'The Source of Death.'On the night that monsters with glowing eyes attacked, something awoke inside Mikey Black. Something hungry.Left orphaned and alone, he was cursed with an eerie aura that brought sickness and death to those around him. Tossed from one fleeting foster home to another, Mikey resigned himself to a lonely existence until a kind-hearted mailman named Arthur offered to adopt him.As Mikey finally finds hope for a real home, he discovers that his new foster father holds a secret as extraordinary and dangerous as Mikey's own nature. After learning the truth, Mikey begins to unravel the mystery behind the night that changed his life while confronting a world of hidden powers, ancient prophecies, and a destiny bigger than he could have imagined.Can he survive against the monsters that haunt his past?Or the one that dwells within?Here is what some ¿¿¿¿¿ reviewers are saying:"The Source of Death has monsters, vampires, monster hunters, sorcerers, magical powers, and everything you can imagine. I love this book.""If you love Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and anything supernatural...you will love this book.""Compelling and enthralling, Jay Michael Night makes a very solid impression as a new author to watch carefully. Recommended for fantasy lovers (and aren't we all?)"

When her parents disappear, 12 -year-old Raven McKay is put into foster care with Kitty Stromsoe in the town of Grave's Pass. It's not an ordinary town. It's a town where the living and the dead live side by side, but few wear their identity on their sleeves. Enter a world full of ghosts and goblins where few can be trusted and no one is safe.

The Blair Witch Project meets The Haunting of Hill House in this edge-of-your-seat horror-thriller, perfect for fans of Kathryn Foxfield.

Three friends cheat on a math test and get away with it -- until a strange substitute teacher starts asking questions.

Autumn sees dead people, much to her annoyance ... but whenher father drowns, he's the one ghost that doesn't appear. Then,a clause in his will sends her to the remote isle of Imber. Can Autumnuncover Imber's dark past before it comes hurtling into thepresent?

Three friends cheat on a math test and get away with it -- until a strange substitute teacher starts asking questions.

Batty's plans to have a big day out are thwarted when she has to battle off a mysterious entity that escaped one of her video games. How will Batty and Shadow get him to willingly return to his game?

Nobody enters here after dark. Come back in the morning . . . if you're still breathing.Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son, and apprentice to the local Spook. He has battled boggarts, witches, and the most powerful evils of the Dark. But his most trying task is yet to come.When Tom and the Spook are deceived by one they trust, they find themselves in the most terrifying danger yet. Blood-hungry creatures have invaded a sleepy village. Tom can save the Spook?and the whole county?but only by betraying one of his greatest allies. With everything on the line, Tom must have the courage to stand and fight, and to face a choice that could break his heart.

"Meet Anatiti: the most stubborn pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. Being chosen by the gods has given her quite an ego... after all, she knows best, not her pesky advisors. But, when tragedy strikes and she is cursed, she realises maybe they had some good advice after all. Stuck inside a tomb for thousands of years, taken by an explorer and brought to the village of Dreadbury, will this mummy finally learn to listen and head off to the afterlife?" --

A middle-grade ghost story set on the night of Halloween, exploring themes of shyness, stammering, home and friendship.

Experience Skulduggery Pleasant as never before ¿ in this fully original graphic novel brought vibrantly to life in full colour

Penelope and Paddy are very confused by the arrival of a large metal monster, it seems to just sit while Daddy feeds it more and more, what is it and when will it stop eating? Overnight they are shocked to discover that the monster has grown, Penelope needs to take action quickly before the monster grows even more and devours the contents of the house for dinner and Mummy and Daddy for dessert! Penelope needs adult help if she is to tackle the monster before it starts eating her and Paddy. Daddy explains what the metal monster is and what will happen to everything that Daddy has fed it over the last couple of days. Problem solved, then what should arrive but a dinosaur! This book is to promote conversation about what happens to our waste, and how it can be recycled, upcycled, and reused to create anything from artwork to recycled enrichment in Z00s.

On the planet Eden, on the Vulpen Island of Crescent, Arthur Avalyn and his family plot a secret war against Godfather Adam and his hellish forces. Meanwhile and far away in the land of Nod, Lilith plots her revenge. When angels and demons gamble with human souls, and the fate of destiny itself is at stake, who will win, who will survive, and at what cost?

A riotous read-aloud Halloween picture book bringing you the Would You Rather game as you've never played it before!

Ada is back in the sequel to the award-winning Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse

A deliciously dark offering from the award-winning author-illustrator of the Ottoline books

When an American-style residential camp is set up in the grounds of an English stately home, the teenage instructors are looking forward to a summer of fun activities. But right from the start, things don't feel quite right at Camp Miller.There are rumours of a tragedy that took place in the grounds and unexplained sightings of a ghostly presence. Then the incidents begin - a near-drowning out on the lake, a fatal fall from a cliff-face ... Are these tragic accidents or is there something more sinister going on at Camp Killer ...?

This book contains five different horror genre stories. The story is about Saara and Lucy. Lucy takes vengeance against her stepmother for her evil character but doesn't hurt Saara and becomes her saviour. Another story is about problems faced by Beccy and her friends during their adventure trip. How they overcame their problems with the help of their parents and others? Each story is different from the other story.