One night in 1941, the war comes to Peter when a German plane crashes into woods near where he lives. Peter rushes to the crash hoping to find something exciting to keep. But what he finds instead is someone: a young and injured German airman in need of his help ...
The Earl of Gosswater has died, and Agatha has been cast out of her ancestral home by her cruel cousin, Clarence. In a tiny tumbledown cottage, she struggles to adjust to her new life. And on the shores of Gosswater Lake, the spirit of another young girl will not rest ...
Nell doesn't believe in love until she falls for Lukas. But Lukas has his own dark agenda, and in this tale of hidden secrets and shocking twists, he manipulates Nell closer to the point of no return. How far is she willing to go for love?
Ben and the Greenblooms must protect a mythical new creature rising from the ocean, that can bring light or darkness to whoever it first meets. Dragons, myth and magic unite in the third instalment of Cornelia Funke's bestselling epic fantasy-adventure series.
Callum misses his Dad. He doesn't call on his birthday, and worse, the present he chooses for Cal is ... weird. It's a panda at Edinburgh Zoo. How can Cal 'adopt' a wild animal? And what he doesn't expect is for the bear to take charge. Tired of doing roly-polys for the public, Pudding wants to help a child who needs her ...
Amber is facing up to life without Dad. He left when she was little, but now she really needs him, and if he isn't coming back she'll have to dream up other ways to sort things out ...
Dara is a born actress, or so she thinks - but when she doesn't get any part in the school play, she begins to think it's because she doesn't look like the other girls in her class. She was adopted as a baby from Cambodia. So irrepressible Dara comes up with a plan, and is determined to change not just the school, but the whole world too.
Danny is happy working at Belle Vue Zoo. But then the animals start escaping and, as a former street urchin and pickpocket, suspicion falls on him. Now, he must untangle the mystery of the great animal escapade in order to clear his name.