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Narrator Spotlight... Mike Grady
Mike Grady’s acting career spans more than 40
years, working in leading theatre roles at the Royal
Shakespeare Company and television roles including
Last of the Summer Wine and Sherlock Holmes.
Grady has used his vast knowledge of acting
to narrate audiobooks, including the fantastical
Spacejackers series, written by successful children’s
author, Huw Powell.
Playaway
Index
July 2015 p3 - 5August 2015 p5 - 7September 2015 p8 & 13 - 14
July 2015 p15 - 16August 2015 p16 - 17September 2015 p17 - 18
Dear Librarian,Summer is off to a swashbuckling start with Huw Powell’s The Lost Sword, which continues to follow the adventures of Jake Cutler and friends as they’re on the run from the Interstellar Navy.
We have some additional adventures to a number of our fantastic series: Lauren Child’s Feel the Fear, delivers another undercover adventure for young detectives. Any aspiring ballerinas will be thrilled to hear the start of a new series by Jane Lawes, which takes the listener to the school of ballet. Plus, read letters from the world’s favourite bear in Love From Paddington, narrated by Jim Broadbent.
Enjoy the brochure and please get in touch if you have any feedback.
Best wishes,
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Hunk and Thud: Wrestling Trolls: Match Two Jim Eldridge
Narrator: Gareth Bennett-Ryan ISBN: 9781471297823 Duration: 2.25hrs
Jack is doing fantastically well as the Wrestling Trolls training coach, Big Rock is winning matches, and the group are on their way to more gold than they can count. Nothing ever goes smoothly for Jack though, especially after Milo is kidnapped by evil goblins determined to get their greedy hands on Big Rock’s winnings! The wrestling crew know that they will have to be very quick and clever if they want to rescue Milo.
Jim Eldridge is an award-winning writer, with over 250 TV and 250 BBC Radio 4 scripts to his name. He has had 79 books published which have sold over 3 million copies.
JULY 2015
Barry Loser and the Holiday of Doom Jim Smith
Narrator: Huw Parmenter ISBN: 9781471296932 Duration: 1.5hrs
‘My best friend Bunky is sort of like my pet dog, so it was weird when he
suddenly started fancying a cat
one day.’
Barry can’t wait to tell his friends that they’ve been invited on his family caravan holiday to Plonkton. But the weekend by the sea doesn’t turn out to be the keelfest Barry was hoping for. It’s all his best mate Bunky’s fault for going and falling in love. OH. MY. UNKEELNESS!
Barry Loser is a Roald Dahl Funny Prize award-winning series.
The second slam-down
audiobook in the hilarious
Wrestling Trolls series.
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Spy Cat: Blackout Andrew Cope
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781471296949 Duration: 3.25hrs
Shakespeare, the Spy Cat, is standing in for Lara and her Spy Pups once again. This time evil oldies are intent on destroying the internet and returning Britain to ‘the good old days’ where life was slower and young people respected their elders. Can Spy Cat stop their plot to shoot down satellites from the top of The Shard?
The purrrfect spy is prowling a neighbourhood
near you...
An imaginative, creative feast! RADIO TIMES‘‘ ‘‘
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Harvey Drew and the Bling BotsCas Lester
Narrator: Julia Barrie ISBN: 9781510003286 Duration: 3.25hrs
Harvey Drew and the Toxic
Spew crew return for another
out-of-this-world adventure!
Harvey thinks he has the best job in the world: he’s the captain of a real live space ship! Except it’s the Toxic Spew - the most dysfunctional garbage ship in the galaxy. The crew get word of a stranded cargo ship, full of very valuable Techno-tium. Whoever rescues the cargo gets to claim it. So the crew aims their ship towards the treasure. But they don’t bet on running into the Bling Bot pirates from planet Sy-Boorg!
Hugely original and wildly funny, a true page turner that will delight any child.
JACQUELINE WILSON‘‘ ‘‘
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Princess Ellie’s Moonlight MysteryDiana Kimpton
Narrator: Penelope Rawlins ISBN: 9781471299940 Duration: 1hr
Another fantastic instalment in
Diana Kimpton’s Princess Ellie
series.
Princess Ellie is pony-mad! And she hates boring royal rules. She can’t wait to go camping with her best friend Kate and her ponies, Moonbeam and Rainbow. There’ll be no servants, no governess and – best of all – no rules! But when she hears strange noises in the night, Ellie starts to get scared. Will she solve the moonlight mystery?
JULY 2015
Ballet Stars: Perfect PirouetteJane Lawes
It’s Tash’s first term at Aurora House, the school where dancing dreams come true. She’s thrilled to be living with other girls who love ballet as much as she does! But when Tash starts to worry that her dancing isn’t as good as her new friends’, she decides to take a big risk. Will her plan lead to a perfect pirouette...or a perfect disaster?
Jane Lawes began ballet and tap dancing classes when she was three. She now works in publishing by day, and as an author by night and at weekends.
Brilliantly addictive… An irresistible blend of glitz, glamour, horses and adventure… a must-read for girls with a penchant for
palaces, princesses and ponies. BLACKPOOL GAZETTE
‘‘ ‘‘Narrator: Melody Grove ISBN: 9781471296970 Duration: 3.25hrs
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Puppies Online: Puffin Patrol Jennifer Gray and Amanda Swift
Narrator: Jot Davies ISBN: 9781471297007 Duration: 2hrs
Einstein, Bounce and Puzzle are
thrilled to be at Sandcliff
Lighthouse for the holidays.
When the local beach is covered in dog poo, the pals find themselves in a sticky situation. It gets so bad that even the puffins are staying away! And then the local people start to blame their kennels, even though the pups know that Jackie and Trevor always clean up after them. Who is behind the smelly secret of Sandcliff Beach? Can the pups uncover the stinking truth in time to save Trevor’s kennels?
Between them Amanda Swift and Jennifer Gray have been shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize and the Red House Children’s Book Award and written for My Parents Are Aliens.
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Completely Cassidy: Accidental Genius Tamsyn Murray
Narrator: Melody Grove ISBN: 9781471296956 Duration: 3.25hrs
A new series for pre-teens that will have you
giggling until you (quite possibly)
burst.
Meet Cassidy. With her embarrassing dad, pregnant mum, loser brother and knicker-chewing dog, she’s almost invisible in her family. So she’s hoping Year 7 is her time to shine, especially since a test proved she’s Gifted & Talented. The only problem is she picked her answers at random. But surely the school wouldn’t make a mistake about her genius?
A total cringe-fest and total fun! KAREN MCCOMBIE‘‘ ‘‘
The fantastic story in the Ballet Stars series from Jane Lawes.
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The Great Fire Ann Turnbull
Narrator: Christopher Webster ISBN: 9781471296994 Duration: 1hr
‘In sixteen hundred and
sixty-six, London burned
like rotten sticks.’
Left alone and homeless by the Great Plague, Sam struggled to survive. He was lucky to get a job working for the Giraud family. But Andre, the son of his boss, doesn’t make life easy. Then a fire breaks out on Pudding Lane. Before anyone fully realises what’s happening, London’s burning... and this fire can’t be put out. Now it’s time for Sam to prove what he’s really worth. If he can get out alive...
JULY 2015
Rose Bliss Cooks Up Magic Kathryn Littlewood
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9780007589883 Duration: 7.5hrs
Take a pinch of magic and
add some adventure…
Rosemary Bliss has won back her family’s magical cookbook and beaten her evil Aunt Lily, but in doing so she also won fame. In fact, she’s become so famous that she has been kidnapped by the Mostess corporation – run by Mr Butter, who wants her to help improve their cake and snack recipes. Rose is flattered, but something is not right.
AUGUST 2015
Feel the Fear Lauren Child
Narrator: Rachael Stirling ISBN: 9780007567072 Duration: 9hrs
Ruby Redfort: Undercover agent, code-cracker and thirteen-year-old genius. This time Ruby must pit her wits against a seemingly invisible foe. How do you set your sights on catching a light-fingered villain if you can’t even see him?
A heroine with baking in her blood and a zany plot liberally sprinkled with
humour blend into fun family adventure […] light-hearted bliss. KIRKUS REVIEW
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Love From Paddington Michael Bond
Narrator: Jim Broadbent ISBN: 9780008125325 Duration: 1.25hrs
Sealed with a sticky paw!
First class correspondence from the nation’s favourite bear, Paddington.
“Dear Aunt Lucy,
I expect this will come as a great surprise to you, but not only have I arrived in England, but I have an address! I’m staying at number 32 Windsor Gardens and it isn’t at all like the Home for Retired Bears…”
This delightfully engaging series of letters from Paddington to his Aunt Lucy showcases his uniquely charming and hilarious take on the world.
I’ve always had great respect for Paddington… He is a British institution.
STEPHEN FRY‘‘ ‘‘
The fourth book in the
scarily awesome Ruby Redfort
series.
Praise for the Ruby Redfort series:
Cool, punchy, stylish. THE SUN
Lauren Child has put imagination and fun back into the real worlds of childhood.
GUARDIAN
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This is an exciting adventure, which in its short length succeeds in evoking
a strong sense of time and place. SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
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The Accidental Prime Minister Tom McLaughlin
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510003231 Duration: 3.75hrs
A hilarious story of one
boy’s meteoric rise to power!
When Joe tells a local news reporter exactly what he would do if he were leader of the country, the video goes viral and Joe’s speech becomes famous all over the world! Before long, people are calling for the current leader to resign and give someone else a go... and that’s how an ordinary boy like Joe ended up with the most extraordinary job. Now the fun can really start!
AUGUST 2015
InterworldNeil Gaiman & Michael Reaves
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9780008116392 Duration: 6hrs
Joey Harker is the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. This walk between worlds makes Joey prey to armies of magic and science, both determined to harness Joey’s power to travel between dimensions. The only thing standing in their way is Joey – or to be more precise an army of Joeys, all from different dimensions…
A totally hilarious story, brilliantly written […] with clear undercurrents of reality.
PARENTS IN TOUCH
Dramatises a common fantasy for many of us – what we might do if we were Prime Minister. TELEGRAPH
‘‘ ‘‘ A fast-paced compulsively readable tale. BOOKLIST
A mind-stretching ride. VOYA
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The Nowhere EmporiumRoss Mackenzie
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510003224 Duration: 6hrs
Scottish Children’s Book Award winner
Ross MacKenzie unleashes a riot of imagination,
colour and fantasy in this astonishing
adventure.
When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by accident. Before long, the ‘shop from nowhere’ and its owner, Mr Silver, draw Daniel into a breath-taking world of magic and enchantment. Recruited as Mr Silver’s apprentice, Daniel learns the secrets of the Emporium’s vast labyrinth of passageways and rooms - containing wonders beyond anything Daniel has ever imagined.
The Nowhere Emporium is perfect for fans of Philip Pullman, Cornelia Funke and Neil Gaiman.
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The Popcorn Pirates Alexander McCall Smith
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510003217 Duration: 1.25hrs
It’s going to be an
EXPLOSIVE adventure!
The inhabitants of the Popcorn Islands lead a peaceful and comfortable existence - that is, until pirates attack Captain Foster’s ship on its way to America and steal half the popcorn harvest. So Lucy, Hermione and Sam offer to accompany the captain and his dog Biscuit on the next trip to keep a lookout for danger. But danger is exactly what they run into! Now the pirates aren’t just after more popcorn... they want new recruits too!
Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and most popular authors. He has written novels for adults and children alike.
Interworld is the latest
bestseller from award-winning
writers, Neil Gaiman and
Michael Reaves.
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Harry and Hope Sarah Lean
A story about family, friendship and belonging, from bestselling
author, Sarah Lean.
Hope lives with her artist mum in the Pyrenees. It’s always been just the two of them… Until Frank, a free-spirited traveller, arrives with his donkey, Harry. Hope and Frank form a close bond, so it’s hard for both of them when Frank decides it’s time to move on. Hope promises to look after Harry the donkey and comes to realise that even when someone is far away, they are always near to your heart.
AUGUST 2015
The Bell Between Worlds Ian Johnstone
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9780008143862 Duration: 16.5hrs
A glorious epic fantasy, The
Mirror Chronicles will take you into another
world and on the adventure of a
lifetime…
Sylas Tate has led a lonely existence since his mother died. But then the tolling of a giant bell draws him into another world known as the Other, where he discovers that he has an inborn talent for the nature-influenced magic of the Fourth Way, and that his mother might have come from this strange parallel place. Meanwhile, evil forces are stirring, and an astounding revelation awaits Sylas as to the true nature of the Other...
AUGUST 2015
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener’s Bones Brandon Sanderson
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510004146 Duration: 7hrs
The evil Librarians
strike again – proving that late returns
can be deadly!
Alcatraz Smedry is back with a bang – infiltrating the Library of Alexandria, looking for his not-dead-after-all father and discovering a strange golden sarcophagus that might hold the key to his amazing talent for breaking things. Oh, and his best friend Bastille’s come along too – for evil-Librarian-bashing purposes, of course.
AUGUST 2015
When We Were Very Young & Now We Are Six A. A. Milne
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510004726 Duration: 1hr
Two of A. A. Milne’s best-loved poetry collections, When
We Were Very Young and Now We
Are Six are loved verses by children and adults alike.
When We Were Very Young is a heart-warming and funny introduction to children’s poetry, offering the same sense of humour, imagination and whimsy that we’ve come to expect from his favourite books about Winnie-the-Pooh. Now We Are Six includes poems for children which feature Pooh helping Christopher Robin with his schoolwork. It is an evocation of childhood, through the eyes of the six-year-old Robin.
A.A. Milne is quite simply one of the most famous children’s authors of all time. He created Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga and Roo based on the real nursery toys played with by his son, Christopher Robin.
Narrator: Katy Sobey ISBN: 9780007585106 Duration: 3.75hrs
Like Lemony Snicket and superhero comics rolled into one…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY‘‘ ‘‘
Dramatic and with perils that are both real and colourfully described. Highly recommended.
THE BOOKBAG
This highly-charged adventure is a delightful page-turner for both children and adults alike. BOOKSELLER
‘‘ ‘‘ Praise for the author:
Sarah Lean weaves magic and emotion into beautiful stories. CATHY CASSIDY
Beautifully written and moving without being mawkish. A talent to watch. THE BOOKSELLER
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Unabridged Audiobooks for Children
Order Form: July - September 2015
SEPTEMBER 2015
How to Fly with Broken Wings Jane Elson
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781471299124 Duration: 5.5hrs
Willem has Asperger’s Syndrome and two main aims in life: to fly and to make at least two friends of his own age. As he stands on the edge of a wall, Sasha gives him a wink. Might she become his friend? As he flies through the air he wishes he could fly and escape. Instead he comes crashing down and breaks his ankle. Sasha is determined to put things right.
SEPTEMBER 2015
Ballet Stars: Amazing Arabesque Jane Lawes
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510005204 Duration: 3.75hrs
The second in the Ballet Stars
series from much-loved
children’s author, Jane Lawes.
It’s Tash’s second term at Aurora House, the school where dancing dreams come true. She’s thrilled to be back, but with their first ballet exam coming up, the pressure is on. And when her friend Anisha starts acting strangely in class, Tash is worried. Can she figure out Anisha’s problem and help her friend pass the exam before it’s too late?
Jane Lawes began ballet and tap dancing classes when she was three. She now works in publishing by day, and as an author by night and at weekends.
SEPTEMBER 2015
The Lost Sword Huw Powell
Narrator: Mike Grady ISBN: 9781510005198 Duration: 6.25hrs
Star Wars meets Pirates of the Caribbean in this second
swashbuckling quest for
Jake Cutler and friends!
Jake Cutler is the 13-year-old ruler of the secret planet Altus and he’s on the run from the Interstellar Navy. He and his crew are wanted over the disappearance of the ISS Colossus, the most powerful ship in the Navy’s fleet. But that’s not the only reason Jake’s being hunted. If he’s found, he’ll be forced to reveal the location of a fortune of crystals which the Interstellar Navy plans to start an intergalactic war with... It’s up to Jake to stop them!
SEPTEMBER 2015
The Secrets of Sam and Sam Susie Day
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781471296963 Duration: 5hrs
Meet the very different twins
and their very different
problems in this funny, heart-
warming story of modern family life for boys and girls.
Sam likes being a twin. He likes having two mums. He likes cheese sandwiches and his dog and drawing comics with his friend Pea.
His twin sister Sammie likes being a twin too. She knows that she’s perfect best friend material for somebody – the girls in her class just haven’t realised yet. Both Sam and Sammie – and everybody in their lives seems to be keeping secrets – which ones will come out?
Friendship, familes, fun and secrets in this brand-new story about modern life from Susie Day.
Touching on themes such as friendship and bullying, this is a charming tale about overcoming
obstacles and finding friendship in
unlikely places.
A great action-packed read. THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
We need more books like this. BOOK ZONE
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Praise for the author:
Full of emotion and humour... I couldn’t put this book down! GUARDIAN
Real authenticity... beautifully written and very moving BOOKBAG
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The Yoghurt PlotFleur Hitchcock
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510005211 Duration: 3.75hrs
Humming in the kitchen of Bugg and Dilan’s new home is a huge, mysterious fridge. Even when Bugg turns off the power, the light stays on. Plus, it’s full of strange-looking yoghurts in glass jars with wax-paper lids. They bravely eat some and the yoghurts take them back to 1974! What follows is a desperate scramble across time and space, as the siblings try and right a 40-year-old time crime…
SEPTEMBER 2015
The School for Good and Evil: The Last Ever After Soman Chainani
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9780008145644 Duration: 13hrs
Can Agatha and Sophie
find the perfect ending to
their story?
Once best friends, Agatha and Sophie were pulled apart like strangers, each in the arms of a boy, Good with Good, Evil with Evil… is their friendship lost forever after? As they settle into their new lives, their story begs to be re-written, and theirs isn’t the only one. With the girls apart, Evil has taken over and the villains of the past have come back to change their tales and turn the world of Good and Evil upside down.
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World’s ExplodeShane Hegarty
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9780008145941 Duration: 6.25hrs
The adventures of the most unfortunate
Legend Hunter ever to don
fighting armour and pick up a Dessicator continue…
On a list of things Finn never thought he’d wish for, a gateway bursting open in Darkmouth was right up there. But that’s about his only hope for finding his missing father. Soon Finn must face bizarre Legends as he goes where no Legend Hunter has gone before. Or, at least, where no Legend Hunter has gone before and returned with their limbs in the correct order.
Hilarious and exciting. Terrifying and heart-stopping. Everything a great fantasy
series should be. The next big thing is here. EOIN COLFER
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Another delightful,
family-friendly adventure
from the author of Shrunk!
Praise for the author:
Fleur Hitchcock’s books are always fun. SUNDAY TIMES
(This) will set off the readers’ imagination into overdrive on life’s possibilities. LOVEREADING4KIDS
‘‘ ‘‘Praise for the author:
Twill enchant young girls and boys alike with its twisted take on the classic fairytales. THE BOOKBAG
A fairy tale like no other, complete with romance, magic, and humour. ANN M. MARTIN
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Shoutykid: How Harry Riddles Got Nearly Almost Famous Simon Mayle
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9780007568659 Duration: 3hrs
‘My name is Harry Riddles, and I live with my mum, my dad, my EVIL sister and my twin baby brothers in our house in Cornwall. But if my dad has his way we might not live here much longer. He’s got this crazy idea to take us all sailing round the world for like, two years!’
Follow Harry’s hilarious ups and downs told through laugh-out-loud letters, emails, texts and more!
The funniest kid in fiction is back and
he’s got a lot to SHOUT
about!
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Nathalia Buttface and the Most Embarrassing Five Minutes of Fame Ever Nigel Smith
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9780008143961 Duration: 4.75hrs
The most embarrassing dad in the world is back
in this hilarious series from TV
and radio-comedy writing talent, Nigel Smith.
When Dad posts an embarrassing video of Nat online as a joke, she’s furious. Things are set to get much worse, however, when the video goes viral and she finds herself centre of the nation’s attention for all the wrong reasons. But when a local care home for abandoned pets is threatened with closure, Dad convinces Nat to use her new-found celebrity to raise money for it – with him acting as her agent, of course!
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Millie Versus the Machines Kiera O’Brien
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781471296987 Duration: 8hrs
Within the confines of Oaktree boarding school, Millie Hendrick and her friends are privileged kids in a future world, where robots are hired help for everyone. But Millie has never trusted the Units. They’re just... creepy. When pupils start disappearing, and no one else shares her increasing terror, how can Millie find out whether she is the only person who can see the truth, or if she is simply going crazy?
Who can be trusted – and who will
be next?
The plot was hilarious and the ending was brilliant and unexpected
LOVEREADING4KIDS‘‘ ‘‘
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The most famous Italian classic novel, retold for children.
Lorenzo and Lucia, both from peasant families, are planning their wedding. However, after meeting the villainous Don Rodrigo, the couple are forced to flee their village. Will they ever be able to find happiness together?
JULY 2015
The Story of the Betrothed Umberto EcoNarrator: Peter Noble ISBN: 9781471297649 Duration: 1.5hrs
PA8
Winner of the Red House Children’s Book Award.
National security is under threat! The evil Mr Big has escaped from prison AGAIN and he’s on a mission to steal Egypt’s most valuable treasure, the Nile Ruby. The Prime Minister knows only one agent can stop this evil criminal mastermind – Spy Dog!
JULY 2015
Spy Dog: Mummy Madness Andrew CopeNarrator: India Fisher ISBN: 9781471297564 Duration: 2.75hrs
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The final book in Skulduggery Pleasant series.
The War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but it was not without its casualties. Following the loss of Valkyrie Cain, Skulduggery Pleasant must use any means to track down and stop Darquesse before she turns the world into a charred, lifeless cinder.
JULY 2015
The Dying of the Light Derek LandyNarrator: Stephen Hogan ISBN: 9780007546817 Duration: 18.5hrs
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Winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize!
There’s a girl in Barry’s class who’s GETTING MORE LAUGHS THAN HIM! But luckily Barry immediately thinks up one of his brilliant and amazekeel plans to make sure he’ll have the final chuckle. All he needs is thirty boxes of Beard Flakes…
JULY 2015
Barry Loser: I am Sort of a Loser Jim SmithNarrator: Huw Parmenter ISBN: 9781471297618 Duration: 1.25hrs
PA8
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A timely novel about the choices that shape us.
Rico knows to stay away from trouble as best he can. But he’s angry and frustrated at the injustices he sees happening at home and around the world. He wants to do something – but what?
JULY 2015
Terror Kid Benjamin ZephaniahNarrator: Ewan Goddard ISBN: 9781471297588 Duration: 4hrs
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A spooky mystery with ghost-hunting, useless adults and tea!
The Ministry of Ghosts has been given three months to prove the existence of ghosts! As it seems that children are particularly magnetic to ghosts, Thruppence and Tim are added to their ghost-catching team.
JULY 2015
The Ministry of Ghosts Alex ShearerNarrator: Christopher Webster ISBN: 9781471297595 Duration: 6.25hrs
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Princess Ellie is pony-mad!
Princess Ellie has four perfect ponies and the entire palace grounds to ride in. So Ellie’s in trouble when the King finds hoof prints on his lawn. He thinks she’s been riding in the royal garden!
JULY 2015
Princess Ellie’s Starlight Adventure Diana KimptonNarrator: Penelope Rawlins ISBN: 9781471297663 Duration: 1.5hrs
PA8
The third book in the ice-cool Ruby Redfort series.
Tigers are roaming the streets of Twinford, and it looks like someone has deliberately released some very rare and very dangerous animals. Things are going to get wild – and Ruby is going to get badly lost in the wilderness.
AUGUST 2015
Catch Your Death Lauren ChildNarrator: Rachael Stirling ISBN: 9780007556137 Duration: 8.75hrs
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For Peter, the war is a long way away, until the night it comes to him.
Summer, 1941: When a German plane is shot down over the woods, Peter rushes to the crash site to find something exciting to keep. But what he finds instead is someone: a young and injured German airman.
AUGUST 2015
My Friend the Enemy Dan SmithNarrator: Leon Williams ISBN: 9781471297854 Duration: 6.75hrs
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The follow-up to the bestselling and Waterstones Children’s Prize shortlisted The Dark Wild and The Last Wild.
This is the story of a boy named Kester. He has brought the animals of his world back from the brink of disaster, and he believes there is hope on the other side.
AUGUST 2015
The Wild Beyond Piers TordayNarrator: Oliver J. Hembrough ISBN: 9781471297830 Duration: 11hrs
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Set in the underbelly of the Tower of London in Tudor times.
Moss hates her life. As the daughter of the Executioner in the Tower of London, it’s her job to catch the heads in her basket after her father has chopped them off…
JULY 2015
The Executioner’s Daughter Jane HardstaffNarrator: Sarah Ovens ISBN: 9781471297632 Duration: 6hrs
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Meet Piotr, Minnie, Andrew, Flora and Sylvia who are true friends!
Hollywood sensation, Betty Massino, has come to star in the theatre down the road and Piotr and his friends Andrew and Minnie couldn’t be more excited! But then the famous actress’s hugely expensive diamond necklace goes missing!
AUGUST 2015
Marsh Road Mysteries: Diamonds and Daggers Elen CaldecottNarrator: Edward Killingback ISBN: 9781471297847 Duration: 4hrs
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‘In sixteen hundred and sixty-five there was hardly anyone left alive.’
Spring 1665, London: Sam was just a young boy when his master took him out of the orphanage. When he was old enough, he was going to become his master’s apprentice. But that was before the plague arrived.
AUGUST 2015
Plague Ann TurnbullNarrator: Christopher Webster ISBN: 9781471297878 Duration: 1hr
PA8
A daring retelling for children of one of literature’s classic moral stories.
Raskolnikov is a poor student living in St Petersburg. Desperate to escape his poverty, he kills two people, and flees with a few watches and some jewellery. Although at first nobody suspects him, his own conscience plagues him.
AUGUST 2015
The Story of Crime and Punishment A. B. YehoshuaNarrator: Leighton Pugh ISBN: 9781471297861 Duration: 1.25hrs
PA8
Even best friends don’t tell each other everything...
When one of Zoe’s new friends reveals a secret too big to share with the others in the group, Zoe finds herself caught in the middle. Will she be able to keep the Daisies together?
AUGUST 2015
Secrets and Dreams Jean UreNarrator: Jilly Bond ISBN: 9780008102753 Duration: 4hrs
PA8
PA5
The follow up to the hilarious Turning to Jelly.
Jelly’s totally embarrassing mum is getting married (again) and Jelly is Head Bridesmaid. How will Jelly be able to street dance up the aisle in front of everyone, without having a complete wobble?
SEPTEMBER 2015
Jelly Has a Wobble Candy GuardNarrator: Jilly Bond ISBN: 9781510004948 Duration: 2hrs
PA8
PA5
Things are about to get spooky…
Fredegonda, Goneril, and Drusilla are Great Hagges, much more important and much rarer than regular old hags. They think that ghosts these days are decidedly lacking - so one day they decide that something needs to change.
SEPTEMBER 2015
Mountwood School for Ghosts Toby & Eva IbbotsonNarrator: Gareth Bennett-Ryan ISBN: 9781510004917 Duration: 7hrs
PA8
PA5
Meet the funniest kid in fiction!
My name is Harry Riddles. My mum says I’m too young to have problems but she is WRONG. My dad lost his job and I need money to make my mega-amazing zombie movie…
AUGUST 2015
Shoutykid: How Harry Riddles Mega Massively Broke the School Simon MayleNarrator: Daniel Coonan ISBN: 9780007566549 Duration: 2.5hrs
PA8
July - September 2015
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Playaway
A return to the fascinating world of Wild Boy.
A new sensation grips London – a poisoner who strikes without a trace, leaving victims mad with terror... and then dead. Is there a cure for the Black Terror?
SEPTEMBER 2015
Wild Boy and the Black Terror Rob Lloyd JonesNarrator: Daniel Coonan ISBN: 9781510004924 Duration: 8.25hrs
PA8
PA5
A follow-on from E. Nesbit’s Five Children and It stories.
The five children have grown up and World War I has begun in earnest. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories... until, for the first time in 10 years, he suddenly reappears.
SEPTEMBER 2015
Five Children on the Western Front Kate SaundersNarrator: Jilly Bond ISBN: 9781510004931 Duration: 6.5hrs
PA8
PA5
The Neverland adventures continue with Captain Hook’s daughter, Jocelyn.
It’s not easy being the daughter of Captain Hook. Twelve-year-old Jocelyn dreams of following in his footsteps - but when her father meets his unfortunate end, Jocelyn sails to Neverland to avenge his death.
SEPTEMBER 2015
Hook’s Daughter Heidi SchulzNarrator: Leighton Pugh ISBN: 9781510004955 Duration: 7hrs
PA8
PA5
A humorous masterpiece about a man and his wayward nose, adapted for children.
Kovalyov wakes one morning to discover that his nose has disappeared! It has mysteriously found its way into a loaf of bread on the barber Yokovlevich’s breakfast table. Now the size of a human, wearing a gold-embroidered uniform and travelling around in a carriage...
SEPTEMBER 2015
The Story of the Nose Andrea CamilleriNarrator: Leighton Pugh ISBN: 9781510004962 Duration: 1.5hrs
PA8
A little toy horse is about to change Irina’s life forever…
When Irina sees a tatty horse in a junk-shop window, she thinks it looks sad and lonely. Little does she know how special Bella is or that magical journeys lie in wait for them!
SEPTEMBER 2015
The Enchanted Horse Magdalen NabbNarrator: Anna Massey ISBN: 9780008140618 Duration: 1.5hrs
PA8
Wilf will have to find a way to overcome his fears…
Things Wilf was worried about before: stuffed animals, peanut butter, creepy crawlies that have waggly feeler things instead of eyes. Things Wilf is worried about now: the most evil man in the world, the most evil man in the world living next door…
SEPTEMBER 2015
Wilf the Mighty Worrier Georgia PritchettNarrator: Mel Giedroyc ISBN: 9781510004979 Duration: 1.5hrs
PA8
From one of the world’s most prolific and popularchildren’s authors comes two super series!
Available as part of the Evergreen Collection Please request an Order Form for details
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July - September 2015Playaway
From one of the world’s most prolific and popularchildren’s authors comes two super series!
The
Series
The Series
Available as part of the Evergreen Collection Please request an Order Form for details
The third audiobook in the series
How Harry Riddles got nearly ALMOST
FAMOUS
SEE PAGE 13 IN THIS BROCHURE
Follow Harry’s hilarious ups and downs told through laugh-out-loud
letters, emails, texts and more!
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