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Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy #1) by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Young Adult
When the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus is summoned by Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, he expects to have to do nothing more taxing than a little levitation or a few simple illusions. But Nathaniel is a precocious talent and has something rather more dangerous in mind: revenge. Against his w ...Show more
Golem's Eye (The Bartimaeus Trilogy #2) by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Young Adult
Two years have passed since the events of The Amulet Of Samarkand and the young magician Nathaniel is rising fast through the government ranks, but his career is suddenly threatened by a series of terrifying crises. A dangerous golem makes random attacks on London and other raids, even more threatening, ...Show more
Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Young Adult
<i><b>Listen then, and I'll tell you again of the Battle of the Rock. But none of your usual wriggling, or I'll stop before I've begun . . . </b></i><br><br>Halli loves the old stories from when the valley was a wild and dangerous place - when the twelve legendary her ...Show more
Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Young Adult
Listen then, and I'll tell you again of the Battle of the Rock. But none of your usual wriggling, or I'll stop before I've begun... Halli loves the old stories from when the valley was a wild and dangerous place - when the twelve legendary heroes stood together to defeat the ancient enemy, the bloodthi ...Show more
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling; Jonathan Stroud (Introduction by)
Category: Classics
For Mowgli movie fans, the must-have companion to The Jungle Book Children all around the world are fascinated by the animal kingdom, and that's what makes the Just So Stories a perennial classic... Elephants, kangaroos, cats, leopards, and more. This complete volume of Rudyard Kipling's masterpiec ...Show more
Lockwood & Co by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Young Adult
Soon to be a major Netflix series from Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) and Joe Cornish (Attack the Block)For more than fifty years, Britain has been terrorised by an epidemic of murderous ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy them - with mixed results . . .Lucy C ...Show more
Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Young Adult
Three years on from the events in The Golem's Eye, the magicians' rule in London is teetering on a knife-edge, with strikes, riots and general unrest. The Prime Minister is largely controlled by two advisors, one of whom is 17-year-old Nathaniel. Meanwhile, living under a false identity, Kitty has been ...Show more
The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus Graphic #1) by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Bartimaeus Graphic
Nathaniel is a young magician's apprentice, and has revenge on his mind. Desperate to defy his master and take on more challenging spells, he secretly summons the 5000-year-old djinni, Bartimaeus. But Bartimaeus' task is not an easy one - he must steal the powerful Amulet of Samarkand from Simon Lovelac ...Show more
The Creeping Shadow (#4 Lockwood & Co) by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lockwood and Co.
A terrible crime forces Lucy to turn to Lockwood for help, and sets them on the trail of dark secrets at the heart of London society. Both professionally and personally, their investigation stirs up forces they may not be able to control...Ghouls and spectres, thrills and tension in this brand-new insta ...Show more
The Empty Grave (#5 Lockwood & Co) by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lockwood and Co.
Want to hear a ghost story? That's good. I know a few . . .After their recent adventures, the Lockwood & Co team deserve a well-earned break . . . so naturally they decide to risk their lives breaking into a heavily-guarded crypt. A building full of unsettled souls, it's also the final resting place ...Show more
The Ghost of Shadow Vale by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Fiction
In a land of ice and a vale of snow, the safety of a people rests of the shoulders of the warrior Grettir. Glam was a monster-slayer. He killed the monster in Shadow Vale. But now Glam's ghost roams the frozen wastes, killing anyone who crosses his path. Can Grettir face down the horror who was once a h ...Show more
The Hollow Boy (#3 Lockwood & Co) by Jonathan Stroud
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lockwood and Co.
Lockwood & Co. might be the smallest (some might say shambollic) Psychic Detection Agency in London. But its three agents - Lockwood, Lucy and George - are exceptional Talents. And they get results. When an outbreak of ghostly phenomena grows to terrifying levels in Chelsea, Scotland Yard is left ba ...Show more