Bloomsbury

One dawn, a fiery comet appears over the city. The Great EmperorMontezuma commands Chantico’s uncle, the soothsayer, Ahcambal, toexplain the meaning of it. When Ahcambal cannot come up with ananswer, he is thrown into prison to be executed. What can Chantico doto save his uncle? Luckily, Chantico is not an ordinary boy - he hasthe gift of...

Annabelle has tamed the wild boys and catty girls of middle school. Now it’s time for her first school dance! A couple of Annabelle’s friends already have dates and she would like one, too. Better yet, she finally has a crush on someone-Oliver. The problem? Claire also likes him, and she’s called dibs. To complicate things further,...

William Caldicott's marriage is in ruins so he has travelled to France to uncover the mystery of his brother James's disappearance. Upon discovering the fate of his brother, William also discovers that he has inherited the lease to James' house and sees this as an ideal opportunity to rebuild his life....

Short listed for the Best Football Book in the 2010 British Sport Book AwardsThe way Britain develops its top football talent is a hot topic ofdebate. The failure of all four of the UK’s national teams to reach the2008 European Championships and the ever-increasing reliance ofEngland’s top clubs on foreign talent underlines an...

Grassina, Emma’s wonderful, magical aunt, is herself a teen in this prequel to the Frog Princess books. She and her sister, Chartreuse (Emma’s irritating mother from the other books) are vying to see who will get the family’s inherited magical skills as they navigate the intricacies of being a princess in a magical kingdom-a bevy of...

The world would end in 1492 - so the prophets, soothsayers and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. But ours began. In search of the origins of the modern world, 1492 takes readers on a journey around the globe of the time, in the company of real-life travellers, drawing together the threads that began to bind the planet: from the...