Item category 1: Fast Fact/Fiction

The quick read stories in this series mix the contemporary world of the YouTube generation and smartphones with centuries old tradition.

This series features exciting, high-interest sports stories for struggling readers.

When he spots a lonely old man watching his football games in the park, and then sees him again eating at the local gurdwara kitchen, Bobby wants to help. At first the man doesn't seem very friendly and he doesn't want to take part in the local walking football league for older people that Bobby ...

In 'Book that Dripped Blood' a shopkeeper finds a dangerous book. Will the mysterious Librarian come to the rescue before more blood is spilled.

Folk say the fog plays tricks - that it shapes itself into little hands and frightened faces that press at people's doors and windows, desperate to come inside. But Hugo is convinced the ghost he has seen at the window is no trick of the fog. The boy's hollow eyes are haunting him. What would hap...

While awaiting punishment in his headmaster's office for his latest piece of mischief, prankster Seth picks up an Egyptian amulet from the desk and is whisked back in time to Ancient Egypt. In a village by the Nile, Seth finds a place for himself, working for the local tradesmen and playing with ...

Siti has four really good mates. Donna, Lu, Kelly and Rachel. They have been mates for ever and are so close that Siti calls them her Sisters. In 'Boys' the Sisters start to fall out with each other when a gorgeous new hunk arrives on the block. But is he worth it?

When Jamie's dad finds a photo of their new home, a Victorian mill cottage, taken in 1879, he has to buy it. But soon Jamie realises that the figures in the photo have moved. Then they start to visit Jamie in the night.

Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India. But this is no holiday - they must solve the mystery of the missing bubblegum-tree sap, because without it, Gopal's Best Pink Bubblegum won't work - and this is no laughing matter.