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This coming of age story follows a boy from a tower block as he joins a premier league football academy. When Jackson's granddad is taken to hospital, Jackson's football suffers. When he looses his temper on the pitch, he puts his position on United's team at risk. Join Jackson as he struggles wi...

Music is the most important thing in Mark's life and he never misses band practice - until new baby sister Amber turns life upside down. She screams all day and all night and nothing Mum, Dad or anyone else does makes a difference! But when Mark is left holding the baby, he turns to the only thin...

Rachel and Kirsty must find Amelia's magic star. Without it, nobody can sing in tune and the auditions for the Tippington Variety Show will be a disaster! Could the badly behaved, green-footed band Thrillz and Chillz have something to do with the missing star?

It is 1571 and Venice's colonies in Cyprus are under threat. The forces of the Holy League sail to meet the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. On board the ship The Angel of Venice is young Venetian boy Luca, torn between the excitement of the sea and precious ties at home.

Anna Liza likes to help cheer up her mother's psychiatric patients with her 17 top knock-knock jokes and cheerful songs, but when she meets Edward, she hits a brick wall. Edward's dad is so sad since his mum left; he says his life isn't going anywhere any more. Anna Liza has a plan to get him on ...

Dan is used to Jason's strange theories and inventions, but even he struggles with the concept of Jason's 'Revelation Glasses' which he claims allow him to see the supernatural - then comes the day of the huge thunderstorm when everything spirals out of control. Has Jason gone too far?

Winter 1943. Teenagers Francis, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a nar...

Here, readers can ride along with some of the world's toughest, highly trained units on the frontline, whether in the battlefield or on the street.

Running is what Lily is good at, and fell-running is what she loves. But what Lily doesn't realise is that this talent was inherited from someone very important - her great-great-grandfather Ernest, an unsung hero of the First World War. When Lily's gran passes on to her Ernest's diaries, Lily le...