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This series focuses on the extraordinary experiences of millions of British children and their families in World War II. Using primary sources the books cover how everyday lives were dramatically altered by the onset of war in 1939.

Each book in this series, complete with list of contents, glossary, index and web links, focuses on life on the Home Front in World War II, from a child's point of view. Large, atmospheric photographs accompany the quotations and real-life memories.

Horrid Henry hits on a brilliant way to write thank you letters, negotiates over vegetables, competes with Perfect Peter over which of them is sickest, and finds himself wearing the wrong underpants.

'I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet'. This classic lift-the-flap book has been a favourite with toddlers ever since it was first published in 1982. Now reissued as a sturdy casebound board book, perfect for little hands!

A bomb goes off in a small town in the west of America and FBI agent Alex Cross is summoned to help investigate. Calls from an anonymous villain do little to explain the violence as reports come in of similar bombings across the globe.

Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rock band, he's 'between jobs', and he's dating a cute high school girl. Nothing could possibly go wrong, unless a mind-blowing, fashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruising through his dreams and...

Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it's cracked up to be? Suddenly Greg is dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older.

A shadowy Republican movement, 'the Liberators', has spread its tentacles wide in AD 50 Rome. It is feared that the heart of the latest plot lies in the ranks of the Praetorian Guard. The Imperial Secretary Narcissus summons to Rome two courageous men guaranteed to be loyal to the grave: army vet...

Ruby Redfort is a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a 13-year-old girl. She and her slick side-kick butler, Hitch, foil crimes and get into loads of scrapes with evil villains, but they're always ice-cool in a crisis.

Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island.