Skeleton Island

Skeleton Island
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2016-07-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1619639467

Araminta and her best friend Wanda are going on a school trip to Skeleton Island, a place rumored to be the site of a scary ghost shipwreck. And when the pair is stranded overnight, they discover that there might be more truth to the island's name than they would have preferred. Now some terrifying pirate skeletons are on the loose, and they want to take the girls down to Davy Jones's locker with them! Will Araminta, Wanda, and an unexpected friend be able to thwart the ghostly crew, avoid a watery fate, and maybe find some lost treasure to boot? Told with her trademark wit and a dash of scary fun, along with black and white illustrations throughout, Angie Sage's latest tale is perfect for fans of Pseudonymous Bosch and Jacqueline West.

Araminta Spook: Skeleton Island

Araminta Spook: Skeleton Island
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2015-06-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1408862336

When Araminta and her best friend Wanda go on a school trip to Skeleton Island, they don't expect to get stranded there overnight. And they certainly don't expect the island to be haunted by ghostly skeletons of pirates! It certainly makes for a spooky sleepover. Luckily these ghoulish pirates just want someone to help them find their lost treasure, then they'll happily set sail on their ghost ship once more. But someone else wants the treasure for themselves – can Araminta find what is lurking in the depths before it's too late?

Araminta Spookie 4: Vampire Brat

Araminta Spookie 4: Vampire Brat
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2007-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0060774908

Things get even spookier at Spookie House when Uncle Drac's nephew Max comes to stay for a week and Araminta goes on a combined werewolf and vampire hunting expedition.

Fortunately, the Milk...

Fortunately, the Milk...
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1408841762

From multi-award-winning Neil Gaiman comes a spectacularly silly, mind-bendingly clever, brilliantly bonkers adventure with lip-smackingly gorgeous illustrations by Chris Riddell

Araminta Spookie 1: My Haunted House

Araminta Spookie 1: My Haunted House
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2006-07-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0060774819

Araminta enlists the help of several ghosts in an attempt to stop her Aunt Tabby from selling Spook House.

Love That Dog

Love That Dog
Author: Sharon Creech
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0747557497

This is an utterly original and completely beguiling prose novel about a boy who has to write a poem, and then another, and then even more. Soon the little boy is writing about all sorts of things he has not really come to terms with, and astounding things start to happen.

Araminta Spookie 5: Ghostsitters

Araminta Spookie 5: Ghostsitters
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061975532

When Araminta’s almost-grown-up cousin comes to babysit she brings two naughty ghosts with her—another fun, kooky adventure in the Araminta Spookie series from Angie Sage, author of the New York Times bestselling Septimus Heap series. If you’re looking for chapter books for kids ages 6-10, this series is a great choice. Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac are heading off to Transylvania on Araminta's birthday—without Araminta. To make matters worse, Araminta will have a babysitter. When that sitter turns out to be Araminta's supercool cousin, Mathilda, things start to look up—except Mathilda shows up with two rowdy ghosts who destroy the house and ignore all the rules. Can Araminta come up with a Plan to get rid of these two bad ghosts once and for all?

Araminta Spookie 1: My Haunted House

Araminta Spookie 1: My Haunted House
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061975494

Meet Araminta, the star of a delightfully "spookie" chapter book series from Angie Sage, author of the bestselling Septimus Heap series! Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house—Araminta has to stop her! With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!

Outbreak

Outbreak
Author: Alison Prince
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2013-09-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1408163462

Miriam doesn't understand why her mum is buying more food than they need, and storing it away. Or why her parents have given her the nickname, Mandy. Her friend Pam says it's because war is coming. And, if the Nazis invade, it will be dangerous for her to have a Jewish name. But that's not going to happen, is it? Outbreak is a historical story set at the start of World War II.

Anagram Solver

Anagram Solver
Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 719
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1408102579

Anagram Solver is the essential guide to cracking all types of quiz and crossword featuring anagrams. Containing over 200,000 words and phrases, Anagram Solver includes plural noun forms, palindromes, idioms, first names and all parts of speech. Anagrams are grouped by the number of letters they contain with the letters set out in alphabetical order so that once the letters of an anagram are arranged alphabetically, finding the solution is as easy as locating the word in a dictionary.