Jake Cake: The Pirate Curse

Jake Cake: The Pirate Curse
Author: Michael Broad
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2008-08-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 014191811X

The fifth book about Jake Cake and his EXTRAORDINARY adventures. Here are three more hilarious stories, written in Jake Cake's own notebooks and embellished with his very funny comments and illustrations. It's not Jake's fault that he gets cursed by the ghost of Old Crusty, the fierce pirate (get those decks swabbed!), meets an alien pretending to be his granny and rubs up against a really mean genie!

Jake Cake: The Football Beast

Jake Cake: The Football Beast
Author: Michael Broad
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2008-08-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141918128

Have you ever met a yeti playing football, a very tricky sea monster or a REAL phantom on the ghost train at the funfair? Jake has, and here's what happened when he met them! (Nobody believed him, of course.)

Monsterbook: Rumblefart and the Beastly Bottom

Monsterbook: Rumblefart and the Beastly Bottom
Author: Michael Broad
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2010-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141943297

Will's school play is Beauty and the Beast, but Urk has discovered there'll be more than one monster on opening night! The show must go on, but can they stop Rumblefart and his mad monster mob?

Monsterbook: Snotgobble and the Bogey Bully

Monsterbook: Snotgobble and the Bogey Bully
Author: Michael Broad
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2008-12-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141966890

The new boy at Will's school is stealing snacks and smearing kids with an endless supply of bogies. Yuck! But on closer inspection this revolting rogue is not what he seems – so can anyone stop the bogey bully?

Monsterbook: Pongdollop and the School Stink

Monsterbook: Pongdollop and the School Stink
Author: Michael Broad
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2008-12-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141966882

Pongdollop wants his fellow monsters to join him in an uprising – and his secret weapon is a real stinker! Urk and Will have sniffed him out, but can they stop this smelly scoundrel from taking over the world?

Monsterbook: Lumpydump and the Terror Teacher

Monsterbook: Lumpydump and the Terror Teacher
Author: Michael Broad
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2009-08-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141930586

Will's new teacher, Mrs Dumpy, is really, really mean! And his monster friend, Urk, thinks she's hiding a MONSTROUS secret. Can a trip to the Horror Hills uncover the terror teacher's putrid plan? Join Will and Urk for another laugh-out-loud adventure!

Jake Cake: The Werewolf Teacher

Jake Cake: The Werewolf Teacher
Author: Michael Broad
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2007-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141945591

This is the first book in a four-book series. Each book has three unbelievable adventures written in Jake's own notebooks and embellished with his gloriously funny comments and illustrations throughout. Here Jake meets a werewolf, a monster and a real-life mummy. Deliciously funny, the stories are a satisfying blend of comforting real life mixed with magical mayhem. Just right for boys and girls of 7+, and for all fans of Horrid Henry!

Jake Cake: The Visiting Vampire

Jake Cake: The Visiting Vampire
Author: Michael Broad
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2007-08-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 014192165X

In this fourth book in the series, Jake battles with a vampire visiting his school (fangs and bats and zombies), a demon hairdresser (arrrrrggggh!) and stays in a haunted castle (things that go CLANG in the night!).

Jake Cake

Jake Cake
Author: Michael Broad
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2007-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141320885

Jake Cake is an ordinary kid who likes writing and illustrating stories about his adventures. He swears they're all true, but no one ever believes him. In this collection of three stories, Jake discovers the school dinner lady is a robot, he has goblins in his garden, and he's tricked by a really tricky witch.

The Potion Diaries

The Potion Diaries
Author: Amy Alward
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2016-10-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1481480014

Samantha may be falling for the beloved of the princess she is sent to save in this start to a “charming and humorous” (Kirkus Reviews) romantic trilogy. “Inventive, romantic, and downright delightful.” —Sarah J. Mass, author of Throne of Glass When the Princess of Nova accidentally poisons herself with a love potion meant for her crush, she falls crown-over-heels in love with her own reflection. Oops. A nationwide hunt is called to find the cure, with competitors travelling the world for the rarest ingredients, deep in magical forests and frozen tundras, facing death at every turn. Enter Samantha Kemi—an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. Sam’s family were once the most respected alchemists in the kingdom, but they’ve fallen on hard times, and winning the hunt would save their reputation. But can Sam really compete with the dazzling powers of the ZoroAster megapharma company? And just how close is she willing to get to Zain Aster, her dashing enemy, in the meantime. Just to add to the pressure, this quest is ALL OVER social media. And the world news. No big deal, then.