Krindlekrax

Krindlekrax
Author: Philip Ridley
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2017-07-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0241326788

A very funny school story with weird and wonderful characters by the award-winning author, Philip Ridley. Ruskin Splinter is small and thin, with knock-knees, thick glasses and a squeaky voice, and the idea of him taming a dragon makes the whole class laugh. Big, strong Elvis is stupid but he looks like a hero. So who is more likely to get the big part in the school play? But when the mysterious beast, Krindlekrax, threatens Lizard Street and everyone who lives there, it is Ruskin who saves the day and proves he is the stuff that heroes are made of after all.

Scribbleboy

Scribbleboy
Author: Philip Ridley
Publisher: Puffin Bks
Total Pages: 217
Release: 1997
Genre: Friendship
ISBN: 9780140368949

Bailey's new neighbourhood was ultra - mega - boring concrete until Scribbleboy covered it with eye - scorching colours. Ziggy, Ma Glamrock, Levi and Tiffany Spangle show Bailey how to create the best shape of all: a circle of friends.

The Strangeworlds Travel Agency

The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
Author: L.D. Lapinski
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2020-04-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1510106030

'Assured, witty and inventive. This debut has "future classic" written all over it.' - The Guardian Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and The Polar Bear Explorers' Club. At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . . When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore other worlds. But, unknown to Flick, the world at the very centre of it all, a city called Five Lights, is in danger. Buildings and even streets are mysteriously disappearing. Once Flick realizes what's happening she must race against time, travelling through unchartered worlds, seeking a way to fix Five Lights before it collapses into nothingness - and takes our world with it. A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds.

Dakota of the White Flats

Dakota of the White Flats
Author: Philip Ridley
Publisher: Puffin
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1996
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9780140368932

When Dakota Pink decides to find out the truth about Medusa's baby monster it is the beginning of a quest that will lead Dakota and her best friend, Treacle, away from the White Flats to Dog Island and the Fortress. Will they manage to excape the mutant killer eels to discover what lies behind the barbed wire of the Fortress and who the mysterious Lassitter Peach is?

The Ice Palace

The Ice Palace
Author: Robert Swindells
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 54
Release: 1992-11-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0140349669

Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him.

Mr Majeika

Mr Majeika
Author: Humphrey Carpenter
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2007-08-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141914386

As a rule, magic carpets don't turn up in schools, but this is exactly what happens when Class Three’s new teacher flies in through the classroom window and lands on the floor with a bump. Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish Bigmore, the class nuisance, and so he uses a little magic to turn him into a frog. And to everyone's delight it looks as if Hamish will have to remain a frog because Mr Majeika can't remember the spell to turn him back again! With Mr Majeika in charge, suddenly life at school become much more exciting – there's even a magic-carpet ride to Buckingham Palace!

Mighty Fizz Chilla

Mighty Fizz Chilla
Author: Philip Ridley
Publisher: Puffin Bks
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780140385106

Only Milo knows why he is no longer Mum's little angel - five months ago something happened that changed him into a monster. When he is sent away to stay with an old family friend, Cressida Bell, Milo becomes obsessed with a tale that will change his life: the story of Mighty Fizz Chilla.