The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Headless Ghost

The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Headless Ghost
Author: Marcus Rashford
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2024-10-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1035053950

Join Marcus and friends as they solve another exciting mystery in The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Headless Ghost. This is the fifth spooky adventure by England International footballer, child food-poverty campaigner and bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE. Inspired by Marcus's own experiences growing up! The perfect spooky read for Halloween. There’s only a week to go before the school play when things start going wrong in rehearsals. Sets crash over, lights go on and off and the fog machine has a mind of its own. There are rumours that a headless ghost has been haunting the dressing rooms and ruining rehearsals with its ear splitting screech. Marcus and his friends must work together to solve the mystery before opening night. The show must go on, so it’s a good thing the Breakfast Club Investigators never give up! Written with Isaac Hamilton-McKenzie and packed with tons of illustrations by Marta Kissi, The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Headless Ghost is the perfect book for children aged 8-11. Join the Breakfast Club Investigators on more adventures in The Phantom Thief and The Treasure Hunt Monster!

You Are a Champion

You Are a Champion
Author: Marcus Rashford
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2022-06-28
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250859174

I want to show you how you can be a champion in almost anything you put your mind to. Marcus Rashford MBE is famous worldwide for his skills both on and off the soccer field – but before he was a Manchester United and England soccer player, and long before he started his inspiring campaign to end child food poverty, he was just a kid from Wythenshawe, South Manchester. Now the nation's favorite soccer player wants to show YOU how to achieve your dreams, in this positive and inspiring guide for life. Written with journalist Carl Anka, You Are a Champion is packed full of stories from Marcus’s own life, brilliant advice and top tips from performance psychologist Katie Warriner. It will show you how to be the very BEST that you can be. It shows kids how to: - Be comfortable with who you are – you can't be a champion until you're happy being you! - Dream big - Practice like a champion - Get out of your comfort zone and learn from your mistakes - Navigate adversity in a positive way - Find your team - Use your voice and stand up for others - Never stop learning With an afterword by Tim S. Grover.

The Ghost of Grotteskew

The Ghost of Grotteskew
Author: Guy Bass
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1623700302

The ghost of the evil Mawley Crackbone is haunting Stitch Head, whose patchwork heart used to belong to Mawley--and when he convinces Stitch Head to yield to him and sets out to use the Mad Professor's latest creation to destroy the town, it is up to the Creature and Arabella to save their friend.

Monster Swap: 1: Robbie and Voxy

Monster Swap: 1: Robbie and Voxy
Author: Jonny Zucker
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2011-07-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444905422

What's it like going to stay with a monster - and having a monster to stay with you? Robbie is about to find out ... Robbie is one of the first lucky children to take part in a Monster Swap: going to visit Zorb monster Voxy in his monster world. Voxy is ten feet tall, has blue fur and Amazing Elastic Eyebrows, and his favourite food is cabbage and soil burgers. Robbie doesn't quite know what's in store for him - but it's going to be pretty crazy! Illustrations by the million-selling Tony Ross make this a perfect book for young readers growing in confidence and for parents to read aloud. Read the other two books in the series: ZAINAB AND MASH and EDDIE AND FENDA.

Silas and the Marvellous Misfits

Silas and the Marvellous Misfits
Author: Tom Percival
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1760989266

From Tom Percival, the creator of Ruby's Worry and the Big Bright Feelings series, comes Odd One Out – a new title exploring big emotions through exciting adventure! When Silas disappears, it's up to the Dream Team to get him back. But things get tough when they discover he has gone back to his family, the Glooms, and is desperately trying to fit in with them – Silas is warm, friendly and bubbly but the Glooms are all very sombre and cold. And to make matters worse, they are trying to take over the dreams of children all over the world! Can the Dream Team stop the Glooms' evil plan and help Silas to discover the joy of being himself? Odd One Out is packed full of brilliant and engaging illustrations from the author. Perfect for newly independent readers, it helps kids to deal with their worries in a fun and accessible way.

Spy Dog Teacher's Pet

Spy Dog Teacher's Pet
Author: Andrew Cope
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2011-07-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141968052

Sophie's new teacher is having some bad luck - first her house is broken into, and then the school! But this is a robbery with a difference - the thieves don't steal anything! Super Spy Dog LARA has an A* in catching criminals . . . can she solve the mystery of the break-ins before the baddies strike again? With her pups Spud and Star by her side, it's LARA to the rescue!

Skull of the Skeleton

Skull of the Skeleton
Author: Tommy Donbavand
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781406314281

The Headless Horseman, the world's most famous ghost, makes a personal appearance at Everwell's Emporium to launch his new perfume, "Decapitation pour l'Homme". His overbearing gargoyle manager, however, is not impressed when the celebrity's head is stolen during the event! Eefa Everwell recruits Luke, Resus and Cleo to help with the search, but Luke is on a head hunt of his own: for the skull left behind by the first skeleton to live in Scream Street. Once again Sir Otto Sneer is determined to thwart the trio, and when he launches his own Frankenstein-esque monster to terrorize them into handing over the relics of the first four founding fathers, it's all they can do to keep their own heads...

My Magical Life

My Magical Life
Author: Zach King
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141388951

Selected as a title in Tom Fletcher's Book Club 2018! ------------- A debut series from the mega-talented Zach King, full of laughs, zany action and more than a hint of magic. Eleven-year-old Zach has magical powers, just like everyone in his family, but he's having trouble harnessing his abilities... Obviously being magical, but not being able to use his abilities isn't exactly great for Zach So, his parents decide he needs to be around real people. No more home schooling- it's time to go to the scary world of secondary school! But Zach can't resist a bit of magic... A simple spell ends with him and his best friend stuck in a vending machine. Someone filmed it and by the next day he's gone viral on YouTube, getting the attention of Rachel, the prettiest girl at school. With everyone wondering how Zach does his tricks, and with head mean girl Trisha plotting to bring him down, Zach's got his work cut out if he's going to survive year 7 and keep his dreams of becoming a master magician intact. Get the app! With the My Magical Life app, you can bring the book to life in front of your eyes!