Compton Valance - The Most Powerful Boy in the Universe

Author: Matt Brown
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409579484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
How to become the most POWERFUL BOY IN THE UNIVERSE. 1. Leave cheese-and-pickled-egg SANDWICH in lunchbox for thirteen weeks. 2. Open lunchbox to find that sandwich has turned into a TIME MACHINE. 3. Accidentally wipe out the DINOSAURS with a packet of custard creams. 4. Try to stop someone evil stealing the most POWERFUL SANDWICH of all TIME and changing the history of the universe FOR EVER.

Compton Valance - Revenge of the Fancy-Pants Time Pirate

Author: Matt Brown
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1474919243
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
How to battle an evil TIME-TRAVELLING PIRATE: 1. Jump 600 years into the future. 2. Find out that MEGA-BADDY Gussage St Vincent is back from the dead... with a time-travelling PIRATE SHIP. 3. Do battle to stop Gussage becoming OVERLORD OF THE UNIVERSE. 4. Show him you're no COWARDY CUSTARD and make him eat pie.

Revenge of the Giant Robot Chickens

Author: Alex McCall
Publisher: Floris Books
ISBN: 1782502246
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149

Book Description
Not too long ago the children of Aberdeen struck a blow against the tyranny of their oppressors -- an army of giant robot chickens. But the chickens were not defeated and now the city's warring factions have formed a council hoping to keep their chicken overlords at bay. But there's a new robot chicken on the block, the Chickenator! When the new chicken starts to target council members, pecking them up one by one, Rayna suspects fowl play. How are the chickens tracking council members down so precisely? Could there be a spy in the council? Meanwhile, Jesse tries to hatch a plan to crack the chickens and set the human captives, including his older brother, free. Who will have the last cluck? This is a spectacular sequel to the riotous pun-filled Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens, winner of a 2015 Scottish Children's Book Award.

The Hundred Names of Darkness

Author: Nilanjana Roy
Publisher: Random House Canada
ISBN: 0345815580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
"A delight to read. Eliot's Old Possum would have enjoyed these Practical Indian Cats." Salman Rushdie In the sequel and conclusion to her critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling novel, The Wildings, Nilanjana Roy takes us back to the Delhi neighbourhood of Nizamuddin, and its unforgettable cats--Mara, Southpaw, Katar, Hulo and Beraal. As they recover slowly from their terrible battle with the feral cats, they find their beloved locality changing around them. Winter brings an army of predators--humans, vicious dogs, snakes, bandicoots--along with the cold and a scarcity of food...Unless Mara can help them find a safe haven, their small band will be wiped out forever. With the assistance of a motley group of friends including Doginder, a friendly stray; Hatch, a cheel who is afraid of the sky; Thomas Mor, an affable peacock; Jethro Tail, the mouse who roared; and the legendary Senders of Delhi, Mara and her band set out on an epic journey to find a place where they can live free from danger.

The Maya

Author: Jerome MARTIN
Publisher: Beginners
ISBN: 9781474921824
Category : Juvenile nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
This information book provides a simple introductionto the world of the ancient Maya. It describes their bustling cities and talltemples, their religious beliefs, the customs of their kings and nobles, andtheir passion for cacao. Perfectly suited to beginner readers, it is full offacts, illustrations, and photographs of historical artefacts. Illustrations: Full colourthroughout

Ulysses

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Languages : en
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Compton Valance - Super F.A.R.T.s versus the Master of Time

Author: Matt Brown
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409591409
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355

Book Description
How to become a super FUTURE AGENT RECRUIT IN TRAINING. 1. Travel six hundred years into the future to join a TOP-SECRET ACADEMY. 2. Discover that NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL AND MEGA-BADDY the Master of Time has escaped from prison – and he's after YOU... 3. PANIC. 4. Stop panicking and come up with a plan of UTTER GENIUS to save yourself, your best buddy... and of course THE WORLD. Fresh from saving the universe, Compton and Bryan are whisked off to the future to become trainee Time Crime Agents. But when a notorious criminal mastermind escapes from a maximum security prison and kidnaps Bryan, Compton must race against time to save his best friend – and the world – from evil...using only a slimy sandwich!

Anagram Solver

Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408102579
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 719

Book Description
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.

Harriet Versus The Galaxy

Author: Samantha Baines
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999642587
Category : Emotions
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Harriet discovers that her hearing-aid can do more than she ever bargained for when she finds an alien in her room. Harriet becomes the Earth's first line of defence as the only one who can understand the invaders. Sure, her hearing aid helps her understand aliens from across the universe, if only she could understand her own feelings.

Killer Vending Machines Wrecked My Lunch

Author: Matt Brown
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1474971237
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
Drishya Samode has always loved building robots. So when Dreary Inkling Primary School gets some brand-new hi-tech vending machines that can walk, talk and have eyes, Drishya is VERY excited. But after a freak electrical surge hits the school, something strange seems to happen to the machines... Can whizz-kid Drishya step in to save the day, the school, and lunch?