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Oran lives on Little Drum, where music is everything. Every islander has a birth instrument and a life song - and the ancestors, called ghasts, linger to hear the music. But when the duchess arrives from the mainland bringing orders of silence, she threatens the ghasts' existence, the very soul of the community. When Oran hears of a mythical instrument with the power to manipulate hearts, she brings her ghast best friend, Alick, on a quest to find it, play it and change the duchess' mind.

When Ted accidentally discovers (don't ask!) that his toilet allows him to travel back in time to any point in history, his (slightly soggy) discoveries are only just beginning. Join Ted on his fully immersive adventure into Roman life, as he flushes himself back to ancient times to find out all he can for his half term project from the Romans themselves!

I'm Amber Roberts. Just your average teenager. Life revolves around school and my best mate, Vi. Nothing too dramatic, and certainly nothing dangerous. Well. That's how things used to be. But now, my life is way more complicated: Mum and Dad have a massive secret, and Vi's being all moody. But, bigger than that, I've just been recruited as a secret agent! That's right. Me. An actual spy. Exciting? It would be, if I had a clue what I was doing.

Ally arrives from England with her brothers to stay for a month in Africa - weeks of running wild on an unspoiled, untamed coast amid mangrove creeks, vast white sandy beaches, coral reefs and warm seas. But on their first walk through the forest to the beach, Ally is swamped by a sense of an unseen presence close to her of being spoken to. The feeling increases as a local teenager, Leli, enthusiastically sweeps her into the world of his village and their offshore island (Kisiri - the place of secrets).

George isn't good at anything much. In fact, he’s pretty average. That doesn't mean he doesn't have big ambitions; they are just harder to achieve when your big sister, Jess, is brilliant at everything! Then George inherits a mansion from dear old Mrs Smallbone. Except Hogweed Hall isn’t your average mansion. It’s brilliant, and full of fascinating tenants like Boris the dog, an unusual pastry chef who lives in the basement, a mysterious scientist who works in the attic and lots and lots of chickens!

It is the summer holiday, and Joe Robinson and his cousins are staying with their granny in Muddlemoor village. The problem is...Muddlemoor is a hotspot for crime. When Granny’s precious cake recipe goes missing days before the Great Village Bake Off, Joe, Tom and Pip are flabbergasted. They know that one of the neighbours has stolen it but the question is, who?

Jack 'lurves' Chloe, as his best friend, Cora, puts it, much to his annoyance. Truth is though, he does. She's not like any other girl at school! But, as we all know, the course of true love never runs smoothly especially when you're a teenager! But when Jack feels rejected, his disappointment begins to manifest itself in something more unpleasant than teenage acne and sweaty armpits!

Join Freddie, Connor and Ruby as they travel to the plague-stricken and fire-ravaged London of the 17th century, where the streets are ruled by a merciless gang of criminals and kidnappers. Stalked through time by the menacing, shrouded figure of the Collector, can the friends outwit their enemies and save history? It's all just a question of time....

New York, 1969. Paperboy Jamie Creeden has always wanted to be a reporter - so when he is given a tour of the famous Morning Yorker newspaper offices, he can't believe his luck. But a chance phone call draws him into the mystery of a missing actress. Soon Jamie, along with his new friends Eve and Rose, must navigate a tense world of infamous villains, double-crossing, and carefully planted clues - a world in which he can trust absolutely no one. He still longs to be on the front page - but at what cost?

Minnie is alone, high up in her favourite tree, looking out over a distant forest fire. She and her stepfather Dan are stuck with each other, living in their small cabin at the foot of the mountain after Minnie's mother died. When Minnie and her friend Billy discover four giant footprints on a mountain trail, Dan puts it down to hoaxers. But Minnie knows better.

When 12-year-old Rixon's great-uncle leaves him the mysterious Splinter Island in his will, Rixon can't quite believe it. There's only one thing to do - go there and see it for himself. Alone. And Splinter Island might just hold the key to the future of the planet, in the form of four children hidden away from society. But soon Rixon and the others are fighting for their lives - left in a cave with a rising tide, floating out to sea on a leaky inflatable and fending off the attacks of a famous tech giant and his enormous silver yacht.

Mo's ordered life is turned upside down when he and his mum move in with his new stepdad and stepsisters, Lottie and Sadie. The home he left behind is just across the street, and there's something not quite right about the new occupant. Other strange new people keep popping into his life, too: a bonkers lollipop man, and a boy called Jax. Who are the weird new people in their town? Do they have any involvement in the disappearance of Mo's dad many years ago?

Cat Sparrow is on the road. She's following her sister, Meg, who was torn from their convent home and sent to London. But Cat isn't like other people - she thinks differently - and for a girl like her the world holds many perils. Luckily she befriends a young actor, Jacques, and together they follow Meg's trail to a wondrous place called the Field of Cloth of Gold. But here, they discover that the kingdoms of England and France are both in terrible danger....

The Lake District, 1899. Twelve-year-old Lady Agatha Asquith is in turmoil. Her father, the Earl of Gosswater, is dead and cruel cousin Clarence has inherited everything. Agatha is cast out of Gosswater Hall to live in a small cottage with Thomas Walters - a stranger who claims to be her real father. Aggie is determined to discover her roots, but she is not alone in her quest for the truth.

The world's in trouble. When war comes to the heart of the Italian city where Isabella lives with her family, everything changes. She makes the long journey with her dad to a safer place - the old house where he grew up in the North of England. Isabella must adapt to a completely different life. No shops, no electricity, no phone signal. No friends or neighbours - until she meets two 'wild' children.

When Lara and her dad discover a scared black puppy in an alleyway while walking their dog, Oliver, Lara desperately wants to take him home and look after him. Her dad isn't so sure. Lara can't stop thinking about the poor puppy and soon goes to find him again. She convinces her dad to let him stay and names him Jet. But when Jet spends all night howling, Lara's dad isn't impressed. Night after night, the wailing continues, until it begins to look like Jet may need to go to the animal shelter. Is there anything Lara can do to help Jet sleep?

Eva is horrified when she witnesses an attack on her best friend. She calls an ambulance and flees, fearing for her safety. DCI Helen Lavery leads the investigation into the murder. Slowly, the pieces of the puzzle start to come together. But as Helen inches towards solving the case, her past becomes caught up in her present. Someone is after them both. Someone who will stop at nothing to get what they want.

TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm - except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with proof of embezzlement.

Jason Bennett is a suburban dad whose life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home when a pickup truck begins tailgating them. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence changes his life forever. Sometimes justice is a one-man show.

After being separated by an unforgivable lie, a dying father tells his son about the con men who cheated him of all he had - and the small North western town called Mission that spurned him. Now it is time for revenge. What follows is a twisting story of guile and brutality, mud and gold, as the old man's enemies are played by a young man who has nothing to lose and everything to gain