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The unusual creak of a floorboard, a flash of light in the dark and the eerie breeze from a closed window… We've all heard tales of phantoms and spooks haunting old buildings, but how many of them can be linked back to real people, real lives and real history? From the ghostly phantoms who walk the grounds at the Tower of London to a haunted maze at Hampton Court Palace, these spine-tingling tales of ghosts, ghouls and unexplained occurrences will bring history to life in the eeriest way possible.

Fresh from saving their parents from the jaws of frenzied billionaire Mr Noah, 10-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, are called upon once again. Their parents have disappeared into thin air and it’s up to the kids to save the day, traveling back in time to 5000 BC Egypt! Can they overcome friendly locals, a mysterious boy-god, snakes, a rainbow-coloured Sphinx and another plot to end the world? And—most importantly of all—will they survive time travel?

It’s the year 2525, and things aren’t looking great for Planet Earth. An endless night is coming—a super-advanced alien spaceship has stopped the world from turning, threatening the existence of every creature on the planet—and it turns out that ten-year-old Eliza Lemon is the only one who can save them! Will she be able to handle alien overlords, a doughnut-shaped spaceship, monkeys and vampire finches? And, most importantly of all, will she be able to rescue her baby brother, save the world and survive THE FUTURE?

Mum and Dad have left—gone to Mars, and they’re never coming back. Freedom at last! But this isn’t one of Dad’s weird jokes; it’s REAL. It’s up to 10-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, to find out what’s going on, and launch a rescue. Can they handle vampire squids, a suspicious villain, a secret island full of traps and a trip into space? And—more importantly—will they ever get their parents back?

By night, Finnegan Quick has horrible nightmares. By day, they come TRUE. Unfortunately for him, after dreaming his parents out of reality, his nightmares are the only hope he has of one day finding them again. To discover the truth of his parents’ disappearance, Finn investigates the paranormal with his best friends, Squid and Cass. Their only lead is a mysterious urban legend about a girl in Ireland whose body remained perfect, even after death.

Thirteen strangers. Six weeks. Three countries. One mission. This is the story of a USA basketball team that competed in the summer of 1983 for a country and a Kingdom. Team members tell of wins and losses on the court, and challenges and triumphs off the court. Fun and poignant stories include an epic six-game series against the Mexican national team, celebrity status in Peru, one of the greatest volleyball matches ever, an amazing Michael Jordan block, Brazilian hospitality, an ’84 team competing behind the Iron Curtain, a future WNBA star… and lives being changed forever. Go into “...

Finnegan Quick is terrified to go to sleep. He’s haunted by terrible nightmares. Nightmares that come alive and consume the people he loves one by one. They’ve already taken his mom, his dad, his dog, and even his shadow. And now they’re coming for his gran, the only family he has left. Then a mysterious girl starts appearing in his dreams, helping Finn fight back against the creatures haunting him. Finn is sure she’s a figment of his imagination—until she turns up at his school and tells Finn that she knows how to rescue his parents.

Finnegan Quick is haunted by nightmares. They’re so bad, he’s terrified of going to sleep. Because Finn’s dreams change the waking world too. He’s already lost his mum, his dad, his dog, even his shadow. And now they’re coming for his gran, the only family he’s got left. Then a mysterious girl starts appearing in his dreams, helping Finn fight back against the creatures in his nightly adventures. On the first day of the new term, she turns up at school, right there in real life, in the lunch queue!