Fiction 8 to 12

Greg Heffley has been chronicling his middle school years in thirteen Diary of a Wimpy Kid journals . . . and counting. Now it's time for readers to hear from Greg's trusty best friend, Rowley Jefferson, in a journal of his own.

From the No.1 bestselling author David Walliams comes the deliciously daft Tall Story of a child who had everything, but still wanted more. Illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross.

When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie. Which they don't.) Then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym.

A Dubray Favourite for May

A Dubray Favouite for July...

Rumour has it Artemis Fowl is responsible for every major crime of the new century. Just twelve years old and already he's a criminal genius, plotting to restore his family's fortune with a spot of corruption and kidnapping. Kidnapping a fairy for ransom, to be precise.

Jonny's mum is ill, really ill - and Jeremy decides there is only one way to save her. And by the end of it all - or perhaps somewhere in the middle - they will be The Fearless Five.

Who says princesses can't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black.