Young Samurai meets The Matrix. Scott is selected as a games tester by Vince Power, creator of Virtual Kombat, the most realistic martial-arts video game ever invented. But when friend and rival Kate fails to return from the Virtual Arena, Scott begins to wonder if it's more than just a game... This is a thrilling adventure from Chris Bradford, creator of the bestselling Young Samurai Series.

This is a very funny, tongue-in-cheek story for older readers all about what happens when a sweet and innocent young couple give birth to a happy, bouncing, and utterly adorable little... moose! It is a Pocket Money Puffin for teens by award-winning author, Meg Rosoff.

Percy Jackson — now in stunning graphic novel form! Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really going wrong. Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends, and generally trying to stay alive. This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt — and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. Can Percy find the lightning bolt before a fully-fledged war of the Gods erupts?

It's a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him. But someone knows everything — someone whose job it is to most definitely not keep anything embarrassing of Greg's private — his big brother, Rodrick. How can Greg make it through this new school year with his cool (ish) reputation intact?

From Agard to Zephaniah, the very best of children's poetry from the very best of children's poets appears in this wonderful and exciting anthology edited by Michael Rosen, the Children's Laureate. Coinciding with his laureateship and a very welcome public promotion of the need for children's poetry in our education system, this future classic for Puffin will delight readers young and old, and make the perfect gift.

The second story in the ever-popular Anne of Green Gables series. Now Anne is half past sixteen and she's ready to begin a new life teaching in her old school. She's as feisty as ever and is fiercely determined to inspire young hearts with her own ambitions. But some of her pupils are as boisterous and high-spirited as Anne, and so life in her Avonlea classroom becomes a lesson in discovery and adventure.

Soon to be a major motion picture from Disney, this beloved classic is published here in its authoritative original English version One of the worlds best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, The Swiss Family Robinson portrays a familys struggle to create a new life for themselves on a strange and fantastic tropical island. Blown off course by a raging storm, the familya Swiss pastor, his wife, their four young sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestockmust rely on one another in order to adapt to their needs the natural wonders of their exotic new home. Inspired by Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe, this classic story of invention and adventure has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in 1812. Freely translated over the years, with major sections excised and new subplots added, the novel is published here in its original English translation, fully restored for a new generation of readers.

Morgan knows she is a blood witch. But she doesn't know who or what to trust — except her magick. Wicca has changed sixteen-year-old Morgan's life. She has lost friends, her heart and the person she used to be. But she has discovered her true heritage and great love. Yet there is so much more to learn — powers of good and evil. The difficult part is knowing which is which...

Fifteen-year-old Billi SanGreal never meant to make history. Dragged at the age of ten into the modern-day Knights Templar by her father, the Grandmaster, Billi's the first girl ever to be a Templar warrior. Her life is a rigorous and brutal round of weapons' practice, demon killing and occult lore — and a lot of bruises. But then temptation is placed in Billi's path — an alternative to her isolated life. But temptation brings consequences. In this case — the tenth plague — the death of all first borns and so Billi must choose her destiny. And as she soon discovers, death isn't even the worst.

Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into a new year and a new school where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving. Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage. Recorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words, this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results.

August 1611: Jack Fletcher is shipwrecked off the coast of Japan — his beloved father and the crew lie slaughtered by ninja pirates. Rescued by the legendary sword master Masamoto Takeshi, Jack's only hope is to become a samurai warrior. And so his training begins. But life at the samurai school is a constant fight for survival. Even with his friend Akiko by his side, Jack is singled out by bullies and treated as an outcast. With courage in his heart and his sword held high, can Jack prove himself and face his deadliest rival yet?

The Cuthberts are in for a shock. They are expecting an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables — but a skinny red-haired girl turns up instead. Highly spirited Anne Shirley charms her way into the Cuthberts' affection with her vivid imagination and constant chatter, and soon it's impossible to imagine life without her.

Buck is forced into life as a sled dog, where he must fight for his survival. Can he rise above his enemies and become master of his realm?

This is a unique look at the alphabet and friendship in a chunky board-book format. This very simple text is about two friends, Sue and Nick, who like very different things but are still best friends. They take us through their all favourite things from A all the way to Z. The artwork is stunning with each artist contributing alternate pages in their own inimitable style. The deceptively simple text is perfect for children learning to read.

This is the classic boardbook edition of the now famous Christmas tale. James builds a snowman in the garden and wakes up in the night to find that it has come to life. He shows the Snowman his house, and in return the Snowman takes him on a magical journey.

Lovable rogue Father Christmas presents the reader with a collection of Christmas jokes. The book also features some of his musings on what it's like to be Father Christmas — for better or for worse — year in, year out.

This is the sixth volume of the adventures of red-haired Anne Shirley. Anne, now Mrs Doctor Blythe, is still sometimes as impetuous as when she was the girl from Green Gables. But with six lively children and hard-worked Gilbert to look after — not to mention Gilbert's disapproving aunt, Anne has to be practical too. Especially when the children get into as many scrapes as she ever did!

Pete Boland was busy doing nothing that summer; long, stiflingly hot, lazy days stretched ahead of him. Then she called. Listen, Pete... you know that funfair, up at the recreation ground... I thought we could all meet up... You know, for old times sake. But, where there are old times, there are old tensions. And as secrets, bitterness and jealousies resurface, five old friends are plunged into the worst night of their lives. Teenage readers will find it impossible to tear themselves away from this dark, tense and gripping new novel from award-winning Kevin Brooks.

Lee Raven, boy thief, has stolen something he really didn't mean to. Now he faces a perilous flight through London (and the murky sewers below) as he tries to escape capture — because Lee has stolen the Book of Nebo, a book that has existed for thousands of years and tells every story and legend known to man. It's priceless. Some will even kill to possess it. The pressure mounts and the future of Nebo is in Lee's hands — can he prevent the most dangerous ending of them all?

The year is 2347. Every living thing has to move to a new planet. But along the way the Dogstar — a Space Ark filled with all the world's dogs — goes missing, and the Clark kids begin a daring mission to rescue their beloved pet, Hobart.