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Nisha's War by Dan Smith
Category: Children's Fiction
Malaya, 1942. Nisha's home is destroyed by war and she and her mother, Amma, flee to her father's ancestral house in England, perched on a cliff top on the cold northern coast. When Amma falls gravely ill, Nisha is left to face her formidable grandmother alone. Grandmother's rules are countless, and her ...Show more
Red Winter by Dan Smith
Category: Fiction
It is 1920, central Russia. The Red Terror tightens its hold. Kolya has deserted his Red Army unit and returns home to bury his brother and reunite with his wife and sons. But he finds the village silent and empty. The men have been massacred in the forest. The women and children have disappeared. In th ...Show more
She Wolf by Dan Smith
Category: Children's Fiction
A young Viking girl is swept by a storm on to a desolate English beach. Cruelly orphaned there, Ylva becomes set on revenge, tracking a killer through dangerous hinterland. She wants only the favour of the Norse gods and the comfort of her stories. But when a stranger decides to protect Ylva - seeming t ...Show more
The Beast of Harwood Forest (#2 The Crooked Oak Mysteries) by Dan Smith
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: The Crooked Oak Mysteries
A school camping trip takes a turn for the sinister in this page-turning thriller for fans of mysteries and the supernatural.
The Child Thief by Dan Smith
Category: Fiction
December 1930, Western Ukraine. Luka is a veteran of the First World War and the Russian Civil War. All he wants now is a quiet life with his wife, twin sons and young daughter. Their small village has, so far, managed to remain hidden from the advancing Soviet brutality and labour camp deportations. Bu ...Show more
The Darkest Heart by Dan Smith
Category: Accessories
'There were times I felt I would always be death's passenger. It moved one step ahead of me wherever I went, letting its shadow fall across me. It carried me on; shaded me from the world other people lived in.' Leaving behind his life of violence in Brazil's darkest shadows, Zico is determined to become ...Show more
The Invasion of Crooked Oak (#1 The Crooked Oak Mysteries) by Dan Smith
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Th Crooked Oak Mysteries
Stranger Things meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this thrilling sci-fi adventure from bestselling author Dan Smith.
The State of the World Atlas by Dan Smith
Category: Reference | Series: The Earthscan Atlas Series
Featuring over 50 world maps, this title offers an analysis of the political, social, economic and ecological nightmares that keep us awake at night.
The Terror of Hilltop House (#4 The Crooked Oak Mysteries) by Dan Smith
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: The Crooked Oak Mysteries
A ground-breaking experiment at a new research farm quickly grows out of control in this modern take on Day of the Triffids from master of creepy sci-fi Dan Smith.A ground-breaking experiment at the new research farm at Hilltop House goes very wrong in this modern take on Day of the Triffids from master ...Show more
The Wall Between Us by Dan Smith
Category: Children's Fiction
A stunning, exciting story from acclaimed author Dan Smith - author of the Carnegie Medal-nominated Nisha's War. BERLIN 1961 Anja and Monika live opposite each other. They play together every day, with Otto the cat. One night they wake up to bangs and shouts. Soldiers are building a huge barbed wire fen ...Show more
Think You Know it All?: The Activity Book for Grown-Ups by Dan Smith
Category: Non-Fiction
Were your school exercise books adorned with huge ticks, glowing comments and gold stars? Did you win prizes for your aweinspiring performances on the toughest of tests? Do you still think you know it all? This is your chance to prove it as you work your way through a vast array of general knowledge hea ...Show more