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Ismae Rienne is a novice with the Sisters of St Mortain who serve the God of Death and are sworn to protect the kingdom of Brittany at all costs.

Spring 1910, and the Averley family are returning to their ancestral home, the beautiful Somerton Court, after living a life of luxury in India. But it soon becomes clear that they have some scandalous secrets to hide...

1598, Prague: Lukas is tempted into crime by the petty thieves he meets in the local tavern. He steals a precious watch from the Emperor and puts his own and his uncle’s life at risk.

Beautiful young aristocrat Jenny is the closest friend of Mary, the young Queen of Scots. When she overhears a whispered plot against Mary she sets out to become a spy to keep her friend safe, little realising how much danger she will soon encounter.

A few days on a deserted island off the coast of Thailand sounds like paradise - but the lovely dream turns into a living nightmar, and soon three people are dead.

This intriguing novel is based on the case of maidservant, Anne Green, 'hanged for infanticide at Oxford Assizes in 1650. Restored to the world and died again in 1665'.

The fourth installment in Morris Gleitzman's unforgettable series beginning with Once, tells the story of what happened to Felix in the final, agonising stages of the Second World War.

The final novel in Hooper's At the House of the Magician series, in which Lucy is in London, preparing for the imminent arrival of Dr John Dee, the court alchemist and his family.

As an adolescent, Halo is dragged from the love and security of her unconventional upbringing and sold as a slave.

Paul Faustino is reluctantly drawn into investigating the disappearance of San Juan's teenage football prodigy El Brujito.

The year is 1944 and France is occupied by Nazi troops. When Luc Belleville returns home to his sleepy village in France after some time away, 15-year-old Arianne is instantly drawn to him.

Marianne and her mother live an insular life in 19th century Grimsby. They are restricted by poverty and their shame in Marianne’s illegitimacy.

Seeking escape from their lives, two teenagers are drawn to follow a charismatic young man who is leading a Children’s Crusade through France to the Holy Land.

As in the two previous novels Buckley-Archer creates an exciting and thoughtful timeslip novel, offering a swiftly-paced adventure with a widely varied cast of characters from the eighteenth and twenty-first centuries.

Lucy discovers that she has second sight. This enables her to warn the Queen of danger, and leads to her covert employment as a spy.

Packed with tragedy, drama and romance, this is a fast-paced novel that realistically evokes the atmosphere of Victorian circus life in the East End

A wonderfully exciting and original adventure where the fantasy is rooted in folk lore and real mysteries

Intricate plotting and plenty of wry humour

This moving novel follows Devorah and her sister as they are wrenched from life in Poland to the loneliness of an orphanage and a long, painful journey to South Africa.

In this lively and atmospheric tale of 1920s New York, party girl Evie finds herself investigating a sinister string of occult murders.

A thoroughly absorbing story within a real historical setting

Volume two in the Larklight saga continues all the delightful eccentricities of its predecessor, and further convinces us of Reeve's amazing literary versatility.

Set in an alternative 1800s, this is the story of Lena, who sets out on her 18th birthday into the Scree - a lawless land where she hopes to find her lost father and discover the truth about her identity

Landman’s latest novel is much more than a mere account of the bloody encounter between the Aztecs and the invading Spanish Conquistadors.

This is a rich and colourful tale full of excitement

Early in the thirteenth century, Elinor's parents attempt to marry her off to an elderly nobleman but she escapes disguised as a boy, with a troupe of travelling entertainers.

A brilliantly told, exciting story, with a brave and dignified heroine, which reveals the complexities of this chapter of American history.

In late 1909, 13-year-old Poesy Swift is presented with an irresistible opportunity to escape her oppressive life in Melbourne...

It's the Battle of Britain and 19-year-old pilot officer Archie Jackson is in control of the RAF's newest fighter aircraft, a Supermarine Spitfire.

When Tamar's grandfather dies, he leaves behind a box with her name on it. Inside she finds a series of clues and hidden messages which she and her cousin follow...

The second novel in Webb's series about Tegen, an Iron Age trainee druid

This readable story, based on material from the National Archives, offers young readers a fresh take on the well-known tale of the sinking of the Titanic.

The violence is darkly terrifying, the sense of landscape immediate and haunting and Gwyna/Gwyn's shifting gender permits Reeve to cast a unique, strikingly vivid glimpse into dark-age Britain.

Graveney Hall is a beautiful home that burned down during the First World War. It links the stories of Greg, a photography student, and Edmund, the Graveney family's last heir.

Set in India during the summer of 1947, A Beautiful Lie follows the tumultuous events of the Partition of India through the eyes of Bilal who is looking after his ill father.

Bruno is exploring his new home at 'Out-With' when he meets Shmuel, who lives on the other side of a fence which surrounds a large camp in the grounds.

This novel is set in 1890s Oklahoma. Cissy's family buys a plot of land in Florence, hoping to build a new life there.

Follow young nurse Felix to the Spanish Civil War in this exciting historical romance, published in multi-touch iBook format for iPad

This literary non-fiction book tackles the difficult subject of conscientious objectors during the first World War, relating the true stories of men who believed it was wrong to kill even in times of war.

Reporter Lesley is told she can ask world-renowned violinist Paolo anything about his life and career as a musician, but on no account must she ask him the Mozart question...

Set in the time of Jane Austen, this is the story of country dairymaid Kitty whose errand to the city of London quickly leads to her disgrace

From the outside, Emily's family lives the perfect, privileged white suburban lifestyle of late 1960s Johannesburg. Then one summer their very own gypsies come to stay...

Set in 1941, Between Shades of Grey is an extraordinary and haunting story based on first-hand family accounts and memories from survivors.

In the closing years of the 19th Century Samuel Godwin, a promising young artist, is employed by Ernest Farrrow to tutor his two teenage daughters at the beautiful Fourwinds house.

When Essie and Robbie’s mother dies, following a failed operation, they are abandoned by their father and left to fend for themselves in nineteenth-century Edinburgh.

It is 1666: a year after Hannah, heroine of At the Sign of the Sugared Plum, first came to London and was forced to leave after the outbreak of plague.

Growing up in a medieval Yorkshire village, Isabel's life is utterly precticable -  until the pestilence that has been devastating Europe crosses the Channel and begins to spread northwards.

Based around the British massacre of Indians at Amritsar in 1919, Rai’s seventh novel for young adults moves seamlessly through time, place, belief and genre.

It is 1596 and Queen Elizabeth I is soon to visit Montacute House where Cess is just the poultry girl and a penniless outcast. But there is conspiracy afoot...