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Updated: May 2013
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Fiction for younger readers
Abnett, Dan
The story of Martha. 2009. Read by Freema Agyeman, 5 hours 13 minutes. TB 17124.
Doctor Who. For a year, while the Master ruled over the Earth, Martha Jones travelled the world telling people stories about the Doctor. She told people of how the Doctor has saved them before, and how he will save them again. This story tells of Martha's travels from her arrival on Earth as the Toclafane attacked and decimated the population through to her return to Britain to face the Master.
Adlington, L J
The diary of Pelly-D. 2005. Read by Sarah Kants, 5 hours 21 minutes. TB 16202.
Pelly-D series; book 1. Young building worker, Toni V, finds a diary buried in a water can in the rubble of a construction site. He knows he should just hand it in to the Supervisor - that's the rule. But curiosity gets the better of him and he starts reading. At first the diarist, Pelly D, seems like any ordinary girl, writing about clothes, parties, boys. But underneath the light, sassy, often sarcastic narrative, Toni V begins to sense that something very different, sinister, and scary is unfolding. Set far in the future and on a distant planet, Pelly D's diary bears witness, through the eyes of a young girl, to the terrifying consequences of genetic classification.
Aiken, Joan
Deception: a novel. 1987. Read by Anne Jameson, 14 hours 13 minutes. TB 7236.
Alvey Clement and Louisa Winship, one American and the other English, are identical in looks - but not in character. Alvey wants to be a writer, Louisa a missionary. The family does not agree and eventually Louisa persuades Alvey to change places. The deception proves all too easy to carry out but rather more difficult to sustain through the vagaries of family life.
Aiken, Joan
Midnight is a place. 1974. Read by Andrew Timothy, 9 hours 15 minutes. TB 2622.
Midnight Court is burned down, and orphaned 13-year-old Lucas and his small cousin must struggle to provide for themselves in and around the mill.
Aiken, Joan
The wolves of Willoughby Chase. 2004. Read by Charlotte Strevens, 4 hours 45 minutes. TB 17635.
Wolves of Willoughby Chase; book 1. It's 19th-century England during the reign of King James II, but it's not the England we know from the history books. Even the wolves that surround the great house of Willoughby Chase are not as cruel and merciless as the evil Miss Slighcarp. Bonnie and Sylvia must use all their wits to survive.
Allen, Judy
Awaiting developments. 2000. Read by Fo Cullen, 6 hours 57 minutes. TB 12339.
Jo attempts to save a nearby garden from a property developer. But first she must unite with her neighbours to gain their support in order to stop the developer. Jo finds she is soon drawn into the lives of her neighbours.
Almond, David
Kit's wilderness. 1999. Read by Mark Elstob, 5 hours 21 minutes. TB 12348.
In Stoneygate there was a wilderness, an empty space between the houses and the river where the ancient coal pit had once been. In the wilderness Kit meets Askew, who has a strange ability to draw other children to his game called Death. When Askew disappears, it is up to Kit to find him and bring him back.
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Chains. 2009. Read by Regina Reagan, 8 hours 50 minutes. TB 17254.
Isabel series; book 1. Isabel and her sister, Ruth, are slaves. Sold from one owner to the next, they arrive in New York as the Americans are fighting for their independence, and the English are struggling to maintain control. Soon Isabel is struggling too. Struggling to keep herself and her sister safe in a world in which they have no control.
Archer, Jeffrey
The first miracle. 1994. Read by Michael Lumsden, 27 minutes. TB 10411.
A thirteen year old Roman boy is sent on an errand by his mother and, on the way, he encounters all the usual sights and sounds of village life in ancient Judea. Then the boy comes across a sight he will never forget; a man and his heavily pregnant wife are being turned away from an inn and are preparing to spend the night in a stable.
Ashley, Bernard
Bad blood. 1988. Read by George Hagan, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 7037.
In the terrible weeks that follow Dick Collins' accident his son, Ritchie, tries to unravel the unbelievable story behind the "bad blood" within his family, the existence of which jeopardises his father's only real chance of recovery. A girl helps Ritchie to follow every lead, and a surprising friendship grows that alters his outlook in an unexpected way.
Ashley, Bernard
Running scared. 1986. Read by Richard Earthy, 7 hours 25 minutes. TB 6560.
When Charlie Elkin's getaway car breaks down after the raid on a jeweller's shop, he and his gang make brief use of Sam Prescott's cab. Almost immediately they are forced to make a run for it, and leave behind a piece of incriminating evidence which Sam pockets swiftly before the police arrive. Charlie Elkin runs the most powerful protection racket in the East End of London, and everyone knows that Charlie's methods are ruthless ...
Ashley, Bernard
Janey. 1986. Read by Kate Moon, 6 hours. TB 6908.
Janey had been sure the house was empty before breaking in, but there on the floor was what looked like a dead body. It was only the thought of what her bullying stepfather Lou would do that kept her from screaming. And then she heard cries for help...
Avery, Gillian
The elephant war. 1960. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 6 hours 12 minutes. TB 799.
The year was 1875, and Aunt Louisa was busy in London organising the Elephant War that was to save Jumbo of the London Zoo from being sent to a circus in America.
Banks, David
Doctor Who - Iceberg. 1993. Read by David Banks, 9 hours 21 minutes. TB 9682.
A Doctor Who book. In 2006 the world is about to be overwhelmed by a disaster that might destroy human civilisation: the inversion of the Earth's magnetic field. Deep in an Antarctic base, the FLIPback team is frantically devising a system to reverse the change in polarity. Above them, the SS Elysium carries its jet-set passengers on the ultimate cruise. On board is Ruby Duvall, a journalist sent to record the FLIPback moment. Instead she finds a man called the Doctor, who is locked out of the strange green box he says is part of his time machine, and old enemies of the Doctor; silver giants at work beneath the earth.
Bear, Greg
Star wars: Rogue planet. 2000. Read by Garrick Hagon, 9 hours 43 minutes. TB 12462.
Star Wars series. Three years after the events of "The Phantom Menace", young Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi encounter a mysterious world. Dispatched to the planet Zonama Sekot, source of the fastest ships in the galaxy, the pair are swept up in a swirl of deadly intrigue and betrayal.
Becker, Tom
Darkside. 2007. Read by Tomos James, 6 hours 1 minute. TB 17057.
Darkside ; 1. Your home's been attacked. Your dad's in an asylum. You're running for your life. And there's nowhere to hide. You've stumbled on the city's greatest secret: Darkside. Incredibly dangerous and unimaginably exciting. Darkside is ruled by Jack the Ripper's children - a place where nightmares walk the streets. You think you're in trouble now, but your problems have just begun.
Bennett, Sophia
Threads. 2011. Read by Suzy Aitchison, 5 hours 44 minutes. TB 19089.
Nonie, Edie and Jenny are best friends with very individual tastes. Nonie's a trend setter and her passion is fashion. Humanitarian Edie is on a mission to save the world and budding actress Jenny has just landed a small part in a Hollywood blockbuster.When they meet a young African refugee called Crow, sketching a dress at the Victoria and Albert Museum, they discover a common passion and somehow find a way to make all of their dreams come true.
Berry, Kit
Magus of Stonewylde. 2011. Read by Charlotte Worthing, 12 hours 25 minutes. TB 20077.
Sylvie is dying. A victim of crippling allergies, poisoned by the pollution and chemicals of modern life, Sylvie is trapped in a hospital bed. There's an alternative community hidden away in a corner of Dorset. If their leader would let Sylvie visit, then perhaps the clean air and green lifestyle may restore her vitality.
Blackman, Malorie
Boys don't cry. 2010. Read by tom Stanley, 7 hours 23 minutes. TB 18639.
Dante is about to receive his A-level results and then a future of university and journalism awaits. But the day they're due to arrive his old girlfriend Kendra turns up unexpectedly with a baby. He assume Kendra's helping a friend, until she nips out to buy some essentials, leaving him holding the baby. Then she doesn't come back and his future suddenly looks very different.
Blackman, Malorie
Noughts and crosses. 2002. Read by Daniel Philpott, Read by Rachel Atkins, 10 hours 55 minutes. TB 13307.
Noughts & crosses series; book 1. Callum is a nought, a second-class citizen in a world run by the ruling Crosses. Sephy is a Cross, daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country. In their world, noughts and Crosses simply don't mix. As hostility turns to violence, can Callum and Sephy possibly find a way to be together?
Blackman, Malorie
An eye for an eye. 2003. Read by David Thorpe and Rachel Atkins, 58 minutes. TB 15552.
Noughts & Crosses. This book was published for World Book Day 2003 and fits in between Noughts and crosses and Knife edge. In a world where the two classes are divided by colour and never treated as equals, Sephy - a Cross and daughter of a top politician - is six months pregnant. The child's father, Callum, is a Nought, but worse, he is dead and Callum's brother is out for revenge. Can two wrongs make a right?
Blackman, Malorie
Knife edge. 2005. Read by Rachel Atkins, Read by David Thorpe, 9 hours 15 minutes. TB 15486.
Noughts & crosses series; book 2. Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a nought father. Jude is a nought. Eaten up with bitterness, he blames Sephy for the terrible loss his family has suffered. Now Jude's life rests on a knife edge. Will Sephy be forced, once again, to take sides?
Blackman, Malorie
Checkmate. 2006. Read by David Thorpe and Rachel Atkins, 12 hours 45 minutes. TB 15487.
Noughts & Crosses series; book 3. Callie Rose has a Cross mother and a Nought father in a society where the pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but when Rose unexpectedly discovers the truth about her parentage, she finds herself drawn into a dangerous, deadly game - a game of very high stakes that can only have one winner.
Blackman, Malorie
Double cross. 2006. Read by Laurence Dobiesz and Emma Noakes, 11 hours 6 minutes. TB 16657.
Noughts & Crosses series; book 4. Everyone assumes the bomb that killed Callie Rose's grandmother was the work of a nought terrorist. But Callie Rose knows the truth - and her fear of the past leaves her afraid for her future. Her boyfriend Tobey is worried about his own future. A nought boy at an exclusive school Tobey hopes to keep out of trouble, go to university, get a good job and leave the dangerous streets of his childhood behind. But Tobey is discovering that he can't keep clinging to some kind of no-man's land while the neighbourhood around him is carved up by rival gangs. Then he is offered the chance to earn some ready money just making a few 'deliveries'. He doesn't want a part of that world, the world of gangs. But maybe he could get away with it, just this once. He little realizes how his decision will bring violence down on both himself and Callie and just how far he will go in fighting back.
Blackman, Malorie
Hacker. 2007. Read by Melissa LLoyd, 5 hours 15 minutes. TB 16304.
Vicky's father is arrested, accused of stealing over a million pounds from the bank where he works. Vicky is determined to prove his innocence, although all the evidence is hidden in computer files.
Blaxill, Gina
Pretty twisted. 2011. Read by Bryony Reiss and Gregg Lowe, 6 hours 2 minutes. TB 19904.
Ros has a secret crush on Jonathan. Jonathan is massively hung up on Freya. And Freya? Well, Freya is a beautiful enigma. Even more so when she goes missing without a trace. 'Pretty Twisted' is narrated in alternating chapters by Jonathan (16) and Ros (14).
Blount, Margaret
When did you last see your father? 1970. Read by Carol Marsh, 9 hours 27 minutes. TB 1479.
Barbara, lonely child of divorced parents, identifies with a character in an old annual, and lives always uncomfortably between her real and make-believe worlds.
Blume, Judy
Just as long as we're together. 1987. Read by Pauline Munro, 5 hours 15 minutes. TB 6933.
Stephanie and Rachel are nearly 13 and have been best friends for years. Then they meet Alison, lively and new to the area. The threesome share the experience of starting a new school and the excitement of a growing interest in boys - especially the "hunk", Jeremy Dragon. Rachel becomes more involved in school activities and Stephanie draws closer to Alison. Can the first friendship survive? A teenage novel about the difficulties of friendship.
Bowler, Tim
River boy. 1997. Read by Rachel Atkins, 4 hours 4 minutes. TB 11535.
Jess and her parents take her grandfather back to his childhood home so that he can finish his last painting "River Boy". While out swimming, Jess meets a boy who challenges her to swim down the river to the sea. Then she discovers that this was one of her grandfather's childhood ambitions.
Bowler, Tim
Bloodchild. 2009. Read by Mark Meadows, 8 hours 55 minutes. TB 17910.
Will lies in a deserted lane. All he knows is that he's had an accident and that his life is slipping away. Against all the odds he survives - but with an almost total loss of memory. He does not even know himself. And that is not all. At night he is tormented by visions, in the daytime by hostile strangers. Why does he have so many enemies? And who is the strange child who seems to have a story to tell him? Something has happened in this town, something terrifying. Will can sense it but he can't work out what it was. Perhaps the old Will knew. But that was before the accident. The new Will must search for the answers again - and this is a dangerous task. For the town has a secret and there are those who will do everything in their power to preserve it. Even kill.
Boyne, John
The boy in the striped pyjamas: a fable. 2006. Read by Madeleine Hyland, 4 hours 34 minutes. TB 15241.
Nine-year-old Bruno is bored and lonely since his family moved from Berlin. It is 1942 and his father, a Nazi officer, has a new posting in a place called 'Out-With'. It isn't long before Bruno finds a new friend, a boy in striped pyjamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Brewer, Heather
Eighth grade bites. 2007. Read by Christopher Ragland, 4 hours 21 minutes. TB 18136.
The chronicles of Vladimir Tod; book 1. Junior high really stinks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. And Vlad has a secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers and no one to teach him, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and his enlarged fangs. When a strange substitute teacher begins to question him a little too closely, Vlad worries that his cover is about to be blown. But then he realises he has a much bigger problem: he's being hunted by a vampire killer who is closing in fast.
Brooks, Kevin
Black rabbit summer. 2008. Read by David Thorpe, 11 hours 30 minutes. TB 16125.
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. Contains strong language.
Brooks, Kevin
The road of the dead. 2006. Read by David Thorpe, 8 hours 4 minutes. TB 15125.
Late one night, two brothers learn that their sister has died in the worst way imaginable. She's found, strangled, in a desolate place hundreds of miles from their East London home. Ruben is the smarter of the two, with a gift for getting into other people's hearts; Cole may be older, but he's a devil's angel who doesn't care if he lives or dies. Together, they set out to find their own answers and retrace Rachel's final journey. Contains strong language.
Brooks, Kevin
Martyn Pig . 2005. Read by David Thorpe, 6 hours 40 minutes. TB 16697.
With his father lying dead at his feet, Martyn Pig has two choices - he can either tell the police what happened, that it was an accident, or he can get rid of the body and pretend to get on with the rest of his life. He decides on the latter and with the help of Alex, a girl who has become more to him than just-a-friend, he travels down a frightening road where the escalating lunacy of events is quite breathtaking.
Brown, Roy
Flight of sparrows. 1972. Read by David Strong, 3 hours 50 minutes. TB 13167.
Scobie, a hardened, somewhat vicious young criminal, and his reserved friend Keith escape from an approved school and make their way to London's East End. There they meet up with two other boys on the run - Sprog and the Boy - and life becomes so violent that Keith decides to escape from Scobie.
Brown, Roy
The white sparrow. 1974. Read by David Strong, 4 hours 7 minutes. TB 13166.
Sprog and his silent friend Boy fight hard to keep themselves warm and fed until they met up with the rag-and-bone man and his daughter and find an unexpected sort of security.
Burgess, Melvin
Kite. 1997. Read by Jon Cartwright, 4 hours 20 minutes. TB 11487.
A pair of red kites are nesting nearby. Taylor loves the birds, but he collects eggs and the eggs of the kite are the greatest prize of all. He knows his dad, a gamekeeper, is under orders to kill them. When the landowner Reg Harris bribes him to destroy the eggs, he is sorely tempted to do so. After all, the birds are doomed anyway...
Cabot, Meg
The princess diaries. 2001. Read by Regina Reagan, 5 hours 35 minutes. TB 13302.
Princess diaries series; book 1. One minute Mia's totally normal. Next minute she's heir to the throne of Genovia. Well, her dad can lecture her until he's royal-blue in the face, but no way is Mia going to behave like some posh princess. And they think she's moving to Genovia? Er, hello?
Cabot, Meg
The princess diaries : take two. 2003. Read by Anne Hathaway, 4 hours 57 minutes. TB 15327.
Princess diaries series; book 2. Nothing's simple when you're the new Princess of Genovia. At least, that's what Mia reckons. With her mother dating her Algebra teacher, a secret admirer sending her mysterious e-mails, and a bad case of the hots for Lilly's brother Michael, Mia's discovering that life as Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo can feel a right-royal muddle!
Cabot, Meg
The princess diaries: third time lucky. 2003. Read by Anne Hathaway, 5 hours 6 minutes. TB 16709.
Princess diaries series; book 3. Mia's love life is a disaster - and being heir to the throne of Genovia sure doesn't help. Because while Mia's finally got herself a boyfriend, he's so not the right guy. The one she really wants is Michael, but he's not available now he's going out with Judith who clones fruit flies. Would Michael ever prefer Mia to the fruit fly girl? As if!
Cabot, Meg
The princess diaries: Mia goes fourth. 2004. Read by Clea Lewis, 5 hours 25 minutes. TB 15602.
Princess diaries series; book 4. Mia's back from her first royal trip to Genovia. Now she's ready for what's really important: her love life. Mia and Michael are finally an item, but Grandmere seems to have other plans. Just before the happy couple's first hot date, an unmissable royal engagement turns up. Could it be that Michael doesn't measure up - and that Grandmere's got someone else in mind for the princess?
Cabot, Meg
The princess diaries: give me five. 2004. Read by Clea Lewis, 06 hours 27 minutes. TB 15601.
Princess diaries series; book 5. It's nearly Mia's fifteenth birthday. A time when a princess should be getting ready for the biggest night of her life - the Senior Prom, escorted by her ultra-hottie boyfriend Michael. But nothing's going according to plan. Michael hasn't even invited her to the prom yet. Just as Mia cooks up a plan to change Michael's mind, disaster strikes. The kind of disaster that only a miracle can overcome.
Cabot, Meg
The princess diaries : sixsational. 2005. Read by Clea Lewis, 6 hours 18 minutes. TB 15785.
Princess diaries series; book 6. It's a new school year for the reluctant Princess of Genovia and Mia is facing a whole heap of new worries. Like an English teacher who can't stand her. A potential eco-disaster in Genovia. And getting used to a new-look Boris who has turned into a total hottie over the summer! But worst of all is the loss of Michael, Mia's one true love. Just as Mia's feeling like it's all way too much, Grandmere and Lilly cook up a plan to save Genovia.
Cabot, Meg
The princess diaries: seventh heaven. 2006. Read by Clea Lewis, 6 hours 7 minutes. TB 15856.
Princess diaries series; book 7. Just as Mia's scared that she's lost Michael and a ton of money, Grandmere steps in with a fund-raising plan. She's going to stage a musical in front of the world's hottest celebs - and the star will be none other than Mia, cast as her fearless Genovian ancestress, Rosagunde! Mia would rather eat her own crown than tread the boards. But Grandmere is an ace blackmailer, and her secret scheme will ensure that Mia does exactly what she wants.
Cabot, Meg
The princess diaries : after eight. 2007. Read by Clea Lewis, 5 hours 17 minutes. TB 16049.
Princess diaries series; book 8. It's the start of a new school term and trouble's already brewing for one disaster-prone princess. On top of Mrs Martinez daring to suggest that Mia's not ready for Advance Creative Writing, Grandmere is being booted out of the Plaza during renovations. Can any other hotel in the world live up Grandmere's standards? But Mia's problems fade to nothing when she hears the most terrible news of all. Michael has been accepted on a year-long computer science course in Japan! Can Mia's perfect prince really love her if he can go away for a year? Or is being halfway around the world just what Michael needs right now?
Cabot, Meg
The princess diaries : to the nines. 2007. Read by Regina Reagan, 5 hours 57 minutes. TB 18856.
Princess diaries series; book 9. Mia has hit an all-time low. Lilly isn't speaking to her. Someone is posting horrible things about her on a website. Oh, and Michael, the love of her life, has dumped her. But Mia has more on her mind than finding a new Prince Charming: she is trying to solve a 400-year-old mystery that could mean big changes for Genovia.
Cabot, Meg
All American girl. 2006. Read by Ariadne Meyers, 7 hours 11 minutes. TB 17188.
All American girl series; book 1. Sam Madison's life used to be simple - if boring. After all, it's not much fun being the middle sister. Then one day Sam stops a crazy psycho from assassinating the President of the United States and becomes an instant, world famous celebrity. But dining at the White House isn't easy for someone who only eats hamburgers and fries and lives in combat boots. In fact, there's only one compensation - David, the President's son.
Cabot, Meg
Ready or not. 2006. Read by Ariadne Meyers, 6 hours 28 minutes. TB 17991.
All American girl series; book 2. A year ago Sam Madison saved the President of the USA from assassination. A year ago she became a teen celebrity - and started dating David, the First Son. Now, one year on, everyone thinks Sam is ready - for just about anything. Her art teacher thinks she's ready to draw naked people. The President thinks she's ready to present his Return to Family bill to the American people on live TV. And scariest of all, David seems to think he and Sam are ready to crank their relationship up to the next level. They are ready to Do It! Everyone thinks Sam is ready - except Sam herself. But will David be prepared to wait for his All American Girl? Contains strong language.
Cabot, Meg
Victoria and the rogue. 2006. Read by Emilia Fox, 6 hours 33 minutes. TB 16441.
Growing up on far-off India, wealthy heiress Lady Victoria Arbuthnot was accustomed to handling her own affairs - not to mention everyone else's. But in her sixteenth year, Vicky is unceremoniously shipped off to London to find a husband.
Canavan, Trudi
The magician's guild. 2004. Read by Emma Powell, 14 hours 20 minutes. TB 16667.
The black magician trilogy; book 1. Each year the magicians of Imardin gather together to purge the city streets of vagrants, urchins and miscreants. But their protective shield is not as impenetrable as they believe. There is an untrained magician loose on the streets. She must be found before her uncontrolled powers unleash forces that will destroy both her, and the city that is her home.
Canavan, Trudi
The novice. 2004. Read by Emma Powell, 18 hours 14 minutes. TB 16668.
The black magician trilogy; book 2. Sonea knows the other novices in the Magicians' Guild all come from powerful families, but she also knows she can turn to Rothen and Dannyl for help when she needs it. That is, until someone starts spreading malicious rumours about her, and Akkarin, the High Lord, steps in. Prompted by the Guild Ambassador, Lord Dannyl leaves for the Elyne court to research ancient magical knowledge. Not knowing the true reason for his journey, Dannyl is soon facing unexpected dangers. Meanwhile, Sonea has almost forgotten the High Lord's dark secret, but keeping the truth hidden may be a grave mistake.
Canavan, Trudi
The high lord. 2004. Read by Emma Powell, 20 hours 32 minutes. TB 16669.
The black magician trilogy; book 3. In the city of Imardin, where those who wield magic wield power, a young street-girl, adopted by the Magician's Guild, finds herself at the centre of a terrible plot that may destroy the entire world ...Sonea has learned much at the magicians' guild and the other novices now treat her with a grudging respect. But she cannot forget what she witnessed in the High Lord's underground room - or his warning that the realm's ancient enemy is growing in power once more. As Sonea learns more, she begins to doubt her guildmaster's word. Could the truth really be as terrifying as Akkarin claims, or is he trying to trick her into assisting in some unspeakably dark scheme? Contains strong language.
Canavan, Trudi
The ambassador's mission. 2004. Read by Emma Powell, 20 hours 32 minutes. TB 16669.
The traitor spy trilogy; book . As the son of the late High Lord Akkarin, saviour of the city, and Sonea, the former street urchin turned Black Magician, Lorkin has a legacy of heroism and adventure to live up to. So when Lord Dannyl takes the position of Guild Ambassador to Sachaka, Lorkin volunteers to be his assistant in the hopes of making his mark on the world.
Choyce, Lesley
Roid rage. 1999. Read by Tom Thiessen, 1 hour 54 minutes. TB 18077.
When Craig makes first string on his high school football team, he is surprised to learn that his best friend Ray has also made the team and has become the best player on the field. Craig soon discovers Ray's secret, and begins taking steroids too. However, he begins to experience side effects, including periods of rage. Now he must come clean with his coach and family and convince Ray his health is in danger.
Christopher, Lucy
Stolen. 2009. Read by Charlotte Worthing, 9 hours 6 minutes. TB 17919.
Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturb
Collins, Suzanne
The Hunger Games. 2009. Read by Julie Rogers, 10 hours 30 minutes. TB 17745.
Hunger Games trilogy: book 1. In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
Collins, Suzanne
Catching fire. 2009. Read by Julie Rogers, 11 hours 14 minutes. TB 19691.
Hunger Games trilogy: book 2. After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen returns to her district hoping for a peaceful future. But Katniss starts to hear rumours of a deadly rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that she and Peeta have helped to create.
Cormer, Robert
I am the cheese. 21998 Read by Alex Daniels, 5 hours 14 minutes. TB 18881.
As the events and suspicions that led Adam to the physchiatrist's chair begin to form more clearly in his mind, he is obliged to face the undeniable truth about the fearful secrets and nightmares that his mind has chosen to erase.
Cresswell, Helen
Dear Shrink. 1982. Read by Judy Franklin, 5 hours 22 minutes. TB 4921.
William, fifteen, Oliver, thirteen and Lucy, seven, are left by their botanist parents in the charge of the disastrous Mrs Bartle. She dies, fostering does not work out and the three end up in a children's home. Oliver who had never considered himself particularly happy or privileged, kept a record of their being in care. This book is the result.
Croggon, Alison
The gift. 2004. Read by Beverly Longhurst, 18 hours 1 minute. TB 16250.
Pellinor series; book 1. Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child when her family is destroyed in war. She is unaware that she possesses a powerful gift, a gift that marks her as a member of the School of Pellinor. It is only when she is discovered by Cadvan, one of the great Bards of Lirigon, that her true heritage and extraordinary destiny unfolds.
Croggon, Alison
The riddle. 2005. Read by Sarah Whitehouse, 16 hours 5 minutes. TB 18004.
Pellinor series; book 2. Maerad is a girl with a tragic and bitter past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor Cadvan, pursued by both the Light and the Dark, are seeking the Riddle of the Treesong. This mysterious Riddle holds the key to restoring peace to her ravaged kingdom and defeating the enemies she is fated to battle. But what is the true nature of those enemies, and of the Riddle? And is Maerad herself the
greatest riddle of all?
Cross, Gillian
The dark ground. 2005. Read by Steven Pacey, 6 hours 59 minutes. TB 15330.
The lost trilogy; book 1. Robert finds himself alone and naked in the middle of thick jungle. He has no idea how he got there. The last thing he remembers is being in an aeroplane on his way back from holiday. As Robert struggles to stay alive, he slowly begins to realise he is not entirely alone.
Cross, Gillian
The black room. 2005. Read by Steven Pacey, 6 hours 35 minutes. TB 15331.
The lost trilogy; book 2. What has happened to Robert? He's told his friend Tom a wild story of surviving danger and death in an underground cavern. Tom doesn't believe it - but he still gets caught up in Robert's desperate search for a girl called Lorn. Robert says that she saved his life - and if they don't find her before winter, she will die.
Cross, Gillian
Wolf. 1998. Read by Diana Bishop, 4 hours 27 minutes. TB 15622.
Cassy hears sinister footsteps in the middle of the night. Suddenly she is packed off to stay with her beautiful, feckless mother. There is no explanation. Something has gone frighteningly wrong. Danger is coming after Cassy. And behind it lurks the dark wolf-shape that seems to slink into everything. Even her dreams. Contains strong language.
Cross, Gillian
Born of the sun. 1983. Read by Kate Binchy, 6 hours 58 minutes. TB 5687.
When Paula's father explains the reason for the hastily organised trip to South America it seems more like a Boys' Own adventure story than a serious expedition. But following the instructions in an old document to find a secret city takes on a new seriousness when danger begins to threaten - from inside the group as well as outside.
Cusick, Richie Tankersley
The harvest: Buffy the Vampire Slayer . 1997. Read by Laurence Bouvard, 2 hours 55 minutes. TB 12066.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. In this generation, she is Buffy Summers, 16 years old and a new student at Sunnydale High. Her experiences at her last school persuaded Buffy to try to resume the life of a normal teenager. But it is no coincidence that Buffy has come to this town at this time. Once in a century comes The Harvest: a night when the Master Vampire can draw enough power to break free and open the portal between his world and ours...
Daly, Wally K
The ultimate evil. 1989. Read by Wally K Daly, 4 hours 28 minutes. TB 17077.
Doctor Who. One of the missing episodes from BBC series. With the Tardis working perfectly the Doctor and Peri find themselves at something of a loose end. A holiday in Tranquela, a peace-loving country where there has been no war for over fifty years, seems the ideal solution. Unfortunately their visit coincides with that of an unscrupulous arms dealer - the Machiavellian Dwarf Mordant.
Danziger, Paula
Can you sue your parents for malpractice? 1986. Read by Erica Grant, 3 hours 22 minutes, TB 8217.
With a glamorous older sister who always gets her own way, and a pampered younger sister who keeps the family laughing, the only thing Lauren ever gets is the washing up! That's why she takes the school course "Law for Children and Young People" - to discover her rights. She also discovers Zack - he's bright, he's funny and he likes Lauren. The problem is he's a year younger. Can she let age stand in her way?
David, Keren
When I was Joe. 2010. Read by Chetan Pathak, 8 hours 26 minutes. TB 18131.
When Ty witnesses a stabbing, his own life is in danger from the criminals he's named, and he and his mum have to go into police protection. Ty has a new name, a new look and a cool new image - life as Joe is good, especially when he gets talent spotted as a potential athletics star, special training from an attractive local celebrity and a lot of female attention. But his mum can't cope with her new life, and the gangsters will stop at nothing to flush them from hiding. Joe's cracking under extreme pressure, and then he meets a girl with dark secrets of her own. Contains strong language and violence.
Day, Martin
Wooden heart. 2007. Read by Tim Bruce, 5 hours 48 minutes. TB 15394.
A Doctor Who book. A vast starship, seemingly deserted, is spinning slowly in the void of deep space. Martha and the Doctor explore this drifting tomb and discover that they may not be alone after all. As the Doctor and Martha journey through the forest, they find a mysterious, fog-bound village - a village traumatised by missing children and prophecies of its own destruction.
Delaney, Joseph
The Spook's apprentice. 2005. Read by Richard Teverson, 7 hours 31 minutes. TB 15914.
Wardstone chronicles; book 1. Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son and has been apprenticed to the local Spook. The job is hard, the Spook is distant and many apprentices have failed before Thomas. Somehow Thomas must learn how to exorcise ghosts, contain witches and bind boggarts. But when he is tricked into freeing Mother Malkin, the most evil witch in the County, the horror begins.
Dent, Grace
Trainers v. tiaras. 2008. Read by Jennifer Bryce, 5 hours 49 minutes. TB 16495.
Diary of a chav; book 1. When new English Teacher Miss Brackett arrives at Mayflower Academy, Shiraz is made to see there's more to life than getting excluded, suped up Vauxhall Novas and Chicago Town pizza. It's time Shiraz began thinking what she wants to do with life. And what sort of person she wants to be. A lot of snooty folk call Shiraz Bailey Wood a chav. Well if by 'Chav' you mean 'Charming, Hilarious, Articulate and Vibrant', Shizza doesn't mind that at all. Call her what you want. She don't care. She's keeping it real.
Dent, Grace
Slinging the bling. 2008. Read by Jennifer Bryce, 5 hours 18 minutes. TB 17013.
Diary of a chav; book 2. The trials and tribulations of Shiraz - the loveable teenage chav. Keeping a diary isn't exactly cool but Shiraz Bailey Wood knows she'd best start writing one. She's going to need it in a few years when she writes her bestselling autobiography.
Dessen, Sarah
Just listen. 2007. Read by Jennifer Woodward, 10 hours 41 minutes. TB 16791.
I'm Annabel. I'm the girl who has it all. Model looks, intelligence, a great social life. I'm one of the lucky ones. Aren't I? My 'best friend' Sophie is spreading rumours about me. My family is slowly falling apart. It's turning into a long, lonely summer, full of secrets and silence. But I've met this guy who won't let me hide away. He's one of those intense types, obsessed with music and totally unafraid of confrontation. He's determined to make me listen. Will I ever find the courage to tell him what really happened the night Sophie and I stopped being friends? Contains strong language.
Dickens, Monica
Follyfoot. 1971. Read by Steve Hodson, 4 hours 30 minutes. TB 5793.
"Follyfoot" is a shelter for horses taken there to be cared for by the Colonel and Callie, his stepdaughter, and young Steve and Dora who work in the stables. Together they have many adventures as they battle against the injustices done to horses.
Dickens, Monica
Dora at Follyfoot. 1972. Read by Judy Franklin, 3 hours 45 minutes. TB 6792.
Sequel to: Follyfoot. "Don't buy any horses," ordered the Captain before he went away on his convalescence, leaving Dora and Steve in charge. But rules are made to be broken and Dora knows she must buy Amigo, the scarred cream-coloured horse, even if it means borrowing money from Ron Stryker. To pay Ron back, someone from Follyfoot just has to win the Moonlight Pony Steeple-chase.
Dickinson, Peter
Tulku. 1979. Read by Garard Green, 9 hours 25 minutes. TB 4268.
A story set in China at the time of the Boxer rising. Theodore, aged thirteen, is the resourceful survivor of a raid that has wiped out his mission settlement home. He meets and travels to Tibet with two unusual people and learns to appreciate a wider world of love and experience.
Dicks, Terrance
The three doctors. 1975. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 3 hours 14 minutes. TB 13321.
A Doctor Who book. A story featuring the further adventures of the time traveller Dr Who, as he journeys through time and space with a variety of companions.
Dicks, Terrance
Doctor Who and the carnival of monsters. 1975. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 3 hours 8 minutes. TB 13322.
A Doctor Who book. The Doctor and Jo are disappointed to find that they have landed in a cargo ship bound for Singapore when they thought they were on their way to visit the attractive planet of Metebelis 3. In fact they are trapped in a time-loop on the planet of Inter Minor.
Dicks, Terrance
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster. 1975. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 3 hours 4 minutes. TB 13320.
A Doctor Who book. After three oil rigs are destroyed in the vicinity of Loch Ness, Dr Who is summoned to solve the mystery and stop the sabotage.
Dowd, Siobhan
Bog child. 2009. Read by Patricia Leventon, 7 hours 51 minutes. TB 16561.
Digging for peat in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she's been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him - his brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his parents arguing, he dreams of the bog child. This novel explores peace and the unflinching strength of the human spirit. Contains strong language.
Dowd, Siobhan
Solace of the road. 2010. Read by Lara Hutchinson, 6 hours 20 minutes. TB 17738.
Memories of Mum are the only thing that make Holly Hogan happy. She hates her foster family with their too-nice ways and their false sympathy. Then she finds the wig, and everything changes. Wearing the long, flowing blonde locks she feels transformed. She's not Holly any more, she's Solace. She's older, more confident - the kind of girl who can walk right out of her humdrum life, hitch to Ireland and find her mum. So begins a
journey as Solace swaggers and Holly tiptoes across England and through memory, discovering her true self, and unlocking the secrets of her past. Contains strong language.
Drake, Tony
Half a chance. 1982. Read by Christopher Saul, 4 hours 6 minutes. TB 4905.
Teenage musicians struggle to form a group with all the attendant hassles of selecting the players, getting gigs and losing instruments.
Durrell, Gerald
My family and other animals. 1980. Read by Anthony Parker, 12 hours 5 minutes. TB 922.
A bewitching book set in Corfu.
Fine, Anne
Madame Doubtfire. 1992. Read by Nigel Planer, 4 hours 40 minutes. TB 11856.
Lydia, Christopher and Natalie Hilliard are used to domestic turmoil and have been torn between warring parents ever since the divorce. But all that changed when their mother takes on a most unusual cleaning lady. Despite her odd appearance, Madame Doubtfire turns out to be talented and efficient house-keeper and, for a short time at least, the arrangement is a resounding success. But, as the children discover, there's more to Madame Doubtfire than domestic abilities. Shortlisted for the Observer Teenage Fiction Prize.
Fine, Anne
Flour babies. 1992. Read by Richard Mitchley, 3 hours 56 minutes. TB 11831.
When the annual school Science Fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's pupils don't get to work on the Soap Factory, the Maggot Farm or the Exploding Custard Tins. To their intense disgust they get the Flour Babies - sweet little six pound bags of flour that must be cared for at all times or the owner fails the project. And, worse, all of them have to keep a diary explaining how they feel about this new responsibility.
Fine, Anne
The granny project. 1983. Read by Gene Foad, 4 hours 25 minutes. TB 6586.
To the four children, Ivan, Sophie, Tanya and Nicholas, Granny is a bit of a dotty old lady - sometimes demanding, sometimes a nuisance and often annoying - but as much a part of their lives as the shambly house or the whirring washing machine. So how can Natasha, their eccentric Russian mother, and Henry, their amenable father, decide to put her in a Home? The children devise a way to make their parents change their minds!
Gallico, Paul
Jennie. 1950. Read by Robin Browne, 9 hours 15 minutes. TB 4970.
For years eight-year-old Peter has wanted a cat. He knows every cat in the Square and has managed at times to smuggle one in for a day or so before it was discovered and swiftly removed. Now simply by dashing out in front of a coal lorry to rescue a stripey kitten, he seems to be turning into a cat and, of course, pushed out into the street himself. There is to be a good deal to learn...
Gardam, Jane
A long way from Verona. 1971. Read by Carol Marsh, 7 hours 45 minutes. TB 1947.
Growing up is a hard business for anyone, but specially so for a girl who just knows she is going to be a writer. She recounts her experiences of growing up during World War II.
Garfield, Leon
The December rose. 1986. Read by Rosemary Davis, 6 hours 42 minutes. TB 6391.
When Barnacle - so called on account of his amazing powers of holding on, falls down the wrong chimney into the midst of what is clearly a conspiracy, he is terrified and runs. In his panic, he grabs a locket from the table and soon has the relentless Inspector Creaker on his trail. Melodrama set in Victorian London.
Gavin, Jamila
The wheel of Surya. 1994. Read by Renu Brindle, 10 hours 34 minutes. TB 13635.
Surya trilogy; book 1. This is the first part of the Surya trilogy. Fleeing from their burnt-out village in the Punjab, Marvinder and Jaspal are separated from their mother, Jhoti. Marvinder has already saved her brother's life once. Can she save him this time, with everything against her?
Gavin, Jamila
The eye of the horse. 2001. Read by Renu Brindle, 7 hours 40 minutes. TB 13705.
Surya trilogy; book 2. India 1948. Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. In India, chaos and turmoil reign. In England, Jaspal and Marvinder's father, Govind Singh, is in prison. Jaspal cannot forgive him, and longs to return to his village in the Punjab where he feels he belongs. Marvinder has found friends, first love, and her gift as a violinist. But how can she ignore her mother's voice calling her back to India? She is torn between two worlds...
Gavin, Jamila
The track of the wind. 1997. Read by Tania Rodrigues, 6 hours 16 minutes. TB 13706.
Surya trilogy; book 3. India 1951. The Singh family is reunited in India. But can Govind keep his family together? Jaspal leaves to fight for Sikh independence, the destiny he believes his life was saved for. Marvinder is forced into an arranged marriage, when she is still in love with Patrick O'Grady. Jhoti, their mother, wants happiness for both her children, but how can she defy Govind? This is a story of a brother and sister's epic journey to independence, spanning India and England in war and peace.
Gavin, Jamila
Coram boy. 2009. Read by Cornelius Garrett, 8 hours 34 minutes. TB 17346.
Set in the eighteenth century. Toby and Aaron both live in Captain Coram's Hospital for orphans, but their backgrounds are very different and who is Mish who watches over them?
Gibbons, Alan
Julie and me... and Michael Owen makes three. 2008. Read by Stephen Tompkinson, 5 hours 8 minutes. TB 15588.
Julie and me series; book 1. It's been a year of own goals for Terry. Man U, the entire focus of his life (What else is there?) lose to arch-enemies Liverpool. Mum and Dad split up (just another statistic). And he falls seriously in love with drop dead gorgeous Julie. It's bad enough watching Frisky Fitzy (school golden boy) drool over her, but worse still she's an ardent Liverpool FC supporter.
Gibbons, Alan
Julie and me: treble trouble. 2007. Read by Stephen Tompkinson, 5 hours 1 minute. TB 15599.
Julie and me series; book 2. For one disastrous year Terry has watched Julie, the girl of his dreams, go out with arch-rival Frisky Fitz, seen his mum and dad's marriage crumble and his beloved Man U go the same way. Next year has got to be better. Will he get to run his hands through the lovely Julie's raven tresses? What happens when his new streamlined mum gets a life? Can Man U redeem themselves and do the business in the face of the implausible?
Gilman, David
The devil's breath. 2009. Read by Alistair Petrie, 10 hours 44 minutes. TB 17846.
Danger zone; book 1. Max Gordon, a sporty 15-year-old boy, is a pupil at a private school in Devon that concentrates on vigorous physical pursuits and no-nonsense education. Jogging across the moors, he is attacked by an assassin with a pistol. For some reason, someone wants to kill him. Is it connected to the mysterious disappearance of his father, somewhere in Namibia?
Glass, Linzi Alex
Ruby red. 2008. Read by Jacqueline King, 5 hours 43 minutes. TB 15763.
In Ruby Winters' world, colour opens some doors and slams others shut. Her opulent Johannesburg neighbourhood is a far cry from the streets of Soweto where anger and hatred simmer under the surface. Ruby can't resist the blue-eyed Afrikaans boy who brings her the exciting rush of first love, but whose presence brings hushed whispers and disapproving glances. She might not see race, colour or creed - but it seems everybody else does. For Ruby, making some choices means letting others go, and as the darkness begins to descend, she must find a way to follow a brighter path.
Godden, Rumer
The greengage summer. 1958. Read by Judith Whale, 7 hours 4 minutes. TB 4879.
Five children are travelling to see the battlefields of France with their mother. She is taken ill on the journey and they must cope alone with the mysterious and entrancing world of the Hotel des Oeillets. In the green and gold heat of August they find new horizons and a compassion for human nature in all its aspects.
Goobie, Beth
Before wings: a novel. 2000. Read by Donna Miller-Linden, 5 hours 45 minutes. TB 17569.
Having survived a brain aneurysm two years earlier, 15-year-old Adrian is caught between the land of the living and the spirit world. While working at her Aunt Erin's summer camp, she struggles to understand the message delivered by the spirits - a message that seems to hold the key to the secret that haunts her aunt.
Gordon, Roderick
Tunnels. 2008. Read by Paul Chequer, 13 hours 10 minutes. TB 15531.
Will Burrows series; book 1. Fourteen-year-old Will Burrows lives with his family in London. He has little in common with them except for a passion for digging which he shares with his father. When his father suddenly disappears down an unknown tunnel, Will decides to investigate with his friend Chester. Soon they find themselves deep underground, where they unearth a dark and terrifying secret - a secret which may cost them their lives.
Gordon, Roderick
Deeper. 2008. Read by Paul Chequer, 17 hours 47 minutes. TB 16242.
Will Burrows series; book 2. This sequel finds 14 year old Will Burrows, his younger brother Cal and friend Chester journey further underground into The Deeps; a place where those banished from the Colony are not expected to survive.
Grant, Helen
The vanishing of Katharina Linden. 2009. Read by Kate Rawson, 10 hours 21 minutes. TB 17255.
On the day Katharina Linden disappears, Pia is the last person to see her alive. Terror is spreading through the town. How could a ten-year-old girl vanish in a place where everybody knows everybody else? Pia is determined to find out what happened to Katharina. But then the next girl disappears.
Grant, K M
Blue Flame. 2009. Read by Wayne Forester, 7 hours 57 minutes. TB 17007.
Perfect fire trilogy; book 1. Many years have passed since the Occitanian knights killed Richard the Lionheart in a courageous battle to keep the Blue Flame - sparked at the moment of Christ's death - from falling into the wrong hands. Now it is in danger once again, as enemies from the north draw near. In the midst of this looming battle, lifelong friends Raimon, son of a Cathar weaver, and Yolanda, daughter of a Catholic Count, are falling in love. But a new religious crusade is about to begin, setting boy against girl, family against family, neighbour against neighbour, south against north.
Grant, Michael
Gone. 2009. Read by Stuart Miligan, 13 hours 41 minutes. TB 16948.
Gone series; book 1. In the blink of an eye, the world changes. The adults vanish without a trace, and those left must do all they can to survive. But everyone's idea of survival is different. Some look after themselves, some look after others, and some will do anything for power. For Sam and Astrid, it is a race against time as they try to solve the questions that now dominate their lives. What is the mysterious wall that has encircled the town of Perdido Beach and trapped everyone within? Why have some kids developed strange powers? And can they defeat Caine and his gang of bullies before they turn fifteen and disappear too? Contains violence.
Grant, Michael
Hunger. 2010. Read by Stuart Milligan, 15 hours 15 minutes. TB 18354.
Gone ; 2. The clock is ticking for Sam Temple and the kids of Perdido Beach but it's not the big one-five that they face now; it's starvation that threatens the FAYZ. In an abandoned mineshaft a faceless animal lurks, pulling the strings, toying with human and mutant alike. And he's hungry - hungry in the darkness. An uneasy calm has settled over Perdido Beach. But soon, fear explodes into desperation as starvation sets in and the mob look to place blame. For the 'normals' the buck must stop somewhere: with the 'freaks'. More and more kids are developing strange powers and, just as frighteningly, so are the animals in the FAYZ: talking coyotes, swimming bats and deadly worms with razor-sharp teeth are just the beginning. Contains violence.
Green, Roger J
The fear of Samuel Walton. 1984. Read by Joan Walker, 8 hours 55 minutes. TB 7707.
Samuel Walton is a young boy living in a Derbyshire village below Bow Cross, known as the Stone at the top of the hill. Despite all the stories told about the Stone, only Sam senses its evil presence, and realises he is being hunted by the Monster that came off the stone.
Green, Roger J
The lengthening shadow. 1986. Read by Joan Walker, 8 hours 10 minutes. TB 7787.
Sequel to: The fear of Samuel Walton. Sam thought he was free from the evil of the stone; but he found an old book which revealed a grim secret - that as the shadow of the stone lengthened so its evil grew. Three people would die - and he would be one of them.
Green, Roger J
The devil finds work. 1987. Read by Joan Walker, 6 hours 40 minutes. TB 7834.
Sequel to: The lengthening shadow. The Stone is now installed in the Devil's Garden, a field of grotesque statues in the grounds of Lord Blackdon's castle. Connie, a girl from the village, dismissed her friends' pleas not to go through the Garden in a snowstorm, and nobody was surprised when she disappeared.
Green, Roger J
They watched him die. 1988. Read by Joan Walker, 7 hours 30 minutes. TB 7902.
Sequel to: The devil finds work. Paul Bailey has left school at 13 and started work as a gardener's boy at Lord Blackdon's castle. Scything the long grass in the Devil's Garden one day he hears a loud clunk ... he has taken a slice out of a dark standing stone. Lord Blackdon is far from pleased.
Harrison, Michelle
The 13 treasures. 2009. Read by Charlotte Bronte Elmes, 7 hours 39 minutes. TB 17464.
While visiting her grandmother's house, an old photograph leads Tanya to an unsolved mystery. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods nearby - a girl Tanya's grandmother will not speak of. Fabian, the caretaker's son, is tormented by the girl's disappearance. Together, Tanya and Fabian decide to find the truth.
Hearn, Julie
Rowan the strange. 2009. Read by Lucy Scott, 8 hours 50 minutes. TB 17253.
As the second World War begins, Rowan is diagnosed as schizophrenic and sent away to a hospital where the latest treatments are available. But the treatments are experimental still - and nobody predicts the effect they will have on Rowan.
Henderson, Jan-Andrew
Crash. 2008. Read by Gordon Morris, 5 hours 20 minutes. TB 16553.
A day out with his dad Gordon turns into a nightmare for Bobby Berlin when something shocking happens that leaves Dad thinking it's 1977 and he's really 14. The only people Bobby can turn to for help are his best friend Mary and her gypsy grandmother. The problem is, they don't have a clue what to do either. Gordon is irrationally convinced that if he can just get to Dundee, everything will be OK - but he couldn't be more wrong. The east coast of Scotland is about to be hit by a tsunami. As the population flees, Gordon journeys towards the heart of danger, followed by Bobby and Mary, hell-bent on trying to stop him. What neither of the children knows is that Gordon was once an expert on tsunamis, and the government is trying to find him because they want his help. But the teenage Gordon is terrified of anyone in authority. Every time the police or army close in, he fights desperately to escape. Contains strong language.
Henderson, Jan-Andrew
Bunker 10. 2007. Read by Grant Ritchie, 4 hours 58 minutes. TB 16211.
At eight o'clock in the evening, on Monday 24th December 2007, Pinewood Military Installation exploded. The blast ripped apart acres of forest and devastated the remote highland valley where the base was located. No official cause was given for the incident. Inside Pinewood were 185 male and female military personnel - a mixture of scientists and soldiers. There were also seven teenagers there. This is the story of their last day.
Higson, Charles
Silverfin. 2005. Read by David Thorpe, 9 hours 33 minutes. TB 14182.
Young Bond series; book 1. The dark waters around a remote Scottish castle hold a sinister secret. One man with a thirst for power will use it - whatever the cost. SilverFin is dangerous, SilverFin is the future and SilverFin must be destroyed.
Higson, Charles
Bloodfever. 2007. Read by Nathaniel Parker, 8 hours 43 minutes. TB 15441.
Young Bond series; book 2. A family disappears at sea. James uncovers a shadowy society operating in a hidden corner of the school. In the bandit-infested interior of Sardinia, a sinister Italian count has built himself a mountain fortress. Is there a connection?
Higson, Charles
Double or die. 2007. Read by Nathaniel Parker, 8 hours 36 minutes. TB 15478.
Young Bond series; book 3. In a north London cemetery a professor is kidnapped at gunpoint. A suspicious letter crammed with cryptic clues arrive at Eton. To decipher the deadly mystery, James Bond must take a series of dangerous gambles. Once the code is cracked, he has just 48 hours to save the professor from the dark forces that threaten to destroy them both. And if the professor can't escape, it's not only his future under threat, but the rest of the world's!
Higson, Charles
Hurricane gold. 2008. Read by Nathaniel Parker, 8 hours 15 minutes. TB 16034.
Young Bond series; book 4. As the sun blazes over the Caribbean island of Lagrimas Negras, its bloodthirsty ruler is watching and waiting. Criminals come here to hide, with blood on their hands and escape on their minds. On the mainland, in the quiet town of Tres Hermanas, ex-flying ace Jack Stone leaves his son and daughter in the company of James Bond. But a gang of thieves lies in ambush - they want Stone's precious safe, and will kill for its contents. James embarks on a deadly chase through the Mexican jungle. On this terrifying trail of greed and betrayal, only danger is guaranteed. Survival is not.
Hines, Barry
A kestrel for a knave. 1989. Read by John Davitt, 5 hours 20 minutes. TB 9763.
Billy Casper has few prospects. Determined not to follow his brother down the pit, he is floundering at school and under pressure at home. The wild hawk he finds and trains gives him a direction and passion he has never experienced before. Life suddenly has a meaning, but events beyond his control begin to threaten his growing self respect.
Hinton, Nigel
Buddy. 2005. Read by Stuart Crossman, 5 hours 3 minutes. TB 19282.
Buddy hadn't wanted to hear about 56 Croxley Street where terrible things had apparently happened. His head was already filled with enough fears and worries. Why had his mum left home? Was he different from other people? What was the mysterious job that his Teddy boy dad had found? Did the police know that he was a shoplifter? And yet he seemed drawn to that lonely, boarded-up house in Croxley Street. Perhaps he would find the answers to all his questions there.
Holm, Anne
I am David. 1965. Read by John Rye, 4 hours 45 minutes. TB 6301.
Silent and watchful, David, the boy from the concentration camp, tramps across Europe, aware that at any moment he may be recaptured. Gradually he begins to hope and lose a little of his mistrust. But it is only after many setbacks that David's long and lonely journey ends in happiness.
Hoover, H M
Another heaven, another earth. 1983. Read by Joe Dunlop, 6 hours 39 minutes. TB 5340.
In the 500 years since their ancestors departed from over-crowded Earth, the inhabitants of the planet Xilan have seen their way of life disintegrate. When an exploratory party unexpectedly arrives from Earth, the people find themselves torn between two worlds - the simple but doomed existance on Xilan and the new world of leisure and dazzling technology on Earth with its accompanying risks of anonymity and boredom.
Hopkins, Cathy
Million dollar mates. 2010. Read by Julie Stark, 5 hours 39 minutes. TB 19107.
Jess Hall's dad is the new general manager at Porchester Park, and is moving Jess, her brother and pet cat into a staff apartment there. Jess is dreading the move, until she learns the apartments are strictly A-list only and soon to be populated by actors, musicians, models and millionaires.
Horowitz, Anthony
Raven's gate. 2005. Read by Danny Bage, 6 hours 57 minutes. TB 15705.
The power of five series; book 1. When Matt Freeman gets into trouble with the police, he's sent to be fostered in Yorkshire. It's not long before he senses there's something wrong with his guardian: with the whole village. Then Matt learns about the Old Ones and begins to understand just how he is different. But no one will believe him; no one can help him. There is no proof. There is no logic. There is just the gate.
Horowitz, Anthony
Evil star. 2006. Read by Philip Elstob, 9 hours 26 minutes. TB 17603.
The power of five series; book 2. After his experiences at Raven's Gate, fourteen-year-old Matt Freeman thinks his days of battling evil are over. But soon he is pulled into another horrifying adventure when he discovers a second gate exists. Matt and his friend Richard travel to Peru and, assisted by a secret organization known as the Nexus, follow a series of clues to the gate's whereabouts. But there is a traitor in the Nexus. Richard is kidnapped. Matt manages to escape with the help of Pablo, a local boy. The pair travel to the Nazca desert and Matt realizes the horrifying truth - the Nazca lines are the second gate and it is about to open. But this time, will he have the strength to prevent it?
Hulke, Malcolm
Doctor Who and the cave monsters. 2007. Read by Caroline John, 5 hours 11 minutes. TB 15585.
A Doctor Who book. All is not well at the Wenley Moor underground atomic research station: there are unaccountable losses of power-output; nervous breakdowns amongst the staff; and then - a death! UNIT is called in and the Brigadier is soon joined by Doctor Who and Liz Shaw in a tense and exciting adventure with subterranean reptile men - Silurians - and a 40 ft. high Tyrannosaurus rex, the biggest, most savage mammal which ever trod the Earth!
Hulke, Malcolm
Doctor Who and the doomsday weapon. 2008. Read by Geoffrey Beevers, 4 hours 52 minutes. TB 15741.
A Doctor Who book. The evil Master has stolen the Time Lords' file on the horrifying Doomsday Weapon with which, when he finds it, he can blast whole planets out of existence and make himself ruler of the Galaxy! The Time Lords direct Doctor Who and Jo Grant in their Tardis to a bleak planet in the year 2471, where they find colonists from Earth under threat from mysterious, savage, monster lizards with frightful claws! And hidden upon the planet is the Doomsday Weapon, for which the Master is intently searching.
Hulke, Martin
Doctor Who and the dinosaur invasion. 2008. Read by Martin Jarvis, 4 hours 9 minutes. TB 16042.
A Doctor Who book. The Doctor and Sarah arrive back in the TARDIS to find London completely deserted - except for the dinosaurs. Has the return of these prehistoric creatures been deliberately planned and, if so, who can be behind it all?
Hulke, Malcolm
Doctor Who and the green death. 2009. Read by Katy Manning, 4 hours 19 mintues. TB 17373.
The green death begins slowly. A man emerges from a disused colliery, covered in a green fungus. Minutes later, he is dead. Doctor Who and his companions arrive to investigate, but the director of the local refinery is reluctant to help. Are they in time to destroy the mysterious power which threatens them all?
Impey, Rose
Hothouse flower. 2008. Read by Sophie Aldred, 4 hours 36 minutes. TB 16707.
Who would have thought that being run over by a bus could save your life? Chloe is the only child of egg-head parents - and she's been home-schooled for years because her parents are sure it's the best way to nurture her 'special talents'. So Chloe feels isolated and doesn't have any friends of her own age. But when Chloe is in an accident and ends up on the children's ward of a hospital, for all of her super-education she realises she's got a lot to learn about real life! And Chloe starts to wonder if her parents determination to keep her at home isn't really just about her 'special talents'.
Jacques, Brian
Redwall. 1990. Read by Gene Foad, 13 hours 11 minutes. TB 7776.
Redwall series; book 1. It is the start of the Summer of the Late Rose. Redwall Abbey, peaceful home of a community of mice, slumbers in the warmth of a summer afternoon. The mice are busy preparing for a great Jubilee feast. But not for long. Cluny is coming! The evil one-eyed rat warlord is advancing with his battle-scarred mob. And Cluny wants Redwall.
Jacques, Brian
Mossflower. 1989. Read by Gene Foad, 15 hours 37 minutes. TB 8549.
Redwall series; book 2. This is the dramatic tale behind the bestselling "Redwall". It is the account of how Redwall Abbey was established through the bravery of the legendary mouse Martin, and his epic quest for Salamandastron. Once again the forces of good and evil are at war. It contains the usual array of heroes, villains and swamplands.
Jacques, Brian
Mattimeo. 1989. Read by Gene Foad, 16 hours 18 minutes. TB 8661.
Redwall series; book 3. Slagar the Fox is intent on revenge. On bringing death and destruction to Redwall Abbey, in particular to the mouse-warrior Matthias. But how can Slagar overcome the power of the legendary Redwall Sword? With his evil band, Slagar plots to strike at the heart of the Abbey, by stealing the Redwall children.
Jacques, Brian
Mariel of Redwall. 1994. Read by Nigel Graham, 13 hours 2 minutes. TB 10715.
Redwall series; book 4. In this first book of the second Redwall trilogy, a young mouse slave is washed ashore, half-dead, on the fringes of Mossflower country. The great bell of Rawnblade, destined for the mountain stronghold of Salamandastron, is stolen. And one overcast summer evening, Simeon the herbalist senses that the impending storm will bring trouble in its wake.
Jacques, Brian
Salamandastron. 1993. Read by Nigel Graham, 13 hours 6 minutes. TB 10890.
Redwall series; book 5. When the mountain stronghold of Salamandastron, ruled with a paw of iron by Lord Urthstripe the Strong, is under siege from the weasel, Ferhgo the Assassin, the destinies of five creatures - Samkin and Arula from Redwall Abbey, Mara and Pikkle of Salamandastron, and Klitch, son of Ferahgo - become intertwined. Can the good creatures triumph over Ferahgo the Assassin?
Jacques, Brian
Martin the warrior. 2006. Read by Jonathan Oliver, 13 hours 13 minutes. TB 15172.
Redwall series; book 6. Badrang the Stoat dreams of becoming the Lord of all the Eastern Coast. After two long seasons killing and conquering with his ferocious army of weasels, ferrets, foxes and rats, it seems as if nothing will stop him. But Badrang hasn't bargained for the bravery and fighting spirit of a young mouse called Martin - a mouse who refuses to bow down to the deadly tyrant and who will stand up for his right to freedom at any cost.
Jacques, Brian
The bellmaker. 2007. Read by Jonathan Oliver, 11 hours 53 minutes. TB 15557.
Redwall series; book 7. When Joseph the Bellmaker is warned in a dream that his daughter Mariel is in danger, his hopes of saving her are slim. For the evil Foxwolf and his horde of rats are coming to Southsward and Mariel is his prisoner. But can the legendary Martin the Warrior return from the past to save them? Or is it too late?
Jarvis, Robin
The Deptford histories : the alchymist's cat. 2000. Read by Stephen Thorne, 10 hours 14 minutes. TB 13327.
The Deptford histories; book 1. It is the winter of 1664 and young Will Godwin, an alchymist's assistant, chances upon a mother cat and her three new-born kittens in a London churchyard. Taking pity on the freezing family, Will carries them back to his master's apothecary shop. And there, among the bubbling bottles and evil-smelling jars in Dr Spittle's laboratory, unfolds an extraordinary tale of secrecy, villainy and murder.
Jarvis, Robin
The Deptford histories : the oaken throne. 2000. Read by Stephen Thorne, 12 hours 27 minutes. TB 13471.
The Deptford histories; book 2. It is a time of magic and a time of darkness. The Starwife, leader of the black squirrels, lies dying, betrayed and poisoned. But as the bat army launches a devastating attack on her realm, she staggers to a window and summons aid... These terrible events are to draw Vesper, the young bat, and Ysabelle, the squirrel maiden, into taking a fearsome journey - in a desperate attempt to save their lands from destruction.
Jarvis, Robin
The Deptford histories : Thomas. 2000. Read by Stephen Thorne, 12 hours 50 minutes. TB 13576.
The Deptford histories; book 3. It is four years since the fall of Jupiter, but upon the Cutty Sark, all is far from well. Thomas Triton, a retired midshipmouse, is tormented by horrific visions of the past: of storm-lashed seas, ferocious battles, lost cities and terrifying heathen gods. But worse still, now he knows the time has come to confront the most chilling memory of his youth and a dark, deeply dreadful secret.
Jarvis, Robin
The dark portal. 1996. Read by Stephen Thorne, 6 hours 58 minutes. TB 12021.
The Deptford mice trilogy; book 1. In the sewers of Deptford there lurks a dark presence which fills the tunnels with fear. The rats worship it in the blackness and name it Jupiter, Lord of All. Into this twilight realm wanders a small and frightened mouse. Far from family and friends he perishes, and n so doing is the unwitting trigger of a chain of events which hurtle the Deptford Mice into a doom-laden world of terror and sorcery.
Jarvis, Robin
The crystal prison. 1998. Read by Stephen Thorne, 7 hours 12 minutes. TB 12103.
The Deptford mice trilogy; book 2. An innocent young mouse lies murdered in a moonlit field, as the screech of an owl echoes across the ripening corn. It is summer. Newly arrived in the countryside from the horrors of Jupiter's lair, the Deptford Mice find themselves embroiled in a series of horrible murders. At first the simple country mice suspect Audrey - but the truth is far more sinister.
Jarvis, Robin
The final reckoning. 1998. Read by Stephen Thorne, 9 hours. TB 12128.
The Deptford mice trilogy; book 3. The ghostly spirit of Jupiter has returned, more terrifying than ever before. Bent on revenge, he smothers the world in an eternal winter of ice and snow. Huddled around their fires, the Deptford Mice are worried: the mystical bats have fled from the attic, and underground a new rat army is being mustered. With food short, and no sign of spring, the mice know that a desperate struggle confronts them. Few will survive.
Jones, David
Baboon. 2009. Read by Will Thorp, 4 hours 2 minutes. TB 17468.
Flying back to the African savanna with his parents, 14-year-old Gerry would rather be back home - sure, his parents' baboon research lets him explore the African wilderness, but thinking of spending weeks there with a bunch of monkeys makes him miss everything about the city. Suddenly, the plane flies into a lightning storm, the engine dies, and they come down hard. Gerry wakes up on the ground, thinking that a baboon has broken his fall, but something quite different has happened - something that will change Gerry's life forever.
Kennen, Ally
Berserk. 2007. Read by Phil Elstob, 6 hours 43 minutes. TB 16544.
When Chas finds a website asking people to write to prisoners on death row, he decides it would be funny to get letters from a murderer. He writes to an inmate, pretending to be his mum, but the replies are not what he expects. His own escapades land him in a young offender's institute, where he learns his penpal has been released.
Laird, Elizabeth
Crusade. 2008. Read by Jonathan Oliver, 14 hours. TB 15760.
When Adam's mother dies unconfessed, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Employed as a dog-boy for the local knight, Adam grabs the chance to join the Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. Salim, a merchant's son, is leading an uneventful life in the port of Acre - until news arrives that a Crusader attack is imminent. To keep Salim safe, his father buys him an apprenticeship with an esteemed, travelling doctor. But Salim's employment leads him to the heart of Sultan Saladin's camp - and into battle against the barbaric and unholy invaders.
Laird, Elizabeth
The witching hour. 2010. Read by Kirstin Murray, 11 hours. TB 17836.
Everyone knows the devil is real. Everyone knows that witches exist. Everyone knows that saying the wrong thing can get you hanged. When fourteen-year-old Maggie's grandmother is accused of witchcraft, Maggie has to run for her life. But Scotland is in the grip of terror and Maggie runs straight into danger, falling into the hands of the English. Defying the king can be deadly, but falling in line is unthinkable. Maggie must learn to stand up for herself if she is to survive.
Landman, Tanya
The goldsmith's daughter. 2008. Read by Ginita Jimenez, 7 hours 27 minutes. TB 18137.
A young girl's struggle to change her destiny, set against the destruction of the Aztec empire. Her father, a goldsmith, discovers her talent and she starts to work secretly as his apprentice. But danger awaits as Spanish strangers invade the city. And when Itacate's work comes to the emperor's attention and she falls in love with a stranger, her life takes an even
more perilous turn. Can Itacate change her destiny and survive in this harsh new world?
Lingard, Joan
The twelfth day of July. 1973. Read by Stanley McGeagh, 3 hours 50 minutes. TB 6861.
Sadie and Tommy are Protestants; Kevin and Brede are Catholics. They live in Belfast, in separate streets, quite close to each other but kept apart by a barrier of fear and suspicion: the "Prods" and the "Micks" just do not mix - they hate instead. They hate because their parents hate and they do not stop to think very much about why they hate. On the eve of the "glorious Twelfth" tension erupts into violence.
Lott, Tim
Fearless. 2007. Read by Natalie Macauluso, 5 hours 55 minutes. TB 16773.
The smartly painted exterior of the City Community Faith School hides a disturbing secret. Behind its walls, one thousand girls are forced to labour in the city's laundry, separated from their families and deprived of their freedom. One of these girls is Little Fearless, a courageous and indomitable spirit who never gives up hope that one day they will be rescued. Unafraid of the punishment she will face, Little Fearless escapes the institute to tell her story to the world. But why does nobody believe she is telling the truth?
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Forever X. 1997. Read by Patricia Jones, 3 hours 59 minutes. TB 11591.
What is the meaning of the strange sign on the strange house, in the middle of nowhere? Who are these weird people? What is an angel doing up a tree? And why have the police arrived? You'll find the answers in this comic novel.
McCaughren, Tom
Run with the wind. 2005. Read by Jon Cormack, 5 hours 8 minutes. TB 16642.
In the Land of Sinna, Black Tip, Vickey, Old Sage Brush, Fang and the rest of the foxes who live around Beech Paw are in trouble. The fur companies are hunting them almost to extinction. The foxes have no choice but to set out in search of the secret of survival. Join them in their journey through city and countryside, as they rediscover what it means to be 'as cunning as a fox'.
McCombie, Karen
The past, the present and the loud, loud girl. 2003. Read by Daniela Denby-Ashe, 3 hours 35 minutes. TB 17989.
Ally's world ; 1. Are other 13-year-old girls' lives this stressful? Ally's got a long list of things to worry about including living in a madhouse, her family and being nominated to look after the new girl in school.
MacFarlane, Aidan
The diary of the other health freak. 2002. Read by Becky Wright 5 hours 27 minutes. TB 18360.
A fully revised and updated edition for the 21st century, this is the diary of Susie, the sister of Pete Payne (The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak). Following on from Pete's diary, it covers more of the issues and problems of being a teenager, this time primarily, though not exclusively, from a girl's point of view. Here is everything you need to know about sex, romance, anorexia, glandular fever, death, AIDS, dieting, taking exams, animal rights, contraception, divorce, coping with stress, and many things besides. They are covered in a light-hearted way but with plenty of sensible advice. Contains strong language.
McKenzie, Sophie
Blood ties. 2008. Read by Lucy Scott, 9 hours 46 minutes. TB 16526.
When Theo discovers the father he thought died when he was a baby is still alive, he's determined to find him. The clues lead him to the lonely Rachel, who has problems of her own, including parents who compare her unfavourably to her long-dead sister. But when Rachel and Theo are attacked by men from RAGE - the Righteous Army against Genetic Engineering - at Rachel's school disco, they are rescued by strangers and taken to meet a mysterious figure. There, they both make some startling discoveries about their identities, which will affect their past, present, and future in dramatic and life-altering ways.
McNab, Andy
Boy Soldier. 2006. Read by Annie Aldington, 6 hours 46 minutes. TB 15447.
Boy Soldier series; book 1. Danny Watts' grandfather, Fergus, was a traitor - one of the worst sort and an SAS explosives expert who betrayed his country and his Regiment for money - drug money. He was arrested and left to rot and die in a Columbian jail. At least, that's what seventeen-year-old Danny is told when his hopes of becoming a soldier are destroyed for ever. But he knows something the army doesn't seem to know. Fergus Watts is alive and in the UK, living in secret under an assumed name - but where? Burning with fury and desire for revenge, Danny sets out to track down his grandfather and expose him. In doing so, he sets in train an explosive sequence of events which throw Danny and Fergus together on the run from the people who want Fergus, and now Danny, dead. Contains violence.
McNab, Andy
Payback. 2006. Read by Stuart Crossman, 7 hours 32 minutes. TB 18844.
Boy Soldier series; book 2. Seventeen-year-old Danny and his grandfather, ex-SAS explosives expert Fergus, are on the run again, with their cover in southern Spain blown. Encouraged by the mysterious Deveraux, they return to London to confront their ruthless enemy in MI6, Fincham. But a teenage suicide bomber has brought death and destruction to the heart of Westminster. And there seem to be plenty of other willing martyrs. As the trap is sprung, Danny and Fergus have to break into Northwood, and it is up to computer whiz Elena to trail the Deep Web to help them find the information they need to put a stop to the nightmare. Contains swear words
MacPhail, Catherine
Grass. 2009. Read by Paul Cunningham, 6 hours 35 minutes. TB 17835.
Leo knows the value of never grassing and that you never grass on your friends. Everybody, too, knows the gang leaders in town. And you don't grass on them. Not unless you don't value your life - like Sharkey. Then Leo witnesses a murder committed by a man called Armour. Soon Armour has an insidious hold not only on Leo, but also his family. It will take bravery, luck and sheer daring to extricate himself from Armour's deadly web.
Mahy, Margaret
Memory. 1987. Read by Judy Franklin, 7 hours 9 minutes. TB 7031.
After an evening of trouble 19 year-old Jonny sets out to find a girl who used to be the best friend of his sister, his dancing partner, who died in care. Instead he finds Sophie West, old and suffering from senile dementia. She lives alone in a squalid gentility, her only companions a houseful of cats. Reluctantly he finds himself taking responsibility for this dotty old woman as her past intertwines with the present and some solutions emerge.
Mahy, Margaret
The tricksters. 1986. Read by Di Langford, 8 hours 50 minutes. TB 6777.
It is nearly Christmas and a large family arrives at Carnival's Hide, a house said to be haunted by Edward Carnival's son. Like all the Hamilton children, Harry (Ariadne), is fascinated by the ghostly Teddy and writes him into the wildly romantic novel in which she is exploring her own emerging sexuality. The three somewhat sinister Carnival brothers have come out from England to see their old home and as the New Zealand festivities proceed, cracks appear in the family...
Mahy, Margaret
Alchemy. 2002. Read by Verity George, 7 hours. TB 15262.
Roland, a young man who seems to have everything going for him, commits a petty crime. His teacher uses this to blackmail him into befriending a misfit, Jess. When Jess doesn't respond to Roland's confident advances he becomes intrigued and discovers her dark secret and also one of his own.
Mahy, Margaret
Maddigan's fantasia. 2005. Read by Madeleine Hayland, 13 hours 1 minute. TB 15308.
After the time of Chaos ripped the world apart, a bizarre group of travellers brave the twisting, tricksy landscape of Remaking. They are the acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists, jugglers and musician who make up Maddigan's Fantasia. At the centre of the troupe is twelve-year-old Garland, the ringmaster's daughter. She is worried about the sinister strangers who follow the troupe.
Mark, Jan
The Hillingdon fox. 1991. Read by Christopher Scott, Read by Vincent Brimble, 3 hours 54 minutes. TB 9998.
Two brothers and two diaries eight years apart. Both record a war, as well as local scandals, family secrets and private thoughts; Hugh, 17 in 1990, writes about the Gulf; Gerald, 18 in 1982, writes about the Falklands. Gerald's diary is buried in a time capsule and learning that it is to be dug up, he panics. Hugh wonders what could be in it that worries him so much.
Mark, Jan
The Ennead. 1978. Read by George Hagan, 8 hours. TB 4288.
Isaac is an orphan. At fifteen years old, he has not yet found his niche on Erato. Unless he does so, he will face deportation - and certain death. Isaac has a plan to make his future safe. It involves importing Eleanor, a stone carver from a distant planet. But Eleanor is not what Isaac expects. She is not what anyone expects. She is free-thinking and defiant, and her presence could be more than this strange, dusty planet can bear.
Mark, Jan
Handles. 1983. Read by James Tillett, 5 hours 15 minutes. TB 4960.
Erica, a motor-cycle buff, wants to stay in the city with her gang for the summer. However she is to spend the summer with her repulsive cousin Robert, and his family in their remote village. Things only brighten up when she discovers a garage in the village with an unlimited supply of motor-bikes, some interesting people and a cat with false teeth.
Mark, Jan
Heathrow nights. 2008. Read by Jonathan Firth, 4 hours 6 minutes. TB 15609.
After his father's death and his mother's swift remarriage, Russell feels he can identify with Shakespeare's Hamlet. But when his class is taken to see the play, he and his mates ruin the performance. Banned from the half-term school trip, the boys head off to find a place to stay on their own. At first, Heathrow Airport feels comfortable and safe. But Russell, left there alone, finds it altering. Time seems to play tricks. Restless yet sleepless, Heathrow nights fill with waking dreams.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Anne of Green Gables. 1977. Read by Sarah Mennell, 10 hours 50 minutes. TB 15396.
Anne of Green Gables series; book 1. When Anne Shirley 'errupts' into their lives, the Cuthberts little guess how fond they will become of the skinny, red-haired orphan. Both entertained and exasperated by her constant chatter and imaginings, they soon find it hard to remember what Green Gables was like without its irrepressible adopted daughter.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Anne of Avonlea. 1975. Read by Marvin Kane, 8 hours 56 minutes. TB 2090.
Anne of Green Gables series; book 2. Five years on from her arrival at Green Gables, Anne Shirley is "half-past 16" and about to return to her old school as a teacher, before going to college. Set on inspiring youthful minds and hearts she'll have none of Mr Harrison's pessimism. Anne also finds a new cause - the improvement of Avonlea.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Anne of the island. 1925. Read by Patricia Hughes, 8 hours 15 minutes. TB 5365.
Anne of Green Gables series; book 3. Anne and Diana are separated as Anne goes away to Redmond College - "To catch a man," says Milty Boulter's mother. "Just what she would say," thinks Anne loftily but, nonetheless, it does happen and more than once too.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Anne's house of dreams. 1926. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 8 hours 30 minutes. TB 5619.
Anne of Green Gables series; book 5. Anne of Green Gables is now 25 and about to be married to Gilbert Blythe, who is setting up in practice 60 miles away at Four Winds Harbour. He has found the house of her dreams and the young couple are to meet and love a whole new set of characters.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Anne of Ingleside. 1939. Read by Rosemary Davis, 11 hours 10 minutes. TB 6381.
Anne of Green Gables series; book 6. Glen St Mary has been Anne's home for some years now. But Avonlea has something the Glen could never have: the beloved ghosts of her own growing years. When she and Gilbert return for his father's funeral, Anne and Diana wander over all the memory-filled places.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Rainbow Valley. 1926. Read by Rosemary Davis, 9 hours 15 minutes. TB 6608.
Anne of Green Gables series; book 7. The Meredith children are friends of the Blythe brood, and, in the saga of Prince Edward Island, it is the motherless four who take the centre stage. Their father is the local minister, and far better at preaching than bringing up a family. Their attempts to do this for themselves land them in a series of scrapes and dilemmas, but safety and comfort is always to be found in their joint refuge with the Blythes: Rainbow Valley.
Morgan, Ellen
The new Anne Moby. 1985. Read by Joanna Mackie, 5 hours 25 minutes. TB 6460.
Abandoned by her mother and "Dad" in a squalid flat in Leeds Anne Moby struggles to survive, resisting fiercely any attempt by "Them"- the authorities to help her. It is her headmistress who locates Gran in a Dales village. But is she really Anne's grandmother? No one is sure, but there is no mistaking their shared sympathy and companionship.
Morpurgo, Michael
Private peaceful. 2004. Read by Peter Kenny, 4 hours 36 minutes. TB 14821.
As young Thomas Peaceful looks back over his childhood from the battlefields of the First World War, his memories are full of family life deep in the countryside. But the clock is ticking, and every moment Tommo spends remembering how things used to be, means another moment closer to something which will change his life forever.
Morpurgo, Michael
Born to run. 2008. Read by Alistair Petrie, 3 hours 13 minutes. TB 16625.
When Patrick sees a wriggling bag in the canal on his way to school, something compels him to jump in and retrieve it. Inside is a litter of greyhound puppies, cruelly left to drown. He falls in love with the smallest one, a beautiful fawn puppy and after a protracted battle with his parents, he is allowed to take him home. Patrick and his puppy become inseparable until one day the dog is stolen by a greyhound trainer, where he begins a new life as a racing champion.
Morris, Jean
The donkey's crusade. 1983. Read by John Livesey, 5 hours 45 minutes. TB 5280.
Thomas is a fifteen year old traveller, a professional guide to the old trade routes across Asia. He is asked to go further east than any traveller has been, in search of the legendary kingdom of Prester John. Thomas agrees on one condition - that he may have a donkey to go with him. But Ears is no ordinary donkey ...
Mussi, Sarah
The last of the warrior kings. 2008. Read by Laurence Dobiesz, 9 hours 24 minutes. TB 16532.
It's a snowy evening, South London. From a bus, Max Wolf and his brother Angelo see a gang ominously tracking a well-known rapper, Mogul King, through the dark streets. Minutes later, Mogul King boards the bus, presses a parcel into Max's hands. Within hours two people are dead and Max is running for his life. And everything leads to the fabulous Benin Bronzes looted from Nigeria over a hundred years ago.
Ness, Patrick
The knife of never letting go. 2008. Read by Andrew Watson, 9 hours 49 minutes. TB 16562.
Chaos walking series; book 1. Imagine you're the only boy in a town of men. And you can hear everything they think. And they can hear everything you think. Imagine you don't fit in with their plans. Todd Hewitt is just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man. But his town has been keeping secrets from him. Secrets that are going to force him to run. Contains strong language.
Ness, Patrick
The ask and the answer. 2009. Read by Andrew Watson, Read by Candida Gubbins, 11 hours 50 minutes. TB 16884.
Chaos walking series; book 2. Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode.
Ness, Patrick
A monster calls. 2012. Read by Andrew Watson, Read by Martin Reeve, 3 hours 48 minutes. TB 19856.
The monster showed up just after midnight. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his back garden, though, this monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild.
Nix, Garth
Sabriel. 2003. Read by Beth Chalmers, 10 hours 30 minutes. TB 14263.
The Old Kingdom series; book 1. Sabriel is the daughter of the Mage Abhorsen. Ever since she was a tiny child, she has lived outside the Wall of the Old Kingdom - far away from the uncontrolled power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who won't stay dead. But now her father is missing and Sabriel is called upon to cross back into that world to find him.
Nix, Garth
Lirael: daughter of the Clayr. 2004. Read by Hollie Garrett, 16 hours 59 minutes. TB 14478.
The Old Kingdom series; book 2. Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Abandoned by her mother and ignorant of her father's identity, Lirael resembles no one else in her large, extended family living in the Clayr's Glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight - the ability to See into the present and possible futures - that is the very birthright of the Clayr. Nonetheless, it is Lirael in whose hands the fate of the Old Kingdom lies. she must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil - one that opposes the Royal Family, blocks the Sight of the Clayr, and threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to help her, Lirael must find the courage to seek her own hidden destiny.
Nix, Garth
Abhorsen. 2005. Read by Hollie Garrett, 12 hours 37 minutes. TB 14561.
The Old Kingdom series; book 3. An ancient evil has arisen - freed from its subterranean prison and seeking to escape the binding silver hemisperes which prevent it from finally unleashing its terrible powers. Lirael, newly come into her inheritance as the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, knows that the fate of the world is in her hands. With only a vision from the Clayr to guide her, and the uncertain help of her companions - Sam, the Disreputable Dog and Mogget - Lirael sets out on her perilous mission. The answer must be found somewhere in Life or Death - but can a former Second Assistant Librarian possibly discover the means to defeat the Destroyer before it is too late?
Oppel, Kenneth
The live-forever machine. 2002. Read by George Thompson, 5 hours 10 minutes. TB 17854.
In 391 A.D., two men discovered the secret of immortality. Since then, they have chased each other, one preserving the past, the other destroying it. When 14-year-old Eric stumbles upon their secret, he becomes a pawn in their battle.
Park, Ruth
Playing Beatie Bow. 1981. Read by Richard Earthy, 6 hours 43 minutes. TB 4552.
Quiet Abigail Kirk, aged fourteen, watches children on the Sydney estate where she lives, play 'Beatie Bow' - a frightening but compulsive game. She follows a strange looking girl who watches but never joins in. Suddenly Abigail is nearly run over by a Victorian cab. Unwittingly she has gone back in time, to 1873. For what reason? What is the Gift? Why can she not return to her own time until she has preserved its powers for future generations? Will the girl help her?
Patterson, James
The Angel experiment. 2006. Read by Laurel Lefkow, 8 hours 52 minutes. TB 16282.
Maximum ride series; book 1. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel. Six kids who are pretty normal in most ways – except that they’re 98% human, 2% bird. They grew up in a lab, living like rats in cages, but now they’re free. Aside, of course, from the fact that they’re prime prey for Erasers – wicked wolf-like creatures with a taste for flying humans.
Patterson, James
School's out forever. 2007. Read by Laurel Lefkow, 8 hours 22 minutes. TB 17092.
Maximum ride; book 2. It's 24 hours since Max Ride and her fellow bird-kids escaped the New York Institute, and they're still on the run. But the six companions - 98 percent human, 2 percent bird - came away with some vital information. Contains strong language.
Patterson, James
Saving the world and other extreme sports. 2008. Read by Laurel Lefkow, 7 hours 54 minutes. TB 17161.
Maximum ride; book 3. The adventures of Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel, six extraordinary kids who have powers like no other: they can fly, and they're being chased across America and around the world. Contains strong language.
Patterson, James
The final warning. 2008. Read by Laurel Lefkow, 5 hours. TB 17853.
Maximum ride; book 4. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy and Angel, six extraordinary kids who can fly, are back for another wild adventure as they try to save the world ...and themselves. The Uber-Director who created them is planning a worldwide auction of the children to the highest bidder he sees this as his chance to become a billionaire. But first his mutant army must track them down and capture them.
Patterson, James
Max. 2009. Read by Laurel Lefkow, 6 hours 21 minutes. TB 18516.
Maximum ride; book 5. Things are changing. The flock have finally found acceptance for their extraordinary skills. The avian hybrids don't have to hide away any longer - far from it. Now everyone wants to see just what they can do. But fame and fortune always come at a price and Max isn't ready for all the glitz and glamour just yet. Meanwhile, sinister forces are plotting their attack, putting more than just the flock in danger. Something deadly is lurking in the depths of the ocean. As the flock uncover a terrible secret set to threaten the world, can they save the day or is this a disaster too tough to tackle, even for them?
Patterson, James
Fang. 2010. Read by Laurel Lefkow, 6 hours 3 minutes. TB 18517.
Maximum ride; book 6. Maximum Ride is used to surviving - living constantly under threat from evil forces sabotaging Max's quest to save the world - but nothing has ever come as close to destroying her as the horrifying prophesy that Fang will be the first to die. Fang is Max's best friend, her soulmate, her partner in leadership of her flock of bird kids. A life without him is a life unimaginable. Max's desperate desire to protect Fang brings the two closer together than ever. But when a newly created winged boy, the magnificent Dylan, is introduced into the flock, their world is upended yet again.
Patterson, James
The dangerous days of Daniel X. 2009. Read by John Chancer, 4 hours 36 minutes. TB 17765.
Daniel X series; book 1. Daniel X works alone. Having watched from the shadows as the brutal murder of his own parents unfolded before him, he has been forced to make his own way in a dark and unforgiving world with a heavy task handed to him.
Peet, Mal
Keeper. 2006. Read by Kevin Fuller, 5 hours 18 minutes. TB 16148.
Paul Faustino series; book 1. El Gato tells his incredible story - how he, a poor logger's son, learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper so good he is almost unbeatable. And the most remarkable part of this story is the man who teaches him - the mysterious Keeper, who haunts a football pitch at the heart of the claustrophobic forest.
Peyton, K M
Flambards. 1967. Read by Andrew Timothy, 18 hours 29 minutes. TB 3970.
Flambards series; book 1. The story of a young orphan girl, Christina, who goes to live in the country with her uncle and cousins before the outbreak of the First World War.
Peyton, K M
The edge of the cloud. 1998. Read by Christopher Oxford, 5 hours 53 minutes. TB 15060.
Flambards series; book 2. Christina and Will have run away together, leaving the tense atmosphere of Flambards behind. Will is determined to fly one of the new aeroplanes that are all the rage now, in the early years of the twentieth century. Meanwhile, Christina finds that people frown on a young girl working for a living. Worst of all, Christina realises that with Will, she will always come second to his passion for machines.
Peyton, K M
Flambards in summer. 1999. Read by Christopher Oxford, 6 hours. TB 15061.
Flambards series; book 3. Christina has returned to Flambards to find much has changed. Flambards itself is run-down, neglected and completely overgrown. Christina vows to return the manor house to its former glory.
Peyton, K M
Flambards divided. 1981. Read by Andrew Timothy, 9 hours 15 minutes. TB 4018.
Flambards series; book 4. Christina, widowed and back at Flambards, has decided to marry Dick. But he was once a groom at the farm. There is much resentment, most of all from her cousin Mark, and she finds herself divided in her feelings for the two men.
Peyton, K M
Fly-by-Night. 1968. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 4 hours 32 minutes. TB 2433.
Ruth Hollis series; book 1. Twelve year-old Ruth gets her much-desired pony, but when family finances become constrained, she must face the possibility of giving it up.
Peyton, K M
Who, Sir? me, Sir? 1985. Read by Stephen Thorne, 5 hours 45 minutes. TB 6811.
Hoomey got his nickname from his frequent (and innocent) reply of "Who? Me Sir?" but he was in for it now along with Jazz, Nutty and Nails as their teacher, Sam Sylvester, calmly announces that he has entered them for the tetrathlon against Greycoats. How can the local comprehensive, usually known as the Gasworks, possibly win against the Independent school down the road? Well, one way is to cheat...
Philip, Gillian
Crossing the line. 2009. Read by Grant Ritchie, 5 hours 50 minutes. TB 17837.
Nick Geddes's life is a mess. His sister's boyfriend was killed in a
school stabbing. His grandmother is decending into a world of her own, his mother has a 'god-slot' on local radio, and his father is drinking way too much. But that is nothing, because he is also crazy in love with Orla, the sister of the boy who has been killed, and she blames Nick! How can Nick make sense of this chaos, and look after his sister, and hopefully get lucky with Orla? Contains violence and passages of a sexual nature.
Pratchett, Terry
Truckers. 1989. Read by Stephen Thorne, 5 hours 31 minutes. TB 8472.
Bromeliad trilogy; book 1. To the tiny nomes under the floorboards of a large department store, there is no Outside. Day and Night, Sun and Rain are just daft old legends. Then a devastating piece of news shatters their existence: the Store is to be demolished. It is up to Masklin to mastermind an escape plan that will take the nomes into the dangers of the Outside.
Pratchett, Terry
Diggers. 1991. Read by Stephen Thorne, 4 hours 16 minutes. TB 8730.
Bromeliad trilogy; book 2. The second in a trilogy about the nomes, a race of little people in a world of humans. A Bright New Dawn is round the corner for the nomes when they move into an abandoned quarry but then the humans appear and they must fight to keep their new home. How long will they be able to keep the humans at bay - even with the help of the monster Jekub?
Pratchett, Terry
Wings. 1991. Read by Alan Gilchrist, 4 hours 25 minutes. TB 13931.
Bromeliad trilogy; book 3. When Masklin and his tribe from the Outside first ventured into the world of Arnold Bros (est 1905) they heroically saved the nomes under the floorboards from certain death. But Masklin also made a discovery that was to change his life - Thing, the little black box he carried as a talisman, could speak and was , in fact, awfully clever. So Masklin has no reason to doubt that Thing is telling the Truth when it speaks of a Ship which will take the nomes Home to their place in the Stars, and begins to seek a way of returning the nome race to its rightful place in the Universe. And if that means stealing Concorde, then so be it.
Pratchett, Terry
Only you can save mankind. 1993. Read by Mark Elstob, 4 hours 55 minutes. TB 15059.
Johnny Maxwell series; book 1. As the mighty alien fleet from the lastest computer game thunders across the screen, Johnny prepares to blow them in to the usual million pieces. And they send him a message: we surrender. They're not supposed to do that! They're supposed to die. But they've done it. This time they don't want to die, they just want to go home. Johnny is the only human who knows. So he has to learn how to wage all-out peace.
Pratchett, Terry
Johnny and the dead. 1993. Read by Bruce Montague, 4 hours 43 minutes. TB 9916.
Johnny Maxwell series; book 2. Twelve year old Johnny Maxwell can see the dead, who are nothing like he expected. They don't lurch about or push through walls, or dance. They're just post-senior citizens, and they're always in, until the council want to move them out so that they can sell the cemetery as a building site. However, they've learned a thing or two from Johnny, and they aren't going to take it lying down, especially as it's Halloween tomorrow. Besides, life is a lot more fun than when they were alive, especially if they break a few rules.
Pratchett, Terry
Johnny and the bomb. 1997. Read by Greg Wagland, 5 hours 8 minutes. TB 11044.
Johnny Maxwell series; book 3. When Johnny and his friends help Mrs Tachyon, the local bag lady, they find that, somehow, she holds the key to different times - including the Blackbury Blitz in 1941. Suddenly 'Now' isn't the safe place Johnny once though it was as he finds himself bound up more and more with 'Then'.
Pratchett, Terry
The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents. Read by Stephen Briggs, 6 hours 38 minutes. TB 13258.
Discworld (Young adults) series; book 1. Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. He's found a stupid-looking kid who plays a pipe, and he has his own very plague of rats - rats who are strangely educated, so Maurice can no longer think of them as lunch. And everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers...But when they reach the stricken town of Bad Blintz, the little con suddenly goes down the drain. For someone there is playing a different tune. A dark, shadowy tune. Something very, very bad is waiting in the cellars.
Pratchett, Terry
The wee free men. 2003. Read by Stephen Briggs, 7 hours 14 minutes. TB 13728.
Discworld (Young adults) series; book 2. Up on the chalk downs they call The Wold, witches are banned - ever since the Baron's son vanished in the woods. Anyway, as all witches know, chalk's no good for magic. Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching - a wise shepherd - might have been a witch, but now Granny Aching is dead and it's up to Tiffany to work it all out when strange things begin happening: a fairy-tale monster in the stream, a headless horseman and, strangest of all, the tiny blue men in kilts, the Wee Free Men, who have come looking for the new 'hag'. These are the Nac Mac Feegles, the pictsies, who like nothing better than thievin', fightin' and drinkin'. Then Tiffany's young brother goes missing and Tiffany and the Wee Free Men must join forces to save him from the Queen of the Fairies.
Pratchett, Terry
A hat full of sky. 2004. Read by Gene Foad, 10 hours 32 minutes. TB 14034.
Discworld (Young adults) series; book 3. A real witch can ride a broomstick, cast spells and make a proper shamble out of anything. Eleven-year-old Tiffany Aching can't. A real witch never casually steps out of her body, leaving it empty. Tiffany does. And there's something just waiting for a handy body to take over. Something ancient and horrible which can't die. Now she's got to fight back and learn to be a real witch quickly, with the help of arch-witch Mistress Weatherwax and the truly amazing Miss Level.
Pratchett, Terry
Wintersmith. 2007. Read by Gene Foad, 11 hours 55 minutes. TB 15695.
Discworld (Young adults) series; book 4. Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch - now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance - the crossover from summer to winter - she does what none has ever done before and leaps into the dance, into the oldest story there ever is, and draws the attention of the wintersmith himself. As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffany deal with the consequences of her actions?
Price, Susan
The Sterkarm handshake. 1998. Read by Jonathan Hackett, 18 hours. TB 12394.
The Sterkarms have plundered the borders of England and Scotland for generations. Now in the 16th century their way of life looks threatened. For intruders have come, calling themselves "Elves", bringing sweet gifts and honeyed promises. But the Elves come from a polluted 21st-century future. To them the 16th century looks like a paradise. The only problem is the Sterkarms themselves.
Prue, Sally
Cold Tom. 2008. Read by Paul McGann, 3 hours 21 minutes. TB 15615.
When Tom has to run away from the Tribe and the common where he has lived all his life, he escapes to the city of the demons, full of chariots and houses and noises. The demons are so different from the Tribe, with their clumsy ways and their coarse, loud voices - Tom doesn't want anything to do with them. And he certainly doesn't need their help, because he is wild and free, and won't rely on anyone for anything. But he does need somewhere to hide. And he soon finds that, just because he's not interested in the demons, it doesn't mean the demons aren't interested in him.
Pullman, Philip
Northern lights. 1998. Read by David Thorpe, 12 hours 7 minutes. TB 13475.
His dark materials trilogy; book 1. When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, determine to find him. Their quest leads them to the bleak splendour of the North where a team of scientists are conducting unspeakably horrible experiments. But something more perilous awaits Lyra.
Pullman, Philip
The subtle knife. 1998. Read by David Thorpe, 9 hours 56 minutes. TB 13522.
His dark materials trilogy; book 2. Will is twelve years old and he's just killed a man. Now he's on his own, on the run, determined to discover the truth about his father's disappearance. Then Will steps through a window in the air into another world, and finds himself with a companion - a strange, savage little girl called Lyra. Like Will, she has a mission which she intends to carry out at all costs.
Pullman, Philip
The amber spyglass. 2000. Read by David Thorpe, 16 hours 57 minutes. TB 13535.
His dark materials trilogy; book 3. The final instalment in the 'Dark Materials' trilogy. Will is the bearer of the knife. Now, accompanied by angels, his task is to deliver that powerful, dangerous weapon to Lord Asriel - by the command of his dying father.
Pullman, Philip
The ruby in the smoke. 2003. Read by Anton Lesser, 6 hours 35 minutes. TB 16466.
Sally Lockhart series; book 1. Sally Lockhart's father was an unconventional man. When he dies suddenly on a voyage to the Far East, Sally receives a mysterious letter containing a strange warning. Soon Sally finds herself at the heart of a deep and dangerous mystery, one she is determined to solve at all costs.
Pullman, Philip
Shadow in the north. 2003. Read by Michael Tudor Barnes, 9 hours 49 minutes. TB 16733.
Sally Lockhart series; book 2. The year is 1878, and Sally Lockhart has started her own financial consulting business. When a client loses a fortune in the unexpected collapse of a British shipping firm, Sally is determined to find out why. But as she comes closer to learning the identity of the firm's elusive owner, she discovers that her questions are far from simple and that the answers could cost her her life.
Pullman, Philip.
The tiger in the well. 2009. Read by Anton Lesser, 13 hours. TB 19436
Sally Lockhart series; book 3. Sally Lockhart is content - her business is thriving, she has a comfortable house, and her adored baby daughter Harriet. But her life is about to change - or rather someone has already changed it. Sally's history has been altered, and her child is suddenly no longer hers. To save Harriet, Sally must abandon her comfortable existence and hide - until it's time to fight back.
Ransom, S. C.
Small blue thing. 2010. Read by Charlotte Worthing, 9 hours 32 minutes. TB 19638
Celebrating the end of exams with best friend Grace, 17-year-old Alex rescues a swan caught on a wire in the Thames mud and finds an extraordinary bracelet. Through its disturbing and compelling powers, she finds Callum, a soul locked in a half-life of sadness and mystery following a terrible accident, and his sinister sister Catherine.
Ray, Mary
Song of thunder. 1978. Read by George Hagan, 7 hours 12 minutes. TB 3432.
The young bard Kenofer and his sister were among the survivors of a terrible earthquake that devastated Kalliste in 1450 BC. There followed many years of wandering before they found a new home.
Ray, Mary
The windows of Elissa. 1982. Read by Judith Whale, 6 hours 50 minutes. TB 5282.
When Elissa and her little sister Sophie come back to the city of Carthage in the heat of the summer they have no idea they will be shut up there for three years. But a few days later the tyrant of Syracuse lands with his army and the city is besieged. In times of danger the gods of Carthage demand human sacrifice and Batbaal, the girls' aunt who is a priestess, plans to dedicate Sophie to the goddess Tanit...
Rayner, Jacqueline
The last dodo. 2007. Read by Tim Bruce, Read by Peter Brooke, Read by Charlie Norfolk, 5 hours 39 minutes. TB 15392.
A Doctor Who book. The Doctor and Martha go in search of a real live dodo, and are transported by the TARDIS to the mysterious Museum of the Last Ones. There, in the Earth section, they discover every extinct creature up to the present day, all still alive and in suspended animation. Preservation is the museum's only job - collecting the last of every endangered species from all over the universe. But exhibits have started going missing.
Rees, Celia
Sovay. 2008. Read by Rachel Atkins, 10 hours 51 minutes. TB 16253.
Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and its impact on British politics, wild and beautiful, spoilt and wilful, Sovay finds that her cosseted life in rural England has not prepared her for life as a highway robber, for defending the honor of her family or for trying to save herself from corruption and evil.
Reeve, Philip
Here lies Arthur. 2008. Read by Sophie Ward, 7 hours 55 minutes. TB 15639.
Gwyna's new master Myrddin says he's not an enchanter, yet he works his own kind of magic. He turns Gwyna from a slave-girl into a goddess, a boy, and a spy and Arthur into a legend. But is Arthur really the greatest hero of all time? Everyone's heard of King Arthur, but no one's heard the truth.
Reeve, Philip
Fever Crumb. 2009. Read by Damian Lynch, 8 hours 2 minutes. TB 16834.
Mortal engines quartet; book 1 (prequel to Mortal Engines). Fever Crumb is set a generation before the events of Mortal Engines, when cities are just beginning to devour each other. Is the mystery of Fever, adopted daughter of Dr Crumb, the key to the secret that lies at the heart of London?
Reeve, Philip
Mortal engines. 2005. Read by Kenneth Branagh, 8 hours 29 minutes. TB 16481.
Mortal engines quartet; book 2. In a world where moving cities trawl the globe, Tom and Hester have been thrown out of theirs and left stranded and starving in the middle of nowhere. Hester is desperate for revenge while Tom is only desperate to get back on board his beloved London.
Reeve, Philip
Predator's gold. 2007. Read by Andrew Sachs, 8 hours 26 minutes. TB 17127.
Mortal engines quartet; book 3. Two years after their escape aboard the airship (the Jenny Haniver), Tom and Hester find themselves the twin objects of attention of a terrorist organisation called Green Storm. In the misguided belief that the grotesquely incomplete preserved body of their hero, Anna Fang, can be resurrected to ensure their anti-traction goals, they cite Tom and Hester as essential capture targets. But when Tom and Hester take shelter aboard the once-magnificent city of Anchorage, they encounter a new set of problems. The ice city is heading disastrously towards America, the fabled Dead continent, under the guidance of the fraudulent explorer Pennyroyal.
Reeve, Philip
A darkling plain. 2007. Read by Laurence Dobiesz, 15 hours 45 minutes. TB 17246.
Mortal engines quartet; book 4. Wren's mother has been gone for six months. Her father is hiding
something. And now the fragile truce between the Traction Cities and the Green Storm is crumbling. It will be a battle to end all battles. This time, each side is determined to crush the other for ever.
Rennison, Louise
Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging: confessions of Georgia Nicolson. 1999. Read by Lucy Scott, 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 14045.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series; book 1. Georgia relates her tale of love, life and full frontal snogging through her diary. Georgia not only has to cope with the hormonal rollercoaster that refuses to stop, but fears that she might be a lesbian and her dad might be a transvestite. Georgia seems to get every situation hopelessly wrong - not so good for her but great for the reader who is treated to an hilarious account of a few months in the life of a typical teenager.
Rennison, Louise
It's OK, I'm wearing really big knickers! : further confessions of Georgia Nicolson. 2000. Read by Lucy Scott, 4 hours 18 minutes. TB 14046.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series; book 2. Georgia's protestations on being forced to emigrate to New Zealand with her parents are so successful that soon she's on her way back to Britain to stay with her Grandparents. Her life becomes even more mad than when she stayed with her parents.
Rennison, Louise
Knocked out by my nunga-nungas : further, further confessions of Georgia Nicolson. 2001. Read by Lucy Scott, 3 hours 5 minutes. TB 14132.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series; book 3. Cult heroine Georgia faces more chaos, love and laughter in the third novel in the series. Will she survive a family holiday in Scotland? How will she cope when her dad gets the most embarrassing and public job known to humanity?
Rennison, Louise
Dancing in my nuddy-pants. 2003. Read by Louise Rennison, 3 hours 16 minutes. TB 15383.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series; book 4. In this fourth instalment from Georgia Nicolson's diary, Georgia finds that it's a tough job being the girlfriend of a sex god - he is constantly rehearsing with his band, the stiff Dylans, and then he goes away to the Isle of Man for Christmas.
Rennison, Louise
And that's when it fell off in my hand : further fabbitty fab confessions of Georgia Nicolson. 2004. Read by Louise Rennison, 4 hours 39 minutes. TB 15384.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series; book 5. Robbie the sex god has gone off to Kiwi-a-gogo land, leaving Georgia all aloney on her owney. Worse still, no-one understands her heartbreak: her best friend Jas is too busy droning on about her wilderness course, her parents are only interested in Mr Across the Road's party, even the vicar won't talk to her. How will she survive?
Rennison, Louise
Then he ate my boy entrancers : more mad marvy confessions of Georgia Nicolson. 2005. Read by Louise Rennison, 4 hours 58 minutes. TB 15442.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series; book 6. Georgia's off to Hamburger-a-gogo land, taking her best pal Jas with her so they can be like Thelma and Louise. While Vati and mad Uncle Eddie are looking forward to their international clown car convention, she's on a mission to track down Massimo the Luuurve God, and teach the natives to speak properly.
Rennison, Louise
Startled by his furry shorts : fab new confessions of Georgia Nicolson. 2007. Read by Louise Rennison, 4 hours 50 minutes. TB 15471.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series; book 7. "Why did I admit I wanted Masimo to be my proper boyfriend? Why? One minute he was snogging me, and the next he was snogging wet Lindsay, stick insect and drip" This seventh book continues the story of Georgia Nicolson's confessions.
Rennison, Louise
'Luuurve is a many trousered thing...' : fab new confessions of Georgia Nicolson. 2008. Read by Louise Rennison, 4 hours 42 minutes. TB 16474.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series; book 8. How will Georgia cope juggling all three boys? Have her days on the rack of love really gone for good? Surely not! You'll laugh your knickers off at Georgia's hilarious confessions.
Rennison, Louise
Stop in the name of pants. 2008. Read by Louise Rennison, 4 hours 45 minutes. TB 19328.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series; book 9. Now that Georgia has finally won over gorgey Masimo, the Italian Stallion, her old friend and lip-nibbling partner Dave the Laugh has popped up again. Will Georgia go to Pizza-a-gogo land to visit dreamy Masimo? Or could her perfect boy be closer than she thinks. A Sex Kitty's life is never simple! More hilarious confessions from our fave teen drama queen, Georgia Nicolson.
Rennison, Louise
Are these my basoomas I see before me?. 2009. Read by Louise Rennison, 5 hours 13 minutes. TB 17259.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series; book 10. This time, Georgia doesn't even have to choose between boys, it's Masimo, the Italian lead singer of a band and nothing can tear them apart this time. Or can it?
Richards, Justin
The chaos code. 2008. Read by Russell Boulter, 8 hours 27 minutes. TB 16305.
Matt's dad has disappeared. An eminent archaeologist, he's left Matt only a coded message with a bizarre set of instructions. Clues that lead Matt to the enigmatic Julius Venture and on to a world-wide treasure hunt.
Ridley, Philip
Scribbleboy. 2007. Read by Russell Boulter, 4 hours 6 minutes. TB 16299.
Bailey has just arrived in the neighbourhood when he receives a mysterious invitation to join an even more mysterious club. The Scribbleboy Fan Club has only one member, Ziggy Fuzz, but it has a vital mission - to spread the word about Scribbleboy and his amazing scribbles.
Rios, Tere
The fifteenth pelican. 1965. Read by David Broomfield, 2 hours 15 minutes. TB 90.
A strong wind - and away would fly Sister Bertrille after the pelicans, until she had landed in a very important place.
Rose, Malcolm
Final lap. 2007. Read by John Cormack, 5 hours 30 minutes. TB 16150.
Traces series; book 5. Someone is trying to sabotage the Youth International Games. When the organizer of the games vanishes, the authorities call in Luke Harding to investigate a series of suspicious accidents at the construction site. With the help of Malc and his girlfriend, Jade, Luke closes in on the killer - codenamed Spoilsport. But will Luke be able to overtake Spoilsport on the final lap?
Rose, Malcolm
Kiss of death. 2008. Read by Nigel Cole, 2 hours 41 minutes. TB 16814.
On a school trip to the plague village of Eyam, Seth is moved by the story of how villagers sacrificed their lives to the dreaded Black Death. Kim and Wes are more interested in what they see at the bottom of the wishing well - money! But when they snatch the coins they also pick up something they hadn't bargained for, and as the hideous consequences of their theft catch up with them all, Seth is forced to face a terrifying truth. Has Eyam's plague-ridden past resurfaced to seek revenge?
Rosoff, Meg.
There is no dog. 2011. Read by Annie Aldington, 6 hours 30. TB 19447.
Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy, careless, self-obsessed, sex-mad - and about to meet Lucy, the most beautiful girl on earth. Unfortunately, whenever Bob falls in love, disaster follows. Let us pray that Bob does not fall in love with Lucy.
Ruiz Zafon, Carlos
The Prince of Mist. 2010. Read by Matt Addis, 4 hours 47 minutes. TB 17777.
In 1943, in a seaside town where their family has gone to be safe from war, thirteen-year-old Max Carver and sister, fifteen-year-old Alicia, with new friend Roland, face off against an evil magician who is striving to complete a bargain made before he died.
Rushton, Rosie
Summer of secrets. 2007. Read by Ruth Sillers, 5 hours 28 minutes. TB 15570.
Caitlin Morland has always craved excitement, and knew she was never going to find it with her own boring family. So when she wins an art scholarship to the famous Mulberry Court School, she is thrilled to find herself surrounded by so many interesting people. She's even more delighted when she is befriended by the glamorous Izzy Thorpe, the daughter of a prominent politician, and the intriguing Summer Tilney - two girls whose lifestyles are a million miles from her own.
St. John, Lauren
Dolphin song. 2008. Read by Adjoa Andoh, 6 hours 28 minutes. TB 15789.
When disaster strikes a school trip, Martine and her classmates are left fighting for their lives in shark-infested waters, until dolphins guide them to a coral-ringed island. Here the castaways, at odds with each other, must learn to survive. Will Martine's secret gift allow her to help both animals and humans when a deadly peril threatens them? And will those powers be with her when she needs them most?
Sachar, Louis
Holes. 2000. Read by Jeff Harding, 5 hours 36 minutes. TB 13277.
Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck going back generations, so he is not too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre. Nor is he surprised when he is told that his daily labour is to dig a hole and report all he finds therein.
Sachs, Marilyn
Almost fifteen. 1988. Read by Liza Ross, 3 hours 40 minutes. TB 7469.
With such an irresponsible and embarrassing family it is small wonder that Imogen Rogers (almost 15) has a lot on her mind - like boys. One after another they all seem to break up with her just before she has a chance to finish with them. But when handsome, divorced Adam Derman, becomes their new neighbour, things look a bit brighter ...
Sedgwick, Marcus
Midwinterblood. 2012. Read by Ian Prosser, 6 hours 53 minutes. TB 20128.
What would you sacrifice for someone you've loved forever? Tragically separated in life, Eric and Merle's souls have searched to be reunited through ten centuries, but can their love last?
Sefton, Catherine
Starry nights : a novel. 1986. Read by Kate Binchy, 2 hours 35 minutes. TB 7992.
Trilogy; book 1. Living in "bandit" country between Northern Ireland and the Republic, it seems to Kathleen that everyone knows what's going on except for her. If the problem isn't about money, or her brother Mike, or the "unwanted Brits", what could it be? Kathleen is determined to find out.
Sefton, Catherine
Frankie's story. 1988. Read by Marie McCarthy, 3 hours 7 minutes. TB 8172.
Trilogy; book 2. What Frankie understands and what she can cope with are two different things. Frankie lives in a small town in Northern Ireland, where the writing on the walls carries a clear warning to anyone who steps out of line ... She's caught between being herself, or conforming.
Sefton, Catherine
The beat of the drum. 1989. Read by Paul Herriot, 3 hours. TB 8616.
Trilogy; book 3. Brian Hanna is physically and mentally scarred by events that have already happened to him, and is trapped on the Protestant side of the Northern Ireland conflict. His friends follow the beat of the Ulster drum in their own ways and Brian has to come to terms with this. This book forms part of a trilogy aiming to show the effects of the social and political situation in Northern Ireland upon young people's lives.
Shearer, Alex
The great blue yonder. 2007. Read by Richard Mitchley, 4 hours 25 minutes. TB 15513.
'You'll be sorry when I'm dead'. That's what Harry said to his sister, before the incident with the lorry. Now he is just that - dead. He wishes more than anything he could say sorry and goodbye to everyone he left behind, his mum, his dad, his best friend Pete, even Jelly Donkins, the class bully. Now he's on the Other Side, waiting to move on to the Great Blue Yonder. He meets Arthur, a small boy who's been dead for years, who helps him say goodbye.
Sheldon, Dyan
Tall, thin and blonde. 2007. Read by Laurel Lefkow, 4 hours 7 minutes. TB 15636.
Best friends Jenny and Amy have no time for Miss Perfect Teenagers, the tall, thin blondes whose only talk is of boys and fashion. At least, they didn't. Now, suddenly Amy's changed; she's into salads and diet Cokes; she's got a new hairstyle, wardrobe and set of friends. Jenny, meanwhile, finds herself part of a group of oddballs nicknamed the Martians. Will she follow Amy or find her own way?
Sherry, Sylvia
A pair of Jesus-boots. 1969. Read by Tony Chambers, 3 hours 51 minutes. TB 5735.
In Liverpool's docklands, the world of "tatty heads" and "scuffers", 13 year-old Rocky O'Rourke dreams of becoming a famous footballer or a big time crook. When he gets mixed up with a genuine London gangster, he finds that the world of crime is a very frightening one.
Sherry, Sylvia
A pair of desert-wellies. 1985. Read by Tony Chambers, 5 hours. TB 6549.
Sequel to: A pair of Jesus boots. On his way to Chan's Chippy, Rocky rescues a white-haired man from a mugger. His reward is a twenty pound note and a phone number to ring if ever he needs help. But how can a scruffy youngster from the back streets of Liverpool spend a sum like that? Even his own gang won't believe he hasn't nicked it. Then there is the loot hidden in a derelict cinema by somebody calling himself "the Sissler". Who is he and how has he managed to get Chick's lot working for him?
Sherry, Sylvia
Street of the Small Night Market. 1966. Read by Christopher Saul, 4 hours 24 minutes. TB 4900.
Lim Ah Wong 12-years-old, spends most of his time and all of his thoughts on business. He needs to: he is, after all, the head of the family in Singapore's Chinatown with its opium-smuggling and the Green Dragon Mountain Society who run a protection racket.
Shulman, Polly
The Grimm legacy. 2012. Read by Stephanie Cannon, 8 hours 39 minutes. TB 19967.
Elizabeth's new job is unusual. The building where she works might not look very interesting but behind this ordinary Manhattan facade lurks a very special place indeed. Here you can borrow anything your heart desires - and in the basement is something so special, so secret, that Elizabeth can't believe her eyes.
Singer, Nicky
Feather boy. 2002. Read by Nigel Carrington, 5 hours 13 minutes. TB 13144.
Robert is the class victim, the guy who's never picked for the team. So no-one is more surprised than Robert himself when a strange old lady sends him on a quest to solve the mystery of derelict Chance House. Legend has it that a boy once fell to his death from an upper window. But what has this past to do with Robert's future? To get the truth, Robert must learn what it really means to fly.
Spinelli, Jerry
Stargirl. 2007. Read by Simon Lee Phillips, 4 hours 49 minutes. TB 16920.
Stargirl series; book 1. From the day she arrives at Mica High School in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of Stargirl, Stargirl. She captures Leo Borlocks heart with just one smile and sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal.
Stiefvater, Maggie.
Shiver. 2009. Read by Jennifer Woodward, 9 hours 43 minutes. TB 18009.
Wolves of Mercy Falls; book 1. When a local boy is killed by wolves, Grace's small town becomes a place of fear and suspicion. But Grace ccan't help being fascinated by the pack, and by one yellow-eye wolf in particular. There's something about him - something almost human. Then she meets a yellow-eye boy whose familiarity takes her breath away.
Stiefvater, Maggie.
Linger. 2010. Read by multiple narrators, 10 hours 7 minutes. TB 18166.
Wolves of Mercy Falls; book 2. Grace and Sam must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping dangerous secrets. For Sam, it means grappling with his werewolf past and figuring out a way to survive the future. But just when they manage to find happiness, Grace finds herself changing in ways she could never have expected.
Sutcliff, Rosemary
The light beyond the forest : the Quest for the Holy Grail. 1979. Read by Christopher Slade, 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 4057.
Arthurian Britain series; book 1. In this part of the Arthurian story, the Fellowship of the Round Table sets out in quest of the Holy Grail, the sacred vessel of the Last Supper. It could be approached, according to the ancient prophecies, only by the most perfect knight.
Sutcliff, Rosemary
The sword and the circle : King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. 1981. Read by Bruce Montague, 10 hours 15 minutes. TB 3922.
Arthurian Britain series; book 2. The stories of Arthur's birth and his drawing the miraculous sword from the stone, the formation of the Round Table and the many adventures of its famous knights.
Sutcliff, Rosemary
The road to Camlann. 1981. Read by Andrew Timothy, 4 hours. TB 4130.
Arthurian Britain series; book 3. Concluding the Arthurian legends with the tragedy that brought down the Fellowship of the Round Table and tells of the death of the King.
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Beowulf: retold by Rosemary Sutcliff, with drawings by Charles Keeping. 1961. Read by Christopher Scott, 2 hours. TB 4534.
Set in Saxon England, a sea captain brings news of the terrible monster, Grendel, who preys on the bravest warriors in Denmark. Beowulf sets sail, aiming to rid the Danish King of this scourge. The story tells of his three great battles; with Grendel, the Sea-Woman, and in old age, with the Fire-Drake.
Sutcliff, Rosemary
The mark of the Horse Lord. 1965. Read by Alistair Maydon, 8 hours 59 minutes. TB 6382.
When Phaedrus the Gladiator wins his freedom he finds that he has not left behind a life of chance. Riding north towards Caledonia he has to assume the identity of a man to whom he bears an extraordinary resemblance: the heir to the kingdom of Dalriada and Lord of the Horse People. Now he must carry out the vengeance of Midir against Liadhan, the treacherous Royal Woman of the tribe who has usurped the throne.
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Three legions. 1980. Read by George Hagan, 28 hours 51 minutes. TB 3908.
For nearly four hundred years Britain was a Roman Province. "The eagle of the ninth", the first book of this trilogy tells of the early days when the province was new and full of hope. "The silver branch" tells how the troubles began and a rebel was proclaimed Emperor. In "The lantern bearers", Britain is finally cut loose from Rome and left to defend herself against the Saxon hordes.
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Bonnie Dundee. 1983. Read by George Hagan, 10 hours. TB 6552.
John Graham of Claverhouse was a career soldier whose early manhood was spent overseas in the service of William of Orange. He was then sent to Scotland by Charles II to deal with the Covenanters; rebels who terrorised south-west Scotland with smuggled Dutch muskets. When Charles's brother James was deposed and William called in, John - the "Bonnie Dundee" of legend - raised the Highlands for the Stuart cause and lost his life at the battle of Killiecrankie.
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Blood feud. 1977. Read by Peter Gray, 6 hours 53 minutes. TB 3265.
In the eleventh century, Jestyn the Englishman is unwillingly taken from Dublin to the Viking settlement at Kiev in order to avenge the death of his friend's father.
Swift, Amanda
The Boys' club. 2009. Read by Stephen Perring, 2 hours 48 minutes. TB 17948.
Joe is twelve and very, very worried about girls. Girls turn boys into
dribbling wrecks. They make you sweat and your tummy feel funny. They make you ditch your mates and football practice to go snogging in their bedrooms for hours. Joe knows. He's seen it happen to his brother. Joe wants none of it. And he doesn't want his friends to change either. So he comes up with the Boys' Club: a top-secret organization where boys can be boys and have nothing to do with girls. But in reality it's a bit more complicated. Because things do change. And, with the arrival of Alex, a new face around school, Joe's life is about to change more than most.
Swindells, Robert
Abomination. 2007. Read by Ryan Watson, 3 hours 26 minutes. TB 19366.
Twelve year old Martha is very different from other kids. Her parents are strict members of a religious group. Above all, she must never invite anyone home or their shameful secret will be revealed. But should she keep the Abomination a secret?
Taylor, Andrew
The coal house. 1987. Read by Rosemary Davis, 5 hours 15 minutes. TB 6892.
Alison is 13. Her mother has died recently and now her Dad has just bought a house in the North, 300 miles away from the world she knows. She is determined to dislike the rambling old Coal House, home of the pit owner's family in Victorian times, but she meets a cheerful trespasser of her own age in the overgrown garden, three of the girls at school are not too bad and the house itself has a story. And who is the tall, dark figure that haunts the garden?
Taylor, G P
Shadowmancer. 2004. Read by Cornelius Garrett, 16 hours 16 minutes. TB 16276.
Obadiah Demurral, vicar of the 17th Century Yorkshire parish Ravenscar, is also a sorcerer seeking to control the ultimate power of the universe. When Raphah, a young African boy, is shipwrecked on the coast during a strange storm on a cold October evening, he brings with him the power to challenge Obadiah. A chance meeting with 13-year-old Thomas, a local outcast, and fiery Kate, daughter of a drunken revenue collector, sets the three on a quest that pits them against angels and demons, witches and sorcerers. As the clock strikes midnight on Halloween, the three come face to face with the powers of darkness. Will they escape? Or will the darkness and despair cover the universe forever?
Taylor, G P
Tersias. 2005. Read by Cornelius Garrett, 10 hours 20 minutes. TB 16993.
London is living through one of its darkest times - a comet has just
missed the Earth, leaving the city in chaos and the people fearing an apocalypse. Tersias, a blind boy oracle, sees visions of the future through darkness.
Taylor, Mildred D
Roll of thunder, hear my cry. 2005. Read by Adjoa Andoh, 7 hours 19 minutes. TB 18532.
Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of a black farming family's struggle to maintain their pride, dignity and independence against the forces of a cruelly racist society. Narrated by nine-year-old Cassie, it tells of one turbulent year of tragedy and economic hardship, of night riders and burnings.
Thompson, Kate
Creature of the night. 2009. Read by John Cormack, 6 hours. TB 16560.
When Bobby s mother moves the family into a rented house in the country, a neighbour tells him that a child was once murdered there. Bobby doesn't care. He wants to get back to Dublin and resume his wild life there, stealing and racing stolen cars. Contains strong language.
Townsend, Helen
Miranda's album. 1989. Read by Erica Grant, 8 hours 44 minutes. TB 8650.
14 year-old Miranda discovers that she was adopted and sets out in search of her natural mother in Sydney.
Tullson, Diane
Saving Jasey. 2001. Read by John Clark, 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 17454.
Gavin's older brother and father are bullies and his mother has not been the same since she hit a pig on the highway. Gavin spends most of his time at his best friend's house, pretending to be normal, while falling for his friend's older sister, Jasey. When Jasey's seemingly perfect family begins to come apart and Jasey is unable to deal with the threat of a potential illness, Gavin struggles to save her.
Various
Queen of teen: fabulous stories from top teen authors. 2010. Read by Kate Rawson, 3 hours 44 minutes. TB 18683.
Short stories from the finalists of the Queen of Teen Award. All the stories focus on the realities of being a teenager and gaining independence. Contains language and discussions on sexuality that maybe unsuitable reading for the pre-teen.
Williamson, Henry
Tarka the otter. 1995. Read by Nicholas Courtney, 9 hours 13 minutes. TB 13047.
This tale of an otter's life and death in Devon, captures the feel of life in the wild as seen through the otter's own eyes.
Wilson, Budge
Fractures: family stories. 2002. Read by Joyce Clark, 5 hours 45 minutes. TB 17442.
Twelve stories about ordinary kids dealing with challenging, often complex, family relationships and problems. The themes and issues include sibling rivalry, alcoholism, illness, child abuse and neglect.
Wilson, Gina
Cora Ravenwing. 1980. Read by Judy Franklin, 5 hours 15 minutes. TB 6728.
Becky Stokes and her family have moved from Birmingham to the Buckinghamshire village of Okefield during the summer holidays, and the first person of her own age that she meets is Cora Ravenwing. The two girls become friends but the whole village, and especially the other girls in her class, seem to hate Cora. Events take a nasty turn and Becky is forced to choose between her new friends and Cora. But she means not to choose ... An eerie, tense and haunting tale.
Wilson, Gina
The whisper. 1982. Read by Judith Whale, 5 hours 50 minutes. TB 4812.
Lily is an only child and spoilt. When her orphaned cousin Marie (also 14), arrives to stay, jealousy takes hold of Lily. But the results are surprising - and most of all, to herself.
Wilson, Jacqueline
Girls in love. 1997. Read by Brigit Forsyth, 3 hours 25 minutes. TB 11813.
The girls series; book 1. Ellie is nearly thirteen, in year nine, and desperate to have a boyfriend. Her best friends Magda and Nadine (both thinner and prettier than her) both have boyfriends, but the closest she can get is Dopey Dan, who is younger and a real swot...Find out all her secrets, squirm at her most embarrassing moments, have a laugh, and discover lots more about boys!
Wilson, Jacqueline
Girls under pressure. 2003. Read by Lucy Scott, 4 hours 38 minutes. TB 14047.
The girls series; book 2. When a teen magazine begins its hunt for a new cover girl, three friends, each very different in style and personality, become obsessed by the way they look. As Nadine starts to change her appearance, Magda becomes more infatuated by designer labels and their best friend Ellie, who feels plain in comparison to her two more glamorous colleagues, finds herself tumbling into the abyss of bulimia.
Wilson, Jacqueline
Girls out late. 2003. Read by Lucy Scott, 4 hours 28 minutes. TB 14048.
The girls series; book 3. Ellie's dad says she has to be home by nine o'clock, but while she's out with her best friends, Magda and Nadine, she meets a boy. Will Russell stay interested in a girl who has to be home by nine?
Wilson, Jacqueline
Girls in tears. 2004. Read by Brigit Forsyth, 3 hours 43 minutes. TB 15443.
The girls series; book 4. Ellie's glorious romance with Russell is teetering on the rocks. Magda's lost her pet and is desperately upset. And Nadine is fed up with the other two lecturing her about the dangers of meeting someone on the internet - she thinks an e-mail boyfriend is wonderful! Buckets of tears are wept and hundreds of tissues sniffled into. Can the girls' friendship survive these testing times?
Wilson, Jacqueline
Kiss. 2007. Read by Jacqueline Wilson, 7 hours 15 minutes. TB 15517.
Sylvie and Carl have been friends since they were tiny children. They've always played together, eaten with each other's families, called each other boyfriend and girlfriend and deep down, Sylvie has always believed that they'd end up married to each other. But as they become teenagers, things are starting to change. They each have different friends. Sylvie would still rather spend all her time with Carl. But Carl has a new friend, Paul, who is taking all his attention. And he seems much less happy to be called Sylvie's boyfriend. And in a game of spin the bottle, he avoids having to kiss her. Sylvie can tell his feelings have changed and that her plans for the future may be affected. But can she guess at the true reasons behind it all?
Wilson, Jacqueline
Love lessons. 2005. Read by Finty Williams, 6 hours 10 minutes. TB 15467.
Prue and her sister have been educated at home by their ultra-strict father all their lives. When Dad is suddenly rushed to hospital, Prue at last discovers what it's like to have a little freedom. Sent to school for the first time, Prue find it difficult to settle in. The only person she can talk to if her kindly young art teacher, Rax. When she starts babysitting for Rax's children, she find herself longing for the ten minutes she has alone with him on the way home.
Wooding, Chris
Storm thief. 2006. Read by Malcolm Hamilton, 10 hours 42 mintues. TB 16864.
Set on the island city of Orokos, an isolated civilization that - to its
inhabitants - is the only place in the world. If there's more out there, no one knows, because anyone who's ever dared explore the waters beyond a certain limit gets torn apart by artificially intelligent drones patrolling just beneath the surface. The titular Storm Thief isn't a character, but is rather the anthropomorphic personification given to the probability storms that occasionally rage over the city - storms that literally change the reality of the landscape.
Wyss, Johann David
The Swiss family Robinson. 1812. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 12 hours 15 minutes. TB 1850.
The famous story of the family of castaways whose perseverance and ingenuity help them to turn their island into a rich and fertile home.
Zahn, Timothy
The last command. 1993. Read by Hayward Morse, 16 hours 2 minutes. TB 10726.
Star Wars series. It is five years after the return of the Jedi. The fragile new Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has an abominable new technology: clone soldiers. The Republic's only hope lies in sending a small force into the very stronghold that houses Thrawn's terrible cloning machines.
Zeitoun, Mary-Lou
13: a novel. 2002. Read by Deborah Kipp, 4 hours 30 minutes. TB 17448.
Trapped in the suburbs in 1980 - the era that straddled disco and punk - 13-year-old Marnie Harmon hates her life. She hates her Mom, hates disco, hates dumb boys, hates school, and most of all she hates her Media Studies teacher, stupid Mr Carter. Her allies are few: Caroline the retard and Cindy the stripper. Convinced that a meeting with John Lennon will resolve her own inner turmoil and help her to comprehend the confusion of the world around her, Marnie determines that she must run away to New York.
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Refugee boy. 2001. Read by Jude Owusu-Achiaw, 7 hours 06 minutes. TB 19362.
Alem, the product of an Ethiopean father and Eritrean mother, is left alone in London, his fate resting in the hands of the Refugee Council and the British justice system. This story charts Alem's fate as he is moved from children's home to foster family, and in and out of court hearings.
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Teacher's dead. 2007. Read by Clive Llewellyn, 5 hours 27 minutes. TB 16229.
A teacher is dead, murdered by two of his students in front of the school. He was a good man. People liked him. So how could this happen? Why? It just doesn't make sense to Jackson, and he is determined to investigate the case until he understands.
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