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Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire

Derek Landy

Skulduggery and Valkeyrie don’t have time to relax in this sequel, for as soon as they’ve despatched Nefarious Sulpine, Baron Vengeous escapes from prison with plans to resurrect a hideous monster and bring back the Faceless Ones. Packed with action, sharp suits and bad jokes.

9780007257058 HarperCollins Children’s, 2008

Superior Saturday

Garth Nix

Returning home after the events of ‘Lady Friday’ Arthur discovers the army are about to destroy his town, so he stops time and returns to the house in the hope of finding the solution. Instead he finds Saturday busily destroying the house from the ground up, a never ending rainstorm and that he may not be as human as he once was. The penultimate book in the series, leading towards the final battle against Supreme Sunday.

9780007175116 HarperCollins Children’s, 2008

Oath Breaker

Michelle Paver

Torak turns from hunted to hunter in order to avenge the brutal death of one of his closest companions. Tracking the suspected murderer takes him back to the Deep Forest, where a much more savage way of life has prevailed. The fifth volume in the story of Torak and his wolf companion further unravels the mystery of why he is the Spirit Walker.

9781842551745 Orion Children’s, 2008