Ella is given a blessing at birth by a very stupid fairy: she gets the gift of obedience! But the blessing turns into a horror for Ella who literally has to do what anyone and everyone tells her - from sweeping the floor to giving up a precious necklace!

Spindle's End is a retelling of the fairy tale, The Sleeping Beauty , which takes the reader into a magical world filled with modern characters who encounter adventure, love and loss. The curse placed on Rosie at her christening will hunt her down through the years.

There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. But the lake had been quiet for years... She never heard them coming. Of course you don't, when they're vampires. They took her clothes and sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. And they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion.

Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring Chrestomanci -- now a book with extra bits!

Fact: A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there!

Hexwood Farm is a place where nothing can be taken for granted. It is full of machines that should not be tampered with - when one is, the aftershock is felt throughout the universe. Only Hume, Ann and Mordion can prevent an apocalypse - but are they too being altered by the whims of Hexwood?