'This is a story of friendship with the cleverest of plot twists, and descriptions so vivid you can feel the heat of Stanley's desert prison burning off the page. A total must-read' The Times 'Totally absorbing and beautifully written' The Bookseller

Percy is a half-blood - the son of a Greek God. He spends his time fighting with swords, battling monsters with friends and generally trying to stay alive. Now Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks Percy has stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. Can Percy find the lightning bolt before a fully-fledged war of the Gods erupts?

Margaret Rose begins her twelfth summer with a miserable experience at camp, from which she is rescued by her beloved, eccentric European uncles. Little does she know that her uncles need rescuing themselves from a tyrannical city council determined to tear down their life's work.

Another classic tale from the pen of Marc Brown

Thus begins John Water's autobiography. Opening with his upbringing in Baltimore, it covers his friendship with his muse and leading lady, Divine, detailed accounts of how Waters made his first movies, stories of the circle of friends/actors he used in these films, and finally the sort-of-fame he achieves in America.

'Crackpot' is a collection of essays reflecting Water's skewed but thought-provoking worldview. This edition contains new material to coincide with the ongoing success of 'Hairspray' on Broadway.

Long before she was a glamorous young divorcee and superstar blogging mistress, Stephanie Klein was a seventh grader with a weight problem. Sharing the story of her adolescence, this book is about what we all go through: finding friends, learning about ourselves, and realizing that who we are has remarkably little to do with our waistline.

A hilarious novel about a huge issue - fat camp!

You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. You mortals can't even see the monsters we have to fight all the time. The Camp Half Blood is under attack, and unless I get my hands on the Golden Fleece, the whole camp will be invaded by monsters. Can Percy survive?

Seventeen-year-old Jean has cerebral palsy and gets around in a wheelchair, but she's always believed she's just the same as everyone else. She arrives at Camp Courage and meets Sara. Sara has radical theories about how people fit into society. As Jean joins a community unlike any she has ever imagined, she comes to question her old beliefs.

The exploits and excesses of three pill-popping showbiz heroines: Anne, the smalltown girl who captivates a millionaire, but falls for a cad; Jennifer, the Marilyn Monroe clone who possesses everything - except immortality; and Neely, ruthless Judy Garlandesque understudy-turned-superstar.

A Nancy Clue and Cherry Aimless mystery.

A Nancy Clue and Cherry Aimless mystery.

When James and Eamon go to a week of Nature Camp and stay at Eamon's grandparents' house, it turns out that their free time spent staying inside, eating waffles, and playing video games is way more interesting than nature. But sometimes things work out best when they don't go exactly as planned.

Lois Lenz was a good girl a long way from home, about to discover that not everything is what it seems, navy is a bad suit choice, and love can bloom in the strangest of places ...

Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This title presents an account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith.

It's the last Friday before the winter holidays but Percy Jackson isn't at school: he's battling the fearsome Manticore (half human, half lion), which in itself isn't ideal ...but with Annabeth missing and the goddess of the hunt held captive, things get a whole lot more serious. This book is suitable for fans of Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl .