Books in the Black Cats series

Class Six are back, and they''re on a mission: keep that nosy Mrs Knowall from finding out that their school is secretly magic. Which means no more flying around the hall, no more history lessons with Robin Hood, and the school trip to the moon is definitely off.With their beloved teacher Miss Broom sent back to teacher training, and the school in need of funds for magical supplies, Class Six will have to band together to make this year''s school fete the best yet. And everyone knows that no fete is complete without an eel that can see the future... Funny, exciting or a little bit spooky, Black Cats are fast-paced stories with short chapters and illustrations throughout - stepping stones to reading confidence.

Welcome to Franklin''s Emporium - the department store where there''s magic on every floor!When Alex visits the pet shop at Franklin''s she just wants to buy some cat treats but she goes home with a little bit more than she bargained for. Where''s that purring coming from? And why do things keep getting knocked over?Funny, exciting or a little bit spooky, Black Cats are fast-paced stories with short chapters and illustrations throughout - stepping stones to reading confidence

Two abandoned children make their home in a castle - which turns out to be haunted!

Dan can see ghosts. See then, speak to them, and sometimes help them...for a price. In his second adventure, Dan is on a school trip to France when he gets mixed up in skulduggery down in the Paris catacombs. Can Dan save the living, help the unquiet dead, avoid getting himself killed - and do it all under the eye of an enraged French teacher? Brilliantly dark humour.

When Dr Trotter is offered a top job at Professor Perfidious's scientific research centre, he jumps at the chance. But when his colleague mysteriously goes missing and the Professor demands he create an army of mutant clones, events start to spiral out of control...

Albert Grub has a dull life. But everything changes when Albert discovers that his dad is heir to the factory of the legendary Piddler's Porridge. Then, when he hears the legend of the Spoon of Doom, everything gets even more incredible. The spoon is hidden somewhere in the factory, but what will happen if it gets into the wrong hands?

This is an exciting and action-packed story of the Honourable Ratts - an unusual, rodent-like family who have passed their heydey. Now, their enemies have tracked them down and they must do anything they can to search for the family treasure and secure it. But with the villains on their trail, who will get there first?

Plumbing. This is what the future has in store for Billy Box. Or does it?

A cache of stolen gold, a dangerous ghost seeking revenge, and a promise that's too valuable to break. These are the surprises awaiting city boy Joe when he spends the school holidays with his grandparents in the Scottish highlands.

This thriller is set in ancient Egypt and is the story of a young boy, Varro, and his flight from danger as he is pursued along the River Nile by an opportunistic lord. He is believed to be carrying something very valuable - but has no idea what it could be.

Arf expects to have to stay at home during the school holidays, while his sisters enjoy a trip to France. However, because of his customary haplessness, the plans go awry and he finds himself running a camping ground and re-enacting a battle between the Saxons and the Normans!

A time-slip ghost story based in the gritty reality of Victorian London. Ben breaks into the empty house next door and discovers a family of children suffering at the hands of their drunk and abusive father. Ages 8+ years.

Joe and Bingo - the only psychic dog in England - are staying with cousin Molly and her dad at the scientific research institute. One morning, they hear a strange noise - like an animal in distress. They then make an amazing discovery: a creature which is part-plant and part-animal - a Planimal.

A manic tale of two cunning boys who battle against the wily woman who is chasing their bonkers granny. Its off-the-wall humour is designed to appeal to children between the ages of eight and twelve years.

What could be worse for a ghost than not being frightening enough? That's Spooker's problem as he faces his Practical Haunting exams at the Anne Boleyn Secondary School. Spooker must find a way to spook the most unspookable people imaginable - or maybe ghosts don't have to be scary, after all?