Stormbreaker

By Anthony Horowitz

From the day his uncle died, Alex's life had never been the same. Thrown into a world of spies and secrets, Alex now has to pick up where his uncle left off.
Middle-Eastern multi-millionaire, Herod Sayle is producing state of the Stormbreaker computers and he's offered to give one to every single school in the country. But MI6 thinks it too good to be true.
Only Alex can find the truth. But time is running out and Alex soon finds himself in mortal danger. It looks as if his first adventure may be his last...

Stormbreaker. The first in the amazing series of seven.

Also available at the library as a graphic novel.

Maddigan's Fantasia

By Margaret Mahy

Garland Maddigan is living a life she loves - as the tightrope walker of Maddigan's Fantasia, a traveling circus lead by her father, Ferdy, she journeys all over the world. The Fantasia is her home, her family. But one day, it all falls apart...
When the Road Rats attack, Ferdy is ripped away from his family by a single arrow. Soon after, two boys and their baby sister appear and join the Fantasia. The men that follow them lead Garland to question who the the children are, and why they are in danger.

Playing with time is dangerous...would you dare?

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