Fifteen-year-old Jess, living with her mum, separated from her father in Cornwall, and with a best friend who seems to do everything perfectly, finds her own assets through humor.
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
When famous puppets of British television are murdered, everyone suspects thirteen-year-old Jason's father, a bitter, forgotten puppeteer, of committing the grisly acts.
On his way to spend Christmas at his mother's house in Canterbury, England, Joe meets a young witch named Twiggy and becomes part of a mystery involving a missing page from an ancient book of magic.
Pip and her twin brother, Tim, awaken an alchemist's son from a centuries-long slumber when their family moves to an old English country estate, and he enlists them in the fight against an evil alchemist who seeks to create a homunculus.
Discusses the mystery and theories surrounding the ancient stone structure in Wiltshire, England, called Stonehenge, whose purpose has been puzzled over at least since the twelfth century.
Examines the site of the huge stone monument known as Stonehenge, discussing who built it, as well as theories on when, how, and why it was constructed.
After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
In seventeenth-century England, twelve-year-old Issy is accused of being a witch and struggles with the belief that she actually does have strange powers.
