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Get ready to read four frightening tales about London's spookiest spots. Down a dark and empty London street, your footsteps echo. But you are not alone. Ghostly figures appear and disappear. They babble in hushed voices. Some let out piercing cries. They want to know what brings you to their city.

"Fixie Farr has always lived by her father's motto: "Family first." But ever since her dad passed away, leaving his charming kitchen supply store in the hands of his children, Fixie spends all her time picking up the slack from her siblings instead of striking out on her own. The way Fixie sees it, if she doesn't take care of her father's legacy, who will? It's simply not in Fixie's nature to tell people "no." So when a handsome stranger in a coffee shop asks her to watch his laptop for a moment, Fixie not only agrees--she ends up saving it from certain disaster. Turns out the computer's owner is an investment manager named Sebastian. To thank Fixie for her quick thinking, he scribbles an IOU on a coffee sleeve and attaches his business card. But Fixie laughs it off--she'd never actually claim an IOU from a stranger. Would she? Then Fixie's childhood crush Ryan comes back into her life and his lack of a profession pushes all of Fixie's buttons. She wants nothing for herself, but for Seb to give Ryan a job. And Seb agrees, until the tables are turned once more and a new series of IOU's between Seb and Fixie--from small favors to life-changing moments--ensue"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of English physician William Harvey whose theory of blood circulation challenged centuries of anatomical and physiological orthodoxy.

Shauna, Mildred, Charlotte, Jack, Linton, and Sonny--six preteen British school kids--investigate a mysterious new student.

The mystery solving gang of kids at Tackleford--Lottie, Shauna, Mildred, Jack, Linton, and Sonny--have their hands full when mysterious fires start breaking out in farm buildings in the country side. The gang also discover some kind of ogre man, and another mystery is Colm, an Irish lad who just showed up.

Shauna, Mildred, Charlotte, Jack, Linton, and Sonny--six preteen British school kids--take on a mystery case involving Mildred's new dog, Archibald, and a possibly magic pencil she won from a carnie con game.

AJ feels like he is flying when he runs, and it was Grandad who taught him. Grandad also kept their family together, since AJ's parents both have learning difficulties--but now Grandad has passed away, leaving AJ to care for his parents when they need him, while at the same time trying to deal with all his middle school woes, which include trying to impress his track coach and also the cute girl at the bakery.

Daniel, the adopted son of an English aristocrat, meets Mordecai, an ailing Jewish philosopher and his sister, Mirah, and begins to discover the secrets behind his own parentage.

Life is an adventure. Anything in the world is possible by will and by luck, with a moist carrot, a wet nose, and a slice of mad courage. Shylo Tawny-Tail is proud to call himself one of the Royal Rabbits of London, a secret order of rabbits who live under Buckingham Palace and protect the royal family. But high up in London's famous skyscraper the Shard, the Ratzis are devising an evil plot to cause chaos during a visit from the president of the United States. And when the Ratzis attack The Grand Burrow and kidnap Shylo, it looks as though they might just succeed. Can Shylo escape in time to save the day?--Publisher's description.

Joe Dyson and Ani Lee, operatives for a secret youth division of British Intelligence, discover what happens when artificial intelligence evolves to have a mind of its own and begins rewriting reality, virtually.