Junior: Authors by last name S-T

Lemony Snicket, David Solomons and Ali Sparkes

Lemony Snicket - Who Could That be at This Hour?

Fiction 7+
258 pages

In a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket began his apprenticeship in an organization nobody knows about. He began asking questions that shouldn't have been on his mind. 

David Solomons - My Brother is a Superhero

Fiction 9+
301 pages

My brother is a superhero, and I could have been one too, except that I needed to go for a wee. My name is Luke Parker, I'm 11 years old and I live in a mild-mannered part of London with my mum, dad and big brother, Zack.

He wasn't always a superhero, but with a name like Zack you've got to wonder if my parents had a hunch that one day he'd end up wearing a mask and cape and saving orphans from buring buildings. I mean, come on! It's what you get in a comic when a superhero punches a supervillain. Pow! Blam! Zack!

Ali Sparkes - Car-jacked

Fiction 9+
304 pages

Jack Mattingly is a genius. But when his parents' car is hijacked, with him inside it, for once he's as clueless as the rest of us. The car-jacker doesn't know Jack's in the car - yet. But it's only a matter of time before he's discovered. And then, anything could happen.

Ali Sparkes - Frozen in Time

Fiction 9+
330 pages

1956 Freddy and Polly are used to helping their father with his experiments. So they don't mind being put into cryonic suspension - having their hearts frozen until their father wakes them up again. They know it will only be for an hour or two, so there's nothing to worry about . . . Present Day Ben and Rachel have resigned themselves to a long, boring summer. Then they find a hidden underground vault in the garden containing two frozen figures, a boy and a girl.

And when Rachel accidentally presses a button, something unbelievable happens . . . Can Polly and Freddy adapt to the twenty-first century? Will their bodies survive having been in suspension for so long? And most important of all, what happened to their father - and why did he leave them frozen in time?

Ali Sparkes - Unleashed: a Life and Death job

Fiction 9+
240 pages

Lisa is sick to death of the dead, they all want something from her. But on a trip to London it's the living who suddenly need her help. Lisa knows she must do something even if it means walking a fine line between life and death.