ANTHONY MCGOWAN

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Bear Adventure is the next authorised Willard Price book by award-winning author Anthony McGowan, for 8+ readers looking for action, adventure and animals!Amazon and her cousin Frazer are members of TRACKS. Normally they protect the worlds rarest animals, but their mission just got personal. Amazons parents have been lost in a tragic plane crash - her only hope is that they are wondering the wild forests of Canada.But they are not alone in the brutal wilderness. Two Spirit Bears, a mother and her cub, are searching for food. When a boy is attacked, these beautiful creatures become the hunted.Can Amazon and Fraser save their family and the bears?And what is the mysterious predator that waits for them?The good old-fashioned adventure romp brought up to date without losing the fun or the thrillsIndependentAbout the author:Anthony McGowan is a multi-award-winning author of books for adults, teenagers and younger children. He has a life-long obsession with the natural world, and has travelled widely to study and observe it. He has also written feature articles and travel journalism for The Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard and Mail on Sunday.Also available:Willard Price: Leopard AdventureWillard Price: Shark Adventure

The smiling one; the one who hurt; the shy one; the one who cried; the one who kissed - that is how he remembers the gang of boys who tormented him when he was a child. Now twenty years have passed and it is time to make them pay. But into the finely wrought net stumbles one man who had nothing to do with the nastiness in that minor public school. Matthew Moriarty carries demons of his own, but when Dominic Chance invites him along to a stag weekend in a remote country house, lost on a fold of the country beyond the reach of mobile telephones, he could never imagine the horror that awaits. Or the beauty. "Stag Hunt" tells the story of ghosts, of demons, of revenge, of desire; and finally of the possibility of redemption through love.

Shark Adventure is an authorised Willard Price book by award-winning author Anthony McGowan, for 8+ readers. Full of action, adventure and animals!On a remote Polynesian island, Amazon Hunt and her cousin, Frazer, recruits of TRACKS animal protection agency, are saving rare leatherback turtles.But an international animal smuggler wants the valuable turtles for himself. And, when a huge typhoon strikes, Amazon and Frazer face an even greater danger. Swept away into shark-infested waters, how will they save the turtles - and themselves?The good old-fashioned adventure romp brought up to date without losing the fun or the thrillsIndependentA pacy read aimed at 9-12 year olds with a taste for adventureWe Love This BookAbout the author:Anthony McGowan is a multi-award-winning author of books for adults, teenagers and younger children. He has a life-long obsession with the natural world, and has travelled widely to study and observe it. He has also written feature articles and travel journalism for The Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard and Mail on Sunday.

From Carnegie Medal winning author Anthony McGowan comes an environmental tale packed full of his signature grit, heart and humour, as Kyle and his grandad execute a plan to save the local beck.Kyle is less than happy about getting dumped at his eccentric old grandads on a Saturday afternoon. Embarrassed by his grandads ratty old Elvis wig and his weird three-legged dog, Kyle thinks the day is going to be a nightmare until his grandad introduces him to the marvels in the beck at the bottom of his garden.Once filthy and full of rubbish, the stream has been cleaned up and is now home to some amazing creatures. But this magical world is under threat from a new development.Kyles grandad is determined to stop the builders and has an audacious plan to save the beck, but when he falls ill, will Kyle find the courage to carry it out by himself?Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 9.

It broke my heart and then splinted it back together again... Magnificent. Hannah Gold, bestselling author of The Last BearA dogs eye perspective thats so vivid you can almost taste the earthworms. FT, YA Book of the YearThis visceral story of heartbreak and survival...has the memorable feel of a classic. Guardian, Best childrens and YA books of 2022Chernobyl, 1986. Natashas world is coming to an end. Forced to evacuate her home in the middle of the night, she must leave her puppy behind and has no idea if shell ever return. Some time later, growing up in the shadow of the ruined nuclear power plant, pups Misha and Bratan have to learn how to live in the wildand fast. Creatures with sharp teeth, claws, and yellow eyes lurk in the overgrown woods. And theyre watching the brothers every moveBut will the dogs survive without humans? And can humans live without them?

An Observer book of the yearHAUNTED! By endless tiny humiliations.STRUGGLING! To resurrect the corpse of his literary career.ENSNARED! In a loving yet bamboozling marriage.A man at odds with the universe, Anthony McGowan stumbles from one improbable fiasco to the next. On the mean streets of West Hampstead he reflects upon all that is at the heart of life itself socks with holes, underwhelming packed lunches, broken washing machines, Kierkegaard, liver salts, British Library eccentricities and disapproving ladies on trains. In this chronicle of one mans daily failures and disappointments, McGowan cant help but speak his mind with cringeworthy and hilarious results.

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Un robot, une voiture de course, un hélicoptère qui vole pour de vrai... Avec une liste de cadeaux comme ça, cest sûr, Jojo a tué le Père Noël ! Pour sauver Noël, plus quune seule solution : le rempl

Ludo, Noah, Jamie, Phillip and Jennifer are THE BARE BUM GANG! They have an embarrassing name but a cool Gang Den, so things could be worse. Join the gang in a new adventure as they battle the forces of the evil Dockery Gang, guard with their lives the secrets of their underground sweet stash, and still get home in time for tea.Ludo and Noah go to the aid of an old tramp who has collapsed after being hassled by the Dockery gang. Everyone thinks hes a little bit crazy as he dresses in home made armour - his nickname is King Arthur. King Arthur asks Ludo to retrieve his treasure and so the gang have to sneak past security guards and overcome various obstacles to help the old man. But can they get to the treasure before anyone else?

Join Ludo, Noah, Jamie and Phillip - the Bare Bum Gang - as they defend their gang headquarters with Smarties tube fart bombs and other ingenious traps. The gangs new (and unwanted!) name is bad enough, but things are about to get much worse. Their number 1 enemies have challenged them to a football match, and the prize at stake is the gang den. And guess what - theyre all completely rubbish at football! How can they save the den? How can they get back their pride? Find out in the first Bare Bum Gang adventure!

More brilliant jokes and plenty of laughs as the gang come together to battle some evil dogsnatchers!Ludo, Noah, Jamie, Phillip and Jennifer are THE BARE BUM GANG! They have an embarrassing name but a cool Gang Den, so things could be worse. The newest member of the gang is Rude Word, the worlds ugliest dog - and hes causing trouble. Hes throwing up strange furry body parts . . . and Mrs Cakes dog Trixie is missing! Ludo and the gang have to turn detective and get to the bottom of this gross mystery. But when other pets disappear, they realise the mystery is bigger than they thought. Can they get Rude Word off the hook?

From Carnegie Medal winning author Anthony McGowan comes an environmental tale packed full of his signature grit, heart and humour, as Kyle and his grandad execute a plan to save the local beck. Kyle is less than happy about getting dumped at his eccentric old grandads on a Saturday afternoon. Embarrassed by his grandads ratty old Elvis wig and his weird three-legged dog, Kyle thinks the day is going to be a nightmare until his grandad introduces him to the marvels in the beck at the bottom of his garden. Once filthy and full of rubbish, the stream has been cleaned up and is now home to some amazing creatures. But this magical world is under threat from a new development. Kyles grandad is determined to stop the builders and has an audacious plan to save the beck, but when he falls ill, will Kyle find the courage to carry it out by himself? Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 9.

Jealousy drives Mog to make a terrible mistake in this tragic and gritty tale of betrayal, expertly executed by the Carnegie Medal winning author Anthony McGowan. Mog might be a loser, but hes not as much of a loser as Duffy, poster child for victims everywhere. So hes not best pleased when Duffy tries to get in with his best mate. Mog decides to take action, but when he lands Duffy in the beck, a rancid stream behind the school, he has no idea how far the ripples will spread Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 7. Please note that this book contains mature content (with themes of violence and bullying) and language that some may find offensive.

Monty is a dog, not a financial genius, but economics still shapes his everyday life.Over the course of seventeen walks, Dr Rebecca Campbell chews over economic concepts and investigates how they apply to our lives people and mutts alike. There are no graphs, no charts (Monty cant read them) and definitely no calculus!How to Teach Economics to Your Dog tackles the knotty question of what economics actually is. Is it a mathematical science like physics? Or a moral and philosophical investigation of how societies should manage scarce resources?Along the way we meet some of the great thinkers from Adam Smith to Thomas Piketty, and ponder questions such as: What on earth does quantitative easing mean? And why are some countries so much richer than others?

From Carnegie-winning author Anthony McGowan comes another thrilling and heartbreaking animal adventureAn unlikely flock. The adventure of a lifetime.Life can be tough when youre a bird, especially for Beaky, Herman and Pidge. With the young jackdaws twisted beak, the crows broken wing and the pigeons fear of flying, survival seems impossible. Until, that is, they band together.The trio set out into the wild, leaving the city far behind. But danger lurks at every turn Will the three birds ever find a place they can call home?

Kenny no ve el mundo como el resto de los niños: eso es algo que Nicky, su hermano menor, aprendió cuando era pequeño. Desde entonces se ha encargado de cuidarlo, en especial luego de que su madre los abandonara varios años atras y su padre se dedicara a beber. La situacion ha mejorado mucho, pero ahora que su madre los encontro y esta a punto de visitarlos, Kenny esta bastante inquieto y Nicky, confundido. Para despejar su mente, ambos hermanos deciden dar una caminata por los paramos en compañia de Tina, su perrita. Pero lo que estaba pensado como un tranquilo paseo pronto se convierte en un asunto de vida o muerte. ¿Podran volver a reunirse con aquellos a quienes aman?

Ludo, Noah, Jamie, Phillip and Jennifer are THE BARE BUM GANG! They have an embarrassing name but a cool Gang Den, so things could be worse. Ludo leads the Bare Bum Gang on a raid through the Valley of Doom, deep in enemy territory. But as they are approaching their target, the BBG are ambushed by the Dockery gang. It looks like they are about to be annihilated (or pelted with mud really hard), but then they are rescued by a strange boy called Alfie. When they get back to their den, they find that their sweet stash has been plundered. The wrappers turn up in Ludos binocular case. Added to the military fiasco in the Valley of Doom, the sweet theft is the final straw. Can Ludo keep his position as leader of the Bare Bum Gang? Or will he have to resort to desperate measures?