An illustrated look at the past, present and future of these four countries.

When Alex and his father are forced to flee their home to escape a brutal government, they begin a life-threatening journey across Europe.

In a future world where giant mechanical animals called Constructs fight and are driven by human crews, a young teenage boy is separated from his Wolf Construct and must survive with a new crew of similarly lost youngsters

After the tragic death of his mother, eleven year old Will is sent to temporarily stay with his uncle in the mountains.

A trip to the cinema will never be the same when 5 friends experience 4Di films for the first time and become the characters in the films.

A young girl helps in the resistance work by members of the Grand Mosque in Paris whose bravery saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during World War II.

Presents where news comes from, the history of news and how it works around the world, as well as who's who in the news process, what issues are facing the news today, what can we expect from news in the future and so much more.

Isaac must solve the mystery of his father's disappearance and foil the plot to take over the world using metric time.

Tarn grapples with the loss of her brother at Dunkirk as she faces the threat of Nazi invasion in the Cumbrian countryside.

A young Sikh footballer reaches out across the generational divide to help a lonely old man.

When disaster strikes on the International Space Station, Stella needs a whole galaxy of luck to return safely to Earth.

Twelve-year-old Hanh is offered a job as a shop assistant in Hanoi, soon learns that the job offer was a lie and finds herself working in virtual slavery in an illegal garment factory.

A guide for children to find their own way to who they want to be, using the example of the traits of various animals.

An eleven-year-old girl's world is turned upside-down when she has to go and live with her mother in the city after her father, with whom she lives in the woods, is seriously injured in an accident.

A boy from the non-magical mortal world joins a girl in the hidden, magical world of the Archipelago to restore the magic that will save both worlds

A thrilling World War II adventure set in occupied France, featuring an Indian RAF pilot.

Follows Kai, a young boy who blames himself for something that tore his family apart.

12-year-old Gabriel is a brilliant pickpocket, a skill which he uses to keep his often empty belly not quite so empty. And then one day, he's caught.

A young girl finds herself in a supernatural world when she tries to find her missing older brother.

Relates the story of Matthew Henson, an explorer who reached the North Pole.

Nate's eleven and has just finished Primary School. After a challenging final year, life is looking up. His brother has recovered from a life-threatening heart condition, he's got the love of his mum, brothers and Auntie San, and he's off to Secondary School with his two best mates.

A girl ventures from the island she is forbidden to leave on a quest to find her friend who has gone missing.

Gently explores how students make their very different ways through life at school and at home.

Two children in different future time periods struggle with the mistakes of their forebears to set the world right again.

Birdie is sent to live with her great-aunt in 1950s Yorkshire and befriends the village's last remaining pit pony

Three best friends are born on the same day under miraculous circumstances.

Thirteen-year-old Jo tries to juggle life in a family that is half Chinese, half English, running a takeaway in Coventry

Follows Pip, an English orphan who rises to wealth, deserts his true friends, and becomes humbled by his own arrogance.

When a devastating meteor strike destroys their base, Luna is left stranded alone on the moon.

A collection of poetry about nature.

Freya desperately wants to be a famous influencer, like her former best friend, Hye-jin, but no matter what she does, her posts flop. Until Freya's stepdad arrives home with AdelAIDE, a home-assistant robot.

A 10-year-old boy born with a facial abnormality attempts mainstream school for the first time

In the early days of World War II, Jakob and Lizzie work to solve two mysteries - the Enigma code and the fate of their mother

A collection of contemporary poems for teenagers.

Will Hugo heed the pleas of the fog-shrouded figure at the window and welcome him inside?

Celebrates the incredible life of Josephine Baker in this true story, chronicling her journey from an impoverished childhood to beloved actress, dancer and wartime heroine.

Sent by mistake to a juvenile correction centre, a teen boy discovers the wardens are using the boys as manual labour to find a buried treasure

A boy struggling with OCD, starts at a new at school and learns to cope with the help of friendship and understanding.

10-year-old Annemarie helps save her best friend who is Jewish when Nazis invade Denmark in World War II.

13-year-old Tom Morgan has his life changed when he is inducted into an elite school for thieves.

When Laurie tells her friends about a boy who is coming to visit her, she is as surprised as they are when he arrives.

A boy suffering from amnesia finds himself in an encampment surrounded by wall where half robot creatures hunt the people that live there

The spellbinding story of struggle, determination and the unflappable faith of an American family.

A boy has to hide from his friends and teachers the fact that he and his mum are living in a van.

Under threat, Tyrese and his friends set out on a terrifying journey across the island to try and uncover the Shadow Man's sinister history.

A retelling of the classic horror story about a scientist who creates his own human being using cadavers dug up from graveyards.

When Matthew saves Anton's life, he starts to learn important lessons about friendship, peer pressure and resisting macho culture.

Marv, a teenage boy, tries to win the heart of the cool new girl at school.

A teenager starts to use an untested app to improve her grades but then becomes concerned when it seems to be interfering with all aspects of her life

Biography of intrepid explorer, survival expert and TV presenter Bear Grylls.

Recounts the life and experiences of 12-year-old Yeva, in Ukraine during the early months of the 2022 year

Ross Molloy just wants to be normal. He doesn't want to lose his hair, or wear a weird hat, or deal with the disappearing friends who don't know what to say to 'the cancer kid'. But with his recent diagnosis of a rare eye cancer, simply blending in is no longer an option. Ross - and his friends and his family - all need to work out how to deal with this devastating challenge that Life has thrown down. Maybe Batpig can come to the rescue?

A collection of poems that focus on one week in a secondary school.

The classic Christmas story presented with dyslexia friendly font and paper.

The must-have atlas for pupils aged 11-14. Fully updated for 2025, this world atlas is designed to support Key Stage 3 students aged 11-14 years in developing their geographical and mapping skills. The content follows requirements of the National Curriculum and has been reviewed by educational experts.

A vibrant, evocative and magical tale which centres a positive, empowered disabled character at the heart of a reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood.

Kyle and his grandad execute a plan to save the local beck from developers.

A boy is enrolled for the task of becoming the new Giver, the person in his community who collects all the feelings and memories that they are brought up not to have.

A ten year old boy has to come to terms with the death of his older sister and the break up of his family.

Based on the novel by Benjamin Zephaniah, Refugee Boy is an urgent story of a courageous African boy sent to England to escape the violent civil war, a story about arriving, belonging and finding 'home'.

When the Faerie folk flee their world and come to ours, running from the nightmare of war, they are locked away in a refugee camp, until a group of faeries disocover a way to get home and stop the war.

A 16-year-old refugee is found near to collapse and recounts her story to a kind adult, explaining how a totalitarian government in London ripped her family apart.

First in an epic trilogy of verse novels set in 19th century Ghana, following a boy who is sold into slavery

A twist on the Medusa myth, which tells of the ill-fated love between the cursed Medusa and mysterious Perseus.

Existor is the most popular guy in school. Fred is the loser with no friends. And nobody knows they're the same person.

A young woman is guided by a ghost only she can see on a road trip across Zimbabwe.

Loan shark Chick Lennon is notorious around Sonny Gilmour's way, and not for anything good.

In 1894, across space, this earth was being watched by envious eyes, and plans were being drawn up for an attack.

In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can escape the bitter cold, but this perfect society is hiding dark and dangerous secrets within its frozen heart

When an American-style residential camp is set up in the grounds of an English stately home, the teenage camp counsellors find that all is not what it seems.

A boy who lives and works on a rubbish mountain, finds a bag with money and a map, which the police are very keen to get their hands on

A teenage boy who aspires to be a famous rapper finds new motivation to pursue his dreams when his family are in danger of being evicted

A history of post-war Black Britain told through the lens of these groundbreaking songs.

When an outcast teen who believes she can hear the Earth's distress goes missing, her friend sets off to find her.

An accessible retelling of Jane Austen's classic tale about the romance between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy and societal expectations.

After her grandmother is executed for witchcraft, Mary travels to America to begin a new life. Soon, however, she is under suspicion herself.

A teenager living in the repressive regime of 1989 Romania faces the choice whether to inform on his family to save their lives.

A 14 year old boy is faced with a moral dilemma when he becomes involved with a local gang

A girl makes friends with a boy who has lived in a detention centre for refugees all his life.

Epic story of a man who trades in illegitimate children and a child who survives and is reunited with his gentleman father.

Set in the Great Depression in the US, two migrant ranch workers encounter trouble on a farm. Dyslexia-friendly edition.

A novel full of longing, love and heartbreak, inspired by Puccini's Madame Butterfly.

Escaping war is only half the battle as the Kovalenko family swap Ukrainian dangers for life with a British family.

Meet Banjo and Finlay. Thrust together in a group care home when they were teenagers, inseparable until an incident three years ago..

An illustrated coming-of-age verse novel about family, mental health and the healing power of music.

When Erik's bad behaviour attracts the wrong crowd, he's sucked into a terrifying new world of drug dealing, trap houses and violence

Conjoined twins start at a normal school after being previously homeschooled, and one of them develops a chronic heart disease endangering both of their lives.

Two sisters, who have only just learned of each other's existence, become friends when their father dies

A boy is visited by ghosts of family and friends he knew as he takes the lift down from his family's flat to exact revenge on the person who shot his brother dead in a gangland attack.

Follows the trial of a black man accused of raping a young white girl with all the prejudices of the southern US in the 1930s.

Follows the life of an 11-year-old Ghanaian boy living in inner city London and his ill-fated mission to find the person who knifed a boy from his school.

The tragic tale of Victor Frankenstein and the tortured creation he rejects.

"Lord of the Flies" is a novel that has captivated schoolchildren ever since it was first published in 1954.

It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

Follows the trial of a black man accused of raping a young white girl with all the prejudices of the southern US in the 1930s.

Golding's best-known novel is the story of a group of boys who, after a plane crash, set up a fragile community on a previously uninhabited island. As memories of home recede and the blood from frenzied pig-hunts arouses them, the boys' childish fear turns into something deeper and more primitive.

A dramatization, suitable for schools and amateur dramatic groups, of Golding's bestselling novel. The book contains notes and diagrams for staging, including lighting and sound cues and a full properties list.

Two young women from different backgrounds become close friends through their roles in WWII, one as a pilot, the other as an SOE agent.

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887.

Twin brothers are separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. She gives one of them away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends, in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a blood-bath.

A STUDENT EDITION

Fitzgerald's classic tale of jazz-era New York and the mysterious, party-throwing millionaire Jay Gatsby.

Full text of the play by Arthur Miller, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949.

Text of this classic Williams play

Imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. This novel dramatises the author's attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world.

When Seb is offered a place on a radical retreat designed to solve the national crisis of teenage unhappiness, he is determined to change how people see him and make his parents proud.

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives.

From the bestselling and Booker Prize winning author of Never Let me Go and The Remains of the Day, a stunning new novel - his first since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature - that asks, what does it mean to love?

A woman who commits suicide finds herself in an infinite library and is given the chance to see how her life might have been if she'd made different choices.

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On a trip to the South of France, the shy heroine of Rebecca falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him.

A beautiful new edition of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, the iconic, beloved and deeply moving first volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

First published in 1953, this is Bradbury's prophetic dystopian vision of a weird but too distant future where happiness is allocated on a four-walled TV screen, where individuals, eccentrics and scholars are outcasts of society and where books are burnt by a special task-force.

Classroom edition with supporting introduction and glossary for GCSE students.

The autobiography of Trevor Noah, a mixed-race boy who grew up in South Africa whilst the country still adhered to apartheid.

A 14-year-old researches and builds a windmill in his village in order to help save the villagers from poverty and drought

The story of 15-year old Kambili's life growing up in Nigeria during a military coup. The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her repressive and fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, and more prayer.

Text of this Dennis Kelly play for classroom and study uses.

Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!