Books by Charlie Higson
Where?
Books » Author » Charlie Higson
| Stock Availability: |
Sort by: |
View: |
On-hand, Local, International
|
|
|
|
|
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and... thought-provoking non-fiction. Silverfin, a Level 1 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past simple tense and some simple modals, adverbs and gerunds. Illustrations support the text throughout, and many titles at this level are graphic novels. On Loch SilverFin in Scotland, a bad man lives in a castle with his son. James Bond and his new friend Red Kelly go to the castle. They must find Red's missing cousin, Alfie. But what do they find in the castle? Do they find Alfie, or is it too late?
Read more
|
|
|
A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the ...limit as they go on the run with a mismatched group of other kids.
Read more
|
|
|
The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. The others had promised that the countryside would be safer than the city. They were wrong. Now Ella's all-alone except for her silent rescuer, Scarface - and she's not even su...re if he's a kid or a grown-up.
Read more
|
|
|
The sickness destroyed everyone over the age of fourteen. All across London diseased adults are waiting, hungry predators with rotten flesh and ravaged minds. Small Sam and his unlikely ally, The Kid, have survived. They're safe with Ed and his friends at the Tower of London, but... Sam is desperate to find his sister.
Read more
|
|
|
Oscar is not looking forward to Grandad coming to look after him at the weekend - it means he'll have to play endless rounds of chess or Monopoly, instead of war games on his computer. But when he finds Dad's ancient laptop in the study, he can't resist logging on to something ca...lled Project X - and all too soon Oscar creates a real live warrior.
Read more
|
|
|
A brilliantly compelling new crime novel from the Fast Show star and bestselling author of the Young Bond series.
|
|
|
Another thrilling novel from the writer of The Fast Show and the Young Bond series
|
|
|
As the sun blazes over the Caribbean island of Lagrimas Negras, its bloodthirsty ruler is watching and waiting. Criminals come here to hide, with blood on their hands and escape on their minds. On the mainland, in the quiet town of Tres Hermanas, ex-flying ace Jack Stone leaves h...is son and daughter in the company of James Bond.
Read more
|
|
|
Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton. But James is under surveillance; his every move is being watched. He alone holds the clue to a sinister plot that will bring bloodshed and carnage to his school - and ...his country. Life for James Bond will never be the same again.
Read more
|
|
|
A man kills a prospective buyer for his car. On the verge of becoming a name in the interior design world, he can't afford a scandal and must discreetly dispose of the body--not an easy job when the whole of London seems to be conspiring against him.
|
