10 Upwards H - Nickel Books

Author	Title	ISBN	Price	Blurb (the description from the back of the book)	Cover Click on the thumbnail for a bigger picture	Do you want to buy it? (click on "add to cart" and it'll take you to the Paypal screen)
Mark Haddon	Boom!	9780385616294	£6.99 (this is the hardback edition - special price!)	From the moment that Jim and his best friend Charlie bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there's an adventure on its way. But what does 'spudvetch' mean, and why do Mr Kidd's eyes flicker with fluorescent blue light when Charlie says it to him? Perhaps Kidd and Pearce are bank robbers talking in code. Perhaps they're spies. Perhaps they're aliens. Whatever they are, Jimbo and Charlie are determined to find out. There really is an adventure on its way. A nuclear-powered, one hundred-ton adventure with reclining seats and a buffet car. And as it gathers speed and begins to spin out of control, it can only end in one way ...with a BOOM. Note: This book was first published in 1992 under the title "Gridzbi Spudvetch!" It has now been completely re-written (Mark has changed pretty much every sentence one way or another) and given a new title that is much easier to pronounce.
Chris Higgins	Tapas and Tiaras	9780340970775	£5.99	Jaime never wanted to go on the school exchange trip to Spain; with her embarrassing blushing habit, living in someone else's home and in a foreign country is way out of her comfort zone. But surely staying with a girl called Concepcion Immaculada means a quiet and trouble-free visit, doesn't it? Strong new teen read from this growing author, who has written one of the World Book Day $1 books this year, and her backlist has also been repackaged with a new series look.
M G Harris	The Joshua Files: Invisible City	9781407104027	£6.99	Joshua's life was pretty cool - until his father was reported dead in an air crash in Mexico. Was it simply an accident? Why was the plane miles off course? Were there really UFOs in the sky at the time of the crash? In the depths of the Mexican jungle, with a deadly international hit man on his trail, Josh must find the truth about an incredible, dangerous secret - and try to stay alive.
M G Harris	The Joshua Files Ice Shock	9781407104034	£6.99	Josh is certain that his father's death was no accident. To make things worse, he's starting to wonder if he can really trust his closest allies. But when he finds out a shocking secret about the legendary lx Codex, he must journey to the secret Mexican city of Ek Naab, where the riddle of the mysterious Bracelet of Itzamna awaits him...
M G Harris	The Joshusa Files Dark Parallel	9781407111032	£7.99	This is how the world will end: on 22nd December. an electromagnetic pulse will blast through the atmosphere. Technology will fail. Civilization will fall apart. The key to survival lies in a Mayan bank, protected by Josh and an ancient society. But someone has altered time. To put it back on track, Josh must unravel history itself and face the dangers of a dark, parallel universe.
Jack Higgins with Justin Richards	First Strike	9780007300488	£6.99	Jack Higgins, master of the modern thriller, teams up with Justin Richards, bestselling author of Dr Who, to deliver a pulse-pounding new instalment in the adventures of the teenage Chance twins! Barely have Rich and Jade Chance walked away from their terrifying ordeal in the Middle East, when they stumble into another nightmare. And this time, it's at the heart of the free world! As their father deals with missing nuclear missiles in China, the twins are finally enjoying their all-expenses paid trip to the White House. But the enjoyment isn't going to last long. Soon, the President they saved from assassination in Sharp Shot is targeted again. Now Rich and Jade face a shocking siege and a battle to prevent World War III -- all from the comfort of home. The President's home!
Shannon Hale	The Book of a Thousand Days	9780747597810	£6.99	When a beautiful princess refuses to marry the prince her father has chosen, her father is furious and locks her in a tower. She has seven long years of solitude to think about her insolence. But the princess is not entirely alone - she has her maid, Dashti. Petulant and spoilt, the princess eats the food in their meagre store as if she were still at court, and Dashti soon realises they must either escape or slowly starve. But during their captivity, resourceful Dashti discovers that there is something far more sinister behind her princess's fears of marrying the prince, and when they do break free from the tower, they find a land laid to waste and the kingdom destroyed. They were safe in the tower, now they are at the mercy of the evil prince with a terrible secret. Thrilling, captivating, and a masterful example of storytelling at its best. The princess's maid is a feisty and thoroughly modern heroine, in this wonderfully timeless story
Charlie Higson	The Dead - The Enemy	9780141325033	£6.99	This is the second heart-stopping, mind-blowing book in this "killer" series - the Enemy is back. A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. 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 - nerds, fighters, misfits. And one adult. Greg, a butcher, who claims he's immune to the disease. They must work together if they want to make it in this terrifying new world. But as a fresh disaster threatens to overwhelm London, they realize they won't all survive...
Michelle Harrison	13 Secrets (3rd in a series - 13 Treasures and 13 Curses are also available at £6.99)	9780857070890	£6.99 each	Red is now living at Elvesden Manor under her real name, Rowan, and trying to put her past behind her. But staying on the straight and narrow isn't as easy as she had hoped...Hounded by fairy messengers who are trying to convince her to participate once more in the changeling trade, Rowan is haunted by dreams of the Hedgewitch's cottage and the chained-up Eldritch, who threatens revenge against her. Her past is about to catch up with her - can Tanya and Fabian prevent it consuming her altogether?		13 Treasures 13 Curses 13 Secrets

Fiction for 10 Years and Upwards Authors beginning with H