Fiction for ages 8 and Upwards

This is just a selection of the stock we have for ages 8 upwards.

Please note that the age recommendations at Nickel Books are based on average reading and interest age. They are not definitive: ie a child can read a book from any section they wish if that interests them more and their reading ability is suitable.

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Magicalamity

by Kate Saunders
Tom's dad has sprouted wings.
Tom is in shock. He's just discovered that his dad is an escaped fairy on the run. And that he must trust his life to three dangerous fairy godmothes he's never met. Two of them are hardened criminals, and one falls out of the window when she tries to fly.
How will their mad magic help him rescue his dad from the clutches of some killer fairies?

£6.99

The Cursed Sword is the first in the Grim Gruesome series.
Astrid’s mysterious uncle lends Bjarni a marvellous sword so he can join a pirate ship and win some treasure.
But the sword’s hilt is carved with strange rune letters which turn out to be a dangerous curse!
It plunges the children into a terrifying adventure - and straight into the clutches of the evil Grim Gruesome!

£5.99

Groosham Grange is a funny, but gruesome, tale about a boy, David Eliot, who is expelled from his school and is sent away to school at Groosham Grange. Incredibly witty, the story follows David as he finds out he has to sign his name in his own blood, his French teacher is a werewolf and his Latin teacher is dead!
The horror is written in Anthony Horowitz's inimitable style.

£4.99

Return To Groosham Grange
£4.99

I am Spartapuss is the first of a series of fiction based in the Feline Empire.
Spartapuss starts as the manager of the Spatopia baths, Rome.
He is a Kitton by birth and came to Rome as a baby.
Misfortune is on Spartapuss's side, as he is arrested by Catligula (the emperor's heir) and thrown into prison.
He has to become a gladiator in the arena in order to win his freedom.
Excellent story with some brilliant plays on words!

£6.99

Catligula
£6.99

Die Clawdius
£6.99

Boudicat
£6.99

Cleocatra's Kushion
£7.99

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex

Criminal mastermind Artemis has summoned an elite group of high-tech fairies to Iceland. He wants to present his invention to save the world from global warming. But something terrible has happened to him.
Artemis Fowl has become nice.
The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex - dabbling in magic has damaged Artemis's mind.
And now the subterranean city of Atlantic is under attack from vicious robots, and nice Artemis is no use to anyone.

£6.99

The books are organized by author's surname. Click on the letter in the column to go to that author. On this front page, there's a selection of the newest books and some of our favourites.

(this is a work in progress, so if the letter has a line under it, there are books on that page!)

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White Chin is a wild cat, abandoned at birth, and left to hunt for his own food and place to sleep every day.
Faced with awful dangers in the wild and from the animals of the woods, White Chin is forced to find a home with humans.
How can he trust people again?

ISBN: 9781846471056

£6.99

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