12-year-old Aiden Andrews is forced to return to his former home after being expelled from his boarding school. He left when he was 7 years old, after he watched his 10-year-old sister Ariel be killed by a wolf. But what Aiden doesn't know was that his sister was not killed, but bitten by a werewolf... On his first night back, Aiden sees a wolf in the corridor and mistakes it for the one that 'killed' his sister. Angry and shocked, he follows it, only to see it turn into Ariel, only she is 14. Aiden is overjoyed to see Ariel again, but then he remembers that she was a werewolf. Ariel explains that when she was bitten, something went wrong and she was somehow cursed to slowly become a full werewolf. It takes four years, and Ariel only had 5 days left, so she could turn into a wolf at any point. But in 5 days, she would be a wolf forever. She tells Aiden to stay away from her, but he's determined that he's not going to lose again. He teams up with a few of his old friends and gets them to believe in werewolves again. They start trying to figure out how to end the curse, until witches and vampires come into the scene. Aiden friends back out, and soon it's up to only Ariel and Aiden to stop the curse. But there's an evil gang of vampires, witches and other werewolves that are determined to stop them, even if it means killing...or turning people into supernatural creatures...

Olivia Pamela Moore's mother died when she was 5 years old after she caught a deathly illness from her. Ever since then, Olivias father has ignored her and her younger brother has avoided talking because he was scared of her. Olivia has to take care of her brother without him knowing, because her father is hopeless, so Olivia has to buy gifts and sign them as her father, she has to buy the food and pay the flat-owner while her father gets drunk. Olivia acts out to try and be noticed, and to hide how guilty she feels about her mother dying and not her. She also gets stressed out to the point of yelling and fighting. When she acts out, she gets really angry and hurts people or breaks things. After an accident, Olivia is sent away to live with her rich, kind Aunt Melissa and her cousin James. She is more lonely than ever, until she finds a secret door in the gardens, and goes through it to find a secret garden. While in there, she finds another secret door, which leads to another world, a world connected to the Moore family in ways she doesn't understand. Olivia goes there every day, but still makes no friends. But then she meets her grandfather on her mums side, and he gives her some helpful advice. Thinking of her Grandfathers words, Olivia starts being nice, and ends up making the following friends; Sophie Brown, her maid, James Moore, her cousin, and Isabella Smyth, the cooks daughter. After a few amazing weeks, Olivia decides to show them the other world. But when they get there, they aren't able to get back. And the world is cold, dark, and destroyed. They need to figure out how to leave, but the citizens believe that girls should do housework and be controlled, so they're desperate to stop them. Plus there's an evil sorceress destroying and enslaving the realm, one who's connected to Olivia in ways she couldn't even imagine... So they must also save the realm, all while trying not to be killed.

Elizabeth Richmond has always been left alone by everyone, so she has kept quiet her whole life. her only friends are adults and basically parent-figures. But when Eliza finds out that she is going to spend the summer with an Aunt and Cousin she never met, Eliza hopes she'll finally make a real friend. But then her Aunt Elena sends her and her cousin Valentina to a camp for rich, well behaved girls, Eliza fears this will be the most boring summer ever. For reasons unknown to her, Eliza is everyone's enemy. But after an accident where Eliza is attacked & injured, she discovers a whole new side of Valentina, and is confident the other girls can be like that too. Valentina & Eliza become almost like sisters, so when the councillors disappearand the camp might close down, they decide to do something about it. But they can't do it alone. They need to act fast, and then one of them is taken. The other one needs to find it in her to show the other girls that they can do more then be well mannered and posh, they can save the day. Rankings 22nd Aug: #11 / 282 - richmond #2 / 25 - ColetteButler #15 / 119 - Vivienne #1 / 25 - colettebutler - 23rd Aug

April has never had a chance to prove herself to her parents, or anyone for that matter. She's never felt Important, except for with her friends, but she's never had many of those either. But that all changes when she makes a startling discovery. April's best friend is called June, they have been best friends since birth and are inseparable. Their mums were 2/3 of identical triplets, so June, April and their cousin who they never see, Mai look the same. But then June went missing, and everything changed. One month later, April arrives home after school to find her parents gone and her house turned upside down. Okay, she's not too worried about never seeing her Dad again but, she still has to save her parents. Later that same day, she hears strange noises coming from the abandoned shed at the end of her back garden. When wondering over, she finds a bunch of photos...of her parents with celebrities, and files of investigations. She discovers that her parents are actually detectives/scientists, and then she discovers something else. While snooping through her parents stuff, she hears a cough and turns around. She starts searching and discovers a car....but not just any car...a talking one...who happens to be called J... But the car doesn't remember anything, and neither it nor April know about the secret Government plans that will get in their way. Suddenly April is caught up in a wild adventure with her brother, and the last two people on earth she thought she would ever need help from...her cousins Mai & Jackson 'Things to do: • Get backup • try and restore J's memory • find my parents • stop the bad guys from murdering my parents and mind controlling everyone in the country. You know, typical 11 year old stuff. • find out who the car really is. • stop the bad guys from destroying J. • try and stop the police from finding out. • Find out what Mai is doing back in town.' 'What if it's June?! Is it...? If it is, I need to help her.'

Misa Magisk is a normal girl, she lives in a small village called Mystic Falls and she goes to a normal, boring private school. She is a dancer, and gets a chance to audition for a dance school nearby that she's been dreaming about for years. On the eve of her 13th birthday, she finds out she got in, and she's super excited, but then her family reveals a terrifying secret. Her parents are the rulers of a magical realm and she is the heir. Angry and shocked, Misa moves in with her best friend Sheryl Carpenter, determined to forget about magic and live the same regular life she always has. But when a dark force arrives, and Sheryl and Misa's family are put in danger, Misa needs to learn how to use her powers. Fast. But then comes the harder part: going on a long & dangerous mission with her younger brother, a few strangers with magic, and her enemy to save her family and best friend.

When Lauren loses her memory after an accident where she is hit by a car, it's up to her best friend Jessica to help get it back. The trouble is, Jess has never taken the lead before, and then she realises what she has to do. Lauren has been looking for an adventure since she was five years old. Lauren's nurse, Nurse Lana, tells Jess that she needs to do something close to Lauren's heart, and she realises that that means going on an adventure. But Jess can't just conjure up an adventure, and there's the added fact that Jess hates, and is terrified of, adventures. She only has two weeks to restore Lauren's memory before it's gone forever. However, late one night a man breaks into Lauren's house to kidnap her. Jess recognises him as the man who hit Lauren with his car, and then she recognises him as someone else...someone she thought was dead. Jess tries to protect Lauren, and ends up being kidnapped too. They are taken to an old warehouse in London, and escape. Then they must go on the run, living on the streets of London and trying not to get caught... Will it help Lauren get her memories back?...or will they be gone forever?... And more importantly, will they get caught?...

'Matilda sighed and forced herself up, using the table as support. She stood up straight and glared at the witch. "What. did you do. to my sister."' Matilda June is an 11 year old girl who lives on the streets. She used to like a lot of things. She used to believe in fairy tales with her sister, but not anymore. She used to love pink and dancing, but not anymore. She used to live in a mansion with her uncle, but not anymore. she hardly remembered living there, she only remembered her last night there, the night that had haunted her forever. One day, Matilda goes home to find that her uncle had died, and left the mansion to her parents. After some consideration, Matilda's parents decide to move into the mansion. Matilda is terrified, now she must return to the place where she lost her best friend. But what if she didn't? When there, Matilda begins to investigate some locked rooms, which eventually lead her to the room where it happened. . .Where she lost her twin sister Molina. later that night she suddenly wakes up and sees a flash of light in front of her. She goes into a sort of trance, and when she realises somethings wrong she is back at the room. Then, Matilda makes the most startling discovery of her entire life. In a cupboard in the room, there is a hole, and a ladder going down. Curiosity gets the better of her and she finds herself climbing down the ladder. She feels a jolt about half way down, and then can't go back up. Matilda keeps climbing down, and ends up in a world where unicorns and dragons are real. Everything is amazing, colourful and friendly and pretty. But then Matilda accidentally angers an evil spirit, and puts the secret world in danger. But what Matilda found out was something that would change everything . . . Matilda and her new friends go on a quest to stop the evil enchantress and spirit . . . And maybe even find out what happened to her sister. But she finds out a lot more than that . . . #15 / 73 - Awholenewworld - 22nd Aug

Haleigh Crossford has hated violence ever since she was 7 and she watched her Dad get killed in a fight. But when she is chosen to be a teenage spy 7 years later, everything changes. Suddenly she's expected to go on dangerous missions with her two best friends, Alison & Rosalind. After she goes on one mission, and the bad guy swears that he'll find her and make her pay, Haleigh gives it up. But when she returns home one day to find her mum, younger brother and sister missing, she needs to be a leader, and a spy, to save them. #12 / 23 - Haleigh - 18th August 2021 #6 / 23 - Haleigh - 22nd August 2021 #4 / 26 - noviolence- 23rd Aug #4 / 23 - Haleigh - 25th Aug

Dylan, Denise, Joanna, Jolene, Cinder & Catina are all very different. Or are they... Dylan is one of the most popular girls at school - all day long she has to make sure that her make-up, hair and clothes look perfect. Denise is the assistant of the fashion club - her job is to collect the other members designs and write lists of the latest trends. Joanna is the camera-girl of the drama club - her job is to film rehearsals and scenes for projects they're working on. Jolene is vice-captain of the Sports club - her job is to run and get the nurse if anyone is injured and to type up PowerPoints on the scores of matches they've played. Cinder is the vice-president of the environmentalist club - her job is to write down the plans that the president has confirmed, and to water all of the plants. Catina is the assistant of the pet lovers club - her job is to stick up new photos of everyone's pets onto the pet board, to write up lists of requirements for the next meetings. They all long to try other clubs and to be valued as proper members of the clubs they are in. But another thing they have in common: they're all too scared to change their situations. Every day, they all go to the library to get away from their problems and relax. One day (after a set-up by the librarians), they meet in the Mixed genres section, and get to know each other. They start going there every day, and they always have lots of fun talking about books, films, and fashion. Everyone calls them the lunchtime girls because they only ever go to the library at lunch. But they could never be friends outside of the library, right? But at the beginning of the new school year, they are put in the same class . . . along with the club leaders. Maybe, just maybe, they could be real friends, but with the leaders in their class, it's hard. But then they are partnered up for a project, and suddenly everything changes.. Can they help each other? Or will things be like this forever?

Dizzy Blackheart has spent her whole life being prepared for evil. But she's always known that's not who she is. When she was 7, she discovered she had healing and electricity powers. She met some people that changed her life that day, and as she got older she got more powers. Powers that can be used for good. Her parents, Drizzle and Storm, the famous criminals, don't know. They think her powers haven't come in yet. But one day, her parents catch her levitating and healing her sister, and they immediately send her off to an evil boarding school. Dizzy doesn't want to leave her little sister Malice, but her parents are adamant she's going to be the leader of the next generation of evil. Once Dizzy arrives at Gloom Academy, she immediately feels out of place. But then she realises that she's not alone in being good. After making some unusual friends, Dizzy makes a huge discovery that could change history forever. 13/18th - #Grimhilde - 22nd August 2021