The Magic CityAfter Philip's older sister and sole family member Helen marries, he goes off to live with his new step sister Lucy. He has trouble adjusting at first, thrown into a world different from his previous life and abandoned by his sister while she is on her honeymoon. To entertain himself he builds a giant model city from things around the house: game pieces, books, blocks, bowls, etc. Then through some magic he finds himself inside the city, and it is

Rachel Rhys' historical mystery is simply gorgeous

The wreck of High Speed Launch 2548 - his father's boat - has been found near the Breton village of St Cyriac

acclaimed historian Andrew Pettegree traces the surprising ways in which written culture - from travel guides and scientific papers to Biggles and Anne Frank - has shaped

author of the Carter Blake series

he is separated from the rest of his family

emotions run high and treachery abounds in The Lost Outlaw

Craig Russell is peerless

sold at 2/6d for almost 30 years

In The Rug

and how the most vulnerable survive in dangerous times

before his murder

It is 1978