Itch to zwykły chłopak, kt�ry ma niezwykłe hobby ? kolekcjonuje pierwiastki układu okresowego. I wpada przy tym w poważne tarapaty. Tym razem Itch zmaga się z zagadką wybuchających banknot�w i zniszczonych zabytk�w. I wpada prosto w pułapkę. Chłopak zdaje sobie sprawę, że jemu i jego najbliższym grozi śmiertelne niebezpieczeństwo. Musi odnaleźć swojego największego wroga, kt�ry pragnie zemsty?
Itchingham Lofte, znany jako Itch, to zafascynowany chemią 14-latek. Jego celem jest skompletowanie wszystkich elementów układu okresowego pierwiastków. Pewnego dnia, w swoim pokoju przekształconym w laboratorium, Itch dokonuje niesamowitego odkrycia kolejnego pierwiastka. Początkowo nikt w to nie wierzy. Jednak z czasem pewien nieznajomy zechce pozyskać ten bezcenny element, a Itch znajdzie się w śmiertelnym niebezpieczeństwie… Debiutancka powieść jednego z najpopularniejszych brytyjskich prezenterów radiowych Simon Mayo. To zwariowana i fantastyczna, pełna ekscytujących intryg i mrożących krew w żyłach zwrotów akcji powieść dla dzieci i młodzieży.
After almost poisoning his whole class with arsenic gas, going on the run from a psychotic science teacher and nearly dying of radiation poisoning, life is getting back to normal for Itchingham Lofte - at least, as normal as it can be when you have a round-the-clock detail of government security guards watching your every move. But sinister forces are still hunting for Element 126 and will stop at nothing to find out where Itch has hidden the precious radioactive rocks. With the help of his sister Chloe and his tomboy cousin Jack, Itch has to put 126 beyond the reach of unscrupulous scientists and international terrorists forever. It's time to save the world. Again. The second book in the explosively exciting ITCH series. 'A great debut. You'll be itching to read more.' Anthony Horowitz
"What happens when society wants you banged up in prison for a crime your parents committed? That's the situation in which Ant finds herself - together with her little brother Mattie and their foster-parents, she's locked up in a new kind of family prison. None of the inmates are themselves criminals, but wider society wants them to do time for the unpunished 'heritage' crimes of their parents. Tensions are bubbling inside the London prison network Ant and Mattie call home - and when things finally erupt, they realize they've got one chance to break out. Everyone wants to see them punished for the sins of their mum and dad, but it's time for Ant to show the world that they're not to blame. A new nail-bitingly taught YA suspense thriller, from author of the bestselling ITCH series, Simon Mayo."
It starts quietly enough. A tick tick ticking you can hear in your ear. Tinnitus, you think. It will pass. But it doesn't. It gets worse - and then you pass it on.Before you know it, it spreads. Elsewhere across the globe, it emerges, small outbreaks at first, contained groups of people, young and old, and suddenly it's a plague - and ten days later it's killing people. The hospitals are overflowing and there is no cure. There is a paranoid panic which sets friend against friend, neighbour against neighbour. Where does the world go from here?In the north London school where it is first discovered, head of English, Kit Chaplin is struggling to understand what he is witnessing. Even eminent bacteriologist and his partner Lilly Slater can't help him. But as the virus rips through the school and into the outside world, the world starts to take notice. Kit is more concerned about his students - and his young daughter, Rose - but little by little he gets sucked into where this mystery illness might have come from. And how it's going to threaten his world.Tick Tock is the compelling new novel from master storyteller and legendary DJ, Simon Mayo. It tells the story of a different kind of pandemic through the eyes of three people at the heart of the storm. Utterly exciting, urgently contemporary, piercingly insightful, it more than confirms the promise of his bestselling and acclaimed first thriller, Knife Edge.
"6.45am. A sweltering London rush hour. And in the last 27 minutes, seven people have been murdered. In a series of coordinated attacks, seven men and women across London have been targeted. For journalist Famie Madden, the horror unfolds as she arrives for the morning shift. The victims have one thing in common- they make up the investigations team at the news agency where Famie works. The question everyone's asking- what were they working on that could prompt such brutal devastation? As Famie starts to receive mysterious messages, she must find out whether she is being warned of the next attack, or being told that she will be the next victim..."--Publisher
1815: The war is over but for the inmates at Dartmoor Prison, peace - like home - is still a long way away.Inspired by a true story, Mad Blood Stirring tells of a few frantic months in the suffocating atmosphere of a prison awaiting liberation.* 'Wonderful - a story I never heard before, told with style, pace, character, texture, and tension ...
Cuteness has become a global phenomenon, evident in icons like Hello Kitty, Pokémon, and the art of Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons, as well as quirky figures like Heidi the cross-eyed opossum. But what does "cute" truly signify as a sensibility? Is it merely trivial, or does it harbor deeper, even unsettling qualities? In exploring this, Simon May offers nuanced insights. Traditionally, we perceive cuteness as harmless and diminutive, yet May challenges this notion by examining examples from Mickey Mouse to Kim Jong-il, revealing that cuteness can embody a playful yet ambiguous power that transcends simple sweetness, affecting gender, age, morality, and species. He also addresses the darker, more complex aspects of cuteness, which have intrigued humanity since ancient times, particularly through mythological hybrids like the hermaphrodite and the sphinx. May posits that cuteness serves as a captivating antidote to modern pressures to be purposeful, predictable, and transparent. Instead, it embraces the uncertainty that societal norms often suppress, reflecting the complexities of identity, control, and power dynamics in our relationships. This exploration of cuteness resonates profoundly in our contemporary world.
