HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as this. Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of Baker Street would have failed to recognize him. His face flushed and darkened. His brows were drawn into two hard black lines, while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter.' Set against the foggy, mysterious backdrops of London and the English countryside, these are the fi

Mumba Siwale is the best football player in his town in Zambia. His life changes the day a man comes to see him play and invites him to join a top English football club. Mumba is very excited. But when he arrives in England, things dont work out the way he expected. Will Mumba ever play for the team he loves?

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.' A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of a young mother. Regarded as the first real heroine of American fiction, it is Hester Prynne's strength of character that resonates with the reader when her hars

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Where, you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.' Orphaned and sent to live with her uncle in his austere manor on the moors, Mary Lennox is a lonely and unhappy child. A meeting with Dickon, her servant's brother begins her adventure and it is through their friendship and her relationship with her troubled hypochondriac cousin Colin that she begins to learn about herself. Their lives all begin to change when a Robin

Find the stones You will find the way to help all of Avondel. Finn doesnt understand the note that his great aunt gave him, but he doesnt have time to think about it. When soldiers come to his village looking for him, Finn has to escape and go on a dangerous journey. He soon learns that only he can defeat the evil warlord Gondar and bring happiness back to the land. But hell need the help of the singing stones, and of the strange, wonderful friends he meets along the way.

Lewins quiet life changes on the day he turns sixteen and finds out that he is a sky reader he has the power to read the past, the present and the future. Lewin leaves home to learn the ways of old magic from his grandfather Laylan. When they start to see dark, troubling visions, the two sky readers realise they must make a journey to the city of Liana to help save their land from evil. The Sky Readers, like The Singing Stones, is a story from the Avondel Chronicles.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil.' After taking an elixir created in his laboratory, mild mannered Dr Jekyll is transformed into the cruel and despicable Mr Hyde. Although seemingly harmless at first, things soon descend into chaos and Jekyll quickly realises there is only one way to stop Hyde. Stevenson's quintessential novella of the Victorian era epitomizes the conflict between psyc

Every night, Dylan plays Orloffs Castle, a computer game. In the game he has to free Princess Zia, a prisoner of the evil Count Orloff. But one night something strange happens by magic, Dylan is pulled into the computer. Hes not just playing the game now he is in the game! His only way back to the real world is to go into the castle and find the princess. Can Dylan defeat Count Orloff? And will he get back home?

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know, what you have read, and seen, and thought, I feel what a nothing I am!' Challenging the hypocrisy and social conventions of the rural Victorian world, Tess of the D'Urbervilles follows the story of Tess Durbeyfield as she attempts to escape the poverty of her background, seeking wealth by claiming connection with the aristocratic D'Urberv

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.' Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death and so begins his journey through the Deep South, seeking independence and freedom. On his travels, Huck meets an escaped slave, Jim, who is a wanted man, and together they journey

Some strange things happen to the Robinson family on their holiday on the Fijian island of Tavioka. At first its just small things that go wrong someone steals their shoes, and they find their rooms full of toads! But then they start to feel their lives are in danger. It becomes clear that someone doesnt want them to stay on the island. But who? And why? Their Fijian friend Iveri helps them to find out.

Archie loves to draw. He often goes to the Art Gallery to make copies of the beautiful paintings there. One evening he finds himself locked in the gallery after it has closed. It should be easy to get someone to let him out. But Archie is not the only person in the gallery that night. There are other visitors and they are up to no good. When he realises theres a robbery happening, Archie knows its his job to stop it.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There was one place in the world that stood solid and did not melt into unreality: the place where his mother was. Everybody else could grow shadowy, almost non-existent to him, but she could not.' In his quest to find his emotional and independent self, Paul Morel is torn between the strong, Oedipal bond he has with his mother and the relationships he forges as a young adult, with chaste Miriam and the provocative Clara.

When a terrible flood hits Bangladesh and destroys their village, Khushi and her brother Mohammad are left all alone in the world. They go to the city to make a new life for themselves, but things get worse when another disaster separates sister from brother. Life on the streets of Dhaka is hard, yet in the midst of their struggle to survive, both Khushi and Mohammad also find kindness and beauty. But will they find each other?

Something strange is happening near Lizzie Baxters farm. At night, there have been fires in old houses and barns. Someone calls the fire brigade every time, but doesnt give their name. Who is lighting these fires? When theres a fire on Lizzies farm one night, she comes face-to-face with the danger.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Austen's best-loved tale of love, marriage and society in class-conscious Georgian England still delights modern readers today with its comedy and characters. It follows the feisty, quick-witted Elizabeth Bennet as her parents seek to ensure good marriages for her and her sisters in order to secure their futur

Hannah Fox and her friend Jo are on the holiday island of Mallorca. The sun is shining and the water is perfect for swimming. But in this beautiful place, something terrible is happening. Hannah learns that their mysterious rich neighbour is hiding something a secret project that could lead to the deaths of many people. He must be stopped, and Hannah wants to be the one to do it.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Oliver Twist has asked for more!' Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. Dickens scathing attack on the cruelness of Victorian Society features some of his most memorabl

In an old country house, the celebrations for Adrian Bennetts fortieth birthday are going well. Everyone is enjoying themselves the guests; the actors who are acting out a murder mystery to entertain them; and Milly, who is helping her mother cook all the food. But the weekend is ruined when a real crime takes place. The road to the house is closed because of bad weather, and the police cant get there. So Milly decides to find out for herself who did it.

Can a basketball jersey bring bad luck? Madison Munroe is usually a great basketball player. But ever since she joined her new team and started wearing the number nine jersey, shes played badly. Then she hears strange stories about the jersey people say the bad luck started with a girl who wore it many years ago. Madison and her brother decide to find out what happened to her.