Malorie Blackman
Operation Gadgetman!

Beans calls her dad 'Gadgetman' because of the weird and wonderful gadgets he comes up with ­everything from exploding biscuits to spy kits. But when Gadgetman accidentally invents a device that could be used to steal millions of pounds, the wrong people find out and Gadgetman is kidnapped! Beans is determined to track down the kidnappers and rescue her dad.

Sally Prue
James and the Alien Experiment

When James is kidnapped by aliens, he can't believe his luck. They want to transform his feeble human body and James can have whatever superpowers he likes. He chooses super-speed, super-brains and super-strength. But James soon starts to realise he might have got slightly more than he asked for....

All the cutlery in Muddle Earth has disappeared, and the Horned Baron's Garden Party is due to start. Meanwhile, a huge, scaly dragon has awoken, and he craves silverware. And when Randalf is carried away by the huge winged beast, reluctant warrior Joe the Barbarian and his friends must go to the rescue....