Karen McCombie
Ally's World : Butterflies, Bullies and Bad, Bad Habits

Rowan's been acting strange (well, OK, more strange than usual). One minute she's crying over who-knows-what, and the next she's tripping into the house with all this new stuff (which has to come from the shopping fairy, since I know she's got zero money). Then there's the graffiti at school: 'Rowan Love is a muppet' (and I don't think it's meant in a friendly, Kermit-is-cool kind of way). Just what is going on with my sister?

Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
Muddle Earth, Book Two: Here Be Dragons

All the cutlery in Muddle Earth has disappeared, drawn to a dragon's cave far away in the mountains - and the Horned Baron's Garden Party is due to start ... With a wizard needed for the Grand Opening, Randalf, Norbert and Veronica are all eager to be there. Meanwhile, a huge, scaly dragon has awoken, and he craves silverware. But the cutlery has found its way to the Garden Party, and Randalf is carried away by the huge winged beast. Reluctant warrior Joe the Barbarian and his friends must go to the rescue....

Connie has never believed in fairies. So she's amazed when Ruby, a tiny fairy-girl, suddenly appears in the library of the old house where Connie is staying. Ruby says that she is a book fairy - but that she is in terrible trouble. She has been banished from fairyland until she finds a ruby ring, which she has lost. Can Connie help Ruby find the missing ring - before the doorway to fairyland is closed forever?