Gwyneth Rees
Mermaid Magic

There's a secret world at the bottom of the sea! Rani came to tingle Reef when she was a baby mermaid - she was found asleep in a seashell, and nobody knows where she came from. Now strange things keep happening to her, almost as if by magic. What's going on? Rani's pet sea horse, Roscoe, Octavius the octopus and a scary sea-witch help her find out.

Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
Muddle Earth, Book 3: Doctor Cuddles of Giggle Glade

Brenda the Warrior Princess and her pink sabre-toothed cat Sniffy are back in Muddle Earth, and they've had enough of adventuring. All they want is a nice, boring wizard to work for, and it looks as though they've come to the right place. Meanwhile, Joe is desperate to depart for Elfwood to retrieve the Great Book of Spells....

Archie is a very mature child, with some adult ways the kids at his new school find unbearable. Especially Miranda, the class troublemaker. Until she starts to wonder if she can turn him into a Troublemaker Extraordinaire. Their unlikely friendship really gets going when Archie needs help to scare off his dad's new girlfriend.