Books with author Macmillan

The New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew conjures a dark and unpredictable tale of family secrets that explores the lengths people will go to hurt one another.When her beloved nanny, Hannah, left without a trace in the summer of 1988, seven-year-old Jocelyn Holt was devastated. Haunted by the loss, Jo grew up bitter and distant, and eventually left her parents and Lake Hall, their faded aristocratic home, behind.Thirty years later, Jo returns to the house and is forced to confront her troubled relationship with her mother. But when human remains are accidentally uncovered in a lake on the estate, Jo begins to question everything she thought she knew.Then an unexpected visitor knocks on the door and Jo's world is destroyed again. Desperate to piece together the gaping holes in her memory, Jo must uncover who her nanny really was, why she left, and if she can trust her own motherIn this compulsively readable tale of secrets, lies, and deception, Gilly Macmillan explores the darkest impulses and desires of the human heart. Diabolically clever, The Nanny reminds us that sometimes the truth hurts so much you'd rather hear the lie.

Take a tour through the Binscape with Tink and Clott and learn the best tips and tricks, from looking after your Bin Weevil to creating a Bin-tastic nest design and caring for your Bin Pet. Learn how to win at games, crack tough puzzles, and take part in top-secret SWS missions! Keep your eyes open for some exclusive codes and clues hidden in the book that will allow you to unlock special nest items and bonus Mulch online. This is your definitive guide to all things weevily on Binweevils.com!

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-14 Pages: 304 Language: English Publisher: Macmillan Childrens Books A fabulous bumper book of facts containing everything you ever wanted to know about sport. medicine. space. ghosts. inventions and much. much more! Did you know that ... By the time a person turns fifty. their nails will have grown a total of two metres. When it first appeared. Coca Cola. without the fizz. was sold as a medicine. There are 400 billion stars in the Milky Way. In October 1997. a Yorkshire Terrier was rescued after being accidentally sucked up by a Swansea street-cleaning vacuum cleaner! There are said to be more ghosts per square mile in Britain than in any other country. A kangaroo can hop at up to 40 miles an hour. A sneeze can go up to 3.5 metres!

The New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew conjures a dark and unpredictable tale of family secrets that explores the lengths people will go to hurt one another.When her beloved nanny, Hannah, left without a trace in the summer of 1988, seven-year-old Jocelyn Holt was devastated. Haunted by the loss, Jo grew up bitter and distant, and eventually left her parents and Lake Hall, their faded aristocratic home, behind.Thirty years later, Jo returns to the house and is forced to confront her troubled relationship with her mother. But when human remains are accidentally uncovered in a lake on the estate, Jo begins to question everything she thought she knew.Then an unexpected visitor knocks on the door and Jo's world is destroyed again. Desperate to piece together the gaping holes in her memory, Jo must uncover who her nanny really was, why she left, and if she can trust her own motherIn this compulsively readable tale of secrets, lies, and deception, Gilly Macmillan explores the darkest impulses and desires of the human heart. Diabolically clever, The Nanny reminds us that sometimes the truth hurts so much you'd rather hear the lie.

On a cold December night, three flashing lights are seen in the skies above Suffolk. In a local hospital, a man is introduced to his new baby daughter. An hour later he vanishes from the face of the earth, leaving a distraught family and a daughter who lives with the belief that somehow, she is responsible for his disappearance.Cassie Jones thinks that she is just an ordinary teenager, except for the fact that her mother doesn't let her out of her sight and that her father vanished an hour after she was born. Her older brother, Charlie, has been dragged in to watching her, never having a moment to himself. They have both had enough.Their first taste of freedom sets in motion a chain of extraordinary events that turns their world upside down. They learn that humans are not the only inhabitants of the universe and that Earth, their home, is home to beings from many other galaxies, not all of whom wish us well. But knowing who they are and which ones to trust proves to be more difficult than Cassie could have imagined. Friends and neighbours are not who you think they are and as Cassie discovers, neither is she.What begins as an ordinary school day becomes a nightmare in which Cassie and her friends find themselves at the mercy of a mercurial being, who enjoys games so much that he has created the greatest game of all – Creation. When Cassie fails to solve his first puzzle, he sends them to the farthest reaches of space and time, where they meet with surprisingly familiar people and creatures, who will help and hinder them in their quest to return to their families. They will be tested to their limits and the only way they will survive is if Cassie faces her darkest fear…