Books published by publisher Silverwood Books

Troublesome but loveable pets turn Hugo’s world upside down, almost as much as family life does.Hugo adores Nan. He adapts to her odd ways, such as having two goats in her home, better than Mum does. He worries Nan doesn’t always pay for things, and thinks something will happen to her one day. Hugo has no idea why slipping him bars of chocolate is so important to Nan, or where an American fits into anything. At least Hippopotamus can be relied upon to take care of things, unlike his other, rude, grandparent.Set in multicultural Britain, discover how Nan's past has affected her life, and what Hugo has to face in this informative story full of adventure, humour and crazy pets.

'Finn's Fate', set in the tenth-century, tells the story of Finn and his two brothers, Torsten and Gunnar. After a disastrous fire ruins their homestead, they set out on a dangerous journey south towards the Land of the Danes in search of adventure and a better life, a path that takes them into the realm of King Erik of Sweden, slavery and an apparent loss of all hope.A dramatic escape leads Finn and his brothers into the service of King Harald of Denmark, where they embark on one of the longships leaving for the annual summer raids on Britannia.The events that follow bring this saga to a dramatic conclusion, and at the same time throw light on the modern mystery of an actual mass grave in the Dorset countryside.

Autumn Day gets teased a lot. The kids at school call her Summer, Winter and Spring. But worse are the names Flame Brain, Carrot Top and Tomato Head. Life can be hard when you’re a kid, but it’s definitely harder when you’re a red-haired drama queen called Autumn Day.Today is her 9th birthday and Autumn, so desperate to be accepted and win over Aimee as her best friend, has told everyone (including ‘mean girl’ Sophie) she’s getting a pink phone – the latest and greatest that does everything! But what if she doesn’t? When Autumn’s lies start spinning out of control she realises she has a lot of growing up to do.'The Adventures of Autumn Day: My Big Fat Hairy Lies', illustrated by Amy Borrell, is Melinda Wills McHugh’s first novel and the first in The Adventures of Autumn Day series.

‘The seconds extend, filled with horror. I don’t have an answer. I don’t know what my father did to us. He left only one word: Kingfisher. I thought I’d figured it out, but I was wrong. Everything is too late, and now I’m going to die.’Sixteen-year-old twins Dominic and Charley are on the run. Their father, a respected scientist with LifeStar Corporation, has been arrested and accused of treason. They war between the security services and eco-terrorists is getting closer – both MI5 and the Disciples are after them.Seeking refuge, they head to the Highlands with their cousin Flint. But Dominic is convinced their survival depends on deciphering his father’s code word: KINGFISHER.

Electra is eagerly looking forward to her father Agamemnon’s triumphant return to Mycenae after the long war in Troy. But his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus have other plans – Clytemnestra cannot forgive her husband for the sacrifice of her eldest daughter Iphigenia at the start of the war, and Aegisthus covets the kingship. Instead of celebrating his return, they murder him horribly; and suddenly Mycenae isn’t a safe place for Electra or her brother Orestes. Orestes goes into exile, and Electra has to submit to a humiliating fate. When Orestes eventually returns, there is only one word on his mind – revenge!What part will Electra play in this?

Kristallnacht 9 November 1938. Doctor Esther Rosenthal's husband has just enough time to whisper to her before the SA pulls him out of the door and slams it shut behind him. Esther has to leave Germany in a hurry and embarks on a journey taking her through Holland, England, and ultimately to the USA. In Holland she meets a group of children from a Berlin orphanage, the first children to go to England on the Kindertransport. Together with her father Mordechai she joins them on their crossing and accompanies them to Harwich. The Kindertransport comes to an abrupt end on the outbreak of World War II. What will happen to the children still in Harwich without a new permanent or foster home? 'Cuckoo Clock - New York: Esther's Story', is the third book in the Unbroken Bonds series.

Captured by pirates as a small girl, Eirene is now slave to the princess Cassandra of Troy. Troy was once a peaceful and beautiful city but ever since Queen Helen of Sparta abandoned her husband and daughter for the Trojan prince Paris, the Greek armies led by Agamemnon of Mycenae, have been waging war on Troy. Troy’s champion is the dazzling Hector, eldest son of King Priam, but the Greeks have the great warrior Achilles. Who will be victorious?The gods have taken sides in this war, but they have their own plans too and when Cassandra offends the god Apollo, he takes a terrible revenge on her. Eirene’s position becomes even more difficult. She has dreams of fire and destruction but can her devotion to the goddess Athene save her?

When they discover their planet is dying, six tiny scientists must race across the galaxy to Earth to collect the seeds of life for their new planet. But their mission is fraught with danger, especially when they get too close a powerful and destructive force of nature...The last time Alyons landed on Earth was in 1494. Have the humans changed much since then?Will the Alyons survive the earth shattering explosion? Will we survive when their enemies attack them?And, most importantly, did they pack enough cheese?Learn about the Solar System and Volcanoes.A young novel for children aged 9 and up.

At the age of just sixteen, Karin has been entrusted by his tribe to trek to a neighbouring settlement, on a mission to offer to pool food reserves for what threatens to be a bleak and severe winter. On the trail, he meets Peric, a boy of his own age, coincidentally on the same mission for his tribe, the Brezecs. The two boys become firm friends and allies.A story of bloody battles, wolf hunts and growing up, 'The Wolf Hunters' follows the lives of Karin, Peric and their siblings as they strive to find love and happiness within a tribal community in prehistoric Norway. At the mercy of marauding wolves and a vicious rival tribe, Karin is faced with his biggest challenge yet: leading the tribes downstream to find ‘The Big Water’, a legendary land of plenty. If they can find it, their lives and the lives of future generations will be secured, but does it really exist?