Books published by publisher SilverWood Books

Set sail on the high seas of adventure with Becky Baxter and her band of pirates! A swashbuckling pirate novel for young teens. Penniless Becky Baxter crops her hair, dresses in breeches, and leaves the dangerous backstreets of Bristol for a life of adventure and fortune on the high seas. But she quickly discovers that there are far more dangerous enemies than her drunken Ma and evil Mr Crudder… Pirates!

A Stupendously Good Book from SilverWood.Come and meet the Ratbag gang: Rob, Rachel, Rodney, Old Ray and Resting rat (who is always fast asleep) for fun and adventures all over the world…Rob is a rat with a need for speed. But how? Rat wings, a rat train or a rat car? Aha… Rat roller skates!As the rats get faster the animal kingdom goes mad for funky footwear and animal accessories. The rats take over London, New York and Paris with sheep in sandals, lions with lipstick, and even pigeons in pants.If you look carefully enough you might just see Willy the Worm on each page too.

When one of their friends is captured and sold into slavery in the land of the Rus, the children of the old chieftain and their comrades decide to risk everything to rescue him. Little do they know what awaits them when they embark on the Viking ship, the 'Eagle'. In addition to the dangers of the sea voyage, they must face the villainy of a traitor, marauding pirates and robbers, before they end up in a seemingly hopeless situation as slaves in a quarry. To add to their problems, they learn that they have provoked the anger of the new chieftain of their island home and have been banished.

Have you ever tried to conjure up the perfect man? It’s not as easy as it might seem, even if you are a powerful and intelligent witch.Petulia and Miss Level find out that there is more to finding Mr Right than just a flick of the wand, and poof…there he is! Their latest attempt is gorgeous – as long as you don’t mind the horns and the singing, which of course they do. But when they try to fix him they run into some serious problems. To make things even more complicated, a mysterious and handsome stranger appears. But there is something not quite right about him either…Will Petulia and Miss Level be able to fix everything and can they use their witchcraft to overcome misery?

Andy’s investigations into his great-grandfather Matt’s struggle for survival in the World War One trenches lead him to uncover a mystery – why and how did Matt become friends with a German soldier? A school trip is a chance to find out more…if he can find the money to go.But Andy has struggles of his own in the shape of the Squaddies, a gang of bullies determined to make his life a misery. Can learning about the past and making an unexpected friendship of his own give Andy the courage to face up to them?

If the price of safety were slavery, would you bargain your life?A deadly infection threatens to wipe out humanity. The only people who can stem its advance are the Silver, a vampiric race who offer a simple exchange: protection in return for blood and subservience. It's not a deal that Emmy's willing to make, but as her world burns around her she finds herself in the arms of the enemy and the line between oppressor and saviour begins to blur.After an attack by the infected, Emmy is rescued by the handsome Drew who introduces her to the world of the Silver. Desperate to escape subjugation and confused by her attraction to him, she gathers what remains of her surrogate family and plans to make a break for freedom.But despite her efforts to resist, she is drawn further into the intrigues of the mysterious Silver through the agency of their ruler, the Primus: Solomon. Emmy refuses to submit to the cold and detached Primus and an attempt on her life makes it clear that he is unable to protect her from the political machinations of his race.As the connection between them deepens she must choose between her desire and her will to rebel, but can she trust his intentions when everyone is after her blood?Follow Emmy into the world of the Solis Invicti in this exclusive Kindle box set edition.

Throughout the years, faeries have been forgotten, downtrodden and misrepresented. Especially in books! They are not a figment of the human imagination. In fact, I was lucky enough to meet one and to learn of the Land they inhabit. So now I have a tale to tell…Rosie Quartz has always believed she was a perfectly normal twelve-year-old girl. But that is about to change. When a summer romance with the beautiful new boy ends in heartbreak, Rosie is catapulted into an extraordinary series of events that force the faeries to intervene. As visitor in a magical miniature world, Rosie must re-learn her past and face up to her true identity.Will she solve the riddle before it’s too late? And will she decide where she truly belongs?

In the seventeenth century guardians protected China’s most precious secrets – teachings that could change the course of its history. When the Manchu tribe invade and march to the Great Wall of China, the legends of these secrets send Jun, a young man from the southern Hunan province, to find and protect them.From the first day his mother had held Jun, she wanted to share all that she knew of their province with him, but she died when he was a young boy. His father whispered her words of wisdom to him every night, but hid his family’s knowledge of the ancient teachings, until the Manchu soldiers advanced upon their village.With hope lost, and freedom being surrendered to the murdering Manchu leader, Jun fights with destiny to win back his province, but without an army of men, or weapons, he needs more than just his mother’s wisdom to defeat the enemy. Jun must find the inner strength of a great mountain…

It is said that a middle child is born in a crack of time where dreams come true and fairy tales are written. This is certainly true of Stella Jones, though not in the way she would have wished. Desperate to escape her mad, warring family and convinced she is destined for greater things, she is suddenly sent to the grim Chillington House, a children’s home run by the lizard-like Mr Sneadman where she has to face all her worst fears.But Chillington House is the least of Stella’s problems. Shocked to discover that she is a Changeling – a child who was part-raised by the Fairlings – she must now save their ancient habitat in the beautiful Rainbow Woods before her next birthday or be forfeited to the Devil! With her real-life fairy tale quickly becoming a nightmare and only three weeks left before her birthday, Stella embarks on her grand quest. Will she have the courage and determination to overcome her dreaded fate and discover her true, magical destiny?

Join Jess the Goth Fairy on a second adventure.Jess likes nothing more than to help others, even though she is disabled herself. So when she finds a Big One, Maxie, hiding because he is feeling very sad and lonely, she helps him understand that he is not alone, that he can be strong, and she shows him how to join his friends and family again.Jess Hiles, the inspiration for the book, has achieved so much in her life, but it has not always been easy as she is disabled. Jess hopes this book will help everyone (able and disabled) realise that it is okay to be different as we are all the same inside.A donation from sales of this book will be made to MacIntyre (macintyrecharity.org)

Being different is hard. Jess knows what it is like to be laughed at and pointed at by the other fairies. When she sees her best friend Helen being bullied, Jess doesn’t think twice about diving in to help – but little do the friends know they’ll end up helping the very creature who is hurting Helen.Jess, the inspiration for the book, has achieved so much in her life, but it has not always been easy as she is disabled. Jess hopes this book will help everyone (able and disabled) realise that it is okay to be different, as we are all the same inside.A donation from sales of this book will be made to MacIntyre (macintyrecharity.org).