Books published by publisher Templar Fiction

Max Pendragon is not looking forward to attending Morgana Le Fay's summer Spell School. Not only is his battered cauldron producing slimy sludge instead of perfect spells, but ever since he and his sister Olivia foiled evil Morgana's plot against King Arthur, they have been wary of her plans for revenge.Max and Olivia soon discover that Spell School has more in store for them than they ever imagined. With the help of Merlin and a mysterious bard, Caradoc, will they be able to outwit Morgana and save Arthur for a second time? Join Max and Olivia for more magical fun in their second hilarious adventure!

Max and Olivia are loving life in Camelot - not only is Max having magic lessons with the great wizard Merlin but Olivia is finally in training for the Squire's Challenge. But disaster strikes when Camelot is frozen inside a magical mountain of ice and it's all Max's fault! Can he and Olivia rescue Arthur and Merlin from their icy prison before evil Lady Morgana gets to Camelot and seals their doom? Join Max and Olivia for more magical fun in their third hilarious adventure!

Grace, Gretchen and Greer are three teenage descendants of Medusa who must unite and embrace their fates in a world where monsters lurk in plain sight. The triplets are now reunited, but their battle against the monsters of the abyss rages on. And as if training to become fully-fledged huntresses weren't enough, the boys in their lives are causing them problems. Is Nick all he seems? And where's Thane? Grace is sure he's hiding something from her. As the girls discover more about their heritage, they find themselves in greater danger than ever. Can they face up to the sacrifices they must make in order to fulfil their destiny?The second book in the high-concept urban fantasy YA series.

Max Pendragon is probably the worst squire in King Arthur's kingdom - he'd much rather train to be a wizard instead. So when he accidentally invents a spell that turns people into frogs, it seems his wish might come true. But events take an unexpected turn when Max enters the Novices' Spell-Making Competition and finds himself helping Merlin fight an evil sorceress. There's no way Max's unpredictable frogspell could be of any use. Or is there?

What if the Great Fire of London wasn't an accident?London, 1666. Eleven-year-old Jem Green is a lonely but resourceful kitchen boy, always in trouble with the cook for pilfering from the larder. He's fascinated by the wealthy visitors he glimpses in the Dukes' household but when the powerful and frightening Count Cazalon requests to meet him, it becomes clear that his life might actually be in danger. And he is not the only child involved in the Count's sinister plan. As Jem starts meeting secretively with Ann, a young sorceress, and Tolly, a mute slave boy who can mind-speak, the three of them piece together the Count's terrible plans to devastate the City of London, and try to understand why Jem is at the heart of it all. 'Recalls Joan Aiken and Sally Gardner in its confident blend of historical fact with creepy fantasy' THE TIMES

The teenage descendants of Medusa - Gretchen, Grace and Greer - face their toughest test yet as the mythological and the modern collide in a fast-paced urban fantasy adventure. The girls cannot hesitate as they seek the location of the lost door between the realms, even as monsters and the gods of Olympus descend on San Francisco in battle-ready droves.Greer must use her second sight to prevent anything from stopping her sisters' mission - even though a god is playing with her mind. Grace wants to trust her adopted brother, Thane, but will his secret put the girls in even more danger? And Gretchen has trained her sisters to stop the monsters, but her role as a huntress comes with more responsibility than she ever imagined. What will the girls' immortal legacy be?The concluding book in this action-packed series with plenty of romance.

There's a new kitty on the block, and Queen Sardine's not impressed...In the second illustrated Queen Sardine adventure, eight-year-old Ivy's in a fix, struggling to cope with Marcy, an overbearing new girl at school. Ivy's feline friend Queen Sardine, on the other hand, has a new cat on Kipper Street to contend with. While Queen Sardine's pride takes a battering from spoiled pedigree Princess Persia, Ivy goes too far and accidentally hurts Marcy's feelings. Can Ivy and Queen Sardine work together to sort out their new-girl problems?

Just when things seem to be going swimmingly, Lily Sanderson's human-hating cousin Dosinia is exiled from the mer kingdom of Thalassinia and sent to land, leaving Lily with the huge task of keeping her on the straight and narrow. But why was Dosinia exiled in the first place? And why, why, why is she batting her eyelashes at Brody, Lily's former crush? As if her bratty cousin weren't enough to handle, the reappearance of a merboy from Lily's past makes her question her decision to renounce her kingdom and stay on land with her boyfriend, Quince.

A visit to a private London museum takes a sinister turn when fifteen-year-old Sunni Forrest and her friend Blaise are lured through a painted doorway into the past. As a clandestine, eighteenth-century world of art thieves, forgers and bodysnatchers closes in on them, they must take their chances on the treacherous streets of the city. Can they evade their captors and keep an ancient secret from falling into the wrong hands? And will they find the key to unlock the only way home - before it closes forever?

Ghosts, clairvoyants, UFO-hunters and the paranormal collide . . .Isis, the daughter of a charlatan psychic, can see ghosts - including that of her dead little sister, Angel. Gray is the son of a UFO-chasing conspiracy theorist. The two became friends over the summer, when they fought a deadly ghost together. So why is Gray now ignoring Isis at school? On a field-trip to a local mine, the pupils are 'accidentally' coated in dust, which has very odd side-effects . . . Could this be related to the ley lines and standing stones which have been calling to Isis with strange, ghostly voices? The secretive and powerful Organisation know the truth, but can Isis and Gray find out what's really happening, and save a life, with the help of two ghosts?

When Ivy's friend Kei suggests that they camp out overnight, Ivy is nervous about sleeping outside in a dark garden. But brave Queen Sardine promises to keep guard outside their tent all night! As the camping sleepover looms Ivy starts to worry, though, and Queen Sardine is worried too: Big Molly has upset the other cats on Kipper Street by eating from their bowls and muttering to herself. Why is she behaving so strangely? Camping out is wonderful and the girls have great fun . . . until the campers are woken by frightening noises in the night. Her Majesty investigates, only to discover that Big Molly has given birth to four gorgeous kittens! One of them has wandered off and may have tumbled into the badger set. Is Queen Sardine brave enough to help find the lost kitten?A sweet, playful and gorgeously illustrated story about friendship, bravery and kittens.