New Releases by Jim Eldridge

Exciting historical fiction set in Ancient Egypt! It''s 2517 BC and Pharaoh Khafre is building a great pyramid at Giza to rival those built by his predecessors. He is also making plans for what will become one of the most famous and iconic monuments in history - the Sphinx. But Khafre has enemies and division in his workforce. Among the labourers in his employ is one 12-year-old boy - Nebka. Nebka has his own reasons for hating the pyramids and wanting to rebel. But his rebellion could have drastic consequences for those closest to him.

Meet Dave. He''s disgusting - everyone says so. Even his mum is fed up with him examining his nose pickings. So now Dave''s got a challenge: if he can avoid doing anything disgusting for a week, he gets a £20 reward. He thinks he can do it. At least, until his arch-enemy, Banger Bates, lands him with Fred, the farting dog.

He was only fifteen when he enlisted in the navy without his father''s permission. He was only sixteen when he died at Grimsby General Hospital with splinters of steel in his chest. The Battle of Jutland was the biggest sea battle since the Armada. Jack Cornwell was awarded a posthumous Victorian Cross for staying, seriously wounded, at his post on the HMS Chester. This is the tragic true story of one of the youngest heroes of World War I.

Follows the Delta Unit--a six-man Special Forces team--as it races to prevent the assassination of the British Prime Minister by a ruthless, renegade killer who is an ex-member of their elite unit.

4 girls, 3 days, 2 cities, 1 chance A brilliant novelisation of BAFTA Award winning Noel Clarke''s big film project

When former Special Forces officer Mitch is offered a dangerous undercover mission, he must trust his five new teammates as they rescue a West African freedom fighter.

In The Sweep''s Boy, My Story readers will be transported back to the fog-choked streets of 1870 London, a truly perilous place for a boy like Will. Forced by the Workhouse Master into employment as a chimney sweep, it isn''t long before Will''s aptitude for scaling small spaces attracts the attention of Hutch, a burglar with big ambitions . . .

A collection of three exciting Second World War stories in a satisfyingly chunky flexibound format. Includes the stories of the Battle of Britain - when the RAF fought the Luftwaffe for control of the skies above the English Channel; the decisive battle at Alamein, where the British ''Eighth Army'' destroyed the German forces in Egypt; and the story of D-Day and the Allied invasion of France, when 130,000 men landed on the Normandy beaches under enemy fire.

Nineteen-year-old Jack Fairfax has volunteered for the Royal Flying Corps, but his family does not approve. When his best friend is shot down by German Ace pilots, he vows to avenge him.

Paul Lelaud France 1942-1944 I couldn''t see the four fires, but I could smell them, the scent of burning paraffin and wood coming thickly in waves of smoke across the field. My heart started thumping again. Surely if we could smell the fires, others could as well. A German patrol would smell them for sure! Then I was aware of a large shape looming up in the night sky, its wings wide. It was the biggest thing I had ever seen. There were no lights showing on it. Down, down, down it came, lower and lower. I could hear the sound of its engine slowing and I thought with alarm, "If it goes any slower it will crash in the field, and what will we do then?" Paul Leland is a 13-year-old boy living in rural France. He has been living under Nazi occupation since 1940. Working with the Resistance cell in his village, Paul is a crucial figure in the ''escape route'' for allied POWs and agents.

The story begins with the success of Rommel''s Afrika Korps in the North African desert in 1941/42, having pushed the British army back to Alam El Halfa. Defeat for the British and Allied forces in North Africa looks inevitable. The text will then take the usual alternating chapter approach to take the action right up to the decisive Battle of Alamein in November 1942. We encounter Montgomery''s appointment as leader of the now legendary Eighth Army, and Rommel''s fight to press home his advantage by advancing at speed towards Cairo and the Nile. Then comes the battle at Alam El Halfa, with Rommel''s army encountering unexpected opposition from British artillery and heavy RAF attacks. His forces are forced to withdraw. Rommel, and many of his men, fall ill at this point, and Rommel is sent back to Austria for treatment. Having met Mussolini, Hitler and Goering to discuss the North African situation, he then decides that it is vital to destroy the Allied supply base in Malta to prevent Montgomery and his men from receiving supplies. Montgomery''s planned offensive at El Alamein begins and both sides hold their positions. Only at the start of November do Rommel''s counter-attacks begin to fail, with heavy losses. A last stand fails and Montgomery launches a final onslaught, driving Rommel''s forces west. Many of Rommel''s men surrender.

April 1587 Now I saw the Spanish ships clearly. Even from this distance I could see the men on board scurrying around the upper deck''s, and knew they were hurrying to their stations, ready for battle. But we had been too quick for them. FIRE roared Mr Belson from the centre of the gundeck. Jones thrust his smoking taper into the back of the cannon and sparks flared from out of the hole. Back Jones shouted, and we all leapt away-just in time because a loud explosion filled the area around us with smoke, bright sparks and flames...

Max Tractor and Dougie Digger are vehicle cousins. Although each pretends his job is better and more important, they are jealous of one another. Then the river bursts its banks, and they must work together to save the day.