THE GIANTS ALMANAC- ANDREW ZURCHER

Fitz thinks he is an ordinary eleven-year-old and loves to turn simple  things into mini-adventures, like sneaking next door and filching books  from Mr Ahmadi’s vast library of mysterious tomes, and goading the guard  dog into giving breakneck chase. But one tranquil evening three sharp knocks on the front door change everything . . . ‘I said I would come for him. He is my jewel. It is time. It is past time.’Now  on the run from a threat that has been waiting his entire life, Fitz’s  only hope is to put his life in the hands of his enigmatic neighbour, Mr  Ahmadi. Taken on as an apprentice in a secret society who keep all they  really do cloaked in mystery, Fitz has to quickly learn the ropes  within the most skilful, most powerful, most dangerous and wealthiest  organisation in the world . . .