Gene Kemp

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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books
  • First Book:
    November 1986
  • Latest Book:
    January 2020
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Book List in Order: 13 titles

  • Juniper

    At Cricklepit School Juniper feels safe with Ranjit and the reassuring presence of teachers like Mr Merchant and Miss Plum. But at home life is sometimes as frightening as her dreams, which start like beautiful fairy tales but always end in terror...

  • I Can't Stand Losing

    Teenager Patrick Gates, who feels that his entire family is a bunch of losers--with the exception of himself and his mother--describes what happens to the Gates family when his mother packs off to Greenham Common...

  • Ghosts, Ghouls and Other Nightmares

  • The Haunted Piccolo

    There's something about the ancient piccolo in the strange, old music shop that calls to Luke. He can't help picking it up. But then Luke finds his dark dreams of revenge against his enemies starting to come true. He begins to suspect that it was the...

  • The Mink War

    The Mink War, Gene Kemp's first narrative poem, tells how the animal inhabitants of Whitsman's Wood are forced to band together and do battle with an army of mink on the run. Its verse is at once energetic and colourful and demonstrates the versatili...

  • Jason Bodger and the Priory Ghost

    Jason Bodger is the boss of class 4Z and the terror of student teachers, until the fateful day when 4Z visit the Priory. While the rest of the class see an ancient building with a few medieval relics, Jason sees a girl walking towards him on a non-ex...

  • No Place Like

    'This is a peace house,' reads the notice on the Williamses front door. But as Sara says, 'Who needs nukes? We got Dad.' Dad certainly is noisy, a genial but dangerous thunderstorm. Ma, though less alarming, is voluble in the extreme, living in a wor...

  • The Well

    Drawing on the author's memories of her own childhood, Gene Kemp's The Well is the account of Annie Sutton's growing up in a Midlands village during the years before the Second World War. Peopled with Annie's parents, her much-loved if sometimes boss...

  • Just Ferret

    Cricklepit Combined School has seen its fair share of 'problem cases' - Tyke Tyler, Gowie Corby, Charlie Lewis and Juniper Cantello. But when Ferret is marched by his dad to the front door on his first day, feeling sick with apprehension, he doesn't ...



  • Goosey Farm

    The second story about Widget and her little brother Tim who moved from the city to the idyllic countryside of Devon, based on Gene Kemp’s own life.When Widget sees an ancient tower on the old map, she is determined to find it. Together with the do...

  • The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler

    The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler is considered one of the children's classics of the twentieth century, and contains one of the most amazing and affirming twists in all of literature. Tyke Tiler and Danny Price are best friends, much to the despair o...

  • The Puffin Book of Ghosts And Ghouls

    Get ready for Halloween with these terrifying tales. . . Have you checked under your bed? Made sure there's nothing hiding in your wardrobe? Good. Then you should be safe to read this book... Settle down for the 14 ghostly stories...Enter the terrif...

  • Tamworth Pig Stories

    Features two classic tales about Tamworth, the kind-hearted and very wise pig with a flair for publicity, and his human friends, Thomas and Blossom - The Prime of Tamworth Pig and Tamworth Pig Saves the Trees. In these tales Tamworth, Thomas and Blos...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gene Kemp has published 13 books.

Gene Kemp does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Tamworth Pig Stories, was published in January 2020.

The first book by Gene Kemp, Juniper, was published in November 1986.

No. Gene Kemp does not write books in series.
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