A forgotten classic brought back into print for the first time in decades - the missing literary sister to Anne of Green Gables and Tracy Beaker, a tough and spirited girl''s adventures growing up in a northern post-war mining town.
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When Bonny inadvertently finds the object which the stranger so desperately wants, she is drawn into a mysterious and terrifying struggle between the Dazzling Clown and the kindly Black Monk. Suddenly, the whole fate of Time and Eternity, good and ev...
'Get that book out, Lily,' Mr Kendal says one morning. 'There's going to be new things happening round here. We're going to have a bit of culture. Well,' he goes, 'a football team is the next best thing. Two o'clock. Girls and all. What! Stick with m...
There is something very wrong with Polly’s new friend,Gemma, a look-alike Queen Nefertiti, and Polly, who is crazy about Egyptian history, is soon worried about her.When she is invited to Gemma’s house, Polly suddenly finds herself caught up in a...
Knocked down by a car and seriously injured, sixteen year old Michael is in a coma. But the blue whales he has never really liked since his Dad, a committed ‘Save the Whale’ supporter, almost put him off all whales, are now not only helping Micha...
Set in 1980's England, 17 year old Maya starts her first job only to find that the company is rationalising the workforce. Will Maya be one of those to be let go? Can she do anything and if she gets a chance will she take it?...
Anna shivered. Darkness, shapes, shadows, cut out of the night. The words echoed in her mind. What was that all about? Toby, the dog, stared down the passage, his fur bristling, his top lip curling and then he began to snarl… When Anna moves to a n...
Henry kitten doesn't like his bed. So he decides to try baby bat's, bunny rabbit's or little chicken's beds. Will he like them any any better? This funny, gentle, rhyming story is ideal for small children....
One sunny day, Little Blue Car sets off on an adventure to the seaside. But will he find his way home again once night begins to fall?A big shiny bus, a friendly lorry and a helpful tractor all lend a helping hand in this charming story, perfect for ...
When Danny loses his dog, Skip, on the site of the old Pit, he’s worried that Skip has gone down a rabbit hole and will die if he can’t find him.Luckily, a stranger, Jarrad Turner, a boy Danny doesn’t know, rescues Skip.Jarrad has two unusual ...
When Primmy’s father brings her a puppy, she is overjoyed, as she has wanted a dog for years. However, Primmy and her dog soon fall foul of Destiny Troy, who hates animals but especially dogs. Destiny and Dexter Troy own the Mill just up the lan...
Kenneth's Grandad is a bit of a wanderer, so when he turns up out of the blue and offers to take Kenneth out camping overnight, Kenneth is very excited. But Mincer Muggs and his gang are out looking for trouble Kenneth has all on, helped by Grandad'...
Miss Webb said we had to write a story about a family.‘Any family,’ she said. ‘Just make it real, that’s all.’‘I can’t do it,’ I told her.‘But why not, Marilyn?’ she asked. ‘You’...