Berlie Doherty

This is the story of one boy's fight for survival in a harsh world where he must continually fight for a roof over his head and food to eat. It is based on the true story of the boy who inspired Doctor Barnardo to set up his homes for the ragged boys.

Street Child

The moving and very real story of two teenagers and an unplanned pregnancy, told from the viewpoints of both the mother, in letters to her unborn child, and through the father's eyes as he reads them.

Dear Nobody

While at sea during a freak storm near his island home in the far north, a fisherman finds a baby girl, and though he and his wife love her as their own, they realize that they may not be able to keep her from returning to the sea.

Daughter of the Sea

Sally Nicholls

Matt Whyman

Adele Geras

Theresa Breslin

Anne Fine

Melvin Burgess

Mary Hooper

Rowena House

This collection of short stories explores how the First World War changed and shaped the lives of women forever. A courageous nurse risks her life at the Front Line; a young woman discovers independence and intrigue in wartime London; and a grief-stricken widow defends her homeland amidst the destruction of war.

A Collection of First World War Stories Through the Eyes of Young Women

War Girls

Catherine and her family are out for a walk when a sudden storm blows up. The children take shelter in a deserted barn which seems strangely familiar, although they have never been there before. As the daylight fades, Catherine senses the secrets of the surrounding hills press in upon her, secrets from another, older time.

Children of Winter

The sisters of Street Child tell their story... A companion novel to bestselling story of orphan Jim Jarvis set in Victorian England. When Jim Jarvis is separated from his sisters, Lizzie and Emily, he thinks he will never see them again. Now for the first time, the bestselling author of Street Child reveals what happened to his orphaned sisters. In Victorian London, Lizzie and Emily are left in the care of a cook but their story takes them to the mills of northern England. There, under the keen eyes of the mill owners, the girls are made to work in harsh conditions and any chance of escape is sorely tempting... An incredible new Street Child story based on the true experiences of Victorian mill girls.

Far from Home

Haunted Hills

Storie di meraviglia

Caro nessuno

Teenage Holly Starcross doesn't know who she is. She lives with her beautiful mother and stepfather, the twins and the baby, Zoe. She is close to Zoe, and the mysterious e-mail correspondent in whom she confides. Holly is stalked by a strange man who turns out to be her father - not seen since her mother stormed out when Holly was four. Holly and her father run away on a mad weekend and Holly is reunited with her grandparents. As she discovers that her musical talent comes from her grandmother who is her mystery e-mail friend, Holly must decide where she belongs and where she wants to live.

Holly Starcross

Kära Ingen

In alternating voices, thirteen-year-old Rosa and her mother are trying to adopt a Tanzanian child in England, while in Tanzania, nine-year-old Abela watches her family die and her uncle illegally sends her to England, in the hopes of selling her.

The Girl Who Saw Lions

Eighteen-year-old Jess is leaving for college--and she'd like to leave her family behind. But when the family gathers to bid Jess farewell, they begin to tell stories. And each story binds them closer to Jess's heart. A novel which celebrates the continuity of life and the importance of family, sure to appeal to a wide audience.

Granny Was a Buffer Girl

Matt Haig

Mal Peet

Susan Cooper

Jamila Gavin

Robin Jarvis

Joseph Delaney

Matt Haig, Derek Landy, Philip Reeve, Joseph Delaney, Susan Cooper, Mal Peet, Berlie Doherty, Robin Jarvis, Eleanor Updale, Jamila Gavin and Sam Llewellyn have come together to bring you eleven spine-tingling stories. Watch your step as you take a ghost walk around the ancient city of York and a long-ago woodland which is reawakening. Be warned of the drowned boy who will stop at nothing to find someone to play with for all time. Look into the mirror, where a lost child lurks, ready to pull you in, and try not to cry out at the monstrous creatures prowling for their next victim. Some stories will make you scream, some will make you shiver - but all will haunt you long after you've put the book down.

Haunted

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Walking on Air

Querido Nadie

"Be strong, my Abela." These are the last words of Abela's mother in their HIV/Aids stricken African village, where it seems that to live or to die, to be sick or to be healthy, is just a matter of chance. It takes all Abela's strength to survive her Uncle Thomas's scheming to get to Europe, but what will be her fate as an illegal immigrant? "I don't want a sister or brother," thinks Rosa in England, when her mother tells her that she wants to adopt a child. Could these two girls ever become sisters? Is there room in Rosa's family for an African orphan haunted by lions? Is there room in their hearts? Abela is a powerful and moving story influenced by a visit to Africa, from the Carnegie Medal-winning author Berlie Doherty writing at her very best.

Abela

Jane Ray

Cinderella (Ashputtel) - The sleeping beauty in the forest - Beauty and the Beast - Rumpelstiltskin - Rapunzel - Snow White (Snowdrop) - Aladdin and the enchanted lamp - Little red riding hood - The fire-bird - Hansel and Gretel - The frog prince - The wild swans.

Fairy Tales

Gavin Jones

Using an address on a torn envelope, James decides to find out who is mother, and indeed he, really

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