Catherine Forde

Teased and abused for being grossly overweight, Jimmy, a fourteen-year-old Scottish teenager who dreams mysterious dreams and secretly aspires to become a chef, decides to turn his self-loathing life around by learning how to swim. Reprint.

Fat Boy Swim

Kevin Brooks

I See You, Baby...

While working at her father's optician shop, Claudia Quinn is the only witness to a violent attack on a helpless victim, but she is too frightened to tell anyone, and allows herself to be distracted by a new boyfriend who has suddenly come into her life.

Sugarcoated

Keith babysits his sister Annie the same week Reece, a blue-haired foster child with an obsession with fire, moves into the house next door.

Firestarter

A group of students go on a school outing they'll never forget. As the group descends the staircase to begin the Hidden City tour they are, at first, disappointed by the bland warren of bare brick chambers. But the atmosphere soon becomes more sinister as each chamber is explored and the tour guide describes its history of horror.

Chamber of Nothing

Fat boy swim

When party girl Jane's asked to be the bridesmaid at her half-sister Lucy's wedding she's not impressed. Lucy's so boring. So Janedecides to show Lucy how to have fun, Jane-style, at the hen night - with disastrous results.

Bad Wedding

'I don't burn things. Fire's just there.' When Reece - strange, blue-haired, fire-obsessed Reece - moves in next door, Keith is worried. He's clearly trouble, but Keith is strangely drawn to him. Then events take a dangerous turn...

Rollercoasters: Firestarter Reader

When Reece—strange, blue-haired, and fire-obsessed—moves in next door, Keith is worried, largely because Annie, Keith's three-year-old sister, really likes him. Funny boy, she calls him. Reece is clearly trouble, but Keith feels sorry for him, so he doesn't make him go away or tell his dad what's going on—not even when Reece burns Annie's doll, Raggy, beyond recognition. Keith knows he should ignore Reece, but he's like smoke, pervading every aspect of Keith's life, until one night he wakes up choking on it.

When Sally and Keith meet at a rock festival, there is a strong mutual attraction - but what will happen when Keith finds out that Sally isn't a famous stylist and Sally finds out that Keith isn't the lead singer of one of the bands playing at the festival?

I See You Baby

Nikki encounters real evil when she tries to ingratiate herself with the other girls in her school by helping them to pick on an even more unpopular girl, "Loopy Loner" Lizzie Brownie, by tying her up and throwing her in a pond as people used to do to witches in Scotland.

The Drowning Pond

Judith Kneen

A pack containing: * 15 copies of the Rollercoasters Educational Edition of Firestarter by Catherine Forde * 15 Firestarter Reading Guides to support the student in their study of the novel

Rollercoasters: Firestarter Class Pack

"Firestarter" is an edgy and raw thriller from award-winning author Catherine Forde.Keith's new next-door neighbour Reece is strange and obsessed with fire. Reeesss who pronounces his name like gas leaking. Reece who makes three-year-old Annie laugh. Then burns her favourite rag doll. Keith knows he should ignore Reece but Reece is like smoke: he pervades every aspect of Keith's life. One night Keith wakes up choking on thick black smoke...

'Powerful, empowering... crackles with teenage anger and pain' - The Times From award-winning author, Catherine Forde, comes Fat Boy Swim, a story that will make you realise that anything is possible. Jimmy Kelly is fat. Lardy. Ginormous. Clinically obese. Inside, Jimmy doesn't feel like Smelly Kelly, Fat Boy Fat. He's just normal. His bedroom's a pit. His feet stink. He hates getting up on school mornings. If any of his classmates bothered to talk to him, instead of slagging him off, they'd find he was just as clued up as they were on films, on books, on telly, even on sport. But he wouldn't tell them that his secret talent is cooking. And Jimmy has another secret that even he doesn't know yet. A secret that will change him forever. Catherine Forde – author of Sugarcoated, Skarrs and Firestarter returns with a brilliant, bittersweet story of first love, forgiveness and a family coming to terms with the past. A gripping, emotive and insightful book for young adults. Perfect for readers who enjoyed Judy Blume's Blubber and fans of Annabelle Pitcher. “Should be force-fed to every secondary school child in the country” – The Sunday Telegraph “This is a moving, tumultuous, roller-coaster, acid-etched story (with) a galaxy of distinctive, memorable characters” - Bookseller Catherine Forde was discovered on the slush pile. Before turning to writing full time, she worked as a lexicographer for Collins and taught in secondary schools. She lives in Glasgow with her husband and two sons. All her books have received wide acclaim and Fat Boy Swim won the Grampian Children's Book Award and was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Award and Booktrust Teenage Prize.

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