Catherine MacPhail

'Young adult fiction is going from strength to strength, led by authors like Catherine MacPhail… The Bookseller It was as I was walking into the drama class that I remembered the girl I had bumped into and the green sweater just like mine. That was what had got Mrs Watt mixed up. She had seen the girl in the green sweater and thought it was me. That was the simple explanation. Wasn't it? Fay can't help thinking it odd that people start remarking on conversations she knows she hasn't had, or saying they have seen her when she knows she was somewhere else. But then she starts hearing muffled footsteps behind her, the flash of fair hair just like hers around the corner. Is she imagining things? A gripping, spooky thriller from the acclaimed story-teller Catherine MacPhail.

Another Me

Roxy was shaking with fear. She drew in a deep breath. She would not let her fear take over. She couldn't. She had too much to lose. She had to be strong, to be brave. For once in her life she had to think of someone other than herself. Roxy is wild, uncontrollable. She hates her parents - and her goody-two-shoes sister. Her only solace is her equally wild friends, Pat, Tracey and Jacqueline. Then there is the night of the party, where she lets that boy kiss her, and more . . . and Roxy is pregnant. Wilfully, she won't tell her mother, her family. She decides to run away to London. And in London Roxy is found by Mr and Mrs Dyce. They are understanding, sympathetic, and promise her a way out of her troubles. They will take her to a comfortable place, along with other girls in the same position and look after her and her baby - which is exactly what happens. Roxy cannot believe her luck. But Roxy eventually works out the dark truth of the outwardly genial Dyces. They are 'farming' the babies in a truly horrible way, and selling the baby organs. There is only one dramatic way out for Roxy - and it's dangerous. But she is dealing with dangerous people and she has to take it. And now she has her baby to look after. A gripping and completely compelling story of a girl forced to grow up and think of others other than herself in the most nightmare of circumstances. These circumstances would seem too horrible to be true - were they not based on fact. A network doing exactly this was discovered to be operating in Italy in 2003, causing outcry, and has formed the basis for this story.

Roxy's Baby

Age-range: 12+ Maxine's parents have had to do perhaps the worst possible thing: confirm the identity of her brother Derek's body by the clothes he was wearing when he disappeared. So the brother who was missing is now officially dead. But then the worst possible thing really happens: Maxine receives a telephone call from somebody saying he is her brother. She can hardly believe her ears. Has Derek come back from the dead? In this pacy thriller the author manages to confront many issues including: how different people deal with grief/the very under-rated effect of severe bullying at school/sibling rivalry - all in a fast-paced compelling narrative voice.

Missing

Kevin is determined never to join a gang, until he falls under the power of Salom, leader of the Tribe. Once he has passed the initiation test and is living by the Tribe's rules, will Kevin ever be able to break free?

Tribes

Hannah Driscoll is part of a gang called the Lip Gloss Girls. The gang spends most of their time together, or baiting the rival gang the Hell Cats. Hannah feels safe and comfortable within the gang until she is accused of betraying the Lip Gloss Girls. All of a sudden Hannah is made to feel what it is like to be cast out and surrounded by enemies.

Worse Than Boys

Maxine's older brother Derek has disappeared and is believed to be dead. The family is overwhelmed with grief. Maxine suffers in school, loses friends and is losing the interest of her parents. Then the phone calls begin--a boy claiming to be Derek. Is it truly her brother or could it be one of the bullies who relentlessly tormented him when he was alive? Missing might seem a simple lost and found story, but at its heart lies a compelling examination of what it means to feel powerless and alone. The unexpected ending is written responsibly and with no easy answers. MacPhail writes with page-turning style, making this book eminently readable and thoroughly absorbing.

This is a re-issue of a novel about bullying.

Run Zan Run

Col McCann becomes a local hero when he saves a boy from drowning but when his older brother is suspected of a serious crime, Col must decide if he should be loyal to his family or tell the truth about what he saw while under the water. Jr Lib Guild. Reprint.

Dark Waters

Lissa's world has just turned upside down. Her father has been in jail and is coming home for Christmas. She can't bear the way her mother and sister are so happy and making welcome plans. After all, he was the one who let them all down and spoilt her life wasn't he? Before he went to jail they had a nice house, she had trendy clothes and anything pretty much that she wanted. Now it is 'Not so high and mighty now are you?at school. Life gets better when new girl Diane arrives at school. She sympathises with Lissa, doesn't make fun of her dad, and tells Lissa to ignore the taunts at school. And Diane's parents have the big house that Lissa used to have so Lissa can at least play make-believe… But Lissa doesn't realise that Diane is very manipulative. And she doesn't realise either how much her dad loves her. It is only when a combination of events come together that she has to face facts about who and what are important to her. topical, pacy writing that has been proven to have many fans

Bad Company

The dead teacher, Miss Baxter, comes back, and Tyler knows she must help her. Miss Baxter has waited long enough, and now she seems desperate, as if she is running out of time.She died in Crete, in a ' tragic accident', but why exactly did she go there, and was it really an accident? And who is the little girl Tyler keeps meeting? She scares Tyler. What has she got to do with the mystery? As Tyler begins to discover what happened in the past, she puts herself in deadly danger in the present.' A spooky and exciting story that is written with detail and emotion, and with a very clever twist at the end which makes the reader re think the whole story!' Barbara Band about Out of the Depths.' Anything by Catherine MacPhail is unputdownable!' Julia DonaldsonA new Tyler Lawless thriller from 'The Queen of Teen Fiction'

A Tyler Lawless Mystery

The Disappeared

'Young adult fiction is going from strength to strength, led by authors like Catherine MacPhail… The BooksellerFollowing the success of the re-issue of 'Run Zan Run' this is another classic Catherine MacPhail title. Often requested at events, this in in fact her second novel after 'Run Zan Run'.Kerry and her mum have recently moved into new council accommodation in a tower block. Kerry's dad has recently left them, and Kerry and her mum are forging a new life together. But Kerry's mum is not the calmest or the most patient of people, particularly when it comes to getting on with the new neighbours. And when Kerry's mum refuses to be intimidated by Ma Lafferty, the local money lender, Kerry finds out that Ma Lafferty's daughter more than takes after her mother…A brilliantly topical story with flashes of humour detailing how a whole community can suffer from a few individuals.

Fighting Back

Five Scottish teenagers must deal with their own fears and rivalries when they are trapped in caverns on an island in the North Sea.

Underworld

The first book in a new crime series - Ram wakes up in a corridor with no memory of who he is - Then the doors open near him and he is confronted by the body of a dying man trying to tell him something.

Into the Shadows

"Greg thinks hes the funniest and coolest boy in school - hes got a nickname for everybody and hes never short of a smart-ass comment for his friends. Until, that is, he finds himself in the frame for the theft of a mobile phone, and realises not everyone thinks hes as cool as he does Hes going to need all his wits, and the help of arch enemy Lucy, to dig him out of this one. A hilarious, madcap detective story.READING AGE 8

Sticks and Stones

James, William and Belle are left all alone when their mother passes away. With their father fighting on the Front in the Great War, there's no one to look after them except the mean neighbour lady. But James hatches a plan to take his siblings away and find someone who might know where their father is. All they need is to get a train to the city - but can the children ever hope to reunite with their father?

Stars Shall be Bright

Esther Menon

Kevin thinks gangs are stupid. But he wins the gratitude of the Tribe when he saves one of them in a fight with a rival gang. His obsession with the Tribe begins and he is soon under spell of the gang leader, Salom. Sheffield Sward Winner

Rory and his granda are on the run from all the officials who won't let them stay together any more. But how long will it be before they're caught when their faces are all over the papers and tv? Granda wants to try a disguise - Rory just wants him to put his teeth in and stop singing. Two unlikely fugitives with no idea where they're going - how can it possibly work out all right?

Catch Us If You Can

Geheimnisvoll, gruselig, grandios! Tyler Lawless hat eine ungewöhnliche Gabe: Sie kann Tote sehen. Das Problem ist, dass niemand ihr glaubt – alle gehen davon aus, dass sie sich nur interessant machen will und alles erfindet. Als Tyler schließlich deswegen von der Schule fliegt, nimmt sie sich fest vor, an ihrer neuen Schule niemandem etwas von ihrem unheimlichen Talent zu verraten. Doch dann macht der seltsam schweigsame Junge aus der letzten Reihe ihr klar, dass er ihre Unterstützung braucht – und Tyler beschließt, ihm zu helfen. Aber wird man ihr diesmal glauben?

Tote Lehrer gehen nicht shoppen

Die Wahrheit über Derek Moody

Ram has cheated death - four times. Who is so desperate to kill him? And why? On the run, Ram finds himself on desolate moorland. He knows he is being stalked, but this time by something less than human . . . Ram is rescued by the seemingly generous and kind William and Mary. But his relief fades to suspicion and fear when, on learning he has no memory, they insist on calling him Noel. Ram is full of doubt. He has no memory of who he is, but he knows he is not Noel - doesn't he? And odd memories start to surface. Memories of guns, rifles, explosions. Strange phrases seem to ring bells. Why does Ram feel in his gut that his secret past is not just vitally important to him, but could have even global significance? Macphail brilliantly sets the clues and racks up the tension in the second of this four-part instalment about Ram and his deadly opponent, the Dark Man. As the series evolves it will be revealed that there is a global terrorist coup being plotted and Ram - unknowingly - holds the secret and the ability to prevent it. Will he realise in time - or will the Dark Man get to him first?

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