Eleven-year-old Hannah Hallett's life has changed. Her mum has recently remarried, and Hannah's got a new dad and twin sisters! The whole family have moved from the city to a small town so that Hannah's mum can fulfil her life-long dream of opening a bakery.
But things don't start well for the new bakery, and soon Mum's too busy to spend time with Hannah the way she used to. Hannah knows she can turn the Sugar and Spice Bakery's fortunes around - all she needs to do is convince Mum she can be useful. Can Hannah use her baking talent to save the bakery, learn to live with her big new family and - most importantly - make some friends before school starts?
Friendship, fun and baking - this is CHOCOLAT for 8+.
Sadie is fourteen years old and unhappy at school. Her mum thinks Sadie doesn't try hard at anything, and Sadie herself can't believe that she's any good at anything.Suddenly her mum becomes seriously ill and has to go into hospital. Sadie is left on her own in charge and is put to a test as she copes with more than she ever thought possible.
When Abe magically sets free a team of 11-year-old footballers from a 1942 photograph, his life at boarding school changes. Still boys at heart, though 50 years old, they are terrified of the headmistress - the witch who imprisoned them - and Abe, along with the witch's daughter, must save them.
There's a ghost in Richard's wardrobe.
Every day he carries out a series of rituals that he believes
will keep the ghost trapped inside. He tries to tell his friends
and family, but they dismiss his worries and concerns as being part
of his OCD. But then one day, the wardrobe door is opened...
And that's when the hauntings begin.
An own-voices novel about mental health, family, friendship,
confronting fear and accepting change
This is the new novel by Ian Eagleton - the Polari-prize-winning
author of GLITTER BOY
Perfect for fans of THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS, Jennifer
Killick and Neil Gaiman's THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Praise for Ian Eagleton:
""You are an inspiration!"" - Mariah Carey on Ian Eagleton
""Poignant, defiantly fabulous story"" - Guardian on GLITTER BOY,
Ian's debut middle grade
""GLITTER BOY is a nuanced, heart-warming and character led story
of finding joy and love"" - Elle McNicoll, author of A KIND OF
SPARK
She's a demon child
She's not meek and mild
She's wild!
Wild Thing and Kate want a dog. So when Dad's friend, Wes, goes on
tour in America with his band, Wild Thing volunteers to look after
his trusty Hound Dog. But if there's anything that can make Wild
Thing even more noisy, messy, mischievous and downright wild,
it's Hound Dog.
When Wild Thing starts walking on all fours, barking at the neighbour's
cat, and refusing to eat 'human' food, Dad knows that things
have got completely out of hand. But then he's invited to join
the band in the US, and it's up to Gran to try and discipline Wild
Thing and Hound Dog. Kate's too busy rehearsing for the Talent
Show.
What she doesn't realise is that Wild Thing and Hound Dog have been
preparing a special performance of their own...
Ella Black seems to live the life most other seventeen-year-olds would kill for . . .
Until one day, telling her nothing, her parents whisk her off to Rio de Janeiro. Determined to find out why, Ella takes her chance and searches through their things.
And realises her life has been a lie.
Her mother and father aren't hers at all. Unable to comprehend the truth, Ella runs away, to the one place they'll never think to look - the favelas.
But there she learns a terrible secret - the truth about her real parents and their past. And the truth about a mother, desperate for a daughter taken from her seventeen years ago . . .
More friends, fun and fame in amazing Camden Town!
Sky is going through a growth spurt and, terrifyingly, her nose seems to be growing faster than the rest of her face!
Sky's best friends Rosie and Vix don't understand her obsession. She's pretty - what's the problem? But when Sky's boyfriend dumps her, it's the final straw. Determined to do something about her nose she sets out on a journey that takes all three girls to parts of Camden Town they have never seen before . . .
Sanjay gets a bump on his head from the school bully. When he comes round, everyone has turned into an animal. Seeing his school chums in this new light gives him an idea on how to stop the bully. But will it work?
