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The Ice Thief |
Alice, the Little Duchess, is stuck in a castle by herself, never
allowed out, and with no one who is really interested in her at all. One
night through her window she catches sight of an Ice Thief. He is a boy
about her age, and she wishes she could have his freedom. The boy,
Gideon, is chased into the castle, and ends up hiding in Alice’s room,
and Alice discovers what is life is really like with his mean father. |
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Indie
Kidd-oops I Lost My Bestest Friends |
Indie Kidd does not know what she would do without her best friends, Soph and Fee. Her step-brother, Dylan, though has no close friends like Soph and Fee. Indie decides that it is her duty to turn her brother into a friend-friendly person. She does not count on Dylan driving her mad in the process and Soph and Fee feeling so left out that Indie loses her best friends. |
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Weird
Happenings |
Pinchton Primm leads a very sensible life where nothing out of the ordinary happens. When his parents say they are going on a family trip to visit his awful twin cousins Pinchton lies so that he can stay at home. With his parents away Pinchton makes the mistake of inviting his neighbours The Weird family round but things go wrong. Can Pinchton put his back in order before his parents return? |
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Seriously Weird |
Seriously weird is how Claire describes her younger brother, Troy. He is fascinated by numbers, but finds it hard to get on with other people. Their mother always defends him, but when he works out a series of sums by writing on their neighbours’ cars, even she has to admit he is different. She decides he needs to see a psychiatrist. Troy thinks he is going to be locked up, and disappears. While family, neighbours and police are looking for him a man in a gold and purple outfit turns up to say he has won first prize in a competition to guess the number of chocolate beans in a jar. |
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Justin
and the Big Fight |
The whole school is buzzing with the news of a big fight between Justin Perfect and Tyrone, who is big and strong. Justin goes through a terrible week leading up to the Friday event. How can he escape, avoid the fight, and survive? Exciting and cool for anyone who has been in the same scary position as Justin. |
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Looking
for Billie |
Billie was left in a carrier bag as a baby and dreams of finding her real parents. So when she overhears a woman on the train say that she is looking for Billie she figures that this must be her real Mum. The only trouble is that everything gets in the way of Billie being able to talk to her to find out for sure if she is her real Mum. Will Billie find the answers she is looking for? |
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The Unluckiest Boy in the World
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Bad things ALWAYS happen to Nicholas – and there isn’t a thing he can do
about it, because he is under an ancient curse. He is doomed, and so are
his family and his friends at school. Nothing can be done. |
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Dear Whiskers |
Jenny’s class have been told to write letters to children in a lower class. They have to pretend they are mice. Jenny thinks this is silly, but is still disappointed, by the letter she gets back. Then she discovers that her pen pal, Sameera, hasn’t been in the country very long and doesn’t speak much English, and starts to try to think of ways to help her. |
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“It Moved” |
Lily has taken a stone into school for show and tell. She has more interesting things she could have taken, but worried they might get spoiled. The other children are not impressed by the stone, till Lily tells them that sometimes it moves. They watch it carefully during break and lunch time, and some of them are sure it does move. |
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Purple Class and the Skelington |
Four short stories about the children in Mr Wellington’s class. The first is about the skeleton brought in to teach them about the human body. The children accidentally knock it down, put it together wrongly, and then have to hide it from the school Inspector. The other stories feature a mishap in the wildlife garden, a snake brought to school by accident, and a ghostly experience in the assembly hall. |
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Bryony Bell’s Star Turn |
Bryony seeks stardom for herself and her family of singing sisters in Hollywood, but there is just one problem – her father hates flying, and she doesn’t want to leave him behind! So, with the help of her magician Manager, Ken Undrum, Bryony comes up with a plan. But first, there is the school Nativity Play to perform. So, what with that, their new ‘Breakfast with the Bells’ reality TV show, and Ken’s mysterious long-lost love to find, Christmas will be full of surprises. . . will Bryony manage to skate her way to stardom? |
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Christophe’s Story |
Christophe has just arrived in our country from Rwanda, a country in Africa. He likes his new school, and wants to do his best, but believes that stories should never be written down, or they might lose their magic. His teacher gets him to share his own exciting true story to the rest of the class, and then to the school, but there is only one way to tell so many people. Will Christophe let his teacher write his story down? |
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