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Nicked!~

Nicked!
Belbin, David
57 pages
ISBN: 1-842991-90-6
£4.99

~First Page
The footsteps drew nearer. They were coming. Nick Hooper could hear two people talking, but couldn't make out what they were saying. He had nowhere to hide. There was no one to help him - only the cleaners were left. Smith School had been closed for an hour. Nick should never have done what he did, but now it was too late. He had to hide the tape, but where should he put it?

Are you brave enough to catch a thief? Nick means to find out who's stealing video equipment from his school. But his efforts backfire when the police suspect he is the culprit. How can Nick convince them he is not the criminal?

Another gripping read from top crime writer David Belbin

Nicked!
Belbin, David
57 pages
ISBN: 1-842991-90-6
£4.99~Nicked!|ISBN%3A1842991906|~4676~4759~~

The Shadow on the Stairs~

The Shadow on the Stairs
Halam, Ann
76 pages
ISBN: 1-902260-57-0
£4.99

~First Page
"Your house is haunted," said Emma.
"Don't be stupid," said Joe.
Emma was one of Joe's friends at school. They were on the bus going home and they were sitting at the back on the top deck. It was their favourite place, but they didn't usually manage to get it because the Year Tens always grabbed the best seats...

Reviews

There is a gripping blend of realism and spookiness in this story.. The book fulfils the aim of this series in being easy to read, with its engrossing story and straightfoward vocabulary.'
(School Librarian Journal, Vol.48, no. 4, Winter 2000.)
'Where Ann Halam is concerned, the bedtime reader of any age had best be prepared engrossing, scary and chillingly realistic.'
The Independent

The Shadow on the Stairs
Halam, Ann
76 pages
ISBN: 1-902260-57-0
£4.99~The Shadow on the Stairs|ISBN%3A1902260570|~4676~4760~~

Finders Keepers~

Finders Keepers
Halam, Ann
100 pages
ISBN: 1842992031
£4.99

~First Page
Val’s dad was a treasure hunter. He loved to go out with his metal detector and look for old metal in the woods and fields outside town. Sometimes he found old coins or buttons and bits of old tools. But it was like fishing – he and his mates didn’t seem to mind if they never found much. What they wanted to do was mess about outside for hours on end, and try out their metal-detecting gadgets.

Finders Keepers
Halam, Ann
100 pages
ISBN: 1842992031
£4.99

"He was cold and shaking all over. He closed his hands into his fists so his fingernails were digging into his palms, but he couldn't stop the shaking..." People say Joe's new house is haunted. Every night, he looks for the shadow on the attic stairs. Sometimes he thinks he can see it, sometimes he knows he can't. He tells himself that he isn't scared and wishes he could get the idea that it is evil out of his mind. But he never suspects that something much worse than seeing a strange shadow is about to happen... ~Finders Keepers|ISBN%3A1842992031|~4676~4761~~

Angel Dancer~

Angel Dancer
Hendry, Frances Mary
61 pages
ISBN: 1842991841
£4.99

~First Page
I'm over 60 now, but I can still do a perfect baller sixth position with the edges of my feet touching. I can kick my foot as high as my head and I can lay my hands flat on the floor between my feet without bending my knees. Ballet training does that for you, even the three years I did, an hour every Saturday morning so long ago.
I could never really have been a dancer. I'm long in the back and short in the legs, just the wrong way round.

Reviews
Frances Mary Hendry has won the Writer's Guild Award

Angel Dancer
Hendry, Frances Mary
61 pages
ISBN: 1842991841
£4.99

~Angel Dancer|ISBN%3A1842991841|~4676~4762~~

Ship of Ghosts~

Ship of Ghosts
Hinton, Nigel
73 pages
ISBN: 1-842991-92-2
£4.99

~First Page
My mother only told me four things about my father. His name was James Lane. He had blond hair and green eyes. He was a sailor. They were probably the only things she knew about him. She met him one night at a party and fell in love with him. A week later he went back to sea. He said he would write but she never heard from him again. So he never knew that he had a son. Me.

Reviews

'This is compelling reading' (The Guardian)

Ship of Ghosts
Hinton, Nigel
73 pages
ISBN: 1-842991-92-2
£4.99

Mick's desperate to go to sea, just like the dad he never saw. Now he thinks his dreams are coming true at last. But his adventures turn into nightmares as he slowly finds out about a terrible secret ... What did happen on the Ship of Ghosts?~Ship of Ghosts|ISBN%3A1842991922|~4676~4763~~

Diary of an (Un)teenager~

Diary of an (Un)teenager
Johnson, Pete
68 pages
ISBN: 1842991515
£4.99

~First Page
Friday, May 29th
Strange things have started happening. I feel the need to write these important events down in a diary.
Zac rang me this evening, dear diary. He said, "Hi, Spencer! When you see me tonight you may get shock!"
He wouldn't say anymore.

Reviews

A hilarious comedy by the "devastatingly funny Pete Johnson". Sunday Times

Diary of an (Un)teenager
Johnson, Pete
68 pages
ISBN: 1842991515
£4.99

Sunday, June 21st "...I won't hae anything to do with designer clothes, or girls, or body piercing, or any of it...no, I shall let it all pass me by. Do you know what I'm going to be?
An (Un)teenager."

But then Spencer's best mate, Zac starts wearing baggy trousers and huge trainers. He buys himself a skateboard - and even starts going on dates with girls. But Spencer is determined: "Dear diary, I am going to stay EXACTLY as I am now. And that's a promise..."~Diary of an (Un)teenager|ISBN%3A1842991515|~4676~4764~~

Wings~Wings
Lovegrove, James
63 pages
ISBN: 1-842991-93-0
£4.99~First Page
The bell rang for the end of lessons. Suddenly the school was filled with moving bodies. The classrooms, library, science room and gym were soon deserted. Lockers and doors were slammed shut, and silence filled the empty rooms. Dust drifted to the floor and settled on scattered sheets of paper.

The children flew through the building with a great racketing roar. Their wings were beating hard. Their screams and whoops and yells celebrated the end of another school day...

Reviews

"Magical and thought-provoking" Times Educational Supplement
"James Lovegrove has terrific imagination and style and will clearly make his mark."
Alan Sillitoe

Wings
Lovegrove, James
63 pages
ISBN: 1-842991-93-0
£4.99

"... sometimes you feel like the whole world's against you because of what you don't have..."
Az dreams of being like everyone else. In the world of the Airborn that means growing wings. It seems impossible, but with an inventor for a father, who knows?~Wings|ISBN%3A1842991930|~4676~4765~~

Love Dad~

Love Dad
Meres, Jonathan
92 pages
ISBN: 1842992015
£4.99

~First Page
Martin Smith stood looking at the panel of judges. He was out of breath. He’d sung his heart out. But was it good enough for the judges? "Tell me something, Martin," said the judge on the left, with a fake smile to go with his fake tan. He called himself Vince Prince but his real name was Derek Jenkins. "Tell me – do you think you’ve got what it takes to be a pop star?"

Love Dad
Meres, Jonathan
92 pages
ISBN: 1842992015
£4.99

"You ain’t no pop star, kiddo, and you never will be."

A right idiot. That’s how Martin Smith feels on the hit TV programme Fame Factory. But little does he know that 80’s pop star Rick Donavan is also watching the show and he’s got some incredible news.

He reckons he’s Martin’s real dad
and he wants everyone to know about it. Martin’s trying to work it all out. Is it true? Could he really be the proud owner of a real, live Love Dad? ~Love Dad|ISBN%3A1842992015|~4676~4766~~

Letter From America~

Letter From America
Morgan, Michaela
57 pages
ISBN: 184299185X
£4.99

~First Page
Rose Galvin School
West 69th Street
New York, New York,
10018 USA
Dear Thomas,
Hi! My name is Shelley Devane. I'm your new pen pal.

Letter From America
Morgan, Michaela
57 pages
ISBN: 184299185X
£4.99

Tommo's fed up. His teacher has had another of her ideas. She wants everyone in the class to have a penpal. Tommo knows it's going to be boring, boring, BORING. But he's in for a big surprise! Share Tommo's sad times and his happy times - and meet Shelley who raps, rhymes and jokes in her letters from America.~Letter From America|ISBN%3A184299185X|~4676~4767~~

Second Chance~

Second Chance
Prince, Alison
62 pages
ISBN: 1842991949
£4.99

~First Page
The Council said we'd have to leave the house. People had been complaining about the noise and the buggies in the garden and Steve's van and the greyhounds. Steve says he'll win a fortune one of these days, betting on the dogs, but it hasn't happened yet.
The men who own the greyhounds only want the ones that win the races.

Reviews

Winner of the Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award

Second Chance
Prince, Alison
62 pages
ISBN: 1842991949
£4.99

Ross's noisy famiy has been thrown out of their house agin. This time there's nowhere to go - except the old cafe on the beach. But odd things have happened there. Who is the boy watching Ross? Watching, and waiting?~Second Chance|ISBN%3A1842991949|~4676~4768~~