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BOOKS
 SECRET
SCHEMES, DARING DREAMS - NEW
published by Piccadilly Press
ISBN 1853409421
What would happen if Jane Austen's EMMA was set
in the twenty first century? Emma Woodhouse is a caring, considerate
sort of girl who is well aware of her own good fortune and talent
for getting the best out of other people. Which is why, when she
meets someone with untapped potential, she puts all interests to
one side and sets out to change their lives for them - whether they
like it or not. When Emma's childhood friend, George Knightley,
needs help at his family's country house hotel over the summer,
she sees the perfect opportunity to improve the lot of her new friend,
the shy and unfortunate Harriet Smith. But as one after another
of Emma's secret schemes go horribly wrong, she finds that nothing
(and no one) is ever as simple as it seems.
 SUMMER
OF SECRETS
published by Piccadilly Press
ISBN 1853409073
Based on the plot of NORTHANGER ABBEY.
Caitlin Morland, whose pastimes including drawing caricatures of the rich and
famous and reading every column inch of all the gossip magazines she can lay
her hands on, has always craved excitement and been well aware that she wasn't
going to find it with her boring family. When she wins an art scholarship to
the famous Mulberry Court College, she is delighted to find herself embraced
with open arms by Queen Bee, Izzy Thorpe, daughter of a prominent politician
and her mates, Bianca Jarvis and Summer Tilney - girls with lifestyles a million
light years away from her own. She is dragged unprotesting into a round of scams,
parties and panics and falls madly in love with Summer's brother Ludo... And
then there is an invitation to go on holiday with Izzy's family and that is
when everything, thanks to Caitlin's over active imagination, starts to go horribly
pear shaped.
 WHAT
A WEEK TO RISK IT ALL
published by Piccadilly Press
ISBN 1853408425
The
last in the series of the nine What a Week books. Lots of muddles, problems, crises and
promises - and it's goodbye once and for all to Holly, Tansy, Cleo and Jade.
 WHAT
A WEEK TO GET REAL
published by Piccadilly Press
ISBN 1853408719
Holly faces the biggest challenge of her life, Cleo learns that
loving someone means accepting them just the way they are, Tansy
discovers how hard it is to let go, and Jade realises that you can't
underestimate the importance of real friends. Problems, crises,
disasters - it's certainly time to get real.
 THE
SECRETS OF LOVE
published by Piccadilly Press
ISBN 1853407747
“Upon my word, I never saw a young woman so desperately
in love in my life!”
Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
What would happen if you transferred the traumas of teenage love
from Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility to the twenty-first
century? How would Ellie, Abby and Georgie fare without the restraints
of nineteenth-century England?
Will Ellie’s ever-sensible attitude towards life prevent
her from ever snogging the gorgeous, but somewhat reticent, Blake?
Is Abby’s devil-may-care outlook destined to land her in
big trouble with Hunter, who majors in being up himself?
And what about the baby of the family, Georgie? She’s a tomboy,
with more male friends than anyone, and so strong-willed she’ll
never take no for an answer!
“… tackles teenager problems with her usual blend
of humour and compassion … continues to explore unflinchingly
and believably issues which are at the heart of teenage malaise.”
~ Books for Keeps (About Rosie Rushton)
 LOOKING
FOR BILLIE
published by Barrington Stoke
ISBN 1842992066
When I was a little kid, I was good. In fact, I was so good
that people kept talking about it.
"Billie’s such a good girl," Wendy used to say.
Wendy is my foster mum.
"As good as gold," Steve, my foster dad, always added,
waiting to make sure everyone got the joke. "Gold – get
it?"
How far would you go to find your real mum? Billie Gold heard a woman on a train
say that she’s "looking for Billie". She must be her mum! But
how will Billie ever get to talk to her when everything keeps getting in the way?
"It was brilliant ... I can’t wait to tell my friends!"
~ Sabina Molian, Barrington Stoke Child Consultant
 WHAT
A WEEK TO TAKE A CHANCE
published by Piccadilly Press
They’re back! Holly, Tansy, Jade and Cleo have gone up a
year in school but their lives are just as complicated. Holly’s
decided just what – and who – she wants out of life;
pity her parents don’t see things her way. Tansy finds the
person she’s been looking for all her life – and begins
to wish she had never bothered. Jade’s attempt to sort out
everyone’s life back fires on her big time, and Cleo discovers
that changing your image isn’t half as easy as the girlie
magazines make out. One week, four girls – and a whole heap
of disasters and laughs!
 LAST
SEEN WEARING TRAINERS
published by Andersen Press
ISBN 1-84270-216-5
“A powerful contemporary thriller that keeps you turning
the pages” – Jacqueline Wilson
“An accurate insight into the teenage mind – and a
twist that would have Ruth Rendell bowing with respect; a reading
MUST for all teenagers” – Yorkshire Post
Katie thought it was such a good idea – a plan that would
punish her mum for what she’d done and make Katie happy for
the first time in ages. She should have realised – the warnings
were staring her in the face. But it’s funny what you don’t
notice when you want so very much to believe in something and someone.
You can go on kidding yourself for ages – until the moment
when you realise your life is on the line. That’s when you
discover the real meaning of love.
Last Seen Wearing Trainers was
short listed for the Lancashire Book Award, and
has just won the senior section of the Stockport Schools
Book Award.
 TELL
ME I’M OK REALLY
published by Piccadilly Press
ISBN 1-85340-616-3
Georgie’s life is falling apart. Her mum is in a psychiatric
hospital and her dad just isn’t coping. No one has any idea
what’s going on in Georgie’s head. And what’s
going on inside her head worries her a lot. Her teachers say she
isn’t trying hard enough and her friends say she is dead weird.
Georgie is pretty sure she’s slowly going mad like her mum.
Then, just when she thinks she has lost it, Georgie meets Flavia
Mott, a woman who at first seems even dottier than Georgie’s
mum. And suddenly Georgie finds herself opening up for the first
time in years. But is it already too late – will Georgie ever
be OK again?
 WAVING,
NOT DROWNING
published by Andersen Press.
Three teenagers, three very different lives, with just one thing
in common: a world that’s falling apart around them.
Lyall knows that his foster parents don’t want him any more.
And he reckons he knows why – after all, who would want a
murderer living in their midst? Because that’s what he knows
he is and the guilt haunts him every day of his life.
Jay wants to be like the other guys at school but that’s
not possible. Covering up for what’s going on at home and
trying to appease the bullies that make is life hell is a full time
job and besides, if his secret comes out, he will lose the only
person left in the world who cares about him.
Fiona thinks she’s found someone who really loves her, someone
who doesn’t see her as an unplanned nuisance the way her Mum
does, someone who, unlike her own father, can be trusted to be loyal.
And even if what she suspects has happened to her is true, it will
all work out just fine – Dean will make sure of that.
Disaster strikes all three before they are able to share their
secrets and discover that sometimes knowing the truth, however hard
that may be, is easier than living a lie.
 FRIENDS,
ENEMIES AND OTHER TINY PROBLEMS
published by Piccadilly Press
ISBN 1-85340-777-1
"I can’t believe it’s a year ago today that it
all went horribly wrong…Friday 13th, it was."
Of course Ella, who reads the horoscope every day, said it was
because Mars and Venus were opposing each other in Saturn, or something
like that.
Pippa, whose whole life is organized down to the tiniest detail,
and who always says exactly what she thinks, said we were far too
soft
Christy didn’t say much but Christy lives in a dream world
composing music and choreographing imaginary people in imaginary
ballets.
And Hannah? Well, it was really her fault. If she hadn’t
been such a whinger, none of it would have ever happened.
Writing it down in black and white makes me feel really mean. After
all it was me who got her into our crowd in the first place. I guess
we should have all seen the warning signs…..”
Fast paced and thought provoking – for 11 and upwards
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