Anne Fine

Colleagues and family regard Colin as a model citizen who visits his mother to care for her. They don't know about his secret life, but due to a problem insurance policy his two lives are set to collide and there is nothing Colin can do to stop them.

Three children at Nitshill Road School are surprised when Celeste appears in their playground and from then on life there is never the same.

Anneli hates drawing, painting and anything artistic. But when she finds a picture hidden behind a secret door in her house she is drawn into an extraordinary story.

Mel doesn't want to look after the new girl, Imogen, who has a special talent that Mel decides is more of a curse.

Bill Simpson wakes up to find he’s a girl, and worse, his mother makes him wear a frilly pink dress to school. How on earth is he going to survive a whole day like this? Everything just seems to be different for girls…

Edward is four years old when he is locked away with his mother by her abusive, alcoholic partner, Harris. Rescue comes, but lasting damage has been done. Adopted by a kindly foster family Edward struggles to adapt to normal life. Even as a teenager it's still clear to his new family and schoolmates there's something odd about him.

Inspired by a visiting writer and the diary of a young soldier from the trenches, Will decides to become a war correspondent and records his account of the battles with his sister.

Hugo has to choose who to stay with while his mother's having a baby. But who will care for him and his dog, Henry.

If her mother is to keep her new job, Bonnie has no choice; she must take a one day course at Charm School.

This is the story of a chicken who flies "frillions" of miles to try to save humans.

Lance comes up with the most original fund-raising idea ever - all made possible because of his friendship with Flossie, the cow.

How would you feel if your mother had royal-blue hair and wore lavender fishnet tights? But Minna's whole family (including her mum's punk boyfriend, Crusher Maggot) is a bit unusual. Being the only sensible one is not easy for Minna...

Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about.

Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble?

The hilarious antics of Tuffy and his family as told by the killer cat himself.

When the annual School Science Fair comes round, Mrs Cartright's pupils are given Flour babies to care for, to their initial dismay.

When Kelly Johnston is miserable because her mother is thinking of getting married again, forceful Kitty Killin comes to the rescue. Kitty's not noted for sensitivity or for tact, but she's been through it all herself with the man in her own mother's life : the silver-haired, chocolate-bearing Gerald Faulkner (otherwise known as Old Goggle-eyes).

Granny is a bit dotty, sometimes grumpy and lives in the family home. But when their mother and father decide to put her into a home, the children devise a plan to help Gran.

Joe is bottom of the class so if he has to do a project called 'How to write really neatly' this is bound to be a disaster. But what if he does one called 'How to write really badly'?

Jennifer has a diary and Iolanthe doesn't. But Iolanthe does have a vivid imagination and a gift for writing stories. When she sees empty pages in Jennifer's diary, she can't help herself - they're clearly waiting for tales much more exciting than her friend's records of shop visits and weather. Iolanthe is so taken with the diary that soon sharing it is not enough and, eventually, she finds something to swop with Jennifer for it - extra stories to be available to order whenever Jennifer needs them.

Usually Louis is a chatterbox, but can he stop talking for just one day to raise funds for his school?

Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and fro between their volatile mother, Miranda, and Daniel, their out-of-work actor father. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will supervise the children after school - and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire!

Whilst Christmas is the time for family, more is certainly not merrier in Ralph's home. With the nutty relations visiting, Mum is on the verge of a breakdown and Ralph has been banished to his bedroom!

Boggle hats are the latest thing. Everybody at school wants one - but only Lola actually has one. So she decides to form a club to show the other children how best to nag their parents into buying them one. However, the children get mixed results.

When Anthony the dog can't stop scratching no one is very interested. But then the vet tells him that he has a skin problem and that he must have all his fur shaved off apart from his head and tail! He knows that everyone will laugh - and that's notso hotso!

When Mum isn't there to get Nicky, Tasha and Little Joe off to school one morning they find a strange note on top of the tape player. It says 'Press Play'. The children have to follow Mum's simple instructions with hilarious results.

Tilly has always been brilliant at pushing people out of her life whenever she wants, but things are different with Geoffrey. She wants to get away, but how can she ensure it is a permanent escape?

Even though the Czar has gone, people still disappear. Although Yuri knows this, he never dreams that one day he too will be classed 'an enemy of the state', for a few careless words.

When Rupert's parents go to Great Uncle Perry's funeral, Rupert spends the day with his Great Aunt Ada, along with his unruly puppy, Roly. Great Aunt Ada is determined to teach Rupert some manners. Rupert thinks the day is going to be awful until hemeets Gordon, a very rude parrot. Gorden is even worse than Great Aunt Ada, and he bosses Rupert and Roly so much that they tidy the whole house. They are relieved to get back home, but they do remember their manners!

As younger children, twins Tom and Cass were very close but as they have grown older they have grown apart. Tom wishes they were still close but must gradually accept that he doesn't own Cass and never can!

Maya longs to be in Mr Kelly's play and can already see herself on stage but then a problem arises.

Five children on school trip to creepy mansion find a manuscript hidden in a sealed room revealing a story of great wickedness.

Ally really doesn't want to go with his mum on her weekly visit to his fragile aunt Chloe at the big Victorian hospital - until he discovers a hidden garden in the grounds. Suddenly Ally begins to discover a new way of looking at the world - and to understand his aunt and some of her sensitivity.

Sent to tidy his room, Toby finds a brass lamp. When he cleans it out pops Hasan, a genie, who whisks Toby off on his magic carpet.

Jeanie finds a ring on the way to school. In the middle of class she rubs it and a genie appears on her desk, but a very grumpy genie!

William accidentally releases a genie, Mustapha, from a bottle in the junk room.

The Palmer sisters have never had any secrets between them but should Liddy be told the rumour about her new boyfriend?

Only Natalie wants to be friends with Tulip, but even she realises that Tulip's games are going too far.