Elizabeth Laird

Adam, dog-boy for a local knight, joins a Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. Salim finds himself in the heart of Sultan Saladin’s camp ready to do battle against the unholy invaders. The two boys of different faiths come face to face and discover that neither is as uncivilised as the other believes.

Dani and Mamo are two very different runaways living on the streets of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Dani has left behind a large house and a privileged background while Mamo has fled from the farm where he was kept as a slave.

Amir's worried about the monster under the bed! What if it has huge teeth and growls like a lion? What if it tries to eat him up? And what if the monster has a mum and dad too? But Dad reassures Amir that if the monster family comes to play, then Amir might just make a friend instead.

A timeless tale of monsters under the bed, Grobblechops is based on a story by the thirteenth-century poet, philosopher and Sufi mystic Rumi.

Thirteen-year-old Safiya and her family have been driven out of Syria by civil war. Safiya knows how lucky she is – lucky not to be living in a refugee camp, lucky to be alive.

As they struggle to rebuild their lives, Safiya realizes that her family has always been incomplete and with her own future in the balance, it's time to uncover the secrets that war has kept buried.

At the age of eight Rashid is sold and sent far away from his home in Pakistan to work as a camel jockey. Despite becoming the star of the stable all Rashid can think of is escape.

Rafaella doesn't find it easy to make friends. Then a secret friendship starts full of warmth and mystery.