Berlie Doherty

A fisherman finds an abandoned baby and takes it home to his childless wife. They raise the child as their own but as she grows it becomes clear that a very different community has claims to her.

Helen and Chris are in their last year at school when Helen discovers that she is pregnant. Deeply unhappy and confused, she resolves to break off their relationship. Chris is bitter at Helen's decision, believing that he should be involved in any plans for the baby's future, but Helen needs time alone to make sense of her conflicting feelings.

Deep in a Derbyshire valley live two girls, twins, so alike that even their family can't tell them apart. But tragedy is waiting. When the valley is sold to be flooded for a huge dam, the villagers are forced to leave their homes. Deep secrets are uncovered. New characters enter their lives and desires, love and grief come to the surface.

Poised on the brink of a year's adventure in France, 18-year old Jess learns of Bridie and Jack, her mother's parents, whose love kept them together in spite of family divisions; of Granny Dorothy's daily toil in the dirt and grime of the buffing-shop; and of her parents' first meeting. And of course, there's Jess's story too.

A blind girl and a unicorn in a world where magic and reality merge together. Can Laura save the Wild Ones and take them to the safety of the Bright Wilderness?

Laura is blind, but though she cannot see, she is an acutely perceptive child. As soon as she climbs onto the unicorn’s back she is hurled into a wild and magical world. Though a contemporary child, living in a contemporary setting, Spellhorn and the Wild Ones see Laura as their leader and they know that only through Laura can they reach the safety of the Bright Wilderness. But can the unicorns lead Laura back home to her own world?

When Willa first meets old Miss Annie she is afraid of her, but their love of animals brings them close together.