Melvin Burgess

Set in Victorian times, Jamie, Ten Tons and Davies are scavenging by the River Thames when they see a roll of copper fall from a ship. Ten Tons devises a daring but dangerous plan to retrieve it.

When David saw the ghost rushing towards him he screamed, and the ghostly child screamed back, but the voice was that of an old man begging David not to leave!

When Beth wakes up one morning covered in dirt, she puts it down to an extreme case of sleep-walking. But when reports of a desecrated grave and strange sightings start to circulate, her night-time wanderings take on a sinister air. Beth knows that something with an urgent, desperate hunger is changing within her, that demands to be satisfied - at any cost...

Gemma doesn't want to be tied down - she wants to fly. But no-one can fly forever, even with the help of junk!

Set in the 1920's, a moving love story of two young people from very different backgrounds. Abandoned by his father to a life of poverty, Tony is angry with everyone, and desperately lonely. April Dean, the deaf girl, needs friends too. But their growing relationship arouses deep prejudices which threaten to engulf not only Tony and April but also the whole village. This moving and powerful love story is about two very different people, worlds apart.

Mega-rich rock star Jonathan Heat is obsessed with cosmetic surgery to the point where his own face is almost destroyed. Sara’s face has been damaged by a self-inflicted burn. Then Heat offers to pay for her treatment… Is there a catch?