Rosemary Cross

In the Devon village of Ashleigh, David Adams meets Kate Trimble, an orphan who lives with her aunt. Their friendship develops over the summer, and David is able to help Kate after an incident which shocks everyone and emphasises the darker side of war.  Book 15 of series.

Only one year after the city suffered such terrible losses during the Plague, London is recovering and Hannah convinces her parents that, with her younger sister Anne's help, she can return to the city and manage the sweetmeats shop on her own. The girls are thrilled to be back in London, and Hannah even finds her old beau, Tom, alive and well and working for a magician. But her newfound happiness is short-lived as fires begin to spring up around the city and quickly move closer to their shop. Finally, Hannah and Anne are forced to abandon their home to save their lives. When the fires have abated, the girls return to find their shop in ruins. They also find Tom, beaten and injured after being chased by a mob that blamed the magician for starting the fire. Despite their losses, Hannah is sure that one day she will rebuild her shop and once again trade under the sign of the sugared plum.

Cat knows that his sister is the most promising witch in Coven Street. They are summoned to live in the castle of the enchanter Chrestomanci, who refuses to recognise Gwendolen's talent. Frustrated she devises a scheme that threatens to destroy all the worlds of Chrestomanci.

Georgia has finally landed Robbie the Sex God, but he's never around, and Georgia's ex, Dave the Laugh, is starting to look quite dreamy. Strangely, so does just about every other guy Georgia meets, even the new French teacher.

In this third installment of Georgia's hilarious confessions, Georgia's "red bottomosity" is out of control! Whatever will happen next?

Georgia has finally put her red-bottomosity to rest and chosen Robbie the Sex God over Dave the Laugh. After all, with the Sex God she'll be a pop-star girlfriend and go on tour! Besides, Dave the Laugh is now dating her friend Ellen (although that didn't stop Georgia from snogging him at a party ... ).

But when the Sex God is never around and Dave the Laugh breaks up with Ellen, Georgia doesn't know what to think! Is she doomed to be a pop-star widow, or will she take her own bottom firmly in hand and blow her cosmic horn? And will her cat, Angus (the size of a small Labrador, only mad), ever get over the shame of having his trouser snake addendums snipped? As always, in Georgia's life, nothing ever turns out as planned!

Developers want to transform Golden Valley into an amusement park and the village welcomes the jobs it will bring. The children must find the secret that lies behind the waterfall in order to save the valley but they have to overcome the evil Morden, the magician’s assistant.

The survival of Golden Valley is threatened, with the animals fighting one another and the magician near death. The children manage to travel back to the magician’s time with the help of the golden pendulum and the final battle draws near.

The continuing adventures of the Mennyms, a family of life-size rag dolls pretending to be human, as they try to cope with a series of ardent admirers whose attentions threaten to pierce the family's veil of secrecy.

Seen through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl, this is the story of the bubonic plague in London and how it affected ordinary people. Told in diary format, it covers the year before the Great Fire of London, which ended the threat of the plague.

The latest story from Turnham Malpas sees the unwelcome return of an old face, and an agonising dilemma for the rector and his wife when their twin children start asking about their real mother.  Book 9 of series.

Hazel is smart, funny and fed-up - she's also unhappy at school where the pencil-thin and gorgeous Lauren torments her. The conflict between the two girls is about to come to a head, with surprising results.

An outsider in a new school Phyllisia is bullied. Although desperately needing a friend she is not sure about Edith as she is very scruffy. Will a common tragedy change that feeling?

Three brilliant stories that will captivate young readers by War Horse author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo.

The Marble Crusher: Does Mr Manners, the headmaster, really have a machine that crushes marbles? Albert thinks so.

Colly's Barn: Colly the owl and Screecher the swallow band together to save the barn.

Conker: Nick beats the bully, Stevie Rooster, and becomes Conker king. But can he rescue a mistreated dog while searching for the best conker?

Cassie Lang is nearly sixteen, and all the magazines, TV and films tell her that this is the time of her life, and that she should be doing everything. But she isn't, so where has she gone wrong? When she goes out on her first date, she's read all the magazines and knows just what to expect but reality is different!

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.

In 15th century France, a young peasant girl faces an overwhelming task: to save her beloved France from tyrants and restore the rightful king to the throne. To free her country Joan must leave behind everyone she has ever loved, apart from her faithful sparrow, Belami. But with huge bravery and fierce determination, she follows her calling and is finally granted permission to ride fearlessly into battle, leading the French army against the enemy.

Many years later, a lonely girl called Eloise has a very special dream about her heroine, Joan of Arc. In this moving account by master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, Joan of Arc's extraordinary story is brought to life as never before. 

A collection of twelve magical short stories.

Amal is an Australian-Muslim-Palestinian, and during one summer holiday she decides to become a 'Full-timer', a girl who wears a hijab, a scarf, full time. It takes a lot of guts - will she be able to cope with the prejudice and keep her friends.

CONTENT WARNING: Contains some explicit language

Your dream has come true and you are offered the lead part in the school's production of Romeo and Juliet. The trouble is that Romeo is the one guy you'd like to see dead. But this is your dream and nothing, nothing, is going to stand in your way!

As a young noblewoman living in Venice in 1592, Donata Maoncenigo's life is governed by strict rules of etiquette. She longs to wander freely around the city, so she comes up with a daring plan to escape the palazzo.

A moving story of a brother, a sister and a swallow, and how all are in some way victims of the horrors of landmines.

Olly’s brother Matt wants to go and work with children who have been made orphans, through war, in Africa. He wants to be a clown and make them laugh. His mother and sister want him to stay in England and go to university.

Hero, a swallow, has a journey to make too. He must fly to Africa for the winter to join all the other swallows. His journey is difficult and fraught with danger.

Three separate stories are woven into one powerful and moving novel whose central theme not only exposes the horrors of war and of landmines, but also the endurance of the human spirit.

This story is not a story at all. It all happened.

On New Year's Day Becky Morley begins to write her diary. By March, her world has changed for ever. Foot-and-mouth disease breaks out on a pig farm hundreds of miles from the Morleys' Devon home, but soon the nightmare is a few fields away. Local sheep are infected and every animal is destroyed. Will the Morleys' flock be next? Will their pedigree dairy herd, the sows with their piglets, and Little Josh, Becky's hand-reared lamb, survive? Or will they be slaughtered too?

The waiting and hoping is the most agonizing experience of Becky's life...

Lizzie and Dad live in a rainy town in the north of England. It's just the two of them, and Auntie Doreen, who pops round to check Lizzie's spellings and tell Dad he's daft. But today there's something unusual going on: why is Dad building himself a pair of wings and studying the birds to see how they fly?

When Louise and Bethany fell out with Amy she decided to find a friend on an internet chatroom. She knows it is stupid to go alone to meet someone she has been chatting to - but Zed seems so normal, what can possibly go wrong?

The Druids believe that on the night of the dancing stars the chosen one will be born. They search for the enchanted boy, unaware that a girl, Tegen, has been born. She grows up with magic in her steps, and is eventually declared the Star Dancer, but can she defeat the dark forces against her?

Sally likes to star in her own daydreams. Spending winter in the Florida sunshine, away from her father, friends and comfortable home seems gloomy. Worst of all, although it is 1947 she believes Adolf Hitler is living in the same apartment building.

Dave Walters is a contented family man until he encounters a mysterious, ghostly figure of a young woman. From that moment his life is turned upside down.

When Mathilda Rainbird bequeaths her house to three relatives, she brings together a group of people with little in common, but all sharing a need to belong.

Tessa and Becky, who have been friends since the beginning of their City careers, face many choices in their lives, not least the choice presented by biology - children.

How much is a girl worth? The successful Price family have to decide this when their seventeen year old daughter is kidnapped. But the price paid comes to more than just money!

Andrew Sherwood's curiosity is aroused when he meets Louise, an obviously frightened woman who then disappears. Later he discovers that Louise is on the run from her tyrannical husband.

Patrick and Jane lead increasingly different lives. Jane walks out on her marriage and has a passionate affair in India, but has she thrown away true love by mistake?

In 17th century Amsterdam, wealthy merchant Cornelius commissions a portrait of himself and his young wife Sophia. As the portrait grows so does a passion between Sophia and the artist, leading them into an intricate deception with tragic consequences.

Angela Fytton, perfect wife and mother has been dumped. Once over the shock she sends her selfish teenagers to live with their father and new lady, moves to the country and waits. For she knows that sooner or later her husband will come back to her!

Because Katie, a doctor, is a good person, whilst her husband, David, is the 'Angriest Man in Holloway' she calculates that she has earned her affair with another man. When David suddenly becomes good, Katie's sums no longer add up! Contains some offensive language.

Lesley Garrett recalls her life and career as a soprano so far. It includes a rollercoaster ride of ill-health, disapproval and painful choices between her professional and private life.