This text presents lively short stories by major authors, first published in the "Young Telegraph".

Just What I Always Wanted

Gillian Cross

Picture Lions

Winner of the Whitbread Children's Novel Award and the Smarties Book Prize 1992, this tale involves Tad's chase across the USA by train, flatboat and steamboat in order to catch an escaped Indian elephant before it falls into the hands of the notorious Hannibal Jackson.

The Great Elephant Chase

Children's Books

Penguin Books, Ltd.

On the first day at her new school, Dinah realizes something is horribly wrong. The children are strangely neat and well-behaved; they even work during playtime. What makes them behave this way? The answer is fear, but what is the secret of the Headmaster's control? Recently voted one of the top 20 books of the last 20 years, this is the first title in the best-selling series which inspired the top-rating TV series.

The Demon Headmaster

Puffin

Rent-A-Genius (SS)

Dinah moves in with the Hunter family and starts going to the same school as her foster-brothers Lloyd and Harvey. It's not easy, as they seem to hate her, and school is really strange. Pupils suddenly talk like robots and do weird things - even Dinah finds herself acting oddly. She's sure the headmaster has some kind of power over them, and is determined to find out more. But the Demon Headmaster is equally determined to stop her. Gillian Cross has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Novel Award, and the Smarties Prize, and is a highly-acclaimed author. Sales of her books exceed one million copies.

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Oxford University Press

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Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

ROSCOE'S LEAP.

Tightrope

When John, an explosives expert, dies in an accident in Russia, his sister Hayley and his friend Annie go there to mourn. Before long they begin to suspect that there is more to John's death than meets the eye, and that certain people are desperately trying to keep them away from the truth. They say that John had been drinking and made a mistake with the explosives. But Annie doesn't believe that, and she is determined to find out what really happened. Their search for the truth takes them deep into the country, following the signal of John's satellite phone. What they eventually find raises as many questions as it answers, and there are no easy solutions for any them.

Calling a Dead Man

A flight back from holiday. An explosion on the plane. Robert wakes up, alone in the jungle, with neither food nor shelter. Unfamiliar creatures are roaming about - and he can't get rid of the feeling that someone, or something, is watching him.  This is the story of Robert's struggle for survival - from his realization of what has happened to him and where he is, to his perilous journey homeward. An incredible adventure story full of suspense and surprise.

The Dark Ground (The Lost Trilogy, Book 1)

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Books by Gillian Cross

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Just What I Always Wanted

The Great Elephant Chase

The Demon Headmaster

Rent-A-Genius (SS)

The Demon Headmaster

Chartbreak (Archway)

ROSCOE'S LEAP.

Tightrope

Calling a Dead Man

The Dark Ground (The Lost Trilogy, Book 1)