Kite

This is the story of a Kite, hand reared in secret by a young boy, Taylor, after an egg-hunting mission goes wrong and the mother bird abandons her nest. Not everyone wants to protect the Kite - Taylor's gamekeeper father and his employer see kites as predators on their pheasants, as vermin to be destroyed. The story reaches a dramatic climax as Tom, Taylor's father, knows he will lose his job and his home, if he fails to carry out his boss' wishes and kill the bird. He does intervene and stophis boss shooting the bird he has already cruelly injured. Tom regains his son's respect but the Kite will never fly again.

Melvin-Burgess

Children's Books

Puffin

Bloodtide

<p>Set in the future as two rival gangs, the Volsons and the Connors, struggle to control London. The city is almost cut off from the rest of the country and surrounded by the Halfman Lands - a desolate area populated by creatures, Halfmen, the results of genetic experiments to create living killing machines. Val Volson dreams of uniting the two factions by giving his 14-year-old daughter, Signy, as a bride to the rival ganglord, Connor. A shocking betrayal almost wipes out the Volsons - only Signy and her twin brother, Siggy, survive. The fate of both gangs, and of London, is in their hands, but both must pay a terrible price for power.</p>

This series of contemporary writing meets the requirements of the revised National Curriculum. This book tells the story of Tam, who finds himself caught in a time-warp which sends him back to World War II. There he meets the lonely May, whom he must help.

New Windmills: An Angel for May (New Windmills)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann Educational Books - Secondary Division

The Hit

Chicken House

Set in the future as two rival gangs, the Volsons and the Connors, struggle to control London. The city is almost cut off from the rest of the country and surrounded by the Halfman Lands - a desolate area populated by creatures, Halfmen, the resultsof genetic experiments to create living killing machines. Val Volson dreams of uniting the two factions by giving his 14-year-old daughter, Signy, as a bride to the rival ganglord, Connor. A shocking betrayal almost wipes out the Volsons - only Signy and her twin brother, Siggy, survive. The fate of both gangs, and of London, is in their hands, but both must pay a terrible price for power.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Bt Bound

Jamie, Ten Tons and Davies are mudlarks. To live, they sell bits of coal, rope and copper scavenged from the cold, foul mud of the River Thames. When they see a valuable piece of copper fall off a ship, Ten Tons comes up with a daring plan to retrieve it. But it is a plan filled with great danger.

Flashbacks: The Copper Treasure (Flashbacks)

Literature & Fiction

A C BLACK (CHILDRENS BOOKS)

Aspiring radio and TV presenters should benefit from the guidance provided by accomplished presenter, Janet Trewin. Presenting on TV and Radio provides illustrations, practical exercises and insider tips for improving your presentation skils and breaking into this competitive industry.

Copper Treasure

Gardners Books

A Carnegie Medal Nominee Twelve-year-old David lives with his dad in a big London apartment building called Mahogany Villas, where he climbs through the building's old ventilation system to play tricks on the other tenants. But David's nasty pranks disturb more than just his elderly neighbor. One day, he comes face-to-face with a ghost, at first friendly but eventually terrifying. Soon the old man and David are in great danger. (AR) For ages 9-12 Available only in Young Adult 3 Standing Order.

The Ghost Behind The Wall

Action & Adventure

Thorndike Press

Doing It

Imagination Studio

Young Ben Tilley inadvertently reveals the existence of a pack of wolves--the last in England--in the nearby countryside to a hunter searching for glory, who makes it his mission to wipe out the entire breed.

Cry of the Wolf

Andersen Press

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Kite

Bloodtide

New Windmills: An Angel for May (New Windmills)

The Hit

Bloodtide

Flashbacks: The Copper Treasure (Flashbacks)

Copper Treasure

The Ghost Behind The Wall

Doing It

Cry of the Wolf