Tanya, 16, mouse-blonde, the plain one who is always paired with a more attractive friend, wants her life to explode into a dazzling new pattern. She is ready for something to happen. Then HE walks into her life... 'Dear Diary - This is the first day of my new life. I suddenly feel more alive than I've ever felt. This is going to be the new beginning I've been looking for. The future is mine. I'm going to let go of my old hesitations, nervousness, shyness, whatever and throw myself into the whirlpool of life. I'm going to find myself - my true self '... Does she succeed or is she throwing...
Tanya, 16, mouse-blonde, the plain one who is always paired with a more attractive friend, wants her life to explode into a dazzling new pattern. She ...
Gary and Lynn were the first to have the new sort of dream. It was after they'd held the egg-stone. But that was only the start. Soon they discovered that they had the gift of mindreading. Then they found that those who didn't have the gift felt threatened by them. Even their own families wanted to control them. Their most dangerous enemy was a teacher at school. There was no one they could trust. Can those who learn to read minds ever lead normal lives again? An exciting story for ages 9 to 12.
Gary and Lynn were the first to have the new sort of dream. It was after they'd held the egg-stone. But that was only the start. Soon they discovered ...
""Quernstone is our valley. It's a different world from what most people know...But Fay is different from everyone else in Quernstone. It's as though she's two people in one."" When someone threatened to kidnap Fay she turned to the Ooser to save her and ordered Gavin to wear the ancient mask. What happened next meant disaster if anyone found out. As usual, Gavin felt it was Fay or the Ooser in control of his life. He could have done without more problems because he had enough of his own - like a stepfather who was trying to destroy him.
""Quernstone is our valley. It's a different world from what most people know...But Fay is different from everyone else in Quernstone. It's as though ...
When Amanda and Timmy build themselves a snowman called Mr Crystal they want him to live forever. But warm weather is coming and Mr Crystal begins to melt. As he gets smaller he becomes sillier and puts himself in danger. How can they stop him melting? Can Father Christmas help?... There are five Mr Crystal adventures involving the children who made him, also Father Christmas, Jack Frost, reindeer, a lost penguin, a camel, elves...As The Mail on Sunday said of the first story: 'Magical '
When Amanda and Timmy build themselves a snowman called Mr Crystal they want him to live forever. But warm weather is coming and Mr Crystal begins to ...
E. Rick Jones was stoically living out his final days in an old folks' home when a young woman dropped a time-travelling device onto the tartan rug which encased his withered limbs. This did not surprise him because he had written about something of the sort in a short story. The opportunity to travel in time presented him with the chance to repair the injustices of a lifetime and revenge himself on the literary establishment which had ignored him. The only flaw in his plan was that the people to whom the device belonged wanted it back and the young woman who had stolen it kept reappearing at...
E. Rick Jones was stoically living out his final days in an old folks' home when a young woman dropped a time-travelling device onto the tartan rug wh...
