Tuffy knows what he likes. And he doesn't like the 'art' that Ellie's mum brings home from her new classes. So what's a cat to do? A few scratches here just happen to shred a painting. A nudge there somehow slips a vase off a shelf. Dad hope a horribly lumpy clay pot will be next, but Tuffy's having none of it.
Tuffy knows what he likes. And he doesn't like the 'art' that Ellie's mum brings home from her new classes. So what's a cat to do? A few scratches her...
Tuffy isn't allowed to climb the tree and he's supposed to star in Ellie's silly Christmas show. And thanks to Mr Grumpy, he ends up shut in a cupboard. Christmas is supposed to be so merry, but this year at Tuffy's house it all ends up a giant mess.
Tuffy isn't allowed to climb the tree and he's supposed to star in Ellie's silly Christmas show. And thanks to Mr Grumpy, he ends up shut in a cupboar...
With their parents away, brother and sister Clarrie and Will must live with Uncle Len, a music-hall ventriloquist whose dummy, Frozen Billy, gives Clarrie the creeps. Soon Will is part of the act and Clarrie is scared that Frozen Billy is taking over their family.
With their parents away, brother and sister Clarrie and Will must live with Uncle Len, a music-hall ventriloquist whose dummy, Frozen Billy, gives Cla...
Mel is the class bookworm, who doesn't want to be first-week minder for new girl, Imogen. Slowly, Mel discovers that Imogen has a special talent - a family 'gift' that Mel thinks is more like a curse. And that's when she realizes that stories can happen in real life, too. For only she can stop Imogen's private horror story - stop the bad dreams...
Mel is the class bookworm, who doesn't want to be first-week minder for new girl, Imogen. Slowly, Mel discovers that Imogen has a special talent - a f...
Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen so now has to spend a week of his summer hols with his uncle Tristram - who's heading off to stay with a new girlfriend - Morning Glory - on a tiny British island. Harry doesn't expect it to be a lot of fun - with just a wacky competition at the end of the week to look forward to.
Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen so now has to spend a week of his summer hols with his uncle Tristram - who's heading off to ...
Cass has always been there for Tom, her twin - racing off to laugh with him in the old, abandoned ice house or planning how to foil Jamieson, the farm's creepy pest-killer. But now Cass is a teenager, she is changing - she wants her privacy and feels suffocated by their life on the farm. Bewildered, Tom struggles to regain their former closeness, but only succeeds in alienating both Cass and Jamieson's daughter Lisa. Until the night of the storm . . .
Cass has always been there for Tom, her twin - racing off to laugh with him in the old, abandoned ice house or planning how to foil Jamieson, the farm...
The four children, Ivan, Sophie, Tanya and Nicholas, can't believe it. Their parents are planning to put their grandmother into a Home. She's a bit of a dotty old lady - sometimes demanding, often annoying - but as much a part of their lives as their shambly house or the whirring of the washing machine. So they decide to take action.
The four children, Ivan, Sophie, Tanya and Nicholas, can't believe it. Their parents are planning to put their grandmother into a Home. She's a bit of...
Ian s best friend, Stolly, is up on cloud nine. He s in the hospital, unconscious, and hooked up to machines. The question Ian is trying to answer is: How did Stolly end up there? In a way, Stolly s always been on cloud nine, living life by his own rules and making those rules up as he goes along. His parents careers have them constantly rushing around, so Ian s family has all but adopted Stolly. That s why it s up to Ian to figure out what happened to his best friend. But once the pieces start coming together, the answer doesn t seem to make any sense."
Ian s best friend, Stolly, is up on cloud nine. He s in the hospital, unconscious, and hooked up to machines. The question Ian is trying to answer is:...
Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged where he is told what to cheer for and who to believe in, where even the neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities. But it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence sent on a nightmare journey to a northern camp amid the frozen wastes. What, or who, can he possibly believe in now? Can he even survive? And is escape possible . . . ?
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Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged where he is told what to cheer for and who to believe in, where even the neighbou...