Secret Friends (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Secret Friends (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

What's the good in keeping secrets? Rafaella doesn't find it easy to make friends. She looks and feels different from the others at school. And Lucy is the first to tease, the first to call her 'Earwig,' until they get to know one another and Lucy sees that Rafaella is full of hopes and ideas, just

Grobblechops (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth Laird Set x 3 shrink-wrapped - Elizabeth Laird

Elizabeth Laird's unforgettable stories of the conflict and crises refugees face on a daily basis. No Man's Land is the moving story of a young girl trying to help her family amid the crisis of civil war in Beirut; Kiss the Dust examines the persecution and hardships faced by refugees as they try

Lady Audley's Secret (Braddon Mary Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Weathering critical scorn, Lady Audley's Secret quickly established Mary Elizabeth Braddon as the leading light of Victorian 'sensation' fiction, sharing the honour only with Wilkie Collins. Addictive, cunningly plotted and certainly sensational, Lady Audley's Secret draws on contemporary theories

My Secret Unicorn: Friends Forever (Chapman Linda)(Paperback / softback)

Jake's Tower (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Jake is an unhappy little boy whose dream is to live in a tower, protected by a moat and a drawbridge. His room would be at the tower's very top, where he would always be safe and happy. In real life, Jake is never safe and he's seldom happy. He is often beaten by his mother's boyfriend, and his

Welcome to Nowhere (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn't care about politics--all he wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by storm. But when his clever older brother, Musa, gets

The Garbage King (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

When Mamo's mother dies, he is abandoned in the shanties of Addis Ababa. Stolen by a child-trafficker and sold to a farmer, he is cruelly treated. Escaping back to the city, he meets another, very different runaway. Dani is rich, educated--and fleeing his tyrannical father. Together they join a

Aurora Floyd (Braddon Mary Elizabeth)(Paperback)

With Lady Audley's Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon had established herself, alongside Wilkie Collins and Mrs Henry Wood, as one of the ruling triumvirate of sensation novelists'. Aurora Floyd (1862-3), following hot on its heels, achieved almost equal popularity and notoriety. Like Lady Audley,

A House Without Walls (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Thirteen-year-old Safiya and her family have been driven out of Syria by civil war. Safiya knows how lucky she is--lucky not to be living in a refugee camp, lucky to be alive. But it's hard to feel grateful when she's forced to look after her father and brother rather than go back to school, and

Dindy and the Elephant (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Bored with her little brother Pog's childish games, Dindy decides that she's finally grown-up enough for a real adventure. While her mother is sleeping and the servants are busy, she takes Pog deep into the tea gardens, a place they are never supposed to go alone. Terrified by wild animals and

Easystart: Simon and the Spy (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Original / British English Simon Simple is going on holiday and the police are looking for a spy. On the train, Simon meets a beautiful girl. He likes her and she likes him. But the spy is there too. Simon and the police can't see the spy. Can you?

Oranges in No Man's Land (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

A gripping story of a ten-year-old girl who risks death to make a life-saving dash through war-torn

Oxford Playscripts - The Garbage King (Laird Elzabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Set in the squalor of an Ethiopian dumpsite, this adaptation of Elizabeth Laird's award-winning novel tells the story of two young boys' fight for

Where's Toto?/?Donde esta Toto? (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Jenny wants to take her new puppy, Toto, to the circus but Toto isn't willing to sit still and watch the show. Suddenly there's a whooosh and the circus cannon goes off... Where's Toto now?! Find out in this exciting story - in Spanish and English. Includes parallel text, speech bubbles, guidance

Where's Toto?/Ou est Toto ? (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Jenny wants to take her new puppy, Toto, to the circus but Toto isn't willing to sit still and watch the show. Suddenly there's a whooosh and the circus cannon goes off... Where's Toto now?! Find out in this exciting story - in French and English. Includes parallel text, speech bubbles, guidance

Red Sky in the Morning (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal and runner-up for the Children's Book Award, Red Sky in the Morning is remarkably moving and beautifully

Queen's Spy (Marchant Clare)(Paperback / softback)

A perilous mission. An unforgivable betrayal. A secret lost in time... 1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin's throne.There's only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen's trusted

Historian (Kostova Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

* The International Sensation* In the tradition of THE SECRET HISTORY and THE ALIENIST - a captivating and suspenseful novel that delves into the true history of Count Dracula

Lady Audley's Secret (Braddon Mary Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Part of our collection of Young Adult Classics, a sensationalist story involving bigamy, arson and murder. 'Women are never lazy. They don't know what it is to be quiet. They are Semiramides, and Cleopatras, and Joan of Arcs, Queen Elizabeths, and Catharine the Seconds . . . To call them the

To a Fault (Laird Nick)(Paperback / softback)

In this impressive debut, Nick Laird explores the sharp edge of relationships, from the intimacy of lovers to the brutality of political violence. Formally deft, rhetorically fresh, these poems never shy from difficult choices, exploring cruelty and vengeance wherever they may be found: in love, in

Bird's Nest (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth Richmond is almost too quiet to be believed, with no friends, no parents, and a job that leaves her strangely unnoticed. But soon she starts to behave in ways she can neither control nor understand, to the increasing horror of her doctor, and the humiliation of her self-centred

Iron Knights (Bennett Robin)(Paperback / softback)

Three best friends uncover a brooding secret in a deserted castle: 3 huge mechanical knights. They set about repairing them but their enthusiasm turns to panic when the Iron Knights turn out to be bonkers and almost completely

Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later (Pascal Francine)(Paperback)

What terrible secret has torn Jessica and Elizabeth apart?Ten years after Sweet Valley High, the Wakefield twins have had a falling out of epic proportions. When Jessica commits a complete and utter betrayal, Elizabeth flees to New York to escape the pain. Jessica remains in California, dealing