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After Tomorrow by Gillian Cross
Category: Young Adult
What if you woke up tomorrow and everything had changed? Money is worthless. Your friends are gone. Armed robbers roam the streets. No one is safe. For Matt and his little brother, Taco, that nightmare is a reality. Their only hope of survival is to escape through the Channel Tunnel. But danger waits on ...Show more
Amber's Song by Gillian Cross
Category: Children's Fiction
Music is the most important thing in Mark's life and he never misses band practice - until new baby sister Amber turns life upside down. She screams all day and all night and nothing Mum, Dad or anyone else does makes a difference! But when Mark is left holding the baby, he turns to the only thing he ca ...Show more
Film Crew (RA8 IA8-12) by Gillian Cross
Category: Children's Fiction
It's Art Camp Week and Lara's class is off for an adventure in a big house in the middle of the woods. Mr Mac is keen to catch every moment on film - even the coach turning up and the teacher racing to catch it! Everyone gets stuck in to a big art project but Lara's friend Ted lets her into a secret pro ...Show more
Five Ways to Make a Friend by Gillian Cross
Category: Children's Fiction
A touching tale of friendship, understanding and finding the confidence to be yourself, from one of the UK's most beloved authors.It's Ella's first day at her new school and that can only mean one thing: making new friends. But the challenge is even tougher than Ella thought, as the girls in her class j ...Show more
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: Two of the Greatest Stories Ever Told by Gillian Cross
Category: Children's Classics
Gillian Cross's brilliant retellings and Neil Packer's clever illustrations bring to life Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, two of the greatest stories ever told. When first published Walker’s versions of the Iliad and the Odyssey attracted attention both for the quality of the writing and for their amazingly ...Show more
Jason Banks and the Pumpkin of Doom by Gillian Cross
Category: Education
Jason Banks is a bully. No one likes him and even the teachers are scared of him! It's time that someone taught Jason a lesson and he might just have met his match in the strange pumpkin that keeps appearing on his doorstep. Will Jason ever learn the error of his ways? And can he crack the case of the d ...Show more
Mozart's Banana by Gillian Cross
Category: Children's Fiction
A charming village story about a little girl, a dare gone wrong and one crazy animal! When Alice Brett moves from the city to a little village school, she's never seen a real live horse before. And famous village resident Mozart's Banana is not just any old horse - he's crazy! The children are banned f ...Show more
The Cupcake Wedding by Gillian Cross
Category: Children's Fiction
When holly's sister announces her engagement, wedding planning begins in earnest. But a tight budget means missing out on some wedding essentials - like the cake! Holly decides to put her baking skills to the test and surprise the happy couple with 1000 cupcakes! What could possibly go wrong?
The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross
Category: Education | Series: Oxford Modern Playscripts
A group of friends take a stand against the actions of their Headmaster, who wants to take over the world.Strange things happen at Lloyd and Harvey Hunter's school. When their new foster sister Dinah arrives she wants to find out why...But can she escape the Demon Headmaster?This work features new, inno ...Show more
The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross
Category: Young Adult
When Dinah is fostered by the Hunters she thinks her biggest problem will be fitting in with her foster-brothers, Lloyd and Harvey. However, once she starts at her new school it's clear that there's more to worry about. All the children, apart from a handful including Lloyd and Harvey, are too well-beha ...Show more
The Ghost Tower by Gillian Cross
Category: Children's Fiction
The night Dot and Ryan take a sneaky Halloween visit to a condemned tower, they discover more than they bargained for when they catch a glimpse of an endangered species of bat. It's clear that the bat colony and the tower need to be saved, but Dot and Ryan were never meant to be there and it's not going ...Show more