No More School

Ten-year-old Flora, who lives on a narrowboat with her mum, hates school so much it makes her ill. Her best friend Zoe maintains that school isn't that bad, but Flora wants to be home-schooled like her neighbour, Tan.

Now published by Back to Front ISBN 1 904529 28 3*

Cyberpest

When Rob's cast-off electronic toy comes to life his younger sister Hatty faces a dilemma. Should she respond to the small creature's incessant demands? Or should she ignore the needs of the now more-than-virtual pet? As the creature grows up, the children learn about responsibility, love and loss.

Ghost in the Gallery

Twelve-year old Meriel is far from happy with her father’s decision to rent out part of their old manor house. She resents the arrival of the new family and is determined to make them unwelcome. Finding it hard to share her feelings with her father, she instead starts to talk to a portrait of her namesake in the long gallery. Then events take an unexpected and scary turn. Is the ghost in the gallery a malevolent spirit or a figment of Meriel’s vivid imagination?