When Thomas Peaceful’s older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.
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Sign Of The Raven
In the basement of his grandmother’s home in London where his mother is recuperating from cancer, twelve-year-old Tom discovers a path to the past where, in the year 1717, a ‘fairy child’ and her friends desperately need his help.
Whatever
Billy, unimpressed with everything his father does with him, always responds ‘whatever,’ until the world’s ‘hungriest’ tiger comes along and gets his attention.
The Opposite
Nate wakes up one morning to find The Opposite standing on his bedroom ceiling, and it causes him trouble at home and at school, changing what Nate wants to do into its opposite, until Nate finds a way to outwit it.
Invisible Threads
Alternating passages describe the experiences of a mother and her biological daughter when each is sixteen-years-old, as one becomes unexpectedly pregnant and the other decides whether to find her birth mother.
The Blue Djinn Of Babylon
Twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John have more adventures when they become involved in an international adventure involving the Blue Djinn, the supreme arbiter of all Djinn. Sequel to The Ahkenaten adventure.
Gypsy Girl
After she is orphaned, seven-year-old Kizzy, who has lived as a Romany, or Gypsy, all her life, must face a small English town’s intolerance and find herself a new home and family. Originally published as The Diddakoi.
I Am Too Absolutely Small For School
When Lola is worried about starting school, her older brother Charlie reassures her.
Christmas in the Trenches
A World War I veteran tells his grandson of his experiences in 1914, when British and German soldiers declared a truce from fighting to celebrate Christmas together.
Bhangra Babes
As their auntie’s wedding day approaches, the Indian-British Dhillon sisters try to rescue her from her fianc