New Releases by Alison Prince

Joey, a coster boy from the east end of London, finds himself suspected of murder.

This book is suitable for reluctant readers of 8-13 with a reading age of below eight years. It is printed on cream paper, which is proven to be more restful on the eye. The font is specially designed to encourage a smooth and easy read. There are frequent page breaks, short, headed chapters and illustrations on almost every page. A wide range of specialists, including children themselves, have read and commented on the book prior to publication.

"Your Robin Hood thing. Let's do it for the Novel Project," says Angie. "Tell everyone?" I shrieked. "Are you crazy?" Kelly thinks it's all over—her crazy effort to feed the poor. At first it seemed so right, but it became an obsession. And it made her do something so terrible her parents never spoke about it afterwards. Now her best friend is about to start the nightmare all over again.

Con and his family have moved to a huge rambling house deep in the Suffolk countryside. They are hoping for a new start. But instead they are caught up in a tragedy that took place many years before. The tragedy of a mother driven to madness, and her son mysteriously murdered.

When Della Thomson arrives to stay with twelve-year old Fran on the island of Broray for a week, Fran is full of hope and expectation. But Della is a surly and unsociable girl from Glasgow, dressed from head to foot in intimidating black. She hardly touches her food and seems to sneer at everything and everyone, and family life seems to disgust her. What's more, she's a thief Fran thinks things couldn't get any worse - until she discovers the graffiti - the letter D in royal blue spraypaint - all over the island. Who else could it be? Then one day, Fran and Della take a walk together, and with Del's encouragement, end up on Devil's Leap - a notoriously dangerous mountain- and Del falls and hurts her ankle. The girls are in grave danger and it's time for Della to get real. And finally open up to Fran...

Since the death of his father, Mick, his mum and older sister Kate, have struggled to run a B&B on the Scottish coast. One day Mick's mum visits a local clairvoyant who has some shocking news: Mick is going to die, and soon. Mick is compelled to find out if he is in control of his destiny.

Ernie loves music and he loves his cats, and he always counts his cats at dinner time. There's Bert and Whistle, one and two. Then, suddenly one day, there's three! Sly black cat Jezebel has sneaked in and somehow got a share of Bert and Whistle's food, their home, and Ernie's attention. The first two cats are NOT impressed by Jezebel's lively tales of hiding in cars, stealing butter and taking the best chair, but when she wanders off again, they're surprised to find they miss her. Ernie thinks maybe she'll be lured back by some lovely Mozart, but Bert and Whistle have a better idea...

Never, perhaps, has so bizarre a figure crossed the stage of world literature...Alison Prince brings him into the light. The Times

While spending the summer together, a boy and his uncle acquire a household robot with a mind of its own.

A young boy, sent to the country from London during W W II, comes into conflict with some local boys who find ways to test his courage.

Harrie and her brother Ian, after being awakened by the unaccustomed sound of an airplane flying at night, become convinced that smugglers are operating from the airfield near their English farm home.

After discovering a body in the woods adjacent to an unused airfield, three children become suspicious that rustlers working in the area may be local people.