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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...

Vividly imagined accounts of queens and princesses from the past. The court of King Henry VIII is brought brilliantly to life in this My Story special spanning a period of 20 years. The fates of Henry''s six wives are told from the perspective of two young courtiers serving at the royal palaces at different periods.

"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.

When the King came riding in on his big, black horse, a murmer went up, because his tunic was stitched with the words, DECLARE I DARE NOT. All the ladies were giggling behind their hands, and I asked Mama what it meant. Her face had turned quite pink and she said, ..Never mind.., so I asked Rosanna later. She told me the words meant the King has a new love, but he dares not say her name.But everyone knows her name, of course. It is Anne Boleyn.

Written with reluctant readers in the 8 to 13 years age group in mind, Second Chance tells the story of a large unconventional family who move into an old beach cafe. They discover that they can''t escape the cafe''s tragic past in this ghost story.

Cal would rather avoid reality. He hates school, his teachers are badgering him to decide on a career and his sister Jess has moved away from the Scottish island where they live. Then he meets Kerry, an Australian girl new to the island, and over the course of a long summer they begin to fall in love.

Chokker, Abby, Sue and their friends are desperate to know what''s behind the drawn blinds and odd noises coming from the Proschynskis'' summerhouse. And when they finally meet the kind but irritable writer Stan Proschynski, the children discover another world.

Despite the air raid sirens and bombing of London during World War II, two English children venture out at night to discover the truth about the mysterious couple they believe to be German spies.

Mandy McKinney lives the charmed life. She is beautiful, athletic, popular, dating the hottest jock in school, and certainly doesn''t have any time for her loser twin sister. But Mandy also has a secret. When the truth is unveiled, her world is twisted upside down, and her very life is at stake. Mandy''s twin sister, Brianna, has never had any success in the dating department. When Brianna finally meets the guy of her dreams, it turns out that he has secrets of his own. Dangerous secrets. Just her luck. The twins are about to be swept away into a world of beauty and power beyond their wildest imaginations where nothing is what is seems, danger is lurking in the shadows, and their only chance of survival is finding themselves, and each other, once again.

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.