Best Selling Books by Berlie Doherty

A sparkling collection of poems from Twice-Carnegie Award winning author Berlie Doherty. These poems will make you laugh and make you cry. They tell you what it is to be you. They look into your secrets. They look into your dreams! Enter a world where fish swim in the sky and shimmer like stars. Visit the valley of the village of secrets, Run away with the circus school. Meet dodos, iguanas, hobgoblins and dragons, But watch out for killer plants and the terrifying Boggart! Praise for Berlie Doherty The Company of Ghosts Doherty''s superb control of her material and her beautiful use of language have never been more perfectly combined than in this genuinely chilling ghost story ... Eerily atmospheric, emotionally authentic, this is a powerful and touching coming-of-age adventure with romance at its heart'' Daily Mail Daughter of the Sea ''Tension, emotional honesty and more than a touch of cold northern poetry as well'' Philip Pullman Deep Secret - Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Fiction Award ''Beautifully written and compulsively readable, a must for young teens.'' Independent Dear Nobody - Winner of Carnegie Medal and turned into stage production and BBC Drama ''Quite simply outstanding'' Independent Abela ''Abela is a character who leaps out of the pages and with whom every child who reads the book will identify. Doherty''s enormously impressive achievement is to make adult subjects ... understandable for young readers without once talking down to them. She transports us to both Sheffield and Africa... It is an involving, moving and above all, relevant novel that ought to be in every school library in the land and put into the hands of as many children as possible.'' Adele Geras, the Guardian Street Child ''An exciting, moving story of the appalling conditions of Victorian London and the deprivation suffered by those who often, through no fault of their own lived lives of abject poverty and danger'' Books for Keeps

A Welsh adaptation of The Snakestone, a tender story about a fifteen year-old adopted boy who embarks on a journey to look for his natural mother and reaches a better understanding of himself; for 12-15 year-old readers.

Fourteen-year-old Holly Starcross knows two lives: six years with Dad and Mum; then eight years with a divorced family. Maybe happiness is in the stars, but first Holly must make some wrenching choices. This is thoughtful and introspective coming-of-age fiction that hits home and heart.

Features a poem, taking readers on a fantasy journey, raising a shiver or two on the way, but returning them safe and sound in the morning.

"Beautifully crafted by Carnegie Medal winner Berlie Doherty, this enchanting re-telling of Repunzel is lavishly illustrated by Jane Ray - a timeless classic to treasure forever."--Back cover.

The book contains a compelling playscript by Berlie Doherty, based on R. D. Blackmore''s famous novel. This is accompanied by resources covering: - Staging the play - Work on and around the script - Life and times of R. D. Blacmore - From novel to playscript - Themes in and around the play - Media.

A spell-binding tale of magic and mysticism for young readers that explores the wonder of nature, from award-winning Berlie Doherty.

Con ilustraciones maravillosas y prosa directa, esta coleccion de12 de los cuentos mas queridos encantaran y cautivaran a los ninos. Incluye relatos de Cenicienta, La bella durmiente, La bella y la bestia, Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel, Blancanieves, Hansel y Gretel, y mas.

Survival is a range of edgy fiction aimed at older pupils with a low reading age, particularly boys. Each story features mostly male characters and uses simple, crisp language to keep readers engaged.

A collection of short stories based on the theme of relationships.

This text is an illustrated retelling of the classic fairy tale.

Two spooky stories from double-Carnegie-winner, Berlie Doherty. Dark and atmospheric these two tales send a chill down the spine. A desolate winter moor is the backdrop to the first story of a haunting friendship, and, in the second, when the past comes back to haunt Charlie, it becomes impossible to tell what is real and what isn''t.

Survival is a range of edgy fiction aimed at older pupils with a low reading age, particularly boys. Each story features mostly male characters and uses simple, crisp language to keep readers engaged.

When Sally brings home a new cat, her old cat, Paddiwak, hisses and storms off into the night.

A series of vignettes about the young people who live on Bee''s street.

Heartwarming adventure from double Carnegie winner.

Dorothy and Walter''s father is the butler at the Big House and they soon strike up a secret friendship with lonely Master George. When Master George''s father goes missing the twins are desperate to help, and soon a daring plot begins to take shape.

Survival is a range of edgy fiction aimed at older pupils with a low reading age, particularly boys. Each story features mostly male characters and uses simple, crisp language to keep readers engaged.

Nanny Jean persuades Anna to enter Calentine for the Hope Show. Anna is nervous - there will be so many people there but Nanny Jean reminds Anna of all the ways she''s been brave since she arrived at the farm. So Anna and Valentine go to the show - and they both win a prize!

When Sally brings home a new cat, her old cat, Paddiwak, hisses and storms off into the night.

J''ai quatorze ans. Je mène une vie (en apparence) heureuse entre ma mère, présentatrice vedette de la télévision, mon charmant beau-père et mes demi-frères et sœur, Depuis le divorce de mes parents - j''avais six ans - je n''ai plus jamais revu mon père. Mais l''autre jour, à la sortie du collège, il était là ! Il voulait m''emmener et me faire découvrir sa vie d''éleveur de chevaux. Je suis maintenant face à un choix difficile et douloureux : retourner vivre chez ma mère ou rester avec mon père...

When Joe''s teacher announces the new class project will be all about their pets, Joe turns glum there''s no animals allowed in his house. So when he starts to invent a pet, his imagination turns wild and the dragonosaurus is born! There''s lots of fun to be had with his new ''pet'', but when Joe notices something amiss on the neighbouring farm the dragonosaurus is quickly abandoned. Perhaps an animal to call his own is closer than Joe thinks.

Depuis la mort de son père, Andrew ne parle presque plus. Mais son instituteur décide de monter une pièce de théâtre et lui propose de jouer le rôle de l''oiseau d''or. Andrew accepte...