New Releases by Bernard Ashley

Kim wishes her dad was more like the parents of her London classmates.

Stories by authors such as Noel Streatfield, James Berry, Betsy Duffy and Jan Mark that will appeal to a wide variety of tastes and ages. All the stories are based on something everyone has in common - school. Chosen by a master storyteller and headteacher! Age 10+ 192 pages

Kim Lung, la petite Vietnamienne, part pour la première fois avec son école en classe de mer. Elle tarde à s''endormir, le soir . Des souvenirs affluent : son père et son oncle parlant ensemble de leur fuite dramatique, avec d''autres boat people, de ce lointain pays que Kim, elle, n''a jamais connu...Excursions, jeux, tourbillon d''amitiés et de disputes : toute la journée, les aventures de la vie quotidienne avec sa classe font connaître à la petite fille ce qu''est vraiment le courage. Une histoire émouvante racontée avec naturel et justesse.

Wishing he had something to be clever at like each of the other children in his class, Ling Sung unexpectedly and happily discovers the others admire his prowess with chopsticks. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

When his father becomes seriously ill, Ritchie sets out to discover the whereabouts of his estranged uncle.

Two stories - the first about the events surrounding Uncle Jack''s funeral, when Winnie discovers that there was more to her uncle than she thought and that in his time he had been a fighter for black rights, and the second where Winnie must put family loyalty before personal pride. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

When Mum goes out to a dinner dance Sandra is left in charge of younger Billy with firm instructions about behaviour. But Sandra invites a friend in to watch videos and Billy, determined to watch a horro movie, is intent on disrupting them - with frightening results.

Een taxichauffeur houdt, om zijn familie te beschermen, het bewijs achter waardoor de leider van de onderwereld gegrepen kan worden. Na zijn overlijden proberen zijn kleindochter Paula en haar vriendin Narinder achter het geheim van de bewijsvoering te komen. Vanaf ca. 14 jaar.

Linda''s lie to hide her family''s poverty brings her personal agony.

After his disturbed father is committed to a psychiatric ward, Simon realizes that they both must confront the cause of his father''s illness - the mystery surrounding the death of Simon''s mother.

SUMMARY: Patsy Bligh is ashamed of her bedwetting and is angry at here stepfather''s attitude and decides to run away back to the town where she and her mother lived before her mother married. Patsy''s stepfather goes after Patsy and comes to realise why Patsy is unhappy.

His parents'' move from London to Kent to establish themselves as shopkeepers brings to Paul a difficult period of adjustment in a new school