Most Popular Books by Bernard Ashley

This is the sixth title in the six-part Clipper Street mini-series, set in and around a south London street. It is a sensitively-told story dealing with the theme of child abuse, and giving a child''s view of the dilemmas involved for outsiders.

Toddler Shirley survives when a bomb hits her house during the blitz, but she runs wildly into the night to find her mother. Johnny, who is on the run from reform school, finds Shirley and looks after her, but he can''t take her home as he risks capture.

Maria Charles and Mary Webster are inseperable friends and roller-blading fanatics. When a new boy Danny appears on the scene, he soon attracts their attention and successfully separates the two girls, but the new pairing isn''t quite what one of them expected.

Meet Nerissa, Kompel, Ugaso and Kim - they all have stories to be told from their lives, sometimes quiet, sometimes dramatic, but each one of them has faced up to their own kind of challenge.

First published in hardback in 1997, a story in the CITY LIMITS series which follows the adventures of the friends of the City Limits Cafe, which is visited by a famous television celebrity, but can Sharon teach the TV star how to act?

When Justin falls out with Tanya, her big brother, Tyrone, decides to teach Justin a lesson - with his fists. Justin tries everything to get out of the fight but it''s no good - fighting is a dead cert.

Rosie has two grandmothers, when they both come to Rosie''s house for her baby brothers birthday, she is sure they will have double the fun

When the dam begins to crack open, and the water begins to overflow, Tom knows he''s in trouble. But who is the mysterious stranger who comes to his rescue?

Lynne Golding: Australian Ballerina" tells the story of Australia''s first prima ballerina. Golding made history in 1951 when she became the first ballerina to perform the dual role of Odette/Odile in Australia''s first full-length "Swan Lake." She continued her dance career in England, Venezuela and New York before returning to her beloved Australia, where she came to be one of Australia''s most revered and beloved ballet teachers. This beautifully illustrated book chronicles the life a remarkable dancer whose career spanned four continents and over seven decades

Children can read about how Max comes to hav e a pet greyhound who his mum doesn''''t know about. How long c an Max keep Flash a secret? ''

Nerissa, Ray, Lyn and Prakash are all in the same class at Saffin Street School, but each of them has something different to say and a different story to tell. Nerissa gets into hot water when her concentration wanders in class. Told to write ''an exciting story'', she can only think of her sister''s wedding and how it had come perilously close to disaster. Ray remembers the excitement caused by the deputy head bringing his new car, a second-hand red sports model, to school. Lynn writes two letters home from the school trip: a nice one to her parents and a secret one to her sister telling what really happens. Prakash invites Lenny, the class loner, home to tea. Lenny''s an odd boy, plays truant a lot and nobody likes him, least of all Prakash''s father. Then a £5 Postal Order goes missing and Lenny''s the only possible culprit ... or is he? Bernard Ashley''s four characters tell their lively and approachable stories with a real sense of humour that will particularly appeal to readers of about ten.

Pleasure is happy to help Dad with the shopping at the busy market. Her baby brother Paul is teething and she''d like to buy him a present. But while Pleasure is looking at the toy stall, she loses sight of Dad and thinks he has disappeared. Where has he gone?

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

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.

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.

Street-smart Cockney Jack finds hiimself evacuated to Kent, where he is swept off by Lady Ashwell and plunges headfirst into the social deep end and a thrilling adventure of espionage and black marketeering.