Best Selling Books by Gillian Cross

Hunky Parker is the latest cult. All the children are desperate for the slippers like pig''s trotters, the pigswill yoghurt and the sweatshirts with Who''s always right? on the front. And they long for a holiday in The Sty where there is sun and swimming one day and skiing the next. All except Dinah who begins to suspect that the whole thing is a fiendish plot to control the economy. This is Gillian Cross''s third book about The Demon Headmaster and readers will recognize all their favourite characters as they find out whether this time SPLAT will be able to defeat their old adversary. The hardback edition of this book was published as Hunky Parker is Watching You .

Buddy hates to write and is unhappy about having to keep a nature diary for a week until he decides to survey the night sky and discovers something weird in his neighbor''s backyard that makes for a truly interesting diary.

Crumble Lane School is so dull that the spiders on the ceilings yawn. The school uniform is grey, the classrooms cold and bare and the teachers as dull as dust. The only happy person there is Natalie, who spends all her time doing what she loves best: maths. But then, enter Posh Watson, with his purple jacket, giant sunglasses and pink musical trainers, saying things like abso-doodle-utely and hoo-doodle-ray. And, before you can say fan-doodle-tastic, everyone is copying him - except Natalie, who thinks that the whole school has gone mad

Something strange is going on a Lizzie''s school. Suddenly everyone''s brilliant at something. Where have these amazing skills come from? And why can''t they talk about them? It''s as though the pupils have no power over their own actions. Could this be something to do with the mysterious new headmaster . . . ?

The study of working conditions that Susan, Chris, and Abigail conduct at a small factory in their English town leads to a strike with the three students caught between the workers and the owner.

The Hunter family have moved house and can finally forget all about their encounters with the Demon Headmaster . . . or can they? Just as they start to relax, Dinah, Lloyd, and Harvey notice that the villagers are all speaking the same robotic phrases. This can only mean one thing . . . theDemon Headmaster is back and this time he''s planning a terrifying experiment.Great fun and a little bit frightening, Gillian Cross''s Demon Headmaster books still hold readers under their hypnotic spell. Fast-paced and full of adventure, they''re impossible to resist!

Leo couldn''t let Gloria die, but where do you keep a goat when you live in a first-floor flat? And then there''s the milking. Rachel and Harjinder help, but then ducks, hens and bees land on their doorstep as well, and Leo feels that things are getting out of hand.

The SPLAT gang discover that their former headmaster is behind a campaign to sell pig swill yoghurt and other disgusting merchandise by using hynoptism to turn a revolting television character into an irrestible cult figure.

Fiona hates the outside of things - skin, peel and crusts. She refuses to eat any of them. She doesn''t care if her hair doesn''t curl or her eyes sparkle. So when Olga comes to tea, Fiona is delighted. Olga loves eating the outsides. The only trouble is, she doesn''t know when to stop.

Purple is the best club ever. Everyone loves DJ Pardoman, but why does he wear a mask? And what''s beneath it? When Dinah makes a shocking discovery, the mystery deepens. And the clues point to the Demon Headmaster . . . Can Dinah and her friends stop him this time, or will the Demon Headmaster triumph with his most threatening plan yet?

All the knowledge in the world is being snatched away by the Green Hand organisation. When Dinah and SPLAT investigate, they discover the Hyperbrain, a machine with a controller who sounds horribly like the Demon Headmaster.

Juan and Santi are excited because their father is building them a tree house. Just after starting, however, he has to leave the country. The children are upset, but their father promises to send them a package with something for the tree house every month. He keeps his promise and the children now have to imagine how they will use each thing they receive. This is a wonderful book about an enriching relationship between parents and children.

Identity and secrets. People smuggling and kidnapping. Family alliances and bitter enmity. Fashion and falsehoods. In this powerful coming-of-age novel three friends will have to face harsh truths about their world. However painful or dangerous it may be...

When Alice Brett moves from the city to a little village school, she''s never seen a real live horse before. And resident horse Mozart''s Banana is not just any old horse - he''s crazy The children are banned from riding him, but when Sammy Foster dares Alice to get on his back, she takes it very seriously - chaos ensues

A fun-filled adventure celebrating friendship and the great outdoors, from a Carnegie Medal-winning author.

Like every other school in the country, Davy''s class are working on the Romans. Everyone is to do a piece of work based on the visit they made to a Roman fort and the best will get a prize at the Roman Feast planned by the school. Davy''s problem is that bossy Molly from next door keeps stealing his ideas. That is until Davey draws inspiration from Julius Sneezer the Roman soldier. A funny and insightful story from the popular prize winning author of The Demon Headmaster.

Khadija ist schön. Und fremd in London, wo sie arbeitet, um ihre Familie in Somalia zu unterstützen. Doch dann wird das Mädchen mit dem Kopftuch auf der Straße angesprochen - von einer englischen Designerin, die sie als Model engagieren möchte. Für eine originelle Show, die mitten in der somalischen Wüste stattfinden soll. Khadija steckt in einem Zwiespalt: Als somalisches Mädchen darf sie sich nicht präsentieren, doch die hohe Gage ist allzu verlockend ... Eine bewegende Geschichte über ein Mädchen, das zwischen den Kulturen lebt, und ihren Weg finden muss

Music is king in this wonderfully charming story of bandmates and babies, with strong messages of family and frienship at its heart. From children''s author legend Gillian Cross. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+ Music is the most important thing in Mark''s life and he never misses band practice ... until new baby sister Amber turns life upside down. She screams all day and all night and nothing Mum, Dad or anyone else does makes a difference! But when Mark is left holding the baby, he turns to the only thing he can to help him through - music. And it might just be that it''s the key to Amber''s happiness too. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+

When Ashley climbs up and graffiti tags a wall in the middle of the night, she has no idea how serious the consequences will be. Someone sees her, someone dangerous. Now Ashley is being watched... and followed. This classroom favourite by Gillian Cross is now available in a Rollercoasters edition.

In The Lost: The Dark Ground Robert suddenly finds himself alone in the middle of the jungle. The last thing he remembers is being in an aeroplane. What has happened? Where is he? Will he ever get home? This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school.

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. When Nick is sent to spy on Joseph Fisher and his family, he gets the chance to enter the underworld of the gang.

In 1881, fifteen-year-old Tad, an orphan, helps a girl attempting to get a mighty Indian elephant to friends in Nebraska, all the while pursued by two unscrupulous villains who claim that the elephant is theirs.

Barny, Spag and Clipper are determined to win the inter-schools cricket league as the prize is a magnificent cricket pitch!

To raise money to mend the school minibus, Barny challenges Thrasher Dyson and his friends to a swimathon. But then he discovers Clipper can''t swim. Can he and Spag teach her in time?

Finding a note in Joseph''s lost wallet referring to dungeons and warriors, Nick becomes involved in a fantasy game which takes a dangerous turn when gang members send him on a quest which involves betraying Joseph.