Best Selling Books by Graham Gardner

When fourteen-year-old Elliot Sutton arrives at HolminsterHigh, he''s determined not to stand out. He simply can''t let himself become a target again—not like he was at his last school. This time, he''s a new Elliot. Tough. Impenetrable. But then he meets the Guardians, a group of upperclassmen that secretly rule Holminster with a quiet and anonymous terror. Obsessed with George Orwell''s book 1984, they desire power for the sake of power—and they always get what they want. Now, they want Elliot. Not to terrorize . . . but to join them. Can Elliot face his new future, or will he become his own worst nightmare?

It''s Ava''s first Christmas away from home and she''s excited to spend it with her Grandmart and Pop Pop and all her fun cousins. But how will Santa know where to find her? Ava knows her younger brothers will be sad if they wake up and there are no presents under the tree, so she sets out to save Christmas. Ava soon learns, though, that Santa has a way of finding every good little boy and girl, simply by following their hearts.

Starting life in 1791 as a single-room school for poor local children, The St Marylebone School has become the top non-selective school in London and one of the top non-selective girls'' schools in the country. The journey has been challenging and often turbulent, as the school has sought to make the most of its small site at the top of Marylebone High Street. Over the past twenty years, under the leadership of Elizabeth Phillips, the school has developed notable strengths in the performing and visual arts, mathematics and supporting students with special educational needs. Increasingly it helps other schools to flourish. Throughout the many changes to its fabric and curriculum, St Marylebone has remained faithful to the values of its founders and retained the strong support of the church against which it nestles. Its aim is to ensure that every child, regardless of their background, is helped to make the very best of their talents and abilities.

Elliots Leben ist außer Kontrolle geraten. Wenn er es nur wieder in die Hand bekommen könnte! Jetzt, an seiner neuen Schule, sieht er die Chance, von vornherein ein anderes Image von sich aufzubauen. Er wird einen neuen Elliot erfinden, der so kaltblütig und abgebrüht ist, dass ihn nie wieder jemand verletzen kann. Das Ergebnis übertrifft seine kühnsten Träume - bald aber auch seine schlimmsten Alpträume. Du musst in der richtigen Weise bemerkt werden - das hat Elliot aus den bitteren Erfahrungen an seiner alten Schule gelernt. Jetzt wird er sich nicht mehr in die Opferrolle drängen lassen, sondern sich als einer geben, den nichts rühren kann.Die aus Angst geborene Strategie geht in ungeahnter Weise auf: Das Opfer wird zum Augenzeugen, eine Maske bedingt die nächste. Wer ist er selbst? Kann er wirklich die Machtphilosophie übernehmen, nach der die im Geheimen agierende Gruppe der Wächter eine ganze Schule beherrscht? Zum ersten Mal im Leben hat Elliot Macht. Aber die Macht hat einen furchtbaren Preis, und er sieht sich einer unlösbaren Aufgabe gegenüber, als er bestimmen soll, gegen wen er sie einsetzen will. Graham Gardners Roman, inspiriert von George Orwells 1984, ist dicht, eindringlich schonungslos offen und dramatisch. Er schildert Elliots Kampf ums Überleben mit einer Intensität, der man sich nicht entziehen kann.

How can Finn turn an absolutely no-good, horribly bad day into one of the BEST DAYS EVER? Is it really possible for Finn to become positively positive? After one especially un-fun day, Finn''s clever mother lets him in on the best secret in the world: Finn has the power to turn the worst day around, if he chooses to find fun in everything he does!Come along! Join Finn as he sets out to discover all of the positives hiding in a seemingly no-fun awful day. Don''t forget your special arm-band reminder, so you can find fun in your day, too!

Oliver is excited to lose his big front tooth. It means a visit from the tooth fairy! But when Oliver wakes up, he discovers something awful: the tooth fairy never came! What could have happened to her? How could she forget to visit? To solve the mystery, Oliver comes up with a plan: he''ll build a fairy trap and ask the tooth fairy herself!

Elliot, a victim of bullying, invents a calmer, cooler self when he changes schools in the middle of freshman year, but soon attracts the wrong kind of attention from the Guardians who "maintain order" at the new school.

Elliot besluit op zijn nieuwe school niet langer het pispaaltje te zijn en sluit zich aan bij een bende die de macht op school heeft. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar