Best Selling Books by Helen Dunmore

Another volume in a series highlighting contemporary British poetry. It features the work of three poets and they themselves have made the selections.

After helping to knit and sew together the squares of a blanket to be sent to a country at war, Josie dreams of what life is like for the girl who will receive the blanket as a gift from Josie''s class

In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company''s 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane''s vision of good books for all''. adults and she has received widespread acclaim for work. All ten books of her adult fiction have been published by Penguin, and in Rose 1944, we present several short stories that reveal the range, intricacy and depth found in one of modern fiction''s great lyrical voices.

To be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead - the underworld and the human living world - and the exquisitely intense being of both. They possess a spare, eloquent lyricism as they explore the bliss and anguish of the voyage. Inside the Wave, Helen Dunmore''s tenth and final poetry book, was her first since The Malarkey (2012), whose title-poem won the National Poetry Competition. Her final poem, ''Hold out your arms'', written shortly before her death and not included in the first printing of Inside the Wave, was added to all subsequent printings. Her posthumous retrospective, Counting Backwards: Poems 1975-2017 (2019), covers ten collections she published over four decades up to and including Inside the Wave.

Nadine, a sixteen-year-old runaway new to London, is set up in a decaying Georgian house by her Finnish lover, Kai. Slowly, she begins to suspect that Kai�s plans for her have little to do with love. �Be careful,� warns Enid, the elderly sitting tenant in the house, who knows all about survival and secrets. And when Nadine discovers Kai�s true intentions, Enid�s warning takes on a terrible and prophetic quality.

Callum and Amy discover a sea dragon in a cave along the beach. The sea dragon is lost and cannot find his friends and relatives. They buy the sea dragon ice cream, chips with curry sauce and a balloon to play with. As the summer ends it''s time for the sea dragon to find other sea dragons.

On the sixth day there was only one day left. Tomorrow was Saturday, and Robbie was going home on the train with all his family. ''I wish I didn''t have to go," said Robbie.

After the tragic death of her father, Katie and her mum go to live in the depths of Cornwall, as far away from their London life as possible. The countryside is beautiful, but coping with a cottage with no heating, an outside loo and a lot of spiders is more than Katie bargained for. Then she meets Zillah, from the farm up.

A major reading scheme for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

A wonderful collection of poems for chldren of all ages by award-winning novelist and poet Helen Dunmore. Snollygoster is full of lyrical images - smiles like roses, horses in wardrobes and man-eating puddings, as well as Snollygoster himself. This collection comprises both new poems, and a selection from "Secrets", which won the Signal award.

A devastating flood has ripped through both worlds, Air and Ingo. And now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring and demanding his due. Mer legend dictates that only those with mixed-blood—half Mer and half human—can conquer the Kraken. So Sapphy must return to the deep and, with the help of her brother, Conor, face a struggle that will test her like no other.

During World War I, D.H. Lawrence and his wife moved to Cornwall where they became the subject of intense suspicion from the locals. This forms the inspiration for this first novel centering on Clare, a young girl who comes under the influence of the Lawrences.

A terrifyingly atmospheric ghost story by the Orange-prize-winning Helen Dunmore. In the summer of 1954, newly wed Isabel Carey arrives in a Yorkshire town with her husband Philip. As a GP he spends much of his time working, while Isabel tries hard to adjust to the realities of married life. Life is not easy: she feels out-of-place and constantly judged by the people around her, so she spends much of her time alone. One cold winter night, Isabel finds an old RAF greatcoat in the back of a cupboard that she uses to help keep warm. Once wrapped in the coat she is beset by dreams. And not long afterwards, while her husband is out, she is startled to hear a knock at her window, and to meet for the first time the intense gaze of a young Air Force pilot, handsome, blond and blue-eyed, staring in at her from outside. His name is Alec, and his powerfully haunting presence both disturbs and excites Isabel. Her initial alarm soon fades, and they begin a delicious affair. But nothing could have prepared her for the truth about Alec''s life, nor the impact it will have on her own marriage.

Livre-culte des années quatre-vingt enfin réédité dans sa version intégrale, chef-d''œuvre littéraire et document de premier plan sur la culture gay d''avant le sida, Le Danseur de Manhattan dépeint un âge d''or révolu, celui d''une fête permanente, sans tabous ni contraintes. Depuis qu''il a découvert son homosexualité, Malone, jeune homme de bonne famille d''une extraordinaire beauté, erre dans New York à la recherche de l''amour absolu. Guidé dans les méandres du milieu underground par Sutherland, une folle flamboyante, Malone s''enivre de plaisirs neufs, goûtant frénétiquement aux drogues, au sexe et à la danse. Des boîtes de nuit de Manhattan aux orgies extravagantes de Fire Island commence alors une lente déchéance dont l''issue ne peut être que la rédemption ou la mort... À la fois lyrique et poignant, ce roman au réalisme cru dit toute la souffrance d''un homme en quête de pureté dans un monde d''apparences où les rires tonitruants étouffent les larmes de désespoir.

In this collection of short stories, Helen Dunmore takes us into a harsh, sensuous world of endless winters and midnight sun. Tense, provocative and beautifully written, Love of fat men explores love, sexuality, danger and loss.

Written especially for beginner readers, this pack of stories aims to capture children''s imaginations and help to develop their confidence in reading.

When the ugly duckling hatches out of his egg, his brothers and sisters think he''s monstrous - his head is too big, his neck is too long and his feet are too large.Soon the ugly duckling is hounded out of the farmyard, unloved and unwanted, and forced to fend for himself....

Great-Grandma''s Dancing Dress has been written by Helen Dunmore, award-winning author of both adult and children''s fiction; and winner of the Orange prize for fiction. Rosa doesn''t know how to break free from her friendship with the horrible Charmaine. But Rosa''s great-grandma has a story to tell that will help Rosa to make an important decision. Great-Grandma''s Dancing Dress is one of thirteen books that make up Independent Reading Level B, for children in Year 4/Primary 5. This phase of Cambridge Reading aims to extend children''s reading tastes and understanding of language features, and motivate them to enjoy reading. The book has black and white illustrations, helping to make the book accessible and attractive to its target readership.