New Releases by Jamila Gavin

Grandpa Chatterji is a loveable grandparent who comes from Calcutta to stay with his family in England.

En la Inglaterra del siglo XVIII, Otis Gardiner, el hombre de Coram, hace siniestros negocios con los ni os no deseados de mujeres ricas y pobres. Meshak, su hijo retardado, atormentado por las atrocidades de su padre, decide salvar al hijo ileg timo de Melissa, su ngel, y Alexander Ashbrook, un arist crata desheredado por su familia debido a su devoci n por la m sica.

In the mid-eighteenth century, an unsavory character and his simpleton son become involved in the lives of a wealthy English family when that family''s eldest son is disinherited because of his love of music.

When Natalie falls into a wormhole in space, it is up to her step-brother Chad and neighbour Sophie to help her. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

In India, Raju is angry about spending two months on his aunt and uncle''s farm while his family attends a wedding in England, but things looks much brighter after he becomes mother to a newly-hatched chick.

Have a one-to-one with the very best authors in contemporary children''s fiction, as Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and J.K. Rowling answer questions about their childhood, relationships, how they began to write and where they get their ideas from. There is also a literary appreciation of each author by a prominent critic, and a comprehensive list of all the author''s published works. The text is illustrated with photographs and mementoes from the authors'' own archives.

''I am truly a child of both countries and both cultures.'' Born to an Indian father and an English mother, Jamila Gavin''s childhood was divided between two worlds. Her earliest memories are of India, where she lived in a crumbling palace built for a prince, and learned to steal sugar cane and suck mangoes. But she would spend much of her childhood in England, where she picked blackberries, got chilblains, and learned to recognise doodlebug bombs. And between the two there were unforgettable journeys, by bullock carts and tongas, crowded trains and romantic P&O liners. A touching and very personal recollection, with a backdrop of world-shaking events, from the Blitz of World War II to the struggle for Indian independence and the assassination of Gandhi. Illustrated with the author''s own delightful photographs.

It''s almost Divali and there''s lots to do. Preeta and her family go out shopping for new clothes for the celebration - but then Preeta gets lost. Will she be found in time for the party? Meanwhile, Prince Rama and Princess Sita are banished from their kingdom to the jungle, where Sita is kidnapped by demons. The monkey God, Hanuman, comes to Rama''s aid but will they ever find Sita again? Introductory text explains the significance of the festival and there is a full glossary of unfamiliar terms at the end of the story.

The final volume in the Wheel of Surya trilogy. A story touching on culture, class, faith and family set against the backdrop of Indian independence.

This tells a story from the Indian epic poem The Ramajana. From Rama''s banishment to his triumph, helped by an army of monkeys, over the ten-headed demon king, Ravana, this is a stirring and magical tale, framed by scenes set in the present in which a family prepares for Diwali, the traditional celebration of the return of Rama and Sita to safety.

Story about gangs.

Set in the eighteenth century, Coram Boy is a tale of two cities and a tale of two boys: Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, the illegitimate heir to a great estate. It''s also a tale of fathers and sons: slave-trader, Otis, and his son Meshak; and landowner Sir William Ashbrook and the son he disinherits.

Story for juniors.

Tarnie can''t understand why his friend Greg won''t speak to him at school. Out of school, the boys get on fine: amongst other things, they both love the ''Ironmaster'' comics. But then Tarnie gets ill and nothing seems to make him better. Could something mysterious be making him ill? And is Greg really his friend, or does he have other motives for visiting Tarnie at his house on Clark Street? Star Child on Clark Street is one of eleven books that make up Extended Reading Level A, for children in Year 5/Primary 6. This phase of Cambridge Reading has an increased provision of extended narratives and aims to develop children''s knowledge about language, its vocabulary, forms, structures and styles.

This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.