New Releases by Ruth Starke

A school project on ageing has Gemma seriously worried about how old her parents are looking, until she discovers a recipe for eternal youth. But when her experiments start to go wrong, she learns tht the secret of living forever comes at a terrible price

A debutante ball: old-fashioned and sexist, or a memorable way to celebrate the final year of school? The students of Freemont College discover that coming out means different things to different people.

A teenage girl becomes involved with a boy with a troubled past and his obsession drives him to dangerous actions.

Angelo Martinelli (known as The Angel) intends to be a crime writer when he grows up. Right now he is in class 7B at Paradise Park Primary, and when Emma Tan, the class musical genius, has her precious violin stolen The Angel is right on the job. A ''Mammoth Mystery'', ages 10-12.

Edited transcripts of interviews with six Greek and Italian women who were part of a community arts project at the Goodwood Library in the early 1990s. The interviews focus on the women''s migration experiences but also on their part in the creation of a embroidered wall-hanging which was a major outcome of the project.