Children's / Teenage fiction: School stories

The first day at school is an enormous step for every child. Sofia is excited and can't wait to go to the big school like her sister. But Tom is worried - will he get lost in the big school, and will he make any friends? Join Tom and Sofia in finding out about the fun and fears of the first day a...

Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting event: the fiftieth Anniversary. Plans for a weekend of celebrations are in full swing. But all is not well, for in the detectives' long absence, Deepdean has changed. Daisy has lost her crown to a fasci...

Enjoy the comic capers of Dirty Bertie - the world's grubbiest trouble magnet - in this bumper book of nine revolting stories. With each hilarious story split into bitesize chapters, the book is ideal for building reading confidence.

A weird sickness bug has been spreading through Wormwood Town and everyone is wondering if there's something in the water. Trixie Pickle Art Avenger uses the power of art to investigate - can she get to the bottom of the mystery around the town reservoir?

When the singing-club trip ends in disaster, leaving the coach hanging over the edge of a precipice and Hailey trapped at the back with none other than her nemesis and her crush, she is forced to re-examine the relationships she has with them both.

Vincent has dyspraxia and finds playing team sports challenging, unlike his star football player older brother. Quiet and invisible at school, he finds solace in playing computer games in his room. He is chosen to take part in an outdoor activity weekend with three other outcasts from his class, ...

Here is a Dirty Bertie collection to delight everyone who revels in his revolting ways! Enjoy the comic capers of Dirty Bertie - the world's grubbiest trouble magnet - in this bumper book of nine revolting stories.

When disaster strikes on a school trip and the theatre group end up stranded on an island, everything starts to feel a little too like Shakespeare's The Tempest. Ross Montgomery returns with another laugh-out-loud take on a Shakespearean drama!

Trixie loves art and hates bullies - and so decides to become an Art Avenger, righting wrongs at her school through art. She uses Picasso, Pollock and Ofili to teach bullies a lesson, get out of lessons and help those in need, like an arty Robin Hood.

Join Bertie as he concocts a magic potion for Miss Boot to make her forget the dreaded maths test, finds himself at Know-All Nick's house for the worst sleepover ever and unexpectedly wins out over the school bully.