Fiction 9+

When the ship ran aground, Laura was the one who spotted her. She was the toast of the island, for the repairs meant work and money for the islanders of Bryher. It is 1907 and life on the Scilly Isles is bleak.

'War Horse' is the story of Joey, a thoroughbred horse, and how he is forced into the thick of the harrowing, poorly-led battles of the First World War.

After a lifetime of moving about with her bohemian parents, 15-year-old India Jane is about to have a proper home at last. However, when her father takes a job, the family are to move again. So India is shipped off to her aunt's new age holiday centre for the summer.