Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories

It's back to show business as usual at Duke's Academy of Performing Arts. Things are finally working out for Nettie, with her voice restored, her gorgeous boyfriend Fletch and the lead role in the college musical. That is, until Fletch is left in a coma after a terrible motorcycle accident and a ...

Chrysantha Stathos has won. By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautiful air-headed girl, she has become a wealthy duchess. And, once her elderly husband dies, she will have all the freedom, money, and safety she's ever wanted. Or so she thought. A man claiming to be the...

Alex is not happy that his family are moving to the village of Noggings. He's even less happy when he discovers that Noggings is under siege from a vicious jackdaw called Graham who has been dive-bombing kids in the school playground and terrorising locals. Surely, it's only a matter of time befo...

Deenie's the beauty, Helen's the brain. Mrs Fenner has very fixed ambitions for her daughters. She wants Deenie to be a model, but Deenie's not so sure. So when she's diagnosed with scoliosis - curvature of the spine - she's almost relieved.

In 'The Deep End', Greg Heffley and his family hit the road for a cross-country camping trip, ready for the adventure of a lifetime. But things take an unexpected turn, and they find themselves stranded at an RV park that's not exactly a summertime paradise. When the skies open up and the water s...

After Rosie and her dad take a litter of abandoned kittens to a fosterer, they discover that the youngest has something called wobbly kitten syndrome, which makes families reluctant to give him a home. Can Rosie find anyone to adopt him?

Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks. When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Loded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and mon...

When Tim finds an abandoned little dog outside his house, he can't just leave him there, even though his parents hate the idea of pets in their house. But it turns out that this is no mere homeless pooch - he's Grk, the missing pet of the ambassador of Stanislavia. Tim wants to reunite them, but ...

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). Original stories are accompanied by artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been caref...

Alana and Gray have been the perfect pair all through high school, and neither of them think that should have to change just because Alana came out as a lesbian. Sure, their romantic relationship is over, but their best-friends-since-forever dynamic is stronger than ever. Really, the only differe...