Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories

Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix. After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a m...

Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix. After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a m...

Edie Eckhart is getting used to life at secondary school. It's going well so far - she's bagged her first ever girlfriend, a new friendship group and she has the best form tutor EVER. But then the school organises a camping trip complete with muddy walks and team games. It is a DISASTER. The only...

Birdie Bagshaw has never known her parents. Having grown up in a children's home for mixed race children in 1950s Leeds, now she has come to live with her great-aunt Mabel in the Yorkshire Dales. From her arrival, things are strained, and Birdie cannot understand why she is treated like an outsid...

After a devastating accident, a special new friendship helps talented musician Annie heal and rediscover her love of music through the joyous song of a blackbird nesting near her home.

Nikki's birthday party is going to be beyond awesome! Her BFFs are planning a supercool pool party, with a cake, a DJ, and the perfect invitations. Organising a big party for 100 people is easy, right? Wrong! When Mom says it's too expensive, soon it's looking like Nikki's dream party will be a t...

It's the twins' birthday and they are very excited. But where are their presents? Mum and Dad have set a treasure trail, and the twins will have to solve the riddles to find them!

Morris Gleitzman's classic stories 'Blabber Mouth' and 'Sticky Beak' are now together in one volume. Rowena Batts is always in trouble. It probably has something to do with her quick temper - stuffing a frog into bully-boy Darryn Peck's mouth wasn't the best idea in the world. Neither was stealin...

Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. Most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbed the 'Black Brother', Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he wer...

Los Angeles, 1992. Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It's the end of high school and they're spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. They can already feel the sunny days and endless possibilities of summer. But everything changes one afternoon in April, wh...