Children's / Teenage fiction: School stories

Two refugee brothers from Mongolia are determined to fit in with their Liverpool schoolmates, but bring so much of Mongolia to Bootle that their new friend & guide, Julie, is hard-pressed to know truth from fantasy as she recollects a friendship that was abruptly ended when Chingis & his family w...

'The Visitor' sees someone arrive for a tour of the school. Everything seems to go wrong, and the children's teacher works extra hard to make the day go smoothly! 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.

A moving, compelling and spooky YA romance following Maggie. She is 15 and in foster care after the death of her mother and her grandmother's slip into dementia. When Ryder saves her life, she can't help but fall in love with him. The only problem is that he has been dead for five years. Unsentim...

Toby Jenkins doesn't like boarding school. He gets called Jinks and thinks he will never fit in. But then he meets a strange boy named Christopher who believes that he is the second coming of Jesus Christ. When the village boy 'oiks' start a war with the schoolboy 'toffs', Toby is caught in the m...

'War of the Wind' is an eco-thriller about secret government weapons testing gone wrong. Written for 11+ readers, it features a cast of children with special needs taking centre stage in the unfolding drama, showing their abilities in a positive light.

A brand new edition of the touching tale of Dilly `Wartman' Watson and magic Mr Ben, now with cover artwork by award-winning Catherine Rayner. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+ Dilly's life was great until he found the wart growing on his knee. When lying...

Eden used to believe the only person who could save her was Josh. He was everything that was good in her world - an open heart, a tender touch, a kind smile - but he couldn't be her saviour. Eden had to do that for herself. Back in high school, they never had a fair shot at a healthy relationship...

All the kids at Wayside had to spend 243 days at horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of an infestation of cows! Now they're back and the fun begins on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared liver in purple sauce, and it is pet day on the 30th floor and there is a substitute teacher.

Welcome back to a new year at Wayside School - where things are as strange and eccentric as ever. There are twenty-nine kids in Mrs Jewls's class on the thirtieth floor, and this book is about all of them: there is Todd, who is in trouble every day, until he gets a magic dog; Paul, whose life is ...

Here is a Jurassic-themed, rhyming picture book for children starting school! All through the land, little dinos were stirring. They opened their eyes and their brains started whirring. The BIG day is here, they thought from their beds - some leapt with excitement, some trembled with dread. Jewel...