BOOKS FOR AGES 8 to 12  

Three books about TWO NAUGHTY ANGELS

DOWN TO EARTH, THE GHOUL AT SCHOOL, ROUND THE RAINBOW

A freak acccident suddenly plummets two young accident-prone angels back to earth. Their unusual powers soon bring comic chaos to the classrooms of St Winifred’s convent school, as the girls struggle to conceal their identities and do good in their own rather mischievous way.

Published by Bloomsbury and available from Amazon.co.uk

Down to Earth - isbn 0747590613 Amazon.co.uk

The Ghoul at School - isbn 0747590605 Amazon.co.uk

Round the Rainbow - isbn 0747590621 Amazon.co.uk

KATIE the Revolting Bridesmaid

Katie's sister is getting married to a man who is too old, too fat and too geeky. He also happens to be a teacher at Katie's school - how embarrassing! But it gets worse. Katie has been asked to be the bridesmaid. Yuk! How will she ever live down the shame of having that man as a brother-in-law, and having to wear a frilly blue dress for a whole day? It's time for action. Katie has to find her sister a new boyfriend, and fast.

isbn 074758611x

Published in January 2007 by Bloomsbury and available from Amazon.co.uk

KATIE and The Revolting Wedding

"We stared at the disaster area in front of us. Bits of icing lay like snow over half the dining-room, the little bride and groom had nose-dived on to the carpet and the columns that had supported the top two tiers had rolled under the table."

It's the morning of the dreaded wedding, and Katie's promise to be on best behaviour falls foul when she tumbles headlong into the wedding cake. Katie may not be able to get out of wearing that revolting blue bridesmaid's dress, but she's going to have to find a way to get herself out of this sticky cake mess, or she's dead meat!

isbn 0747586128

Published in January 2007 by Bloomsbury and available from Amazon.co.uk

HAUNTED HOUSE

When Jake and Jenna move to a village in the middle of nowhere, Jake is sure that years of boredom stretch ahead of them. Until Jenna sees the first ghost…

From then on Jake and Jenna decide that ghost-hunting will be the new hobby that Mum’s always on at them about. And who’d have thought that such a small place could have so many? For starts there’s the wandering ghost dog and – much more spooky – the restless spirit that haunts the tumbledown empty house, weeping and wailing…

isbn 0439977231

Published by Scholastic and available from Amazon.co.uk

PLAGUE HOUSE

Jake still hates it in Bensbury. It’s so boring there! All he wants to do is play football, but he’s got nowhere to play and no one to play it with. When he and his twin, Jenna, come across a strange wood known as Corpses’ Copse, however, things start to get interesting, because Jake and Jenna realise there is something extremely sinister about it. There’s a tumbledown house, an enchanted mirror - and voices in the night singing the old plague nursery rhyme, Ring a ring o’ Roses. They don’t know what’s happening…but they’re going to find out.

Maybe living in Bensbury won’t be so boring as they thought…

isbn 043997724X

Published by Scholastic and available from Amazon.co.uk

HORROR HOUSE

A young girl and her grandparents have moved into Horare House - the spooky-looking mansion that used to be a school. When Jake and Jenna go over there, Jenna is unnerved by a scary portrait of one of the old headmasters. His cruel, icy stare and Jenna's creepy sixth sense lead the twins to suspect that the damp, forbidding house is haunted. And when they stay over one night, they discover that it holds a chilling, watery secret...

isbn 0439963982

Published by Scholastic and available from Amazon.co.uk

[nb. this book was going to be called 'Drowned House']

WITCH HOUSE

At first Jake and Jenna are quite excited about the Hallowean pageant in their village, but as the day draws closer, they get more and more unnerved by the strange things that are happening. There’s the arrival of a big black cat – which coincides with the disappearance of all the village pussies, the plague of flies, the changing of the apples into frogs – and just who is the mysterious and rather witch-like newcomer, Mrs Wychwood?

isbn 0439958881

Published by Scholastic and available from Amazon.co.uk

MAD ABOUT THE BOY

For years, since her mother died, it’s just been Joanna and her dad – and that’s the way she likes it. Then Dad marries Tatia (Jo calls her Tarty for short) and they all start living together. Even worse, Tatia brings her son, known as the Boffin, along with her.

At first, Jo’s absolutely furious about everything – especially Boffin. But then suddenly, strangely, everything changes…

isbn 0744572614

Published by Walker Books and available from Amazon.co.uk

THE BOYFRIEND TRAP

Arriving at her older sister’s flat with a bag full of teen mags and a head full of True Love, Terri is dismayed to discover that Sarah doesn’t appear to have a single boyfriend. Something must be done – and quickly! Getting her on Blind Date should be a good start…

isbn 0744572649

Published by Walker Books and available from Amazon.co.uk

BEST FRIENDS, WORST LUCK

Moving from the city to a new life in the country is not Bev’s idea of fun. All that mud and poo! Who will she find to talk to? What will she find to do? And how on earth will she manage without her best friend Sal? She’s bound to go off with that awful Roselle and won’t miss Bev at all…

isbn 0744582903

Published by Walker Books and available from Amazon.co.uk

BODIES FOR SALE

Why is one-eyed Angus digging up graves in a churchyard at midnight? When Jack decides to follow him, he learns a lot about the horrid habits of tomb-robbers – men who sold dead bodies to hospitals for medical research. Read this disgustingly spooky tale and find out more…

isbn 0749646004

Published by Watts and available from Amazon.co.uk