The Fire Mask makes Josh feel powerful. It’s all he needs to take revenge on Tiffany and Sandy for their horrible jokes. But Josh needs to be careful. If he plays with fire someone might get hurt.

Review: Josh’s father is back from Iraq, hospitalized and wearing a mask to protect his badly burned face. As his family seems to fall apart and his best friend gangs up with the cl ...

Juliet Jennifer Jones has a lot to worry about. The actions of her family and friends make her anxious. First of all there’s her little sister, Oaf, who seems to go out of her way to irritate her. Then there are her parents whose disagreements about dad’s ‘junk’ never get resolved. Nana’s wellbeing also worries Juliet. At school, her two friends are competing to be ...

Including celebrated writers such as John Foster, Peter Nixon, Paul Cookson and Colin West, Graham Denton's refreshing anthology of love related poetry is downright hilarious. This collection should be included in every children's library and upper junior classroom. With examples of limericks, tongue twisters, epitaphs, haiku, calligrams and love songs, the romantically themed poems dem ...

Burnett's first novel, written in the US, where she had moved as a teenager before living at times in each country, and probably best known now for its reputation as a typically Victorian moralistic tale. As such it has been adapted many times for stage and screen. The title character, when first we meet him, is a mere commoner, his newly dead father having been disinherited by his father, ...

Re-issued as part of Puffin Classic's relaunch, Webster's best-known novel has been a favourite in America and the UK, as well as being widely translated since its publication almost a century ago. It has also been adapted for stage and screen. Seventeen year-old Jerusha (Judy)'s letters to the unknown benefactor and trustee of the orphanage in which she has been raised, who has off ...

 A Victorian ghost story featuring Abigail Tamper, a maid in a household where the master is ineffectual through illness and the housekeeper rules with an iron grip.

Review: This could so easily have been a pot-boiler about a poor child making good despite the odds increasingly stacked against her, but Ford writes convincingly and movingly about all the characters in the story, and ...

The Rare Breed sheep, living quietly on Eppingham Farm, enjoy their cauliflower suppers and occasionally butt fence posts. When a silvery object falls out of the sky, Sal, the Southdown Ewe, knows their great Sheep God must be in danger. Only they can save him....

Review "The Quest of the Warrior Sheep" is a very funny crime story based around five Rare Breed sheep. The silvery ...

 Cassie and her friends return to Sandringham Dance School for a new term. They discover they will be performing the very rare Blue Moon Ballet and Cassie is desperate to be chosen. But the term turns out to be full of intrigue and mystery.

Review: This is the second book in the Sand Dancer series and Lynda Waterhouse has developed the mystery behind the disappearance of Cassie' ...

Young readers will get a real sense of how towns and cities have developed all over the world from medieval towns and the extreme cities in the jungle and polar regions. What is suburban bliss and why are some of our cities dying? Read this book from start to finish for a riveting social history or dip in and out for some fascinating and often hilarious facts.