Synopsis: For sixteen years, Lord Otori Takeo and his beloved Kaede have ruled the Three Countries in harmony and peace. Theirs is a blessed realm, but every garden has its serpent; the Kikuta still seethe over Takeo’s defection, ambitious warlords resent his power, there are many who resent his support of female rulers and landowners, his twin daughters are thought by many to carr ...

Synopsis:Nothing at all to do with this year’s ludicrous – and yet entertaining – travesty of the Robin Hood legend on BBCTV, this version is a darker and more serious affair. It finds the famous outlaw hero metamorphosed into a dispossessed Welsh prince fighting for the freedom of his country against the Norman oppressors.

Review: The first factor to note ...

Synopsis: Jas thinks that everyone has a super power. Everyone, that is, except herself - unless you count her extraordinary ability to get herself in trouble. But the last thing Jas expected to do on her family holiday in glitzy Las Vegas was to survive a cat attack and solve a celebrity murder mystery. As she finds herself tracking an unknown killer through a bevy of Vegas parties, Ja ...

Synopsis: Fifteen-year old Mia lives with her dad in a small rural community. When she discovers that she's pregnant she doesn't know where to turn - her elder sisters have left home, her mum left when Mia was six, her boyfriend, Will, is too scared to be any help and her dad tries to push her into an abortion. Backed into a corner, she runs away and joins two women on a canal b ...

Synopsis: Glastonbury: A gathering of free spirits having an amazing time in a magical setting. Laura's favourite band are playing there, and she can't wait to go. But her friends let her down, and she finds herself going by herself. Almost immediately she loses both her tent and her mobile phone, and is now truly on her own. It seems like the worst possible moment in her life, ...

Synopsis: Rich is terrified when he was confronted by Toxon, the hardest boy in the school. Can he get his revenge?

Review: Rich and Lee are used to being the big kids in the playground, and enjoying a bit of harmless fun scaring the little kids. But no longer. Now they’re the little kids – and it’s Toxon they have to avoid. No harmless scaring this time, ...

SynopsisAndy and his friends are lost on the moor and his girlfriend Lucy is found in the morning unconscious and with strange wounds on her neck. They make a nightmarish journey to get her to safety, and their solidarity breaks down as they argue over what might have happened to her.

Review: The publishers Barrington Stoke are justly renowned not only for their recognitio ...

Synopsis: Four girls - Mary, Bea, Meena and Atlanta - are thrown together when they are picked for very different reasons by their teacher, to form a book review club. Their discussions and reviews will be heard on radio, chaired and presented by the incredibly cool Jazz. As the girls gradually relax and talk more and more animatedly about what they think about the different books, they ...

Synopsis: A follow-up to Blue Moon. Mia is 16 now and still living with dad. Not only is she having to work out the emotional and practical implications of being a mother when she herself is still a child, she is also having to negotiate new relationships with the adults and young people around her.

Review: What an excellent book. This should be in all secondary s ...

Synopsis: The Rainbow Opera is set in a world the same as our own but for one difference - The Place, a mysterious region filled with dreams of every kind. Only a select group of people can enter The Place: The Dreamhunters, men and women who are able to 'catch' the dreams and relay them to eager audiences in the magnificent dream palace, The Rainbow Opera. Now, 14-year-old cous ...