Sandra Glover was born in Manchester in 1953. She took a History degree at the University of Lancaster and then did her teacher training in York. She was Head of the History Department at a Comprehensive School in Luton.
When she was little her favourite books were the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis and Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Her favourite places were anywhere historical.
She is married and has three children, two boys and a girl. She now lives in Cumbria. Her interests include books, theatre, film, history, cooking and animals.
THE NOWHERE BOY was her first children’s novel and was published by Andersen in October 1997. It was shortlisted for the 1999 Lancashire Children’s Book of the Year Award.
Sandra Glover’s second book BREAKING THE RULES was published by Andersen in 1998 and her third book, THE GIRL WHO KNEW , published May 2000, were also shortlisted for the Lancashire Children’s Book of the Year Award.
Her first novel for younger readers was E-(T)MAIL (2002), followed by THE FOXCROFT FILES (2003) and MY SPOOKY SISTER (2004). Her most recent novel for younger readers is MESSAGE FROM MIA (2007), which was shortlisted for the Nottingham Brilliant Book Award 2007 and the RED Book Award (Falkirk) 2008.
Sandra’s teenage novels include FACE TO FACE (2001), CRAZY GAMES (2002), CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? (2002), YOU (2003), SPIKED (2005), IT DIDN'T HAPPEN (2005), DON'T TELL (2006) and DANGEROUSLY CLOSE (2008).
Her latest book is SOMEHWHERE ELSE , which was published by Andersen Press in September 2008.
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0. Identity - Paperback
£5.99 by Sandra Glover
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(ISBN:9781842709931) Three girls, Cate, Jessica and Louise, have different personalities and are from opposite ends of Britain, yet have more in common than they can possibly imagine. Could Louise’s strange annual appointments with Dr Jay have something to do with it? Is what Jessica once saw at the Science Museum the key? Or perhaps Cate’s own unusual family is the critical clue? As the secrets start to emerge and the puzzle unravels, the girls each have to face the devastating truth in their own unique ways.
Set in the near future this intriguing book explores the all too human results of a scientific experiment that confronts the deepest and darkest taboos.
0. Spiked! -
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(ISBN:9781849398053) Debra's drink is spiked at a party, and she is abducted. In the race to find her, the police find plenty of suspects. There's her would-be boyfriend, and her sister's ex.: she has had a row with both of them. And as her parents are prominent in the community, there are plenty of people with grudges against the family. Fear and distrust taint every relationship. When at last she is returned to her family, Debra cannot identify her abductor, and her well-wishers realise that they must find and expose the person before any of them can begin to recover from the trauma.
Sandra Glover has written another gripping story of mystery and suspense that will keep her readers guessing until the very last page. She can write with enormous conviction and power about teenage life, weaving a story with such subtle shifts and sudden turnings that it is impossible to second guess.
Secrets. She hated secrets. Even the nice kind bothered her. Karen doesn't want to get mixed up with Zoe at all, let alone listen to Zoe's shocking secret. But she does and Karen finds herself caught up in a web of intrigue and lies so devastating that it threatens to change her whole life and root out the secrets of her own traumatic past.
0. Somewhere Else - Paperback
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(ISBN:9781842708156) Zan is worried about his sister, Jade, who doesn't seem to recognise family and friends. Even more disturbing, Jade insists she's Janet Bailey; a girl from another time and place. This must be the result of Jade's recent horrific ordeal, musn't it? But if it's Post Traumatic Stress then why are her memories of being Janet so utterly vivid? And will they ever be able to get the real Jade back?
0. Dangerously Close - Paperback
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(ISBN:9781842706794) ‘Everything, as far as Dee could tell, was a laugh to Hazel and Abbie. They were just the kind of friends she needed.’ When Dee’s traumatised family start a new life, she is relieved to find two uncomplicated, fun-loving friends. But with the onset of problems for one, and a controlling boyfriend influencing the other, Dee notices frightening parallels with her own troubles. Is she seeing things clearly, though?
And will her efforts to help mean revealing family secrets? Secrets they so desperately want to keep hidden.
0. Message from Mia - Paperback
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(ISBN:9781842706459) Mia tumbled headlong down the stairs at school, and is now in hospital in a serious coma. But her younger brother is haunted by mysterious messages on his mobile, and it leads him to investige further into the circumstances surrounding her accident. It seems many of her friends are less than open about important details - but how suspicious is that, really, given that they are all teenagers with the normal hectic cocktail of romance and illicit activity. Just how did Mia come to fall down the stairs?
Secrets. She hated secrets. Even the nice kind bothered her. Karen doesn't want to get mixed up with Zoe at all, let alone listen to Zoe's shocking secret. But she does and Karen finds herself caught up in a web of intrigue and lies so devastating that it threatens to change her whole life and root out the secrets of her own traumatic past.
0. Face To Face - Hardback
£9.99 by Sandra Glover
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(ISBN:9781842700129) “Haunted. The word sprang into Naomi’s mind. That was the word she’d been looking for when she’d been talking to Stella and Anna about Adelle.”
Adelle Sheridan, the new girl at school, rejects offers of friendship and stands alone in the corner of the playground, her shoulders hunched as if carrying the burden of a terrible secret.
Gushing Naomi, never one to be put off by a challenge, is intrigued and determined to solve the mystery.
But as she wins Adelle’s friendship, she begins to realise Adelle’s problems are like no other she has ever experienced, especially after Adelle told her about the face in the mirror…
0. Crazy Games - Hardback
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(ISBN:9781842700662) The last thing Brad wants to encourage is the friendship of Colford Rattersby, a strange boy who talks to statues and who seems to live in a fantasy world because the real one is so awful.
But, despite having plenty of problems of his own, not least his relationship with fiery Stacey, Brad gets drawn into Colford’s increasingly bizarre behaviour and the games which are starting to drift from harmless fantasy towards dangerous reality . . .
0. It Didn't Happen - Paperback
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(ISBN:9781842700778) Laura's brother, Paul, had been missing for 48 hours - he and his erstwhile girlfriend, Melissa. So when he was found, dripping wet and on his own, many people leaped to a natural, unflattering, and very wrong conclusion. But the correct story was so unlikely, and ran counter to so many long-held pre-conceptions, that there is no chance that anyone will believe it. Abducted by aliens? The boy must be hallucinating! Can he pull himself together enough, in his exhausted and shocked state, to delude the police and doctors, and not get arrested for murdering Melissa? His only chance is if Melissa is found safe and well - but he is sure that she elected to stay with the aliens, and not return at all. Can Melissa triumph over her essentially selfish nature, and do the honourable thing?
0. The Foxcroft Files - Paperback
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(ISBN:9781842702796) What could be worse than starting a new school where your dad's the headmaster? Pike soon finds out when he's befriended by Ryan Foxcroft. Loud and aggressive, Ryan lies about his past and attracts trouble. Trouble is, this makes him a prime suspect when the school is hit by acts of sabotage. But is he really responsible? Is hacking into the school records a good idea, especially when you find out information that seems to incriminate him? In his efforts to defend Ryan, uncover the truth and make sure his dad's school passes the next inspection, Pike finds himself getting involved with some very nasty people and unravelling secrets which were never meant to be discovered.
0. My Spooky Sister - Paperback
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(ISBN:9781842702802) Tom knows it sounds ridiculous -his sister a reincarnation of another girl called Alison - but you can't deny that Alice is just too well-informed about Alison's life. She is such an enormous help to the police that they can re-open the investigation into Alison's disappearance. Tom has to rethink the situation as well.
0. Spiked! - Hardback
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(ISBN:9781842704318) Debra has just passed her GCSEs in grand style, and goes out to celebrate with her mates. But someone is so jealous of her perfect family that they spike her drink, and abduct her from the party 'just to show them'. In the race to find her, and her abductor, the police find plenty of suspects. There's her would-be boyfriend, and her sister's ex.: she has had a row with both of them. And as her father is the Deputy Head at school, and her mother is the editor of the local newspaper, there are many other people with grudges against the family. The local community starts to fall apart as fear and distrust taint every relationship. When at last she is returned to her family, she is suffering from such bad shock that she cannot identify her abductor, and her well-wishers realise that they must find and expose the person before any of them can begin to recover from the trauma.
Sandra Glover has written another gripping story of mystery and suspense that will keep her readers guessing until the very last page. She can write with enormous conviction and power about teenage life, weaving a story with such subtle shifts and sudden turnings that it is impossible to second guess.
0. You - Hardback
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(ISBN:9781842701683) 18-year-old Josie is making a fresh start, starting college and making new friends. But she dreads questions about her history; particularly about the year she was eleven, when she ended up a vilified prisoner in a juvenile detention centre because her little stepbrother died. Now Alex, a dangerous and ghostly figure from that past life, is shadowing her, inflicting debilitating panic attacks and terrible, waking dreams. It stirs up Josie's dark secrets and brings nightmarish memories which will not go away, not even when she resorts to self-harm.
0. Spiked! - Paperback
£5.99 by Sandra Glover
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(ISBN:9781842705209) Debra's drink is spiked at a party, and she is abducted. In the race to find her, the police find plenty of suspects. There's her would-be boyfriend, and her sister's ex.: she has had a row with both of them. And as her parents are prominent in the community, there are plenty of people with grudges against the family. Fear and distrust taint every relationship. When at last she is returned to her family, Debra cannot identify her abductor, and her well-wishers realise that they must find and expose the person before any of them can begin to recover from the trauma.
Sandra Glover has written another gripping story of mystery and suspense that will keep her readers guessing until the very last page. She can write with enormous conviction and power about teenage life, weaving a story with such subtle shifts and sudden turnings that it is impossible to second guess.
0. Don't Tell - Paperback
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(ISBN:9781842705551) Simon found his mother stabbed to death when he was seven - and his father is in prison due to his evidence. But supposing his seven-year-old eyes had been too unperceptive? Suppose his father was actually innocent, as he vehemently claims to be? The uncertainty has made Simon moody and violent, and it seems that no-one can help. But then he runs into Kirsty, who is prepared to be persistent and to ask the questions that matter. Is the real killer still out there? Are all the near-fatal accidents happening to Simon extreme attention seeking, or is the killer after him now? What is it that he knows?
Awards & Reviews
Out of Shadows
by Jason Wallace
'Excellent. [Out of Shadows is] the
Independent
Elmer's Special Day
by David McKee
Chris Brown, School Librarian
