0. The Speckled Panic - Paperback
£3.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9780862648282) When Kip Slater buys truthpaste instead of toothpaste, he and his friend Herbie soon realise the sensational possibilities of the purchase. They plan to feed the truthpaste disguised in a cake to the guest of honour at their school Speech Day but, unfortunately, the headmaster eats the cake first.
David McKee`s delightfully comic illustrations perfectly capture the mood of his hilarious, fast-moving story about the dangers of always telling the truth. `a delightful, telling little piece of adolescent wish-fulfilment'-
Observer `funny and vigorous' -
Time Out .
0. The Choking Peril - Paperback
£3.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9780862649302) Kip and Herbie team up again with Arthur Venger, the inventor, in an attempt to solve Grumpton's litter problem, but their plans go hilariously awry.
0. Hot Stuff - Paperback
£3.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9780862649319) Inventor Arthur Venger and his young assistant, Kip and Herbie, do battle with the hotheads of this world, and as usual make an alarming mess of things.
Damian Drake’s new pen-friend, Mitzi, saw him in his last play, was impressed by his juggling skills and wants to meet him. Damian agrees, but runs into even more trouble than ever. Their new gardener turns out to be the very man who deserted Mitzi’s Aunt Velda at the altar, and she is mad for revenge. Also, Damian’s well-connected parents have invited as a dinner guest the judge who sent Mitzi’s father to prison, and he is equally mad for revenge. Mayhem is certain to follow.
0. The Speckled Panic - Paperback
£3.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9780862648282) When Kip Slater buys truthpaste instead of toothpaste, he and his friend Herbie soon realise the sensational possibilities of the purchase. They plan to feed the truthpaste disguised in a cake to the guest of honour at their school Speech Day but, unfortunately, the headmaster eats the cake first.
David McKee`s delightfully comic illustrations perfectly capture the mood of his hilarious, fast-moving story about the dangers of always telling the truth. `a delightful, telling little piece of adolescent wish-fulfilment'-
Observer `funny and vigorous' -
Time Out .
0. The Choking Peril - Paperback
£3.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9780862649302) Kip and Herbie team up again with Arthur Venger, the inventor, in an attempt to solve Grumpton's litter problem, but their plans go hilariously awry.
0. Hot Stuff - Paperback
£3.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9780862649319) Inventor Arthur Venger and his young assistant, Kip and Herbie, do battle with the hotheads of this world, and as usual make an alarming mess of things.
0. Ignorance Is Bliss - Paperback
£3.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9781842700426) Amy Bliss and her cousin Harry meet on a train, each on their way to seek help from their grandmother for frightening personal problems. But Gran already has problems of her own and the journey turns into a nightmare of panic and misunderstandings
0. Two Weird Weeks - Paperback
£3.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9781842700730) Two diaries chronicling the same events: two vastly different outlooks. Sonia Johnson charts her two-week infatuation with the new boy, enigmatic Owen Gates ('He's quite dishy'). He, meanwhile, is scheming and streetwise, searching for loot buried by his brother after a robbery, and is using her good nature for his own ends.
0. The Invisible Boy - Paperback
£3.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9781842701058) Gary suspects he is turning invisible and blames the door-key he has to wear round his neck. Could it be a magic key? He decides to hide so that people will have to search and find him, thus proving that he isn’t invisible after all. But first there are one or two problems in the way, such as a mysterious box of chocolates, a bloodstained body in an amusement arcade, a space-ship and an alien on the headland, all of which turn Gary’s flight into a nightmare.
Damian Drake rescues his dog from a well and gets his name into the newspapers. He then receives a letter from a girl he has never met which sparks off a long correspondence between the two. As more and more letters are exchanged a sinister thread creeps in and the story gathers speed for a final amazing drama.
0. Shots In The Dark - Paperback
£4.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9781842703571) When Danny and Georgia meet by chance at the hospital it is obvious that they have a lot in common. Both have families distraught by the sudden death of their dads. Everything is changed. Their mums are prostrated, and the children are left to the care of others. Georgia has had to move to the other side of town, and go to a new school. Meanwhile, Danny's older sister fights with her fianc- and cancels the wedding. His baby sister, deprived of her coveted role as bridesmaid, throws a tantrum and rushes out into the road. But Danny and Georgia gradually realize that there is someone in their school having an even worse time - because his violent father is very much alive. It may seem too great a task for such youngsters to resolve all these issues, but Hazel Townson manages it in her own characteristically accessible style.
0. Danny - Don't Jump! - Paperback
£3.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9781842704455) Danny Lyndon was having a run of bad luck. He didn't deliberately set out to cause trouble but he suddenly seemed to have become very accident prone. Recently, he had broken a school washbasin, smashed a pile of dinner plates and destroyed a new sapling in the school grounds - so it was the last straw when he accidentally broke the headmaster's window and smashed a Grecian vase! Danny's efforts to make amends lead him into deeper and deeper trouble in this funny and fast moving story.
0. Vanishing Village - Paperback
£4.99 by Hazel Townson
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9781842704721) When Matthew is forced to move away from the big city, following his parent's divorce, he is not expecting to enjoy it much. But the increasing curtailment of local services makes it even worse than he had thought. The locals don't help - they are, it seems, prepared to do acts of great desperation to get their own way - and the lodger boarding in his house seems to be particularly suspicious.
Is Matthew really surrounded by sinister and unpleasant rural types? How much is he making up? Just what is everyone up to?
Damian Drake has an unexpectedly exciting life for a rich kid in middle school. He has got into the papers again, having been rescued from kidnapping this time. And it inspires Tracey Fallows to write to him. They strike up a correspondence, and although he does check that there are no crazy criminal brothers (as happened before!), he doesn't spot the militantly political mother. His letters are chattily full of visits to his parents from the prime minister and the rest of the Cabinet, which tells the mother more than she needs to know about how to upset the government!
These three easy-to-read stories are all humorous - but scary!
In SNAKES ALIVE, Bobby Bloggs fancies becoming a snake-charmer but has reckoned without Wizard Welkin, whose enchanted snake finds its way into Bobby's rich great-auntie's bed. THROUGH THE WITCH'S WINDOW involves Lily Dollop, who breaks a window and is then pursued by a strange black star. And last but not least, AMOS SHRIKE, THE SCHOOL GHOST comes to haunt Basil Nobbs when he decides to vandalise the headmaster's room.
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
