Anne Fine

Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen so now has to spend a week of his summer hols with his uncle Tristram - who's heading off to stay with a new girlfriend - Morning Glory - on a tiny British island. Harry doesn't expect it to be a lot of fun - with just a wacky competition at the end of the week to look forward to.

Ally really doesn't want to go with his mum on her weekly visit to his fragile aunt Chloe at the big Victorian hospital - until he discovers a hidden garden in the grounds. Suddenly Ally begins to discover a new way of looking at the world - and to understand his aunt and some of her sensitivity.

Guilt is in the eye of the beholder ... When her cold and indifferent husband vanishes, so does Lois's old life.

Miranda Hilliard does not live with her husband, Daniel. He wants to see the children more often, but they live with Miranda. One day Madame Doubtfire comes to work for Miranda and help with the children. But Madame Doubtfire seems strange, more like a man than a woman ...

It's Ivan's first day at his new school, and Boris is told to look after him, and translate for him, because Ivan can only speak Russian. So when Ivan starts greeting people as 'lowly shivering worms', Boris realises that he's going to have his work cut out for him. And that's just the start of the day.

This is a very funny new story from one of our best-loved authors. It's Ivan's first day at his new school, and Boris is told to look after him, and translate for him, because Ivan can only speak Russian. After all, St Edmund's is a civilized school. Only problem is, Ivan isn't civilized. So when Ivan starts greeting people as 'lowly shivering worms', and asking for words in English like 'crush' and 'mutilate', Boris realises that he's going to have his work cut out for him. And that's just the start of the day...Little does he know that Ivan will leave a lasting influence, and that he himself will never enjoy listening to nursery rhymes ever again...This is a classic Anne Fine story - very funny and very real.

Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities.

The Christmas holiday is a time when families gather together. In Ralph's case, this means ten or more relatives coming to stay. Jammed into one small house for three days of merriment and family fun, with the TV on the blink and Mum on the verge of a breakdown, it soon becomes obvious that, in this house, more definitely does not mean merrier.

'I am NOT going to Charm School . ' But Bonny has no choice. Forced to spend a day at Charm School while her mother is on a course, Bonny makes some surprising and hilarious discoveries. After Bonny's day there, Charm School will never be the same again .

'I hate Frozen Billy - his painted, staring wooden eyes, the way his eyelids click when Uncle Len pulls a string, his long thin legs and his bright red wooden mouth .

She's a bit of a dotty old lady - sometimes demanding, often annoying - but as much a part of their lives as their shambly house or the whirring of the washing machine. So they decide to take action. They begin 'The Granny Project', with immediate and sensational results .

How stupid do you have to be to fall out of a top floor window?Or was Stolly trying something else - up on cloud nine, even then?Stolly has always been so alive, so inspiring, taking risks, hiding nothing, notorious for being the school's most imaginative liar (or fantatist, as he calls it).

Cass has always been there for Tom, her twin - racing off to laugh with him in the old, abandoned ice house or planning how to foil Jamieson, the farm's creepy pest-killer. But now Cass is a teenager, she is changing - she wants her privacy and feels suffocated by their life on the farm.

Ione Muffett is alone in the summerhouse when she meets Ned Hump - a wacky student who is in love with her professor father's secretary, Caroline. And as Ned then helps Ione with her plan to help famine victims by running a bring and buy sale, Ione's confidence in herself slowly begins to grow .

Real life is supposed to be real, and I like my world to be solid around me . She prefers books to people and doesn't want - or need - friends. Slowly, Mel discovers that Imogen has a special talent - a family 'gift' that Mel thinks is more like a curse. For only she can stop Imogen's private horror story - stop the bad dreams .

Everyone can identify with Monty and his vivid imagination. His family are very much a family of the time, all far too busy to notice when Monty begins to feel unwell.

Reissue. Published as part of a relaunch of Anne Fine's younger fiction titles, with a bold new cover design.

Reissue. Published as part of a relaunch of Anne Finn's younger fiction titles, with a bold new cover design.

An angel provides unexpected support for the children at Nitshill Road School, as the author applies her witty pen to the difficult topic of bullying. Published as part of a relaunch of Anne Fine's younger fiction titles, with a bold new cover design to introduce a new audience to her inimitable writing.

A gem from Anne Fine about just how deceptive appearances can be! Reissue.