It's time to welcome new girls to Malory Towers, the famous boarding school by the sea, in four brand-new stories by outstanding authors, set in Enid Blyton's much-loved school.YA and Waterstones Book Prize-winner Patrice Lawrence introduces us to proud Marietta with her magnificent head of braided hair. A dormitory argument reveals something unusual about Marietta, and something equally unexpected about Alicia.In

Read the novel of the global smash hit noughties film - now on Netflix!If you're 18, love football and can bend a ball like Beckham, the world must be your oyster, right? Wrong. If you're Jesminder - 18, Indian and a girl - forget it.Jess just wants to play football but her wedding-obsessed parents have other ideas so she hides it from them. But when Jess and her friend Jules join a women's team and get spotted by a talent scout, it all kicks off ...

The best-loved boarding girls' boarding school ever comes to our screens for the first time in 2020! NOW ON CBBC AND BBC iPLAYER.When Darrell joins Malory Towers, she's thrilled to be at the beautiful boarding school on the Cornish coast. There are new friends to make, lacrosse games to play, midnight feasts to eat and many stories to share. Should Darrell believe lively Alicia's tale of a school ghost? Are there some stories of her own that Darrell would rather keep to herself? As...

A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen's classic story, with witty black and white illustrations throughout.When she was just nineteen, Anne Elliot followed the wishes of her father and turned down the proposal of the man she loved - a naval officer called Frederick Wentworth.Years later, Captain Wentworth returns from his time at sea, and Anne dares to hope that their paths might cross once more.But the course of true love is bumpy ...

A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen's classic story.When she was just 19, Anne Elliot followed the wishes of her father and turned down the proposal of the man she loved - a naval officer called Frederick Wentworth.Years later, Captain Wentworth returns from his time at sea, and Anne dares to hope that their paths might cross once more.But the course of true love is bumpy at best - will Anne and Frederick ever be reunited?...

When a mysterious gunman takes a class hostage, the rest of Mia's school is evacuated. But Mia is determined to stay behind. She knows it's a life or death situation but there's something she fears more than dying. Mia thinks she might know who the gunman is, and, if she's right, then she may be the only one who can save her schoolmates...

Your home was the one place you felt safe.Now it’s your prison.You were invisible.Now your every move is monitored by masked strangers.You looked after your mum, your best friend.Now you barely know her.Everything can change in thirteen hours.

Amber, Jazz and Geena are three sisters on a mission. They really want to have something to act as a memorial to their mum, but what could go for? They eventually settle on a great idea - they'll get the new library at school named after her. They take the idea to their teachers but there's a fly in the ointment - for the teachers to agree, the girls must first raise some money to help the library and stock it with books!Now the Babes have a real task ahead of them - and they love ...

When Geena, Amber and Jazz's school is desperate for funds, the girls' formidable young auntie steps in with a fantastic idea for a fundraising Bollywood party. Swept up in the plans, the girls plot to deliver a real Bollywood actress for a live appearance. Sure their aunt will be thrilled with their plan, they've only got to overcome the fact that their would-be guest of honour is a penniless, faded recluse with a foul temper who decamps to their house and insists on being treated like a ...

Amber, Geena and Jazz have been through some tough times. Think Bollywood levels of tragedy and you’re getting close.Now, they’ve finally got everything they could ever want. Well, almost everything. They’re smart, funny and popular – and they’ve got all the latest designer labels. The one accessory they don’t need is their interfering Auntie-ji cramping their style. But nothing can stop the Bindi Babes … can it?

Amber, Jazz and Geena have finally secured their auntie's engagement to the gorgeous Mr Arora, but now it's time for a little romance of their own. There's a gorgeous new boy at school called Rocky. He looks divine, loves music and is seriously well-off - his parents have built him his own recording studio. But which of the sisters does he like best? As they vie for his attention, the sisters come up with ever more intricate tricks to outdo each other and catch his attention. Amber thinks ...

Dani's mother has just got married - and Dani has acquired an awful new stepsister who doesn't want to have anything to do with her. To make things worse Dani has to move house and school - to the same school as Lalita, her stepsister. She confides in her beloved gran, who gives her a special gift to help distract her from all the turmoil. It's a copy of her diary that she kept as a child, detailing everything happened to her when her family moved from India to England in the 1960s. It's i...