A captivating and moving story, set during the Second World War, portraying the extremely harsh living conditions endured by those on the home front. The story follows the life and loves of Violet, and some very tragic events that beset her young life. She lost her parents at a very young age and was taken in and brought up by an elderly neighbour. At age fourteen, she obtained work at a factory and forged some lifelong friendships, which played an important role in her future. Violet join...

Lost in a Costa Rican jungle for twenty-four hours, Stella is starting to lose hope–until she meets a mangy, emaciated stray dog. She has never liked dogs, but this one seems determined to stay by her side. She gives the dog a name--Dirty--and over the course of three days, he places himself between Stella and danger time and time again. But as their bond grows, the jungle tightens its grip around them...

Born into a life of wealth and privilege, Lady Rachel has it all. Everything but friends.when Rachel debuts at court, she is thrust into the heart of London society. Becoming an honorary member of the notoriuous Mitford family, and under their unconventional guidance, she learns what it is to have friends, and with the Prince of Wales as a friend, what could possibly go wrong?

Millie is a young girl whose passion is gymnastics. She is competing at National Compulsory Level for the first time. However, Millies damages her ankle and her dreams are in tatters. Life takens a new path and she finds a new love of her life - cheerleading. She is scared and nervous to begin with but, after seeing the Gand Champions flicking and twisting over the floor, she wants to perform on the world stage too! She joins the Allstars Comets and learns what it means to be part of a tea...

TO ACCOMPANY A MAJOR ITV DOCUMENTARY We are poisoning our planet and destroying the lives of our children. In the west arguments rage over how much nuclear radiation and toxic dumping is safe, while children continue to breath filthy air and eat food full of pesticides. In the third World, over four million children die each year from drinking unclean water. Adults make the decisions but children pay the highest price. They are physically vulnerable and politically powerless. When the Boug...

Amid the turmoil of the 2008 recession that threatens her career, Lea Johnson, a behavioral researcher dedicated to curing post-traumatic stress disorder, is also struggling to save her marriage. When her husband, Jay, is brutally attacked during an attempted robbery, Lea is shaken to realize that being an expert in fear doesn't make her an expert in healing her own husband's trauma. Things take a dark turn when Jay confronts a young trespasser outside their home, only for the boy to be re...

Good Night, Mr. Tom Classroom Questions is a book for English teachers who are teaching Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian and intend to set questions for homework or classwork. Good Night, Mr. Tom Classroom Questions contains 187 questions, divided by chapter, to keep students engaged and actively thinking about the novel.Why choose to study Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian ?Themes of war, abuse and the power of friend...

"Timeless. . . .a brutal, beguiling fairy tale. . . .At its core, [the novel] is . . .about motherhood, and about the world we make (or unmake) for our children." — Washington PostBea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die.There is only one alternative: the Wilder...

Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. Not in respect of the poverty, which was shared with many of those living in the slums of post-war Britain, but in its transition from two-parent family to single mother and then to no parents at all...This is essentially the story of two incredible women: Alan's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence and loneliness to t...

Summer by the Sea is a beautiful, heart-warming summer read about sisters, first love and not always getting what we want – but sometimes ending up with exactly what we need.They say there’s always one summer that changes you. For Faith the one summer she can’t forget is when she fell in love as a teenager – only for her sister, Casey, to steal her man. Now, at the request of her beloved...

When MI5 intelligence officer Liz Carlyle learns of a Russian government plot to kill super-rich Nikita Brunovsky - a man who openly criticises the Putin regime from his London base - it's a race against time to track down the killer. How the Russian is to be silenced is unclear, but the Foreign Office dreads any kind of incident and Liz must work fast to protect him.As she goes undercover, desperately trying to find out who in Brunovsky's retinue might betray him, Liz discovers th...

Ruth was a ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie Hartley's care. Pale, frail and withdrawn, it was clear to Maggie that Ruth had seen and experienced things that no 11-year-old should have to, that she's been conditioned to 'see no evil, speak no evil'. Ruth is in desperate need of help, but can Maggie get through to her and unlock the harrowing secret she carries?Through love, reassurance and patience, Maggie starts to unravel Ruth's painful past - a past defi...