My books
Here you can read about all my books - and take a look behind the scenes. I hope you enjoy them.
CUT OFF
WHAT would it be like if you couldn’t have the only thing in the world you really cared about? If you lived in a family where everyone except you seemed completely sorted in their lives? What if this was just a façade concealing a web of ambition, fear, secrets and lies? And what if your secret was the darkest and most shameful of all?
Ava feels out of place in her high-achieving family - and hates being compared to her clever and beautiful sister, Victoria. She has no idea that Victoria, barely able to cope with the pressure to be perfect, is concealing a terrible secret.
But soon an unexpected turn of events brings their relationship to crisis point. Will they see how much they need each other or remain cut off forever?
Age Group: 11 plus | Publisher: Picadilly Press
SOUL LOVE
Living with the past can be difficult, even at fifteen... Jenna doesn't want to betray her friends and won't reveal the truth behind her exclusion from school. So she is sent away to live with her aunt in a sleepy countryside village.
It's here that she meets Gabriel, who seems so genuine and different from other people she knows. But she is wary of him at first - lately boys have been nothing but trouble for Jenna, and Gabe can be moody and withdrawn.
Despite her caution, Jenna can't help falling in love with Gabriel, and the longer she spends with him, the more deeply in love she falls. Could he be her soul mate? He seems to be the only one who understands Jenna and doesn't leap to coclusions. But then she discovers that Gabriel is living with a deep secret of his own...
Age Group: 11 plus | Publisher: Picadilly Press
FALL OUT
"As I walked along, I felt a chill in the air. It was September and the weather was turning from last-minute summer into cool autumn. Time to nag Mum for a new winter coat. I walked slowly along the path that ran by the side of the flats. Several flats were lit up but Lotte's was dark and empty. It was different last time I was there, in July…"
Stella and Lotte were best friends forever…until one summer something happened that changed everything. Now Stella can't bear the sight of Lotte, and yet she misses her. But once you've fallen out with your best friend, things can never be the same again, can they?
Age Group: 10 plus | Publisher: Picadilly Press
DRUCILLA AND THE CRACKED POT
with illustrations by Martin Remphry
Drucilla is famous for causing trouble - but she isn't always to blame...
She didn't sell the Roman Arrmy officer a broken pot, and it wasn't her toy chariot he slipped on. It wasn't her idea for Mum to get re-married, and go back to Rome to live. And as for finding the curse... How does Drucilla cope with the chaos and confusion of her life?
Age Group: 7-11 | Publisher: A & C Black
LOVESICK
with illustrations by John Kent
My mind buzzed all through English. Part of me said, 'So what if Dad has a new girlfriend?' The other part of me just kept saying 'Snugglepuss' and feeling sick.
Tessa is having a hard time - her English teacher, Miss Chambers, has singled her out as a hopeless case, and her dad has turned into a lovesick puppy, who can't stop drooling over his darling 'Snugglepuss'. Could things possibly get any worse?
Age Group: 10 plus | Publisher: A & C Black (Graffix)
JUST LIKE
with illustrations by Arthur Robins
Sam is just like someone else in his family, but who could it be? Is it Auntie Bertha with her delicate skin? Or the show-off, Great Uncle Bernard? Could it be quiet Uncle Norris? Oh no, it couldn't be Auntie Joan... could it?
Out of print but I have copies for sale - click to contact me
Age Group: 4 plus | Publisher: Little Hippo
BONNIE FITCH
Bonnie Fitch is used to people calling her a fat cow at the bus stop and laughing at her when she wears her leotard for GCSE Performing Arts. She can even handle Mum sympathetically saying it's puppy fat, whilst dropping mega-hints about diets.
Bonnie doesn't care. There's more to life than trying to squash yourself into clothes from Trendi Fashions: there's the vision of hunkiness, Robin Wilson, for example, who's almost as scrummy as a chocolate bar. So when the man himself asks Bonnie if she'd like to help with the school magazine, she just has to say yes, finding herself thrown in at the deep end as an agony aunt extraordinaire...
Out of print but I have copies for sale - click to contact me
Age Group: 10 plus | Publisher: Red Fox Young Adult Books
MORE BONNIE FITCH
'Question: Why is it that when people fall in love they become so boring? They never want to see their old friends and when they do, all they want to talk about is HIM. Why?'
It's a new term at school, and things just aren't the same for Bonnie Fitch. For starters, her best friend Lindsay has fallen boringly in love with gross Danny Logan, whereas Bonnie is still feeling confused about her end-of-term kiss with Philip and keeps going red at the most awful moments. To top things off, the drippy new Drama teacher wants them to do a historical project. Bor-ing!
Things look up though, when fun-loving Sheena joins the Drama group, and suddenly Bonnie finds herself caught up in plans for a dog-napping and the hunt for a legendary school ghost! It all seems like harmless fun at first, but as is usual for Bonnie, trouble is right around the corner...
Out of print but I have copies for sale - click to contact me
Age Group: 10 plus | Publisher: Red Fox Young Adult Books