Books with author E.R. Murray

At nine and a half, Arabella Parker is a quite extraordinary girl. For one thing she can fly, an ability that she seems to have inherited from her Great Aunt Agatha. Her parents, being terrible snobs, are more concerned with what the neighbours might think. Ghastly Lady Gilbert-Thomas, Chairperson of the School Governors, and her equally untrustworthy husband, Sir Sidney Gilbert-Thomas, Chairman of the County Council, want to sell the school so that a megastore can be built.But they haven’t taken into account Arabella who calls on the children of Primrose Primary to fight back and save it. Her mother is appalled; her father is devastated: What on earth will his bank chairman think?“We’re revolting,” Arabella tells Mrs Brown, who supports the revolt.“Oh, I wouldn’t say that,” says Mrs Brown with a huge grin.“We are,” insists Arabella. “My Aunt Agatha told me how to do it.”And do it she certainly does.

Liv Bloom's life is even more complicated than that of your average fourteen-year-old: her father walked out on the family when she was young, her mother is in a recovery centre for alcoholics, and her older sister is struggling to step into Mum's shoes. The only person she can turn to is her best friend Sarah, who gets out of scrapes at school and is a constant source of advice and companionship. One day Liv discovers a book of recipes written in her mum's handwriting, which sets her off on a journey towards self-discovery and reconciliation - but a theft, a love rivalry and a school bully are just some of the many obstacles on the way.

Ten-year-old Emmabella Murray likes everything to be neatly ordered and arranged; unfortunately, this Christmas looks set to be anything but. Her parents aren’t talking to each other, her brother may be hatching a plan for world domination and nobody can find the Christmas decorations. Then her dad crashes through her bedroom ceiling... Emmabella’s Christmas Alphabet is a heart-warming and amusing festive delight for children and adults.

In this hilarious sequel to Emmabella's Christmas Alphabet, ten-year-old Emmabella Murray's quest to live a neatly ordered and arranged life is thwarted again as a moment of fame throws her life into disarray, a family holiday to the Lake District turns into a nightmare and she finds herself stuck up a mountain with the last person on earth she'd want to be stuck up a mountain with.Emmabella's Easter Alphabet is a tale of protest, infamy and pencils for children and adults who want to be children again.

Primrose Primary has a new pupil - Mei Li, a friendly, but shy Chinese girl. Arabella invites Mei Li to her birthday party, but she fails to turn up. Then on a school visit, two horrid Chinese thugs try to kidnap Mei Li, but Arabella flies to her rescue and fights them off.Why are Mei Li and her family being threatened by a nasty Snakehead gang? What is really going on at Mr Ho's house? And are Arabella and her best friend Lucy, wonderful Great Aunt Agatha, and new pal Alex, embarking on not just a big adventure.....but a really dangerous mission?

When Arabella's father is nominated 'Bank Manager of the Year' by his head office, she never expects the prize to be a visit to South Africa, including a week's safari to see rhinos, elephants, lions and zebras in the wild, and she is absolutely thrilled. Arabella's even more thrilled when Great Aunt Agatha says that she's like to come as well. But the safari is distressingly marred by rhino horn poachers. Not prepared to let those involved get away with such horrible crimes, Arabella and Aunt Agatha investigate and are horrified to find the witchdoctor of a nearby village involved in an evil trade that stretches all the way back to England. Not only that, Arabella soon discovers that her main suspect is not all he appears, and that Aunt Agatha is what her parents always feared she might one day turn out to be.

Ten-year-old Emmabella Murray likes everything to be neatly ordered and arranged; unfortunately, this Christmas looks set to be anything but. Her parents aren’t talking to each other, her brother may be hatching a plan for world domination and nobody can find the Christmas decorations. Then her dad crashes through her bedroom ceiling... Emmabella’s Christmas Alphabet is a heart-warming and amusing festive delight for children and adults.