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Books with author Gillian Cross

  • On the Edge

    Gillian Cross

    Paperback (Oxford Univ Pr, July 31, 2004)
    Tug wakes up in an unfamiliar place with people he doesn't recognize and is uncertain about his own identity. Meanwhile, Jinny knows that something strange is happening in the house and decides she must unravel the mystery herself in order to save the boy. She decides on a dangerous courseof action to set Tug free, but will she be in time to save him?* Gillian Cross is a critically-acclaimed and well-known author who has won may awards including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Novel Award, and the Smarties Prize.
  • Wolf

    Gillian Cross

    Paperback (Oxford Univ Pr, Oct. 31, 1998)
    When someone arrives in the middle of the night, Cassy is sent from her grandmother's flat to live with her mother in a squat. Cassy doesn't know who the stranger is, but suddenly there is danger following her. Wolf won the Carnegie Medal.
  • The Odyssey

    Gillian Cross

    Hardcover (Walker & Company, Aug. 16, 2012)
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  • ROSCOE'S LEAP

    gillian cross

    Hardcover (Holiday House, March 15, 1987)
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  • Roscoe's Leap

    Gillian Cross

    Hardcover (Holiday House, Oct. 1, 1987)
    When the biographer of eccentric nineteenth-century millionaire Samuel Roscoe suggests that Samuel's long-forgotten collection of wind-up toys be restored and exhibited, Samuel's great-great-grandson Stephen determines to destroy the collection's main piece--a life-sized guillotine that "executes" mechanical dolls
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  • Amber'S Song

    Gillian Cross

    Paperback (Barrington Stoke Ltd, April 8, 2016)
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  • Demon Headmaster Strikes Again

    Gillian Cross

    Paperback (Oxford University Press, Aug. 6, 2009)
    Dinah, Lloyd and Harvey hoped they'd seen the last of the Demon Headmaster when they moved to a new village. However, almost immediately, they can tell something's not right about the place. There's a loud buzzing noise coming from the biogenetic research centre, and a creeper that growsextraordinarily fast. Why are the security guards so scary? And why does everybody in the village use exactly the same words to describe the research centre? Dinah becomes even more suspicious when someone pretending to be a doctor comes to their house, and manages to trick them into giving DNAsamples . . .With the help of their new friend, Simon, the children investigate and find a way into the building. Inside, they discover a huge egg. Hatching from it is the result of an experiment conducted using Dinah's DNA - an experiment that is the work of the Demon Headmaster.This time, he's determined that no one will stand in the way of his plans!'this will be greatly enjoyed'Books for Keeps
  • The Cupcake Wedding

    Gillian Cross

    Paperback (Barrington Stoke Ltd, Jan. 28, 2013)
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  • The Black Room

    Gillian Cross

    Hardcover (Oxford Univ Pr, March 31, 2005)
    Robert is determined to rescue Lorn, who remains trapped in the tiny underground world from which he has managed to escape. She'll die if he doesn't help her.But Lorn doesn't know what danger she is in. Something is drawing her to the dark tunnels underneath her world.Is it something that is calling her home or something more sinister? Can Robert get to her before whatever lurks in the black room does?* Gillian Cross is one of the UK's top children's authors, and has won a host of major prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award and the Smarties Prize.
  • Rescuing Gloria

    Gillian Cross

    Paperback (Egmont Childrens Books, Feb. 7, 1991)
    Leo couldn't let Gloria die, but where do you keep a goat when you live in a first-floor flat? And then there's the milking. Rachel and Harjinder help, but then ducks, hens and bees land on their doorstep as well, and Leo feels that things are getting out of hand.
  • The Demon Headmaster Takes Over

    Gillian Cross

    Paperback (OUP Oxford, Sept. 7, 2017)
    It's amazing! The Hyperbrain is a super intelligent computer that works by accessing the human brain. In the wrong hands, though, it could spell disaster. The new Controller at the Artificial Intelligence Unit seems horribly familiar but Dinah and her friends know that the Demon Headmaster hasbeen defeated. Hasn't he?Great fun and just a little bit frightening, Gillian Cross's Demon Headmaster books still hold readers under their hypnotic spell. Fast-paced and full of adventure, they're impossible to resist!
  • Shadow Cat

    Gillian Cross

    Paperback (OUP Oxford, June 4, 2015)
    An unlikely friendship. An incredible secret. An adventure of a lifetime . . . Nolan leaves school one day to discover that his mum has dyed her hair bright green, sold everything they own, and they're going on a road trip . . . On the way he meets Feather, the adopted daughter of a famous rock star. This mismatched pair appear to have nothing in common, until they discover an escaped wild cat, a serval, that needs their protection. Together they vow to keep it a secret. But someone else wants the serval too. Someone who will stop at nothing to get their hands on it . . .
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