Books with author Melvin Burgess

A Carnegie Medal Nominee Twelve-year-old David lives with his dad in a big London apartment building called Mahogany Villas, where he climbs through the building's old ventilation system to play tricks on the other tenants. But David's nasty pranks disturb more than just his elderly neighbor. One day, he comes face-to-face with a ghost, at first friendly but eventually terrifying. Soon the old man and David are in great danger. (AR) For ages 9-12 Available only in Young Adult 3 Standing Order.

The award-winning author Melvin Burgess’s ribald and insightful account of contemporary teenage life chronicles the ups and downs of doing it. The controversial book on which the cult favorite ABC television series Life As We Know It (now available on DVD) was based, Doing It introduces us to Dino, Jon, and Ben, three teenage best friends who can’t stop thinking about, and talking about (and hoping to experience) sex.

Billy's mother is dead, and his father and brother are fiercely involved in a bitter miners' fight that has split the local community. Billy's father wants his son to learn boxing, like he did and his father before him. But Billy is fascinated by the grace and magic of ballet and is determined to dance his way to a different future...This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the author's work and as low as 30 per cent with characters and plotlines removed.

Mom's Choice AwardParis Book Festival Honorable Mention Best Children's Book San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention Best Children's Book This book was inspired by the birds of prey at the Rocky Gap State Park Aviary. The Aviary houses and cares for birds that have been injured or impacted in some way that makes them unable to survive in the wild. The birds are ambassadors in a Statewide Environmental Education Program called "Scales & Tales," with a three-fold mission: to encourage an appreciation for the splendor and diversity of Maryland's Wildlife, promote an understanding of the relationship between man and wildlife and the habitat they share, and encourage people to visit state forests and parks to further explore that relationship. The scenery illustrations in this book were drawn by the author from different locations around Rocky Gap State Park, including the Indian Trail Marker Tree.

Bea has started to hear and see things that no one else can – creatures, voices, visions. Then strangers visit Bea and tell her she is different: she has the rare powers of a witch. They warn her she is being hunted. Her parents think she is hallucinating and needs help. All Bea wants to do is get on with her life, and to get closer to Lars, the mysterious young man she has met at the skate park. But her life is in danger, and she must break free. The question is – who can she trust?Carnegie Medal-winner Melvin Burgess returns with a powerful, thrilling fantasy for young adults about magic, myth and following your instincts.

'We're the rubbish kids, losers and orphans. Everyday we go out on to the Tip to sort rubbish for Mother Shelly.'For Sham, Fly Pie and his sister Jane, this is the grim reality of their lives. Then one day everything changes when they find a baby on the Tip -- a baby worth seventeen million pounds.This discovery takes them into a savage, lonely city and so begins an endless fight for survival.

Honest, original and utterly filthy, Lady: My Life as a Bitch follows Sandra -- a seventeen-year-old girl who doesn't run with the pack. If you gotta be a dog, be a bitch. Sandra Francy is seventeen and under pressure -- pressure to be good and work hard at school. But she's fed up with all that. She's been having fun, running wild -- some say too wild. Then she gets turned into a dog. She's frightened at first, but she quickly realises there are pleasures she hardly knew existed. Is being human worth all the effort?

Now in paperback, award-winning author Melvin Burgess's daringly honest and often hilarious account of contemporary teenage life, and the ups and downs that surround "doing it."The controversial book on which the cult favorite ABC television series Life as We Know It (now available on DVD) was based, Doing It introduces us to Dino, Jon, and Ben, three teenage best friends who can't stop thinking about, and talking about (and hoping to experience), sex.