Books with author gillian cross

Whan Janis Finch storms out of a family row, it starts a chain of events which transforms her whole life. For it's in the motorway cafe, minutes later, that she meets the unknown rock band, Kelp, who talk her into coming to their gig that night.Janis goes along for the ride and finds herself increasingly provoked by Christie, Kelp's arrogant lead singer. He pushes her into singing with them, and winds her up into a fever of rage, awe, and attraction. So when Chrisite asks her to join the band, Janis feels powerless to refuse - and herlife explodes.

At the end of The Dark Ground, Robert finally managed to escape from the tiny underground world in which he had found himself trapped. He needed Lorn's help to do it, and he had to leave her behind. Now, back in his own world and his own size again, he realises that Lorn will die if she has tospend the winter underground. To rescue her, he has to do two things: entrust his friend Tom with the incredible story of what happened to him, and find the 'real' Lorn above ground.Using all of their ingenuity, Tom and Rob finally track down the girl for whom they are searching. Her name is Hope, and she's been locked in a pit by her misguided parents. She is filthy, backwards, and completely dependent on others. How can she help Lorn?Getting Hope out of her prison will take more courage and patience than the boys feel they have. And then they still have to rescue Lorn. Time is ticking away. With each passing second, Lorn feels inexplicably called by a strange force drawing her into the dangerous tunnels of her underground worldwhile, above ground, Tom and Rob begin the desperate battle to save her.

Dinah moves in with the Hunter family and starts going to the same school as her foster-brothers Lloyd and harvey. It's not easy, as they seem to hate her, and school is really strange. Pupils suddenly talk like robots and do weird things - even Dinah finds herself acting oddly. She's surethe headmaster has some kind of power over them, and is determined to find out more. But the Demon Headmaster is equally determined to stop her.* Gillian Cross has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Novel Award, and the Smarties Prize, and is a highly-acclaimed author. Sales of her books exceed one million copies.

Sally and her twin Ben have been looking forward to their school trip to Notley Castle for ages. There are dungeons, and weapons, and a cannon to fire...But on the day, Ben is ill and has to stay in bed, so Sally promises to send him a text message every hour, to let him know what's going on.When Sally's messages start sounding very strange indeed, Ben decides to get out of his sick bed and ride to the rescue.An exciting, fast-moving story with a topical plot based on text messaging. At only 99p, this is the perfect introduction to the Demon Headmaster books for a whole new generation of readers.