Books published by publisher Hawkwood Books

Peaceborough has a unique treasure, the wonderful garden of St. Mungo’s School. Started over forty years before by teacher Percival Sweet, the garden has been tended ever since by generations of loyal pupils. Now, though, it is threatened with destruction, destined to become a car park for the local shopping mall. If it belonged to the school all would be well, but it doesn’t, it belongs instead to Horace Blackwell, owner of the neighbouring Shoe Polish Factory who intends to sell the land for a deliciously huge pile of cash. And no one seems to care, except the Garden Prefects. Led by tenacious Magnolia Roundtree they uncover a sinister plot and must fight for what is right, never giving up, not even when threatened by their fearsome head teacher Prissy Skillet. Can Magnolia and her friends do something extraordinary that will capture the attention of an indifferent world and save the day? The Last Garden is a funny, exciting and topical story pitting greed against green and men against mungos. For ages 9 and over

Arriving mysteriously on the computer screens of every headteacher in the country is an invitation to select one pupil to compete in the 5000th Junior Galactic Games. A grand lottery is arranged on national, international and interstellar television where, inexplicably, the winner is Oliver Togg, a quiet and lonely boy living with his grandfather in Lincoln City, England. Is he the right one to take on the best of the Milky Way's young athletes and, more importantly, to convince the Galaxy that Earth is fit to join their peaceful community? Earth waits with bated breath for the appearance and performance of their reluctant hero. Suitable for ages 9 and above. Find out more at www.hawkwoodbooks.co.uk

“That first night wasn’t easy. I thought we’d all be relieved to have mum back, and we were, but it wasn’t the mum we remembered. She’d changed so much, not just to look at, but in the way she spoke, the way she moved, and inside her, what made her our mum.” Rachel’s cancer-stricken mother calls her Miracle Girl because so much rests on her young shoulders. But how do you keep calm at the centre of an emotional storm or in control of a world that’s fast falling apart? This is Rachel’s answer, with strength, compassion, humour and love. Suitable for ages 12 and over.

“Beauty has nothing to do with it,” said Brigitta. “Men carry on the family name and manage the family business. Personally, I think I could do it better than most boys I know. In fact, I think girls are better than boys in lots of ways. They’re cleverer, wiser and they don’t fight so much. If it wasn’t for men, Germany wouldn’t have had this stupid war and millions of people would still be alive. I think girls should run the world.” These are the words of a forgotten figure in a forgotten family, but Brigitta’s voice echoes down the years as five children fight to right a distant wrong and bring to light a long hidden secret.

After enjoying a picnic with his long-suffering class mates, Bunter, the outrageous Fat Owl of the Remove, insists they take a short cut back to Greyfriars School through an estate, which is strictly out of bounds. Bunter gets split up from the rest of the boys and fails to appear for 'call-over' that evening. The scene is set for a sparkling series of twists and turns involving land-owner Sir Hilton Popper, a pimple faced thief Slim Judson and Bunter's irascible form master Mr Quelch. They, plus the local police and the entire school, become involved in the hilarious mystery of Sir Hilton's missing postage stamp, the precious Blue Mauritius. There is even a rare but welcome appearance of Bunter's sister, Bessie.

'Yarooh!', 'You beast!', 'I say, you fellows', 'Oh scissors', 'Oh Crikey', are some of the utterances you can hear from fiction's most famous school boy, William George Bunter or Billy Bunter. In the 1930s the Bunter stories in the Magnet became so popular that parcels of 'tuck' would arrive at the magazine's offices for the ever hungry 'fat owl of the Remove'. In the 1950s, a very successful TV series with Gerald Campion revived Bunter's popularity again.