Books published by publisher Piccadilly Press Ltd (1 July 1993)

Skye, a fourteen-year-old who can see ghosts, is feeling very stressed. Not only is the ghost of a sixteenth-century witch giving her fashion tips, but she?s struggling to settle into life with her aunt, and is developing a crush on the most unattainable boy in the school, Nico. When her aunt asks for help with a troubled teen ghost called Dontay, she?s glad of the distraction, and she?s soon facing a battle to keep her love life and her psychic life separate. As things get ever more complicated, it looks as though Dontay?s past might cost Skye her future.

'Makeeda' I looked up from my phone. 'Hold this for me,' Aunt Grace said, shoving her bag into my lap as she disappeared into a cubicle. 'Great, no signal!' I mumbled, shoving my phone back into my bag. As I stared into the mirror, I began to wonder why I was dressed head to toe in a black and white ntoma, at a memorial service for someone I didn't even know As usual, with family functions, 'no' wasn't in my parents' vocabulary. Makeeda is a fourteen-year-old Ghanian whose love of all things western causes her family to despair. She is always being compared to the dutiful and obedient Afua, her Aunt Grace's daughter. But it seems that whatever Makeeda does, it ends up in trouble. She just wants to hang out with the fit Nelson and her mates, and forget about the Ghanaian stuff. But when she has to do a school project, she begins to understand the depth of her cultural heritage and wonders if she can honour her culture and enjoy life as a London teenager.

"My name is Saxby Smart and I'm a private detective. I go to St.Egbert's School, my office is in the garden shed, and these are my casefiles. Unlike most detectives, I don't have a sidekick - so that part I'm leaving up to YOU." In this series of stories, YOU can be the detective - Saxby presents you with the evidence, and poses some tricky questions...! The titles in this series are:The Curse Of The Ancient Mask The Fangs Of The DragonThe Pirate's Blood The Hangman's LairThe Eye Of The SerpentFive Seconds To DoomsdayThe Poisoned ArrowSecret Of The SkullThey can be read in any order - you don't need to start at book 1!

Alfie has decided to learn to read at St Giles Ragged School. But the school is set on fire and idealistic teacher Mr Elmore perishes in the flames. Alfie and his gang are certain that this was no accident and are determined to find the murderer. Together, they must sift clues and shadow suspects through the mean streets of Victorian London which they know so well – until the shocking truth is revealed.