Books in New Windmills series

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is Solzhenitsyn's picture of human life in inhuman conditions. Written from personal experience, it describes in detail the day of a prisoner in a Soviet labour camp.

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Winner of a Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award.

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. Orphaned by a car crash, Neil finds himself facing an even greater crisis as a deadly virus sweeps the country, eventually leaving only him and two girls alive in London.

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One of a series offering classic and contemporary writing for schools to suit a range of ages and tastes. This novel about American teenagers from the wrong side of the tracks is a story of loyalty and affection among friends, and of their search for personal dignity and a place in the world.

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Gracie and Daniel have been warned to keep away from the Birdman, but they discover that he isn't mad. He does warn them to stay away from Samson Island! When the children land on the island in fog, they return to hear of a tragic death. Can they find out what the Birdman knows before it's too late.

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One of a series of fiction for schools. The moral of this story, set in the 21st century, is that freedom has to be won and kept by the young. It won the "Guardian" Prize for Children's Literature.

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is the classic story of a lonely orphan who comes to live in a large house on the Yorkshire Moors, of how she finds there another child as self-centred and spoilt as herself, and of their secret meetings in the walled garden.