Books published by publisher Laverstock Publishing

What can you do when your closest friend lives hundreds of years away?Joe Hopkins is staying in York for October half-term. He hasn't seen Lucy since the beginning of September and he's really missing her. But when at last he slips through time again, he's alarmed to find himself in a different world altogether. This isn't Roman Britain. It's Jorvik, in the age of the Vikings.Joe is relieved to discover that Lucy is here, but dismayed that his former enemy seems to be in this new world too. Can Joe protect Lucy from harm this time, and stop the prophecy of the unicorn's horn from coming true?

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to travel back in time?Joe Hopkins isn't expecting to go anywhere in particular. But while he's visiting the ruins of a Roman palace, he suddenly slips through time and finds himself back in Roman Britain.What starts out as an interesting afternoon becomes an adventure, and then a fascination. In the end, it will change his whole life."The Leopard in the Golden Cage" is the first of seven books for 8 to 12 year olds which will bring Joe face to face with Vikings, smugglers, and the bombers of the Second World War Blitz.

What if freedom wasn't something you could take for granted? What if you had to fight for it?If there's one thing Joe Hopkins knows better than anyone, it's that the past can be very uncomfortable. But life in wealthy Georgian Bristol seems surprisingly civilized. Lucy's house is light and airy, and there are sandwiches and tea with sugar.He soon discovers, however, that this civility is only skin deep: Lucy's family is shockingly involved in slavery. When he meets the African slaves her father has brought back from Jamaica, Joe swiftly finds there are other people in the house who are determined to see them gone, and to profit from their disappearance.Can Joe and Lucy save the slaves from the horrifying fate that threatens them? And can Joe make Lucy see that freedom is what matters most?"Slaves for the Isabella" is the fifth book in The Scar Gatherer Series, seven adventures for 8 to 12 year olds which span British history from Roman times to the Second World War.

What can you do when your closest friend lives hundreds of years away?Joe Hopkins is staying in York for October half-term. He hasn’t seen Lucy since the beginning of September and he’s really missing her. But when at last he slips through time again, he’s alarmed to find himself in a different world altogether. This isn’t Roman Britain. It’s Jorvik, in the age of the Vikings.“Saving the Unicorn’s Horn” is the second book in The Scar Gatherer Series, seven time-travel adventures for 8 to 12 year olds. The first book is “The Leopard in the Golden Cage”.For more information about the series, or to sign up for updates, please go to www.scargatherer.co.uk.

Can the latest Victorian invention give Joe what he really wants?When Joe Hopkins boards a ferry to go on holiday, he doesn't expect to find himself shipwrecked. But by the time he washes up on a Cornish beach, he knows he has slipped into the past again.Victorian England is quite different to how he imagined: few of the great inventions of the age have reached the fishing village where Lucy lives. But when Joe has the chance to try out the latest technology – photography – he jumps at it. Can it give him the thing he has desired for so long, a picture of his dearest friend that he can keep? And will the camera prove once and for all that he was there beside her?"The Shimmer on the Glass" is the sixth book in The Scar Gatherer Series, seven adventures for 8 to 12 year olds which have seen Joe riding with Vikings, trying to save London from the Great Fire, and facing one of the great evils of British history. Now, he finally has the chance to prove that he has been to the past. But will it work?

The key that unlocks Lucy's world has a dangerous power.It's Easter Saturday, and Joe Hopkins is out riding with his brother. When his horse throws him off, he lands, quite literally, in Tudor England.Joe has learned about the Tudors at school. But if he thinks that will help him, he soon discovers that he knows both too little and too much.He doesn't realise that by giving Lucy his St. Christopher, he is putting her in danger. And when it is taken from her, he faces even greater peril to get it back."The Falconer's Quarry" is the third book in The Scar Gatherer series. For more information or to sign up for updates, please go to www.scargatherer.co.uk.

If you know how the Great Fire of London starts, you can stop it from happening . . . can't you?Joe Hopkins has been visiting the Tower of London when he slips through time. He finds himself in a city which is dirty, dark and chaotic. Relieved to be welcomed once more into Lucy's home, he is horrified to find the Great Plague has killed half her family. Worse still, another great danger looms, a danger only Joe can see.With his knowledge of the Great Fire of London, he knows he must try and stop it from happening. But before he can, he stumbles across another plot more deadly to England than the fire itself.

November 1940: could German bombers put a stop to Joe's time travelling for good?Bombs have been raining down on Liverpool when Joe Hopkins falls out of the football match he's watching. He finds himself in World War Two, in a city under siege from the skies: the planes of the Luftwaffe are on a mission to bring terror and destruction to one of England's most strategically significant ports.Lucy and her family are bearing up through the air raids, but it's not long before she and Joe discover that not everyone around them is on the same side of this war.As one familiar face after another reappears from Lucy's many pasts, Joe begins to fear, too, that this is the curtain call. Will an air raid put a stop to his time travels? Worse still, will the lethal force of the Luftwaffe be the end of Lucy herself?

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to travel back in time?Joe Hopkins isn't expecting to go anywhere. It's the first day of the summer holidays and he's fed up. His dad has moved out, and he doesn't know what he's going to do with himself for the next six weeks.But while visiting Fishbourne Roman Palace, he slips through time by mistake and finds himself in a world where nothing is quite as he expects. He meets Lucy, the duaghter of the most important man in Britannia, who soon becomes his friend and protector. But as he quickly discovers, there is someone else who wants to get rid of him at any cost. Can Joe survive in Lucy's world for long enough to outwit his enemy and save his new friend from a terrible fate?"The Leopard in the Golden Cage" is the first book in The Scar Gatherer Series, seven adventures for 8 to 12 year olds which will bring Joe face to face with Vikings, smugglers, and the bombers of the Second World War Blitz.

The Sketched School Boy is Adam Hartland’s first novel and accurately depicts the fears, loneliness and trauma a young boy endures at the hands of a bully. To escape from reality, victims immerse themselves in various hobbies or tasks in the hope that the problem would disappear – but it never does.Yet despite the mental and physical abuse, victims are afraid or feel too ashamed to tell anyone of the torment they are going through.The Sketched School Boy is the tale of tiny Ned Oakes, an eleven year old boy, whose days are spent pre-occupied with fantasies of being a superhero, fighting Knights, discovering Dragons and other creatures who lurk in the darkness.But like most boys his age, Ned has just begun the daunting procedure of beginning Comprehensive School in a new area, with new people.Yet Ned has a dark and disturbing secret that is plaguing both his dreams as well as his first term in secondary school…he’s being bullied and he’s too afraid to reveal it to anybody.Gifted with an incredible thirst for drawing as well as a vivid imagination, this is the heart-warming tale of how one eleven year old boy conquers his biggest fears, discovers a magical land and learns a valuable lesson with nothing more than a sketch pad and a few pencils.

November 1940: could German bombers put a stop to Joe's time travelling for good? Bombs have been raining down on Liverpool when Joe Hopkins falls out of the football match he's watching. He finds himself in World War Two, in a city under siege from the skies: the planes of the Luftwaffe are on a mission to bring terror and destruction to one of England's most strategically significant ports. Lucy and her family are bearing up through the air raids, but it's not long before she and Joe discover that not everyone around them is on the same side of this war.As one familiar face after another reappears from Lucy's many pasts, Joe begins to fear, too, that this is the curtain call. Will an air raid put a stop to his time travels? Worse still, will the lethal force of the Luftwaffe be the end of Lucy herself?

OliverÕs Amazing Travels, Long Night Moon Picture & Rhyming Riddles to Solve - Enjoyed by parents and children throughout the world, OliverÕs Amazing Travels is the exiting poetry book series to have in your childÕs library! Dream, run and slide through different worlds with Oliver Cow and Franky Opossum as they venture to North Pole City on a quest to see if Santa exists. What they find is that the best gift of Christmas is wrapped in a smile. See how they receive theirs in this warm-hearted story poem. Learn fun facts and must doÕs in daily life with Oliver Cow. Read to your child a story poem and riddles as they gaze and ponder through fantastic images solving the riddles. Long Night Moon, subtitle. Book 3 of Series. FULLY ILLUSTRATED ISBN-13: 978-0-9824600-3-0 Hard Cover. ENTER the OliverCow.Com site to read the book. Play a riddle game to download learn-O cards.