Books published by publisher SquinX InK

On his way home from school, Danny meets a weird old woman who borrows his skateboard and performs some amazing feats. But that's just the start of the fun... Now Danny's skateboard is magic, and, for a short time, he can go wherever he wishes - from Australia to Buckingham Palace."A sparkling story...a sizzling, pacy adventure with lots of short episodes."Books for Keeps.

"His cheek was smooth against mine, his satin-sleek hair slicked against my skin... I put out my fingers and traced the curve of his lips below the unexpected roughness of the moustache. He must have kissed me. I know he kissed me..." The photograph that hangs above Ellie's bed in the old Brittany mansion is of a handsome young man from a former age. The sort of guy any teenage girl might fantasize about.But when Ellie feels him beside her, his breath on her face and his hands on her body, is she fantasizing?And what of the wolf calling in the darkness outside her window? Another fantasy or something more shockingly sinister?

JESSICA JENKINS FEELS STRANGELY TROUBLED. Memories flit through her head like moths, but which of them are real? Sick with glandular fever, she remembers moving house, the arguments between Mum and Dad, the woods where she found refuge and the girl from the past who called her a 'spirit'. But did the girl summon Jess or did Jess summon her?Sliding between the present day and Victorian times, Jess finds a new friend but also makes some shocking discoveries in this intriguing time-slip story.

SOMETHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING TO THE VILLAGE OF TREMARIONLocal mystic Cassandra Pugh claims supernatural powers are at work, but no one takes her seriously. Then the fairground people arrive. Bearing the names of ancient gods and goddesses and dressed spectacularly to match, they take the village by storm. Piers is their particular favourite and is rewarded with the gift of a golden apple. Or is it a gift?As events take a more sinister turn, Piers begins to fear that the gift might actually be a curse...

Lulu, the cat that lives in a small Chinese supermarket, has just had five kittens. Wing-Yu would like to keep them all - especially the dud one with odd flaps of skin. Pa, however, has other ideas. That dud kitten would look bad in his food store, and what's more, everything has to be perfect for Grandpa's visit from Hong Kong to celebrate Wing-Yu's baby sister's One Month Feast. Pa would secretly like to have the kitten put down, but finally he lets Wing-Yu keep it outside in the shed.On the day the kitten escapes into the shop and appears to fly, Pa's really had enough. "Bad for business," he says. "We'll have the health inspectors around". But when racist yobs target the shop, Pa changes his mind, and even Grandpa seems to approve. "He's like a little dragon," says Grandpa, "and dragons bring good luck."DRAGONCAT is set in London's Chinese community, and is based on a real shop in Stroud Green.

What happens when one of the three Furies takes over the world for a bet? A deadly mind Game played out with the subtlety and gentleness that only Maegaera can offer, using the song of the Furies, binding brain and blighting blood.Living in the Imperial's Female House, Lucy Four keeps having problems. When she should be thinking about the Queen, her mind keeps wandering back to the past - to Mum, her two dads, and little Amy, to a strange mute girl with red hair and another with pale brown skin. But, as the Queen's Mantra says, The Past is Dead. Paying attention to it is called Breakthrough Memory, and that's a disease. Lucy's already been treated for it once - next time it could mean Disposal.So Lucy tries to cure herself by writing down the thoughts that invade her head, seeing them for the decadent nonsense they really are, and destroying them for ever... but private writing is forbidden, and so, too, is talking to Males, particularly Incurable Males like Mick. In the Queen's world, Lucy Four is playing a dangerous game.

More than anything else in the world, Adam wants a friend. One day, walking home from school, Adam picks up a conker and - almost as a joke - he makes a wish. He wishes for a friend. But the conker leads him to something quite different: a glittering glass bird hidden in the ferns. It's the most beautiful thing Adam's ever seen, and the most extraordinary - for the bird appears to live and breathe. Could it be that this wonderful creature has the power to make Adam's wish come true?

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GIRL?MISSING FROM HOME.DAISIE TREVELYAN. AGED ELEVEN. Becca and Daisie have been best friends for two years but their friendship has grown increasingly strained during the summer holidays before starting at different schools. Then Perdita turns up. Posh, bossy, rich Perdita, not Cornish like the others but a summer visitor, an emmet, and so identical to Daisie they could be twins, doubles - even Daisie's dog Dracula has trouble telling them apart. And from the moment the two girls meet, Becca is an outsider, a stooge in their games of swapping identities. But what begins as a joke to fool Dita's au pair, becomes deadly serious when Daisie goes missing.Becca must solve this sinister mystery to prevent twice times danger turning into double death.

Cealie is sick of being nothing more than her mother's daughter.She dresses the way her mother wants, wears her hair the way her mother likes... and is the laughing stock of school as a result.Then, on an impulse, Cealie cuts off her offending hair (it was only a haircut. Cealie had hardly expected to start World War Three). After a blazing row with her mother, she walks out, ending up squatting with Great Auntie Gwennie who lives in a remote village in mid-Wales.There, posing as a boy, Cealie not only makes some discoveries about her own identity, but also about her mother's past - and its haunting links with the present.Set partly in London but mostly in rural mid-Wales,this powerful novel explores an extraordinary relationship between a rebellious girl, an idealistic boy, and a senile old woman with her very own angel.A Young Adult novel about rebellion and the search for identity. It has mild language and mild sexual situations, and it's suitable for ages thirteen and up.Junior Bookshelf review.'A discerning account of a girl trying to find her own way to maturity.'

It may look like a beetle to everyone else, but Gemma knows that the tiny thing with gold spots that has landed on her hand is a spaceship. She can hear little alien voices in her head, saying that they are here to have fun. It is funny, too, when they make hair stand on end, hoops fly, food dance... But then the aliens' unearthly exploits start to go too far...