Books published by publisher gwengrant books

There is something very wrong with Polly’s new friend,Gemma, a look-alike Queen Nefertiti, and Polly, who is crazy about Egyptian history, is soon worried about her.What is it about the Egyptian wall-painting that is so scary? And why does Gemma hate it so much?Why is there a stone Nefertiti in Gemma’s room?Can either girl escape the aliens and the future mapped out for them?

Bonny was suddenly wide awake.With a catch of fear in her throat, she saw the same white shadow that had followed her in the graveyard begin to appear.“Who are you?” she cried. “What do you want?” The dazzling white figure smiled, a narrow brilliant evil smile.“You know what I’ve come for,” he said.“You can’t escape me.”When Bonny inadvertently finds the object which the stranger so desperately wants, she is drawn into a mysterious and terrifying struggle between the Dazzling Clown and the kindly Black Monk. Suddenly, the whole fate of Time and Eternity, good and evil, lies in the hands of Bonny Starr...

'Get that book out, Lily,' Mr Kendal says one morning. 'There's going to be new things happening round here. We're going to have a bit of culture. Well,' he goes, 'a football team is the next best thing. Two o'clock. Girls and all. What! Stick with me and the sky's the limit.'Lily, the high-spirited heroine of The Lily Pickle Band Book, is back. She has lots to tell us about: the new neighbourhood football team, Elvis Harris' hairstyle ('Hair is antique. Mushrooms is outre'), Asquith ('Free the pee-pulF) and his chains, Mad Mave and her boyfriend, Hoggy Morgan, and the rest of the gang. Meanwhile, Lily's dad, Mr Pickle, who disappeared when she was six, has come home and Lily's thinking of divorcing her mother ...A warm, extremely funny book by this popular and highly talented author.' ... Gwen Grant's tough, funny, uproarious northern world, with everything going at such a pace one can barely catch up.'The Times Educational Supplement

To Sam, the fox is the enemy – it steals his hens.To Roberta, it is a beautiful wild creature in need of protection. The mystery of a stole tiara brings the two children and the fox together in a strange sequence of events. With its country setting and fascinating glimpse into the ways of foxes, this is an appealing story by a popular author, with a most unusual theme.WHAT THE REVIEWS SAID:‘Young readers will be thrilled by the surprising twists to the plot.’ JUNIOR BOOKSHELF‘Atmosphere and beauty of the cold winter countryside are sensitively conveyed.’ TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT