Books in Cascades series

Themes: conflict, images of war, multicultural, racism, children's rights - Realism - Shortlisted for Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and Carnegie Medal

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Louie's dad has been an actor and a song writer but his was always the walk-on part and other people's names are on his songs. He is a drifter, forever leaving Louie and his sister, Jo, to go in search of fame and fortune. This is the story of Louie's quest to bring his father home.

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Who, or what, is Grinny? Wher has she come from? What does she want from the Carpenter family?

Stanley Yelnats is sentenced to dig holes at Camp Green Lake detention centre for stealing a pair of trainers. Stanley's quest to discover what he is digging for leads to danger and adventure and to a confrontation with his family's past.

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When Jeffrey Lionel Magee, a scruffy 12-year-old kid, wanders into Two Mills, Pennsylvania, a legend is in the making.

Four short stories sharing the common theme of World War II and its effect on the lives of ordinary people, especially children. The stories focus on the drama and danger of living in a country at war, as well as capturing the excitement and humour of exceptional circumstances.

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Alec believes his luck has changed when he discovers a beer can inhabited by a mysteriously being. But unfortunatley for Alex, Abu Salem, the genie, is somewhat out of touch with the society in which he finds himself.