DIANA HENDRY

Since the arrival of Harvey Angell at 131 Ballantyre Road, life is a little bit brighter for orphan Henry - even mean old Aunt Agatha isnt quite so miserable these days. Still, when she agrees to take everyone on holiday, Henry cant believe his luck. For the first time ever, hes about to see the sea.Sibbald House isnt quite what hed pictured - a dusty, tumbledown, creaking old cottage in a freezing, windswept Scottish fishing village. On the first night, Henry cant sleep a wink for the spooky moaning noises coming from somewhere within the house - and on discovering a hidden room with a ghostly secret, he knows he has to solve the mystery that the house - and the village - has been hiding for years.Its time to enlist the help of the extraordinary Harvey Angell . . .

A little girl takes an imaginative romp through the animal kingdom in this delightful tale from award-winning author Diana Hendry!Everyone knows that little sisters can be a handful. But this little sister is more - shes a zoo-ful! Shes a monkey, a bear, a camel, a penguin, a crocodile... If only shed be a little girl now and again. After all, you cant cuddle a crocodile...A fresh and funny picture book from much-loved author Diana Hendry.Read more about Diana Hendry at dianahendry.co.uk

From the Costa award-winning author of Harvey Angell, comes the sequel to Out of the Clouds.Pa is off again to work on his world-changing scientific discovery, leaving the rest of the Coggins family behind at their hidden clifftop home, Dizzy Perch. Oliver is in charge, with strict instructions about no visitors, in order to protect Pas top-secret location. But Ma doesnt listen, and invites her favourite author to say.When a woman arrives at Dizzy Perch claiming to be the author, the whole family are enchanted by their guest. All apart from Oliver, that is. A good job too, because the woman is really the sister of Pas Sworn Enemy Mac, whose mission it is to bring Pa down and steal his research. How is Oliver going to be able to keep his promise to Pa and protect his family, when they simply refuse to listen to him...?A classic mystery adventure perfect for fans of Enid Blyton.

From the Costa award-winning author of Harvey Angell comes the perfect book for fathers and sons to share - and for anyone who has ever been part of a crazy but loveable family.Oliver Coggin lives with his chaotic family in Dizzy Perch, a crazy house on top of a mountain somewhere remote in Scotland. With Pa away - on mysterious but exciting scientific research - Oliver keeps the household going. Not that everyone always listens to what he has to say. Or appreciates him. But what does Oliver want himself? Hed like to escape the house sometimes. Hed like a friend, like the new boy he sees in the village. Most of all, hed like to understand why his father went away. And wheres hes gone. So Oliver sets out on a long journey to get Pa back.

Theres a mysterious, magical new lodger at gloomy 131 Ballantyre Road: Harvey Angell, whose bright beaming, thousand-watt smile can somehow cheer the most miserable people - even cross, penny-pinching Aunt Agatha! From the moment Harvey walks through the front door, Henry knows theres something very strange and special about his new friend. But where does he disappear to late at night? And why does he have an unusual clock, that tells the time in centuries and years, rather than hours and minutes? Henrys determined to find out Harvey Angells marvellous secret . . .

Después de la visita de Harvey Ángel la vida empezó a ser mucho más alegre. La señorita Skivy aprendió a andar en patinete, el señor Perkins decidió usar el pijama todo el día. Pero en las vacaciones, se escuchan ruidos extraños en la casa y la gente del pueblo no quiere revelarles la historia de la misteriosa casa Sibbald. Henry decide que es hora de llamar a Harvey Ángel.

The second world war is over in the quiet town of Norton. When wild, dangerous, break-all-the-rules Natalie arrives, thirteen-year-old Lizzie is drawn irresistibly to the new girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Desperate for Natalies friendship and respect, Lizzie soon discovers a side of the town and of herself that she had never imagined.As the girls grow closer, Natalie and her strange, eerie brother, Philip, reveal a shocking secret. For Philip has a second sight, and all around them he sees evil - left-over Nazis lying in wait until the time is right for revenge. Natalie and Philip believe its up to them to root these people out of Norton. Lizzie is swept up in what starts as a thrilling game - but the consequences of Philips gift quickly spiral into disaster.A chilling, powerful tale from Whitbread Award-winner Diana Hendry.

When the story opens, Megan who is a foster mother, has two children in her charge: Anna a 12 year old who is, rather given to magical thinking and Raymond who is 10 and never speaks to anyone. Both children have sad broken backgrounds; Anna (in her fourth foster home) fantasises that her debt-ridden, alcoholic mother is a famous actress and Raymonds totally unreliable mother rarely comes to see him. Sam, a frightened rabbit of a child, rejected by his family because of lameness and pebble specs is the next to join the foster family and then Brent arrives dramatically in the middle of the night - a tearaway teenager totally beyond the control of his unimaginative, intellectual father. All four of Megans foster children have difficulties to overcome in the house high above the river, where each one of them becomes involved in some way with the mysterious river woman. It is impossible not to be totally drawn into the pattern of Brent, Anna, Raymond and Sams lives in this imaginative and compassionate novel.