Most Popular Books by Alison Prince

When the King came riding in on his big, black horse, a murmer went up, because his tunic was stitched with the words, DECLARE I DARE NOT. All the ladies were giggling behind their hands, and I asked Mama what it meant. Her face had turned quite pink and she said, ..Never mind.., so I asked Rosanna later. She told me the words meant the King has a new love, but he dares not say her name.But everyone knows her name, of course. It is Anne Boleyn.

Tim is terrible at French, so when his football coach Max offers to help with his homework he''s thrilled. He knows it''s wrong, but his marks are so much better he pushes that out of his mind. When Max starts charging for his help, Tim gets entangled in a web of lies and doesn''t know if he will ever escape.

Written with reluctant readers in the 8 to 13 years age group in mind, Second Chance tells the story of a large unconventional family who move into an old beach cafe. They discover that they can''t escape the cafe''s tragic past in this ghost story.

This book is suitable for reluctant readers of 8-13 with a reading age of below eight years. It is printed on cream paper, which is proven to be more restful on the eye. The font is specially designed to encourage a smooth and easy read. There are frequent page breaks, short, headed chapters and illustrations on almost every page. A wide range of specialists, including children themselves, have read and commented on the book prior to publication.

Cal would rather avoid reality. He hates school, his teachers are badgering him to decide on a career and his sister Jess has moved away from the Scottish island where they live. Then he meets Kerry, an Australian girl new to the island, and over the course of a long summer they begin to fall in love.

"Your Robin Hood thing. Let''s do it for the Novel Project," says Angie. "Tell everyone?" I shrieked. "Are you crazy?" Kelly thinks it''s all over—her crazy effort to feed the poor. At first it seemed so right, but it became an obsession. And it made her do something so terrible her parents never spoke about it afterwards. Now her best friend is about to start the nightmare all over again.

Chokker, Abby, Sue and their friends are desperate to know what''s behind the drawn blinds and odd noises coming from the Proschynskis'' summerhouse. And when they finally meet the kind but irritable writer Stan Proschynski, the children discover another world.

Despite the air raid sirens and bombing of London during World War II, two English children venture out at night to discover the truth about the mysterious couple they believe to be German spies.