New Releases by Anne Fine

Clarrie y su hermano Will se quedan bajo el cuidado de su tío Len, ventrílocuo experto y aficionado a la bebida. Su número favorito lo realiza con una inquietante marioneta, Billy Eltieso, que de repente parece haber cobrado vida. ¿Puede el ingenio de una niña salvar a una familia del desastre? Una estupenda novela que muestra la fuerza de la imaginación para superar las dificultades.

As Lois takes her second - and redeeming - chance at love, she finds herself on a collision course with a society that claims to support and protect. She lays her plans, and suddenly it seems that all those years of nurturing her own deep-frozen heart may not have been so wasted after all.

When Ivan, Sophie, Tanya and Nicholas learn that their parents are planning to put their grandmother into a home, they decide to take action and begin "The Granny Project."

Left in the care of an n''er-do-well uncle, siblings Clarrie and Will devise an elaborate plan involving ventriloquist''s dolls, costumes, and forged boarding passes to reunite their separated family.

When Mum leaves a note on top of the cassette player, Nicky, Tasha and Little Joe follow the instructions with hilarious results.

Funny story for young readers about a boy''s attempts to choose with whom he should stay with while his mum is having a baby. Read aloud or 6 yrs+

Ralph''s relatives come to his house for Christmas and chaos soon follows.

Andrew og Gemma får en lille bog, som en kylling har skrevet! Faktisk er det er vigtigt værk med et stort budskab til menneskeheden

Presents a collection of stories about a boy named Jamie, and his stuffed animal named Angus.

It''s not easy for Minna being the only sensible one in her family, even though she is used to her mum''s weird clothes and behavior, but her whole, unusual family does come through for her when she needs them most.

The Palmer Sisters Are Close. They See Each Other Often, For Shopping Trips And Casual Suppers. They Care For One Another S Children And Houses And Pets Through Holidays And Emergencies. They Lend Each Other Books And Spare Heaters And Clothes For Special Occasions. Their Phones Ring In A Ceaseless Round Of Chat About In-Laws And Job Plans And Anxieties And Triumphs. They All Agree That Loyalty To One Another Always Outweighs Loyalty To Boyfriends And Lovers And Husbands. And There Are Never Any Secrets. Not Until Now.Stella Tells Bridie A Rumour She S Heard About Liddy S New Boyfriend And, In No Time At All, The Sisters Relationships Begin To Unravel. Should Liddy Be Told? Bridie Is Certain And Persuades Her Sisters To Join Her In This Decision. But When Liddy Reacts Badly, The Other Two Backslide And Bridie Becomes The Outcast, Bereft Of The Support System Upon Which She Has Based Her Whole Life And All Her Values. With Surgical Precision And A Wry Intelligence Anne Fine Exposes The Claustrophobic And Potentially Duplicitous Nature Of Close Family Relationships. Secrets Beget Secrets, After All, And The Final Revelations Are More Than Anyone Has Bargained For.

Anne Fine''s extraordinary talent as a storyteller is wonderfully displayed in this new collection of nine short stories. The stories cover everything from romance to philosophy, with ghostly apparitions and crocheting footballers.

Colin is in many ways an ideal citizen. A responsible job for the council, visits to his aged mother Norah, and cooking and shopping for her. But no-one knows about his other - much more secret - life that involves a garden shed, a circus acrobat, and a much-adored three-year-old charmer.

Ione Muffet has spent every summer alone in the garden summer house. But the arrival of Ned Hump changes all that. Ione''s father, Professor Muffet, his beautiful secretary, Caroline, and Ned give Ione a riotous introduction fo adult life - how not to cope with love, money and careers.

Bonny has no choice. If her mother is to keep her new job, Bonny must take a one-day course at Charm School. One day at Charm School turns out to be every bit as bad as Bonny had feared. The other girls are scratchy and self-obsessed, and will do anything to win the glistering tiara.

Joe er forvirret. De har hatt besøk av en politimann på skolen og han har lært dem noen regler: "Aldri ta i mot godteri fra en fremmed" og "Aldri bli med noen du ikke kjenner". Men det er ikke så lett. For eksempel er damen som vil ta han med for å sjekke øynene totalt fremmed for ham. Joe finner snart ut at noen ganger kommer man langt med litt sunt bondevett! Illustrert i farger av Strawberrie Donnelly. Fra ca. 7 år. 19,9 x 12,9 cm.

Maya longs to be in the Nativity Play but when she''s given the part of Mary she''s shocked to see the pink baby Jesus doll. She offers not to be Mary as she knows she''s too brown to have a pink baby. The children bring in their dolls hoping one will suit Maya but the teacher solves the problem by knitting a brilliant, multi-coloured blanket for the baby. Maya is a great success.

Miranda''s three children thoroughly enjoy their huge, overdressed baby sitter/cleaning woman who is actually their father in disguise, and they dread the day when their mother discovers Madame Doubtfire is really her ex-husband.

On a wild and stormy night, five students are sent ahead on a school trip. Gathered together in a spooky mansion, they find a secret room and a mysterious old diary. Little do they know that they share a common bond: They are all members of stepfamilies. And each person reveals his story...step by step.

When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own "babies" in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.

Tom and Cass, twins, have always been inseparable, but Tom now realizes that Cass is changing, becoming more distant, growing up. He is disturbed and dismayed to find himself excluded from her increasingly private life. Anne Fine has also written Madame Doubtfire.

The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. Anne Fine has dramatized her own humorous novel, Goggle Eyes, for the series.