New Releases by Anne Fine

Darkly comic novel about an apparently close and happy family. By the author of T̀aking the devil''s advice'' and T̀he killjoy''.

''It was the worst sight that I have ever seen in all my years of babysitting.'' Why does Mrs Mackle think Susan Solly is the worst child ever? Just what did Susan do that was so terrible? And what did it have to do with snails?

Monty finds it difficult to tell his mother, a busy doctor relaxing at home after a long, tiring day, that he does not feel well and needs extra attention.

His new teacher is so much better than the last three, but Lance worries that the principal might get rid of her so he thinks up a way for himself and Flossie the cow to make his class''s Open Day project a success.

Kitty Killin teaches her friend, Helly Johnson, about friendship and stepfathers.

When Bill Simpson wakes up one morning he finds that he is a girl and that having to wear a frilly pink dress is just the beginning of his problems.

Kitty is not pleased with her mother''s boyfriend, especially his views on the anti-nuclear issue, until unexpected events prompt her, after all, to help him find his place in the family.

Further adventures of William and Mustapha, the genie. Sequel to À sudden puff of glittering smoke''. Age 7+.

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.

Every Sunday Ally goes with his parents to visit his Aunt Chloe in a mental hospital although it seems like a waste of time to him until he meets and introduces his aunt to the young woman who has planted her own name in the mysterious tangly land on the other side of the lake.

When a teenager makes a determined effort to raise money for charity, a boring school holiday becomes a time of learning about herself.