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Gillian Cross is the author of A Map of Nowhere (2001), Posh Watson (2001), The Treasure in the Mud (2001), An Interview with Gillian Cross (1999), Een nieuwe wereld (1999).

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A Map of Nowhere

release date: Jan 01, 2001
A Map of Nowhere
Finding a note in Joseph''s lost wallet referring to dungeons and warriors, Nick becomes involved in a fantasy game which takes a dangerous turn when gang members send him on a quest which involves betraying Joseph.

Posh Watson

release date: Jan 01, 2001
Posh Watson
Crumble Lane School is so dull that the spiders on the ceilings yawn. The school uniform is grey, the classrooms cold and bare and the teachers as dull as dust. The only happy person there is Natalie, who spends all her time doing what she loves best: maths. But then, enter Posh Watson, with his purple jacket, giant sunglasses and pink musical trainers, saying things like abso-doodle-utely and hoo-doodle-ray. And, before you can say fan-doodle-tastic, everyone is copying him - except Natalie, who thinks that the whole school has gone mad

The Treasure in the Mud

release date: Jan 01, 2001
The Treasure in the Mud
These are the titles for the OLW fiction strand for upper Key Stage 2, (Y5 and Y6) designed to fit the National Literacy Strategy. Year 5: "The Treasure in the Mud" by Gillian Cross - an historical story set in Victorian Britain "The River Runs to the End of Time" by Frances Usher - a story about friendships during the English civil war "How Did the World Begin?" by Rosalind Kerven - creation myths from around the world "The Legend of King Arthur" by Mick Gowar - a retelling of part of this famous legend "Lennox and the Casa Montego Smugglers" by Errol Lloyd - Lennox and his grandfather discover a smuggling ring while on holiday in Jamaica "Cloud Forest" by Mark Leyland - children in Equador lay a ghost to rest

An Interview with Gillian Cross

release date: Jan 01, 1999

Een nieuwe wereld

release date: Jan 01, 1999

Un mapa de ninguna parte

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Un mapa de ninguna parte
En el fondo, Nick sabia que debia negarse a seguir espiando para La Compania, destruir la carta y olvidarse de ellos, incluso si debia pagar las 10 libras de la apuesta. Tenia que decidir entre perderlo todo (sus amigos, el juego y las 10 libras, su oportunidad de entrar en La Compania) o ayudar a robar la tienda. Mas de una vez todo adolescente siente que se encuentra en ninguna parte. Ojala todos tuvieran una obra como esta para ayudarlos a definir las coordenadas de su vida.

The Crazy Shoe Shuffle

release date: Jan 01, 1995

The Great American Elephant Chase

release date: Jan 01, 1994
The Great American Elephant Chase
In 1881, fifteen-year-old Tad, an orphan, helps a girl attempting to get a mighty Indian elephant to friends in Nebraska, all the while pursued by two unscrupulous villains who claim that the elephant is theirs.

New World

release date: Jan 01, 1994
New World
Fourteen-year-old Miriam agrees to test a new computer game in utmost secrecy but finds that it is more than she bargained for.

Hunky Parker is Watching You

release date: Jan 01, 1994
Hunky Parker is Watching You
The SPLAT gang discover that their former headmaster is behind a campaign to sell pig swill yoghurt and other disgusting merchandise by using hynoptism to turn a revolting television character into an irrestible cult figure.

What Will Emily Do?

release date: Jan 01, 1994
What Will Emily Do?
Matthew couldn''t wait to start school, but he never wondered what his little sister Emily would do while he wasn''t at home. - not until the day he actually started. She might play with his spaceship. She might do anything. And he wouldn''t know.

The Furry Maccaloo

release date: Jan 01, 1993

Huilen tegen de maan

release date: Jan 01, 1992
Huilen tegen de maan
Wanneer de 13-jarige Cassy bij haar moeder moet logeren, wordt ze bedreigd door wolven in diverse gedaanten.

Wolf

release date: Jan 01, 1991
Wolf
Cassy is forced to stay with her mother in a squatter''s settlement of artists, where she joins the group in producing an educational program about wolves and inadvertently learns that her missing father is a notorious terrorist.

Gobbo the Great

release date: Jan 01, 1991
Gobbo the Great
Barny, Spag and Clipper want to do something really special for the competition that celebrates their school''s 100th birthday. Is the futurescope the answer...? Another book in the Barny, Spag and Clipper series. Gillian Cross has been shortlisted for the Whitbread Award.

Twin and Super-twin

release date: Jan 01, 1990

Rescuing Gloria

release date: Jan 01, 1989
Rescuing Gloria
Leo couldn''t let Gloria die, but where do you keep a goat when you live in a first-floor flat? And then there''s the milking. Rachel and Harjinder help, but then ducks, hens and bees land on their doorstep as well, and Leo feels that things are getting out of hand.

Revolt at Ratcliffe's Rags

Revolt at Ratcliffe's Rags
The study of working conditions that Susan, Chris, and Abigail conduct at a small factory in their English town leads to a strike with the three students caught between the workers and the owner.
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