Most Popular Books by Jean Ure

I never wanted food to turn into my enemy, but when Dad started calling me ''Plumpkin'' i didn''t feel I had any choice ...

Jean Ure returns with more warmth and wit in a brilliant book about what happens when two girls decide to run away from home.

Tracey and Paul are in love and, they believe, together for ever. But they are very young and no one else takes their relationship seriously. So when Paul gets into trouble with the police, Tracey is given the chance to prove her love - but will she still feel the same way about him...?

More comedy, calamity and cool characters from Jean Ure, the queen of tween.

The Gang of Four are growing up. It seems to Polly that they spend most of their spare time with their boyfriends, and even when they are together, all they do is talk about boys. Polly''s not sure whether boys really are her. Wasn''t it better when it was just the four girls and they could shop gossip and not have to worry about boys being around? Polly wonders whether she''ll ever really understand what it''s all about...

Even though stepsisters Tash and Emily go to a nunnery (well, an all-girls'' school, which amounts to the same thing), they are into boys in a big way. When their Mum and Dad have to go to Peru to work for a couple of months, the girls are seriously excited when they go to live in their own flat in Aunty Jay''s house.

A humorous, poignant and heartwarming story of four girls and their exasperating parents, from the Queen of Tween, Jean Ure.

A fun and feisty comedy drama from master storyteller Jean Ure – with a gorgeous cover look to appeal to all girls who love real-life stories.

15 year old Sam is alway being teased for not having gone all the way with a girl. When he meets Priya they form a strong emotional bond, and after a time their relationship becomes physical. Then Priya becomes pregnant.

A coming of age story about self-discovery and independence from the Queen of Tween, Jean Ure.

They''re the GIRLFRIENDS - Polly, Keri, Frizz and Lily. They''re totally INSEPARABLE, but totally INDIVIDUAL too! A brand-new story in this brilliant series: unmissable books for girls! Polly''s getting tired of doing the same things with her boyfriend, Rees, especially when his idea of fun is training their dogs together! Her friends'' lives seem much more exciting. So when another boy shows an interest, Polly decides she needs a change. But it''s not just boys who can behave badly...

When Billy the Skid and his nasty gang of mountain bikers ride into Bodley Street and ride menacingly up and down, Danny and friends are determined to fight back. They know bullies must be stopped - the question is how? After a little thought, Danny comes up with an ingenious plan and enlists the help of the twins, Daisy and Donna. All will be well providing Danny can lure Billy into the spooky graveyard and sprint through like dynamite! A cheering story for new readers, with a cosy setting, a clear triumph for Danny against the bully and told with lots of humour.

One of the brilliant titles in Jean Ure’s acclaimed series of humorous, delightful and poignant stories written in the form of diaries and letters which make them immediately accessible to children.

A woolly dog and a fluffy cat live together in perfect harmony – until the arrival of a tiny kitten. Heartwarming story from a renowned author.

Come Lucky April is set a hundred years on from Plague 99. Harry''s great-granddaughter is a girl called April, who lives in an all-female run vegan society, which is carefully governed to eliminate risk of plague-like situations. Men have shamed themselves and are no longer in power. There''s a primitive aspect to life as though the 21st century as we know it never happened. At 12, boys are exiled for 5 years ...''they went away as barbarians and came back civilised'', which means castrated. ''Homecoming'' is when they are welcomed back - but how welcome are they? We meet Daniel, a survivor of a patrician clan, whose quest it is to find unclaimed parts of the ''outside world''. His great grandmother was Fran and his great grand-father was Shahid from the first part of the trilogy. He wants to find the diary that Fran left behind in her family home in Croydon. In the abandoned house, girls and boy meet ... Daniel and April don''t, at first, realise they are connected by their distant ancestors'' friendship. A potential romantic attachment forms between them. His presence creates conflict, but they take him into their community, where the conflicts worsen. Daniel questions everything April has been brought up to believe. He challenges the women''s views and their rejection of the orthodoxy he knows. He makes David, a long-term friend of April, question what he has lost as a man. An exciting novel, rich in texture and passionate in its ideas.

50 years on from Come Lucky April... April and David have confronted the orthodoxy - they believe girls and boys should be able to grow up together. They determine to send their son away, to spare him the humilation of castration. '' Hal spends several years there, waiting for the ban to be lifted. He befriends the daughters of the family he lives with - but when he challenges his ''father'' he is sent from the house, and discovers a new life in the lawless part of the settlement. He realises he needs to help the girls he can to escape and return to Croydon. How can he save them? Life back in Croydon things are changing, too. People are dying. Beliefs are being challenged. Are things any better than they were 150 years ago? Is there hope for the future?

Rumour says Mr Snitcher is an alien from outer space. Just a joke - or could it be true?

Meet Polly, Keri, Frizz and Lily - they''re the Gang of Four, and they''re determined to be best friends for ever! Inevitably things have changed now the girls are all at different schools, and Polly has to take some hard decisions about remaining loyal to Frizz, or teaming up with her new friend, Chloe. Will she decide that friends have to stick together? The second story in this lively and humorous series perfect for junior girls facing the momentous change to secondary school.

They''re the GIRLFRIENDS - Polly, Keri, Frizz and Lily. They''re totally INSEPARABLE, but totally INDIVIDUAL too! A brand-new story in this brilliant series: unmissable books for girls! Polly and Rees have split up, but Polly''s not sure she wants to be like Keri - who never seems to stick with the same boy. Perhaps it is time to do new things...and meet new people. But will Polly be brave - and does she really want to leave Rees behind?

Another title in Jean Ure’s acclaimed series of humorous and poignant stories. There’s trouble ahead when Steph and Sam’s father embarks on a spot of kidnapping.