New Releases by Lesley Howarth

Will Dudgeon is 13 years-old when his body is stolen. Suddenly he's the oldest man he's ever seen, with all the aches and pains that go with that. At least he's in the right job. At Nettlefold and Dad Funeral Directors he can offer full-on, superfine funerals - but for how much longer?

Nick, Alex and Indie are delighted to be chosen to star in a hot new reality TV show, 'Kids Rule UK'. They will be fixed up with cameras to broadcast their lives for 12 hours every day. Viewers will be able to see how other people react to being on television and, in particular, howtelevision empowers the siblings to make things the way they want them to be.But before filming even begins, Mum leaves home. Then the Kids soon realise that being a celebrity isn't all it's cracked up to be. The power they suddenly have sometimes seems overwhelming. Nick in particular finds it hard to handle. He withdraws further and further into himself, dropping outof school, stuffing himself with food and becoming increasingly violent.Things come to a head when he discovers that the TV company has been manipulating the family, making things as stressful for them as they can. This makes 'good' television - but it is the Kids' reactions that will make the most compelling viewing of all . . .

Nathan and his sister Lennie are on holiday in Greece with their parents. Nathan finds a small Colossus figure, which legends tell him is made from the melted-down metal of the great Colossus of Rhodes. He feels it brings him luck. When he subsequently loses it, he is bereft, but a local boyhe meets, Stefan, helps him to find it again. Stefan then encourages him to complete a series of daring feats, including an epic swim across the harbour. Although Nathan doesn't know it, Stefan is putting him through three mythical tests. The blend of mythology and adventure leads to an upliftingending, with the overall message that we can all make our own luck.* Lesley Howarth has won the Smarties Book Prize and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Her first novel was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award.

This book is suitable for reluctant readers of 13-16 with a reading age of 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.

Reissue of the dazzling sequel to the award-winning MapHead. If you could go anywhere do anything - where would you go? What would you do? This is the dilemma facing MapHead on his return to Rubytown from his home in the Subtle World. Materializing in a multi-storey car park, he is drawn to the Stamp family, for whom, he feels, he has a vital task to perform. But what? And how? MapHead quickly makes friends with Jack Stamp, but in doing so crosses a boundary that should not be crossed. Using his powers to flash maps across his head is one thing, but using them to intrude into people's lives is something else. That can only cause problems - big problems. Soon MapHead finds himself up the multi without a ticket - and, this time, without his dad to help him

How was anyone to know that one day the sun would just burn up their lives? Rat runs of tunnels link home compounds to town and no one goes out any more. Why bother when you can live day and night in your own alternative cyberspace reality? But Violet Niles is going outside. She thinks she knows a way. She thinks she'll be safe. She thinks the only danger out there is the sun - but Vi has no idea how dangerous reality can be. Computer games are no preparation for the games real people play.

An intriguing rites-of-passage tale about a space-obsessed boy. Thomas Moon is a space freak, he sends daily e-mails to Junior NASA and hunts the web sites for space news and stories. Imagine his excitement when he recieves a mysterious e-mail, addressed to Mister Spaceman, suggesting he's been selected for astronaut status.

The second in a series of stories set in parallel worlds, over-brimming with fantastic oddities and bizarre happenings.

Fortælling for børn.

Ben and his cousin Robin visit a medieval house. Looking through the squint, the spy hole in the wall of the Great Hall, Ben becomes angry. Who is that sitting in his place at the table? All of a sudden, Ben finds himself back 500 years in the past with his life in danger.

Graphic novel. 89 Basilisk St. is home of Omnivore Enterprise - some visitors never come out again. Reluctant readers. 8 yrs+

In England in 1999, thirteen-year-old Telly organizes her fellow climate observation club members to calm the planet's turbulent weather.

George is a dreamer. He's always drifting off into a world of his own. One moment he's in the kitchen watching grandma make his favourite biscuits, the next moment he's in a desert with the French Foreign Legion

After his daughter discovers the Iceman, an eminent archeologist theorizes about Stone Age culture, greatly irritating someone who was alive in 7650 B.C.

Twelve-year-old MapHead, a boy with strange powers from an alternative world, travels to England in search of his human mother.