New Releases by Michelle Magorian

Michelle Magorian is the author of In at the Deep End (2016), Goodnight Mister Tom (2014), Suba rātriyak tāttē (2012), Just Henry. Michelle Magorian (2011), Godnatt Mister Tom (2005).

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In at the Deep End

release date: Jan 01, 2016
In at the Deep End
Super sporty tale with a strong message of self-belief and a lovely inter-generational friendship at its heart, from the award-winning author of Goodnight Mister Tom. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+ Ben knows he's taking on a lot, offering to do the first hundred lengths of the swimathon himself, but he's desperate to impress Jack and Harry. But as he swims - and swims - Jack realises that his 'friends' aren't going to show. Now he either has to forfeit or swim another hundred lengths! But support and encouragement come from an unlikely quarter and Ben pushes his way to victory. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+

Goodnight Mister Tom

release date: Apr 30, 2014
Goodnight Mister Tom
Set during the dark and dangerous build-up to the Second World War, Goodnight Mister Tom follows sad young William Beech, who is evacuated to the idyllic English countryside and builds a remarkable and moving friendship with the elderly recluse Tom Oakley. All seems perfect until William is devastatingly summoned by his mother back to London.-6 women, 7 men

Just Henry. Michelle Magorian

release date: Nov 01, 2011
Just Henry. Michelle Magorian
The Second World War has ended, but Henry is fighting his own battles. He misses his father, who died a war hero, and his only distraction is the cinema. But everything is about to change. When Henry develops an old camera film he uncovers a mystery and events spiral until his life resembles the drama of the big screen. Like a bomb waiting to explode, Henry's discovery will shatter his world

Godnatt Mister Tom

release date: Jan 01, 2005

تصبح على خير يا سيد توم

release date: Jan 01, 1999

تصبح عاى خير يا سيد توم

release date: Jan 01, 1999
تصبح عاى خير يا سيد توم
A battered child learns to embrace life when he is adopted by an elderly man in the English countryside during World War II.

A Spoonful of Jam

release date: Jan 01, 1998
A Spoonful of Jam
It is the summer of 1947 and the second year of world peace. Elsie, however, is still fighting a war. Against a vicious bully. Against the indifference of her father. Against being the scholarship pupil at the girl's grammar school. But Elsie learns to fight back.

Cuckoo in the Nest

release date: Jan 01, 1995
Cuckoo in the Nest
As an evacuee, Ralph received a good education, but after the war Ralph's working-class father resents his education and his ambition to be an actor, and is furious when Ralph is sacked from the paper mill. The story traces Ralph's struggle to reconcile the disparate strands of his life.

A Little Love Song

release date: Jan 01, 1993
A Little Love Song
A magical summer of love and war is the catalyst that changes Rose from an uncertain, gawky schoolgirl into a confident and assured woman. This love story is written by the author of Goodnight Mister Tom.

Back Home

release date: Jan 01, 1992
Back Home
Sent to America from England at age seven to escape war-torn England, Rusty returns five years later to go to a strict English boarding school and renew her relationship with her family, who now seem like strangers to her.

Not a Swan

release date: Jan 01, 1992
Not a Swan
A seventeen-year-old girl in 1940's England spends an unchaperoned summer at a cottage in a seaside village, where a series of diaries by the cottage's most recent inhabitant, together with some intense personal experiences, open up her life to reveal her true wants and priorities.

In Deep Water and Other Stories

release date: Jan 01, 1992
In Deep Water and Other Stories
In this collection of short stories, water, in all its many shapes and forms, becomes a catalyst in the lives of the people it touches.
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