Most Popular Books by Tom Palmer

It''s meant to be a stress-free holiday in London, but suddenly Seth and Nadiya will need all their skills as Defenders. Ghostly activity is threatening a Premier League football club as they build their new stadium on the site of Roman ruins. One worker has already met a grisly death, and many other lives are now in danger. The horror of modern injustice seems to have woken the spirits of the past, so what can the Defenders do to change things?

Borderlands is no ordinary school - all of the students boarding there have parents in the armed forces, and the UK is drawing perilously close to war in the Middle East. New boy Woody is desperate to escape the school and find his way to his dad''s military base, but his dad has been mobilised. He''s gone. Worried and unhappy, Woody turns to the only thing that could help get him through - rugby.

The Borderlands team has made it to the World Champhionships in New Zealand, but the strain of divisions within the squad and worry for their Forces parents'' safety have the boys well and truly rattled. Can they pull it together and bring the trophy home?

Third in the action-packed Wings trilogy. Sisters Maddie and Jess are new to the football school and can''t stop bickering with each other. But the airfield has other ideas and soon the sisters find themselves in Typhoon fighter jets and have to watch each other''s backs or be shot out of the sky.

One boy, two codes - How will he decide? When Steven''s mother remarries and moves down south, Steven is torn between loyalty to his dad and a relationship with his mum''s new husband. Maybe even worse, he might have to leave his beloved Rugby League behind for a new Rugby Union team. A fab story from the sports master Tom Palmer. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+

Celebrate the buzz of the Rugby World cup with this action-packed, globe-trotting rugby adventure from top-selling author Tom Palmer. Borderlands First XV have their sights set on becoming the best school rugby team in the world. But while the boys focus on their matches, many of their parents are serving overseas in the armed forces, and everyone is worried as conflict grows in the Central Asian Republic. New pupil Woody is a footballer by nature and must decide if he''s prepared to give rugby his all. Rory feels like he''s losing his focus, distracted by thoughts of his parents in danger. And Owen finds himself a t the centre when conflict breaks out within the team. With so many hurdles to face along the way, how far will they get in the rigorous schools'' tournament?

Danny is obsessed with two things: football - especially City Football Club - and investigating crimes. So when England and City footballing hero Sam Roberts is reported missing the day after Danny saw him being taken, blindfolded, into the bowels of the City FC stadium late at night, he''s determined to get to the bottom of it. But is Danny getting into something he can''t handle?

In recent months there has been a spate of burglaries at the houses of players from Danny''s favourite football club, City FC. Danny wants to know who''s behind it all and is on the case. But after scouting out the crime scenes, there are newspaper reports of a young boy having been seen hanging around. Danny needs to find out who''s behind these crimes - and fast. If he doesn''t, he might have turned from crime detective into the biggest suspect of them all...

Football meets fantasy in this second title of Tom Palmer''s action-packed Wings trilogy. Greg''s fed up with playing in goal. He reckons things only happen to you there. The other players get to make them happen. The summer school isn''t turning out how he''d hoped at all. The old airfield next to the school freaks Greg out ... but when he starts on a model of an old Spitfire, he''s propelled into an adventure that will really show him what it means to take control ... Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.