The hit soccer series from a multi award winning author

Starting Eleven

Dal, Abs, Jason and Chris are obsessed with football. They are the first to sign up for the trials at their new school, but will they make it into the team with all the fresh competition? And if they do they are in for a big surprise...

4 titles: Starting Eleven    Missing!    Stars    Glory

UK: Random House 09        12,000 words    Translation:JLA

DINKIN DINGS by Guy Bass                     Age 7-9

Dinkin Dings is afraid of everything...apart from the monsters under his bed! A tale of everyday peril, starring a wailing ghost, a rickety skeleton and one hungry monster...

3 Titles

UK: Stripes  March/June/Sept 09       10,000 words

**World Rights: Stripes Publishing - caroline@hill-trevor.co.uk **

SPOOK SCHOOL by Pete Johnson            Age 7-10

Charlie’s new to Spook School, but he soon proves himself to be a pretty good spook and is ready for his first Spook Squad mission—to investigate the terrifying Mothman, rumoured to be the size of a house, with deadly claws and a very bad temper…

2 titles: LAIR OF THE MOTHMAN and CURSE OF THE RAT-BEAST

UK: Stripes Publishing        Sept 09        8,000 words

**World Rights: Stripes Publishing - caroline@hilltrevor.co.uk**

Gormy Ruckles by Guy Bass                              Age 6-8

Being a monster isn’t easy as it looks! Gormy is small, blue and hairy. He has one quite good fang and his roar needs some work. He knows he has what it takes to be the scariest monster of all. He just needs a chance to prove it!

A hilarious and loveable character from a fantastic new talent. NOW 6 TITLES!

7,500 words               **World Rights: Scholastic Limited**

Wishing for Tomorrow by Hilary McKay         10+

A sequel to A Little Princess
Hilary McKay revisits Miss Minchins' Select Seminary for Young Ladies after the events of A Little Princess and Sara Crew's happy ever after. But Sara is much missed - and most acutely by her best friend Ermengarde, who laments that 'nothing is the same as it was before'. But life must go on at Miss Minchins', as new friendships are made, rivalries continued, lessons learned and, most importantly, fairytale endings are had.

UK: Hachette Sept 2009          50,000 words                    Translation: JLA

THE TV TIME TRAVELLERS by Pete Johnson   10+

What was World War II really like? For three weeks five modern and very different children will have the chance to find out when they become the TV Time Travellers. Rupert, Zac, Izzy and Harriet will live as though it is 1939 for a reality TV show. They will have to carry gas masks all the time, rush to a shelter when the siren wails and are allowed to eat only wartime rations. They will also have lessons with the strictest teachers they’ve ever known. Tensions between them rise. Can they even trust each other? Then comes a truly astonishing surprise...

Pete Johnson is now published in 20 languages.

UK: Random House June 2009      33,000 words      Translation: JLA

Paradise Series by Hilary McKay                        7-9

Nathan, Anna and Danny all live together in Paradise House with their families. From secret pets, to magic and buried treasure, in Paradise House, anything can happen—and generally does! These are delightful, funny, family based stories. Hachette are reissuing with new covers

‘Irresistible fun, excellent writing.’ Carousel

UK: Hachette                  Translation: JLA

Charlie Series by Hilary McKay                                              7-9

Meet Charlie - he's trouble! An irrestibly funny new hero. Now 8 titles!

CHARLIE AND THE CAT FLAP
Charlie and Henry are stating the night at Charlie's House. They've made a deal, but the night doesn't go quite as Charlie plans....

CHARLIE AND THE GREAT ESCAPE
Charlie's fed up with his family always picking on him. So he's decided to runaway. That'll show them! Now they'll be sorry.

'Hilary Mckay is always funny, touching and surprising' The Sunday Times

6000 words                               World Rights: Scholastic Limited

CITY OF GHOSTS by Bali Rai                Young Adult

Amritsar 1919—a city simmering with discontent. Bissen watches as the young lives around him grow closer to danger, haunted by the horrific memories of his time as a soldier on the Western Front. Gurdial can do little to stop his best friend Jeevan becoming entwined with a group of revolutionaries. Gurdial yearns only to be with his true love Sonhi. He knows that a poor orphan boy has no hope of securing Sonhi’s hand from her monstrous father Gulbaru. But what if Jeevan can provide the one thing that Gulbaru want more than anything else in the world?

The answers begin to fall into place as a fateful day in history draws ever closer for them all.

UK: Random House July 2009      65,000 words           Translation: JLA

BIG AND CLEVER by Dan Tunstall       Young Adult

Tom’s life has hit an all time low. Mum has died, Dad’s a waster and school is tough. Tom and Raks are bottom of the pecking order and it just shouldn’t be that way. Then they befriend troublemaker Ryan and go to Letchford Town football game with him. When a fight begins outside the ground with the opposing fans, Tom and Raks are ready and up for it. Tom is hooked and can’t wait for the next home game. Suddenly everyone at school notices them. Tom and Raks have an identity, they have power - but inevitably, at what cost?

UK: Five Leaves May 2009               75,000 words                      Translation: JLA

RUNEMARKS by Joanne Harris has been translated into 22 languages. Joanne is now completing the sequel to Runemarks - RUNELIGHTS.

'an author brimming with ideas and energy' SFX

UK: Random House                                                     Translation:JLA