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

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**

When Marcus's parents tell him his body is about to go through some changes he doesn't expect they will start with a white fang appearing in his mouth. But Marcus is a half-vampire. His parents warn him not to try to resist the transformation, but Marcus wants to stay as he is - until he finds himself in great danger and discovers an incredible secret.

The Vampire Blog is Pete Johnson's latest spooky comedy.

UK: Random House    June 2010     33,000 words     Translation: JLA

April 2010: SOFT TARGETS   August 2010: BAD COMPANY
When billionaire Jack Kite dies in a helicopter crash, his teenage children Megan and Luke can't trust anyone, not even each other. An attempt on Megan's life forces her to go on the run - and was the explosion at Luke's flat an accident? Megan must survive until her eighteenth birthday to inherit the Kite Corporation. Can Luke and Megan find out who is after them and maybe also find her father's killer? These gripping Bourne-style thrillers are a 2010 highlight for Hachette.

Praise for SPRAY: 'gripping, ingenious fun.' Finacial TImes 

UK: Hachette 2010     57,000 words    **World Rights: Hachette** 

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 

There is no Room 13 in the creepy Crow's Nest Hotel where Fliss and her friends are staying on a school trip.

Or is there?

Winner of The Children's Book Award          Translation: JLA

2010 Carnegie Longlist

Amritsar 1919 - Bissen watches as the young lives around him grow closer to danger, haunted by his time as a soldier on the Western Front. Gurdial watches his best friend Jeevan becoming entwined with a group of revolutionaries. He yearns only to be with his true love Sohni, but knows that a poor orphan boy has no hope of securing Sohni's hand from her monstrous father Gulbaru. But what if he can provide the one thing that Gulbaru wants more than anything else in the world? And a fateful day in history draws ever closer for them all.

'an epic' - Carousel
'impressive, enjoyable, enlightening' - Books for Keeps
'a story you need to read' - Bookwitch

UK: Random House     March 2010     65,000 words     Translation: JLA

Holly and Marilyn would rather be anywhere but here on this normal Friday afternoon. Then something weird happens and they change places. There's only one problem. Holly lives in 2010. Marilyn lives in 1962.

VINTAGE is Maxine's first novel.

UK: Five Leaves Publications    May 2010     43,000 words     Translation: JLA

Tom's life has hit an all time low. Mum has died, Dad's a waster and school is tough. Tom and Raks just don't seem to fit in anywhere. Then they befriend troublemaker Ryan and go to a 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 at what cost?

'completely convincing' - The Book Doctor
'a gripping story' - Armadillo Magazine

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

Tim finds life a drag with his glasses and spots. Then one day he finds a mysterious portrait in the attic of a young man with a face remarkably like his. Could his life somehow be influenced by the subject of the painting? Tim is about to get caught up in a terrifying chain of events and his life will change forever. First published by Penguin, this acclaimed novel is now reissued by Five Leaves.

UK: Five Leaves    2010     Translation: JLA