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The Story “It’s Andi. Andi with an I”. Andi loves Basketball. She is one of the best members on her school team and devotes her time to playing matches, and training, perhaps with a sneaky Star Wars film thrown in as well. But when her parents decide to move closer to the hospital where they […]
The Story Rose’s mother has been gone for five years. Joshua’s father has been gone for five years too. Rose’s mother, Kathy and Joshua’s father, Brendan went out for dinner at the Tuscan Moon and disappeared. Now, at the age of seventeen, Rose lives with her grandmother Anna and has not seen Joshua for five […]
The Story Rose likes homophones. Her name, Rose, is a homophone too; rows and Rose. Rose has a dog called Rain (rain, reign, rein) Rose has Aspergus Syndrome. She likes routines and numbers too, especially prime numbers. When storm Susan threatens the mainland of the USA, Rain goes missing. Rivers overflow. The power goes out. […]
The Story Seventeen year old Christopher Boone can’t stand the colours yellow and brown. If he sees three yellow cars in a row it’s a bad day, four it’s a very bad day, five it’s a super bad day and he won’t speak to anyone. Christopher won’t eat anything that is yellow or brown or […]
The Story Since he was two months old, Joe has lived in his bubble, a London hospital room he has never left. Joe was born without an immune system. If he ventures outside his hospital room he could catch any disease and die. Eleven years on, Joe spends his days watching TV, pretending to be […]
The Story Nine year old Alexa used to have an empty chair at the back of her classroom. One day a boy called Ahmet takes that place. Ahmet doesn’t speak any English. He is a refugee from Syria and alone, except for Ms Hemsi, his special teacher, who gives him simple maths and English lessons, […]
The Story With her father killed in action, life for Olive and her family has been torn apart. In London, in World War II, Olive, her brother Cliff and her big sister Sukie go to the pictures. During an unexpected German bombing raid, Olive can do nothing to stop Sukie vanishing into the dust before […]
The Story No Fixed Address tells the story of 12 year old Felix Frederik Knutsson and his single mum Astrid. Astrid can be persuasive and charming, but also a straight talker who lands herself in trouble, and someone who can be economical with the truth. Felix loves living with Mormor (his […]
The Story Eleven year old Aya is an asylum seeker who has escaped from the war in Syria to seek refuge in England. The story starts in a community centre in a deprived area of Manchester where, with her mother, Mumma, and baby brother, Moosa, Aya is waiting to see a case worker in […]
The Story Shif loves nothing more than spending time with his greatest friend Bini, chess and maths. However, when soldiers swarm his small city all the happiness is drained from his world. Shif’s father, he believes, died many years ago but soon the truth is revealed. Shif’s father was captured by the military when asking for a […]
