Rachel has just left school and she knows everything. Well, maybe not quite everything. Then she meets the mysterious Mr Preston, who gives her a live-in job looking after Grace - Grace with the lovely house, the grasping sisters, the feral neighbours and the spooky box full of unfinished business; Grace who never speaks. Who is Grace? How do the pieces of her world fit together? And what will it all mean for Rachel?

Told from Rachel's gloriously eccentric perspective, this is an intriguing, compassionate, unexpectedly funny story about tasting love, finding grace and getting a life.

'Every school has one. They are ugly or fat. They have scars or acne or birthmarks. We are mean to them. We ridicule them. We don't want to stand near them or sit next to them. Perdita was one of those.'

Megan is one of the leaders of the in-group. She wouldn't dream of talking to Perdita, 'the Freak'. But when they are thrown together in detention, she finds herself drawn into a spiky, challenging almost-friendship. Megan faces an uncomfortable truth: Perdita or the group?

This sharply observed, unflinching story is about the ins and outs of girls' friendships, the power of words and poetry and the painful getting of wisdom.

What happens when your worst friend, who used to be your best friend, threatens to become your sister?

I'd never sat on my own in the schoolyard before. Everywhere I looked I saw smirking faces, people whispering to each other, or whistling. Janey wouldn't even look at me. I overheard one of the others say, I don't know why you were ever friends with her,' to which she replied, I know. She's just so bleagh.'

That was the moment. It was officially TWDOML - The Worst Day of My Life.

Janey narrowed her eyes. Don't you understand anything? When adults Go Out, it's not like when we do it. Before too long they'll want to move in together and where will they live? What if they get married? We'll be sisters.'

Bindy faces some tough decisions, finding her own way among schoolmates, friends,
ex-friends, boys and parents in this funny, searching novel from the author of Finding Grace and Walking Naked.

Shelby is convinced her reliable but ugly pony, Blue, is holding her back at Pony Club. If only she had a beautiful horse, everyone would see what a great rider she is. But how can Shelby buy a new horse when her parents can't even afford to pay her Pony Club fees? When she sees an ad for an eye-catching brown pony for sale or swap, Shelby thinks she's found the answer to all her problems.

Maxshine Celtic Copper - otherwise known as Brat - seems perfect. But swapping a pony who's your best friend for a highly strung horse whose beautiful brown coat washes out with shampoo turns out to be a really bad idea. The race is on for Shelby and her friends to catch a horse thief, find her beloved Blue and return Brat to her rightful owners.

Beginners Luck

In this new Shelby adventure Shelby and her friends Lindsey and Erin can't resist buying a beautiful young pony that is going cheap at the horse auctions.

The girls are sure that, between them, they have the skills to give the horse some light training and sell it on for at least three times the money.

The problem is, none of the girls are allowed to have a new horse. They each tell their parents that the new horse (which they call 'Hot Potato') belongs to one of the other girls. Unfortunately 'Hotty' is not as easy to hide, or train, as they had imagined.

Mrs Edel's prized stallion, Diablo, is missing from the stables. Was Diablo stolen, or is it all an accident? With the help of her mum's new skills as a private investigator, Shelby resolves to find out the truth.

Meanwhile, a new trick-riding troupe has come to town. Impressed by the amazing feats of the trick riders, Shelby starts visiting the troupe and learning some of their skills. Trusty Blue, with his festive paint colouring and solid, laid-back style, makes a perfect trick-riding mount, and Shelby improves quickly. Could this be the equestrian career Shelby has been dreaming of?