A powerful & moving new novel from this well-loved writer Alex never stood a chance. After one 'accident' too many he's taken into care aged four. Although his mother promises to get him back he's adopted by a childless couple & renamed Franky. It should be a fresh start but his new dad has a twisted idea of fatherhood. Abused & alone Franky escapes
- but his freedom is short-lived & after a series of foster homes no one can get through to him. He says he's 'the boy from nowhere' but deep down he's still waiting for his mum to take him home. Franky slips into a dangerous world on the streets of London earning a living the only way he can. One day he might find a way out but can he ever trust again?
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Richard Mc Cann's account of his childhood became a massive UK bestseller. In it he told the harrowing story of how he & his sisters were left motherless when the Yorkshire Ripper killed his first victim Richard's mother Wilma Mc Cann. Just A Boy" was praised for its unflinching & unself-pitying account of a neglected childhood at the hands of an abusive father & uncaring authorities. " The Boy Grows Up" is an account of how Richard used the success of " Just A Boy" to try & save his sister & of his attempts to make sense of his past whilst learning more about the effects of traumatic childhoods & loss." ...

What happens when innocence is confronted by monstrous evil? Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution & the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do & no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence & who like the other people there wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Brunos friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. & in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible process. ...

On a bright & sunny June afternoon a seven-year-old boy was left in the care of his teenage neighbour. No one knew or would even have dreamed of suspecting that the teenager was a satanist. The two went out to the fields to look for rabbits. The child was never seen alive again. For the first time in The Boy in the Attic" David Malone reveals the exact events of that summer day: how the youngster was lured to his death how the teenager came to delve so deeply into the occult & the nightmarish scene awaiting police when they entered the attic. But there is another disturbing question
- how is it that this murder which was easily one of the most shocking & horrific in living memory was barely reported upon at all? Why have you never heard of the boy in the attic until now?"
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This is almost all of what survives of a journal Colin Perry kept between March & November 1940 when he was eighteen years old written in his home in Tooting & in the City of London where he worked. The journal was never intended for publication it is only the youthful untrained outpourings of a proud & totally insignificant Londoner. It spans what the Air Ministry was to call.. .the Great Days from 8 August
- 31 October 1940 & the fifty-seven nights when the bombing of London was unceasing. This is the period enshrined in our history as the Battle of Britain the most momentous year for Britain in the twentieth century.

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The sparkling debut children's novel from David Walliams number one bestseller & fastest growing children's author in the country with sparkling new cover look to tie in with later books. Dennis was different. Why was he different you ask? Well a small clue might be in the title of this book... Charming surprising & hilarious
- The Boy in the Dress is everything you would expect from the co-creator of Little Britain. David Walliams's beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children & adults alike.
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The debut children's novel from David Walliams number one bestseller & fastest growing children's author in the country. Now experience the whole story in glorious sound as David teams up with an old friend (his name begins with Matt & ends with Lucas) to deliver a hilarious & beautifully produced audiobook. Dennis was different. Why was he different you ask? Well a small clue might be in the title of this book... Charming surprising & hilarious
- David Walliams's beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children & adults alike. Now David teams up with Matt Lucas to produce an audiobook with a difference. Read by two of the brightest stars in sketch comedy this lavish production brings the hilarious voices behind Little Britain to your nearest earphones. & it tells a fantastic story too...
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On 21st September 2001 the mutilated torso of a small child was found floating beside Londons Tower Bridge one tide away from being swept into the North Sea. Unable to identify the victim the Murder Squad turned to Richard Hoskins a young professor of theology with a profound understanding of African tribal religion whose own past was scarred by a heartbreaking tragedy. Thus began a journey into the tangled undergrowth of one of the most notorious murder cases of recent years; a journey which would reveal not only the identity of the boy they called Adam but the horrific truth that a succession of innocent children have been ritually sacrificed in our capital city. Insightful & grippingly written The Boy in the River is an inside account of a series of extraordinary criminal investigations & a compelling personal quest into the dark heart of humanity. ...

The story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some clues about the book on the cover but in this case we think that would spoil the reading of the book. We think it is important that you start to read without knowing what it is about. If you do start to read this book you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy called Bruno. (Though this isn't a book for nine-year-olds.) & sooner or later you will arrive with Bruno at a fence. We hope you never have to cross such a fence. ...