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Sea Girls: The Crystal City

As Polly dived into the pool, the water went straight up her nose. Normally this would make her choke and gasp for air, but this time some instinct made her suck the water through her nose and push it out of her mouth. She could breathe underwater!

Even before this, Polly had always felt different. But then she finds a kindred spirit in Lisa

who she meets at a swimming competition. The two girls discover that they both have the same fish-shaped birthmark, were both adopted, and can both breathe underwater. Surely it can’t just be coincidence?

When a strong current drags them to the depths of the ocean, they not only discover their true identities, but an amazing world – more incredible and more disturbing than they could ever have imagined…

 

Age Group: 8-12 plus Extent: 176 pages Format: 198 x 129mm ISBN: 978 1 85340 878 6

Sea Girls: Return to Fortuna

Desperate to know whether their real parents are still alive, Polly, Lisa and Lydia make a brave return to the troubled underwater city of Fortuna, this time taking their friends Matt and Kelly, with them.

The rebels of the Southern Quarter are under constant siege from the dreaded Polizia but are preparing to fight back. With the help of Matt and the girls, they plot to overthrow the tyrannical Imperial Governor and his supporters.

But while Polly, Lisa and Kelly have to use all their wits to try to avoid capture, Matt and Lydia enter a terrifying place from which no one has ever returned…

Age Group: 8-12 plus Extent: 176 pages Format: 198 x 129mm ISBN: 978 1 85340 917 2 £5.99

Over the Moon

A modern, funny fairy tale with a twist.

My name’s Ella Christina Fergusson. I’m fourteen and three-quarters and I come from Rainsfield. My story starts on the football pitch. I’m quite tall, you see – about five-seven – and pretty fit. Not fit as in FIT, but fit as in athletic. I don’t have a problem with getting muddy – quite a plus if you’re in goal.

Ella is mad about football. She’s an ace player and is better than most of the boys she plays with. However, the boys have started to stare at her chest and giggle every time she runs for the ball. She has always been a bit of a tomboy and a slow developer, but she is finding it more and more difficult now to ignore all the changes that are taking place in her body. When Ella and her best mate, Beth, decide to go to a posh fundraising ball, Ella decides it’s time for an image change and gets a miraculous makeover from Beth’s mum. The results are spectacular. How will Ella react to all the attention?

 

Age Group: 10 plus Extent: 160 pages Format: 198 x 129mm ISBN:978 1 85340 734 5 (PB) £5.99