Penny Dreadful is a Record Breaker

White Lies, Black Dare

The Sack (Puffin Books)

The Kidds of Summerhill

Glitter Gets Everywhere

When Light Left Us

Almost Alice

Extraordinary Means

When thirteen-year-old Joe is left behind in Peckham while his mum flies to Spain on holiday, he decides to treat it as an adventure, and a welcome break from Dean, her latest boyfriend. Joe begins to explore his neighbourhood, making a tentative friendship with Asha, a fellow fugitive hiding out at her grandfather's flat.

But when the food and money run out, his mum doesn't come home, and the local thugs catch up with him, Joe realises time is running out too, and makes a decision that will change his life forever.

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Penny Dreadful is a Record Breaker

Joanna Nadin, 2012

White Lies, Black Dare

Joanna Nadin, 2016

The Sack (Puffin Books)

Christobel Mattingley, Simon Kneebone, 1993

The Kidds of Summerhill

Ann Murtagh, 2021

Glitter Gets Everywhere

Yvette Clark, 2021

When Light Left Us

Leah Thomas, 2018

Almost Alice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, 2008

Extraordinary Means

Robyn Schneider, 2015