Charm School

The Killer Cat Runs Away

Tales From Weird Street

Aftershocks

Trouble in Toadpool

Madame Doubtfire (Penguin Readers: Level 3)

Up on Cloud Nine

Longman Book Project: Fiction 4: Literature and Culture: Band 1: Celebrity Chicken (Play) (Longman Book Project)

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, this dark and gripping novel tells the tragic story of a smart, sweet child poisoned by circumstance as he struggles to escape the horrors of his childhood.Edward is four years old when he is locked away with his mother by her abusive, alcoholic partner, Harris. By the time an elderly neighbor spots his pale face peering through a crack in the boarded-up window and raises the alarm, he is seven. Rescue comes, but lasting damage has been done. Sent to live with a kind foster family, and then adopted, Edward struggles to adapt to normal life. Even as a smart and curious teenager its still clear to his new family and schoolmates theres something odd about him. Then in a science museum, Edward sees an image that shocks him to the core and robs him of his hard won sense of safety. Can anyones past truly be left behind? And could it be that, deep down, another Harris is waiting to break out?

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Charm School

Anne Fine, 1999

The Killer Cat Runs Away

Anne Fine, 2013

Tales From Weird Street

Anne Fine, 2017

Aftershocks

Anne Fine, Matthew Biddulph, 2022

Trouble in Toadpool

Anne Fine, 2012

Madame Doubtfire (Penguin Readers: Level 3)

Anne Fine, 1987

Up on Cloud Nine

Anne Fine, 2001

Longman Book Project: Fiction 4: Literature and Culture: Band 1: Celebrity Chicken (Play) (Longman Book Project)

Anne Fine, 1995