Toni by Josie Goble

***** NEW - JUST PUBLISHED 2013! *****

For early-teen girls

CANDIDATE IN SECRET FAMILY SCANDAL!

When the press uncover siblings who 14-year-old Toni never knew she had, her father's chances of election as MP plunge.

Heartbroken for her family, Toni then has to cope with further revelations from her elder sister Harriet.

The sudden desertion of a trusted friend brings Toni to screaming point.

How can the truth be presented as a lie? How can so many friends become enemies so easily? In the midst of so much chaos, can Toni find peace within herself?

ISBN 978-0-9540024-7-3 (137 pages) £6.00

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On the Magician's Trail by Josie Goble

For 9-10 year old girls

Kim and Colin's mystery summer holiday in York!

Amidst all the ice creams, sightseeing and history, they stumble onto a case - or more accurately a Gladstone bag - at the local theatre.

But was it really owned by the legendary "Maddox the Magician"? Why are the other guests at their lodging so keen to keep its tatty contents a secret? And can a dead entertainer from decades ago really hold the key to people's life or death in the present?

Now joined by Steve, the two friends from On The Lemoncurd Trail must find the answers fast, before they too become history...

ISBN 978-0-9540024-5-9 (167 pages) £6.00

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On the Lemoncurd Trail by Josie Goble

For 9-10 year old girls

Crash! And there lay Kim's father in the dirty alley, soaked to the skin and covered in mud and blood, his day's takings from the shop, gone! Then there was poor old Bridie, eighty-six years old and robbed of all her shopping!

"Why?" asks Kim. "Who would do such things?"

Horrified, she wishes she were back at Blamtree, with her dear old pal Jaimie, far away from this miserable new district where folks were mean enough to steal from frail old ladies and mug friendly, hard-working shopkeepers.
But her new chum, Colin, cheers her up. "Keep your eyes and ears open," he tells her, and by so doing they get their first clue. But was it such a mistake for folk to be seen eating lemoncurd sandwiches? What a lot Kim finds she has to write to Jaimie as she sets out with Colin – "On the Lemoncurd Trail".

ISBN 978-0-9540024-4-2 (124 pages) £5.00

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Smokey by Theodore Grant

The true story of a cat and his humans!

In 1958 Theodore and Josie Grant were struggling to make ends meet, when one day Smokey padded into their busy lives.

Smokey was gentle. Smokey was adventurous. Smokey loved attention.

He was also thoughtful. Still dealing with the loss of his previous owners, did he really want to risk committing to another home? Smokey had standards too.

As the trio's new lives together began to unfold, Smokey decided he was very much a part of the family.

ISBN 978-0-9540024-3-5 (196 pages) £6.99

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The Legend of Cairn by David Goble

'John, you are finished' he told himself over and over again, as, bound hand and foot, he lay on the floor of his prison.

'You are going to have terrible things done to you, you will be screaming for mercy that will not be given to you. Folk that you have known will be jeering you, and wishing you more pain, more agony, and when you pass out they will cheer, and try to get you to your senses so that they can jeer again. And then, soon you will be no more – just a body to be cut up and put in the earth. Gone, and only remembered as a filthy beast.'

In medieval Jorvik, John the Dumb is condemned to death for a crime he did not commit.

His end will come on the following morning.

Rescued by the Ethereal Woman in White he leaves his prison. 'Go north,' says the lady and so he does. After many a faltering step he reaches Cairn and in the process creates a legend that lives on long after him.

ISBN 0-9540024-0-7 (157 pages) £7.95

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Sandy's Holiday by Josie Goble

For 9-10 year old girls

In Looe, Cornwall, Sandy was enduring the worst holiday of her life. Still missing her long-departed father, she had little money and was stuck with boring Gina. Then, as if things could not get any worse, she had slipped and suffered a stupid accident. Now Sandy finds she must learn to see things through different eyes and discovers a far more wonderful world than she ever dreamed possible.

ISBN 0-954-00241-5 (78 pages) £6.50

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