Puffin Teenage Fiction

Tracy, a high school junior, becomes embroiled in the problems of a strange boy, who asks her assistance in "snatching" his half-sister from her father who has allegedly kidnapped her.

Kidnapped by amateur thieves and taken to a remote shed, Suzie Quinn makes a brave effort to escape.

Nore arrives at her stepmother's Louisiana plantation to find her new family odd and an aura of evil and mystery about the place.

Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.

"What makes people remember a particular battle? Why do we commemorate and mythologize some events while leaving other significant encounters in the dustbin of history?". "Reminders and depictions of our military past are everywhere: Civil War reenactments draw thousands of spectators; popular histories fill the bestseller lists; cable channels air a dizzying array of documentaries and historical dramas; and Hollywood war movies become blockbusters. Historians worry, though, that these popular representations sometimes sacrifice authenticity for broad popular appeal.". "In Echoes of War: A Thousand Years of Military History in Popular Culture, Michael C.C. Adams shows that living history - even if it is an incomplete depiction of the past - plays a vital role in stimulating the historical imagination. Adams argues that symbols of war are intrinsically significant and help people articulate ideas and values. We still return to the knight as a symbol of noble striving; the bowman appeals as a rebel against unjust privilege."--BOOK JACKET.

Four teen-agers who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.

Contains: The boy who talked with animals The hitchhiker The Mildenhall treasure The swan The wonderful story of Henry Sugar Lucky break [A piece of cake](

Have you ever been haunted by the feeling that someone is spying on you, lurking around your house and yard, even entering your bedroom? Are your friends plotting against you when they say they've seen you do things you know you haven't done? What's going on -- and does Laurie really want to find out?

While gathered together for the Christmas holiday, a large New Zealand family and their various guests and hangers-on find their lives suddenly invaded by three fascinating but rather sinister brothers and by New Year nothing is the same again.

Dark young adult fantasy novel. A plague of man-eating cockatrices has invaded Britain. Two plucky youngsters board the armoured train built by the military to take soldiers to the heart of the problem.

Is it really possible to invent a machine that does the job of a writer? What is it about a landlady's house that makes it so hard for her guests to leave? Does Sir Basil Turton value most his wife or one of his priceless sculptures? Here are thirteen of Roald Dahl's most unexpected tales, offering young readers the perfect introduction to the adult writing of a storytelling genius. From the sensitivity of stories such as 'Katina' to the surprising creepiness of 'Taste', these stories are full of all the fun, excitement and wonder of Roald Dahl's writing, offering originality, ingenuity, horror, unexpected twists and turns, a touch of the macabre – and much more besides. Contains: [Great Automatic Grammatizator]( [Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat]( The butler -- [Man from the South]( [Landlady]( [Parson's Pleasure]( The umbrella man -- [Katina]( [Way Up to Heaven]( [Royal Jelly]( Vengeance Is Mine Inc. -- [Taste]( [Neck](