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Picking on Percy by Catherine MacPhail; Karen Donnelly (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: 4u2read. Ok for 8-12 Year Olds Ser.
Shawn loves picking on Percy Brown. He's such a loser, with his whiny voice and rubbish clothes. But when a magical arcade game makes the two boys swap lives, Shawn learns what being Percy is really like. Is Shawn the real loser? And can he ever get his own life back?
Ride of Death : (Nemesis #4) by Catherine MacPhail
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Nemesis
Ever since Ram woke up in a tower block a few weeks ago, the deadly and mysterious Dark Man has been hunting him down. With no memory of who he is or what has happened to him, the only thing Ram can be certain of is that time is running out - and not just for him, for everyone. Ram knows that if he is e ...Show more
Sinister Intent by Catherine MacPhail
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Nemesis
'Then I heard it: something swishing rhythmically towards me out of the blackness. Ever had that feeling of terror when you can't see what's coming but you know it might be your worst nightmare?' Strange lights in the night sky, people disappearing, a mysterious man calling himself Destiny ...Ram has ru ...Show more
Stars Shall be Bright (RA8 IA8-12) by Catherine MacPhail
Category: Children's
James, William and Belle are left all alone when their mother passes away. With their father fighting on the Front in the Great War, there's no one to look after them except the mean neighbour lady. But James hatches a plan to take his siblings away and find someone who might know where their father is. ...Show more
The Beast within by Catherine MacPhail
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Nemesis
Ram has cheated death - four times. Who is so desperate to kill him? And why? On the run, Ram finds himself on desolate moorland. He knows he is being stalked, but this time by something less than human...Ram is rescued by the seemingly generous and kind William and Mary. But his relief fades to suspici ...Show more
The Evil Within: How Young Henry Jekyll Became Mr Hyde by Catherine MacPhail
Category: Children's | Series: Barrington Stoke
What transforms an ordinary Edinburgh boy into the most infamous split personality of all time? This vividly imagined diary of the young Henry Jekyll examines the contradictions within us all and teases out one possible backstory for the character in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyl ...Show more
Tribes by Catherine MacPhail
Category: Fiction
Kevin is determined that he'll never join a gang but his path crosses the tribe's when he saves one of them from a rival gang. When the gang leader fastens on to Kevin's little sister, Glory, Kevin is forced to take the initiation test again after his sister is placed in a perilous situation.
Under the Skin by Catherine MacPhail
Category: Children's
Catherine Macphail is the award-winning author of over thirty books for children including Run Zan Run and Roxy's Baby. She has won numerous awards including the Scottish Children's Book Award which she has won twice. Tom Percival grew up in a caravan without electricity. He now lives in a house, and sp ...Show more
Under the Skin by Catherine MacPhail
Category: Junior Fiction
Omar, a young asylum seeker, is picked on by Sam, a local boy. But Omar is nobody's victim, and he gives as good as he gets. Funny, realistic, and inspiring. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.
Under the Skin (RA8 IA8-12) by Catherine MacPhail
Category: Middle Readers
A brand new edition of the inspiring story of a young asylum seeker's struggle to build a new life with his family in Britain. At last Omar's family have a safe place to live. But life on the estate isn't easy. Sam's always there - in Omar's tower block, in his class, and in his face. Sam wants to ...Show more