April is nicknamed April Showers because she cries so much, April Fool because her birthday is on 1st April - and Dustbin Baby because she started life in a rubbish bin. Now she's 14, April is determined to find out the truth about her past. If only she could remember her original mother, or even find her...

'It's the combination of accessible stories and humorous but penetrating treatment of big emotional themes that makes this writer so good' - Financial Times.

Princess Penelope is a right royal brat, What would she like for her birthday? 'I wanna pig!' she yells. And she gets one. But Lollipop is no ordinary pig. When people look into Lollipop's bright, intelligent eyes, it seems to change them. For the better...

A terrible menace broods in the centre of this compelling story The bell man is all-powerful - and he deals in death. At the unconventional offices of Lockhart and Garland, Jim Taylor is about to help a famous magician disappear, Fred has plans to use the latest photographic techniques to capture a s6ance, and Sally is about to make serious financial investigations. Unwittingly, each step they take is drawing them deeper into deadly danger and the chill embrace of the shadow of the north...