Frank Cottrell Boyce
Framed

Dylan Hughes is more interested in Ninja Turtles than in the Renaissance artists they are named after. Even when he discovers priceless artwork has been stashed down the disused slate mines of his tiny Welsh village, Dylan would still prefer a pizza-eating, party-loving mutant turtle to a painting. Then Dad leaves home and, overnight, nine-year-old Dylan must become man of the household - and boss of the failing family business. A masterpiece worth a mint might be just what they all need...

'A book of wonderful originality. Its funny, it's heartwarming. A delight'- Philip Ardagh, Guardian

Karen McCombie
Ally's World: Friends, Freak-Outs And Very Secret, Secrets

OK, so I did have a best friend called Sandie, but I think she's been replaced by a Star-Trek type android. She still looks like Sandie, but since when did my real friend copy everything I do, and storm off in big huffs over nothing? I think the same thing's happened to Kyra's mum - the super-witch mum from hell Kyra's always moaning about actually seems super-nice. Have all my mates gone mad, or have I stumbled into Crouch End in a parallel universe?

Another fantastic Ally's World book. Many of the other books in the series, including Dates, Double Dates and Big, Big Trouble and Butterflies, Bullies and Bad, Bad Habits, are also available as Galaxy Large Print Books.

Jill Marshall
Jane Blonde: Sensational Spylet

Janey Brown feels like she is practically invisible. With her stick-thin legs, mousy brown hair and grey eyes, no one ever notices her. Then a crazy woman turns up at the school gates, claiming to be Janey's godmother. According to hip-hop-talking, larger-then-life `G-Mamma', Janey Brown really is something special. She's Jane Blonde, Sensational Spylet - and it's time for her first mission...

Swapping her too-big school uniform for a silver spysuit, and her battered satchel for a set of amazing gadgets, Janey soon discovers that nothing in her life, or in her past, is as it seems.