Lyn Gardner
Into The Woods

When Storm, Aurora and baby Anything are accidentally orphaned and left to fend for themselves in a decaying mansion on the edge of the wilds, they come to the very much unwanted attention of the sinister Dr DeWilde: a scar-faced gentleman with an unhealthy interest in rats. He's after a tiny little musical pipe that Storm has inherited, and he'll stop at nothing to get it. Fleeing into the woods, our courageous and eccentric sisters evade kidnap (almost), resist the temptation of sweet-filled orphanages (nearly!), and begin a treacherous journey across raging rivers, over mountains of ice, through deathly silent ghost towns and beyond the lairs of child- eating ogresses - with ravenously hungry wolves snapping at their heels!

Hilary McKay
Forever Rose

Rose is feeling lonely. The rest of her family are always so busy doing their own things that Rose comes home to a dark, quiet, empty house every day. At least Rose still has her friends at school but school is no longer a peaceful place where Rose can daydream. And now mean Mr Spencer has cancelled Christmas! But one thing Mr Spencer can't cancel is the Christmas School Trip - which means Rose can help Molly with her One Big Idea....

Jude's family are crazy, quirky, bizarre ... her mum brings her nothing but trouble and her dad thinks he's Elvis! All Jude wants is a hassle-free life - but it's not easy when she's chasing a trail of broken promises. Nothing seems to go her way, until she realises the floppy­haired boy from school could be her knight on shining rollerblades. And that sometimes, when everything turns sour, only something sweet can make it OK....