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A Remarkable Ear by Anne Fine
Category: Children's Fiction
Beloved and award-winning author Anne Fine returns with a touching, musical story of patience, practice and courage.Everyone's always telling Will to stop making so much noise. That is, until he meets music teacher Mr Brand. He thinks Will's not just noisy but that he has a gift and must learn to play t ...Show more
Aftershocks by Fine, Anne
Category: Young Adult
A family mix-up means Louie has to tag along with his engineer father and his team as they head for a routine job in the farthest flung and most neglected province of the Federation. A massive earthquake, with ensuing tsunami, devastates the entire isolated coastal region, laying bare the other-worldly ...Show more
Back on Weird Street by Anne Fine
Category: Education | Series: Weird Street
Asim, Laila and Tom like nothing more than spooking each other out with tales of the unexpected. This summer they're back with three more stories to chill you to the bone. Can your dreams really grant you fortunes and riches? What lurks in the shadows of Number 17? And is Grandma's house really haunted, ...Show more
Be Nice to Aunt Emma by Anne Fine
Category: Children's Fiction
Kindness is key in this funny new family drama from perennial bestseller and award-winning author Anne Fine.
Bill's New Frock by Anne Fine
Category: Children's Fiction
A classic children's story from one of our best-loved authors, former Children's Laureate Anne Fine. Bill Simpson wakes up to find he's a girl, and worse, his mother makes him wear a frilly pink dress to school. How on earth is he going to survive a whole day like this? Everything just seems to be diffe ...Show more
Charm School by Anne Fine
Category: Children's Fiction
Forced to spend a day at Charm School while her mother is on a course, Bonny makes some surprising and hilarious discoveries. Can Bonny cope with listening to Mrs Opalene's Helpful Handy Hits (like 'how to bleach your elbows'!)? And what about the other girls? After Bonny's day there, Charm School will ...Show more
Flights of Fancy Anthology by Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo
Category: Children's Fiction
Quentin Blake – Anne Fine – Michael Morpurgo – Jacqueline Wilson – Michael Rosen – Anthony Browne – Julia Donaldson – Malorie Blackman – Chris Riddell – Lauren ChildThe exceptional talents behind some of the nation's best-loved books – from The Gruffalo to The BFG, We're Going on a Bear Hunt to the Char ...Show more
Flour Babies by Anne Fine
Category: Children's Fiction
Flour Babies by Anne Fine, won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award in 1992. When the annual school science fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's class don't get to work on the Soap Factory, the Maggot Farm or the Exploding Custard Tins. To their intense disgust they get the Flour Babi ...Show more
Gnomes Gnomes Gnomes! by Anne Fine
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: 4u2read
Sam loves making gnomes out of clay. Dozens and dozens and dozens of gnomes, living huddled together out in the shed. But when Sam's mum suddenly needs that space, she says the gnomes will have to go. And so Sam plans a send-off for his little clay friends - a send-off that turns into a night the family ...Show more
How Brave is That? by Anne Fine
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: 4u2read
Tom wants to join the army, but he has to pass his exams first! When he turns up without proper uniform on exam day, strict Mrs Dell threatens to send him home. There are spare clothes available, but is Tom brave enough to face the exam hall - in a skirt? Touching comedy for low ability readers. Particu ...Show more