Alice and Megan are back, and that can only mean one thing: trouble!It's Easter and best friends Alice and Megan are together in Limerick again. They are both looking forward to their confirmation especially as their two families are going out to dinner together to celebrate. But not even a meal ...
Maggie met us at the front door. ‘I prepared some food,’ she said. ‘I had to try out my new barbecue. Now why don’t you all come in?’ Aretta and her brother and dad were in the kitchen with Dad’s friend Derek, and a few of Mum’s friends from the gardening club. Everyone was staring at me, and smi...
When I woke up, Alice and Hazel were already awake. They were lying on Alice’s bed, texting as usual. As soon as Hazel saw that I was awake, she started her daily attack on me.‘Oh look. Baby’s awake,’ she said in a silly voice. ‘Baby must be all excited about the baby disco.’I turned my face to t...
There was no sign of Kate, and I still didn’t dare to call for her. So, feeling slightly nervous, I set off for the Island of Dreams. When I got to the field, Kate was already there, sitting on an old, faded rug. She looked tired.‘How long have you been here?’ I asked.Kate...
It was dark outside, and it felt like it was still the middle of the night. She tapped me on the shoulder. ‘Come on, Megan, get up. We’re going on our trip.’ I moaned and turned over. ‘Aw, Mum. I’m tired. Can’t we go later?’ (Or maybe never.) She laughed. ‘No, Megan, we ca...
She gave a big, long, feeling-sorry-for-herself sigh. Two and a half weeks till Christmas, and what did she have to look forward to? A big fat nothing – that’s what.That morning Tara had invited her to an early Christmas party in her house. It was going to be on Friday, straight after school. But...
Gavin always found half an hour to give me a swimming lesson, and these were my favourite half-hours of the day. As I climbed out of the pool on the fourth day, he smiled at me. ‘You’re doing really well, Megan.’ he said. ‘You’re a model pupil. You have a lovely stroke, an...
Dad hugged me. ‘You clever girl,’ he said.‘You’re amazing, Eva!’ said Joey.It didn’t seem right to argue with them.‘What’s going to happen to Henry Eades now?’ I asked. ‘It’s looking like he’s the one who stole the chalice. Is he going to get into trouble for it?’‘I don’t think so,’ said Mum. ‘It...
She wiped her eyes and I wiped my wet shoulder, and we went to sit down at the kitchen table. ‘Martha knows I’m living here on my own,’ said Kate. ‘She doesn’t mind. She knows I’m sensible and she knows I’m perfectly safe. As long as no one else finds out I’m here, everyth...
Whenever I got really fed up, I tried to remember Madam Margarita’s words. Help people. Help people. It was like an echo rattling round inside my brain.Soon I was blue in the face from holding doors open for people, and from ...