‘Guys!’ she says, panting. ‘We’re being spied on!’ ‘What?’ says Mika. ‘But we’re the spies!’ ‘Detectives,’ Alex corrects. Billie turns around to look at the drink taps. Edwina has disappeared. ‘Who’s spying on us?’ asks Jack. Billie lowers her voice. ‘It’s Edwina from Olivia’s class. She lives ac...
Her heart, which Jelly thought would have been about the biggest, healthiest part of her body, stopped working right between the Christmas cake and coffee. By the time Jelly and Gino got home the ambulance had gone, and their mums and dads with it, and only Maureen from next door was there to loo...
It is about a mummy elephant and her baby. It is Billie’s favourite book. Suddenly Billie’s mum stops reading. She gets a funny look on her face. ‘Oh!’ she says. ‘I think the baby is coming!’ She calls to Billie’s dad. Billie climbs out of bed and helps her mum downstairs. Billie’s dad rushes aro...
Apart from the distant sound of Father snoring and a few birds in the trees outside, all was quiet. Edward was carrying his cricket bat and ball, and he grinned at her, his teeth white in the gloom. They crept down the wide staircase, past the tall stained-glass windows ab...
Annoyed at not being informed of whatever public holiday it was, she was about to leave when she saw the director’s secretary walking from the canteen to the main college building. Anna rode up behind her. The secretary turned but, when she saw who it was, her face clouded with a look of irritati...