In this, our latest anthology in association with the Federation of Children's Book Groups, we have five exciting and brand new short stories from Pat Moon, Kaye Umansky, Thomas Bloor, Celia Rees and Chris D'Lacey, who have each made their choice - nice guy, or dastardly villain...In addition we have extracted writing on this theme from Richard Peck's 'A Long Way From Chicago', Adeline Yen Mah's 'Chinese Cinderella' and Virginia Euwer Wolff's 'Make Lemonade', and more besides. Nasty or nice, there is something for everyone in these ten superb stories, making it an invaluable introduction to the best in children's writing today.
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A teacher for many years - Pat Moon gave up the day job in 1991, when she published her first books for children - both in verse, Earthlines and Triplets. Since then she has gone on to write novels and stories across a variety of age groups, and has had over twenty books published to date. Pat lives in Norwich with her husband, three kids and two cats!
More about Pat MoonKaye Umanksy Biography
Kaye Umansky began life as a teacher turning to writing after the birth of her daughter. She is now the author of many well-loved books including Pass the Jam, Jim and Pongwiffy, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2018. She is a marvellous performer of her own work and a jazz singer in her own time.
Celia Rees is one of Britain's foremost writers for teenagers and her titles for Bloomsbury have enjoyed huge success. Witch Child has been adopted by educational boards up and down the country and is required reading in secondary schools in the UK, with life sales of over 180,000, and has been translated into 25 languages. Celia has a degree in history, a s
More about Celia ReesChris d'Lacey is the author of the The Last Dragon Chronicles and the Dragons of Wayward Crescent series. He likes dragons. He was born in Malta, but now lives in Devon with his wife, Jay, and about three hundred teddy bears. He likes teddy bears, too. After graduating from York University with a Biology degree, he went to Leicester University where he w
More about Chris D'laceyThomas Bloor is the winner of the 1999 Fidler Award for a first novel for 8-12 year old children. He is a part-time Special Educational Needs Assistant and lives in East London with his wife and two daughters. As well as writing, he paints, sculpts and puts together short films.
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