Gripping War Stories

The latest in Tony Bradman's successful series of anthologies is a collection of gripping war stories.

TONY BRADMAN graduated from Cambridge University and worked in journalism for many years as an editor and reviewer.  Now a full-time author, he has produced several successful anthologies for young readers for Random House Children's Books, including three focusing exclusively on football: the FOOTBALL FEVER titles

A small boy faces the unknown when he is sent to England to escape the dangers of Sarajevo; an Argentine soldier saves an English boy's life amidst the terrors of the Falklands War; a young Sioux warrior is the only one who can save his village from attack. Action-packed and exciting stories combine with moving and thought-provoking tales to make a highly original and entertaining collection of war stories. 
 
A top-quality line-up of authors includes Robert Leeson, Adèle Geras and Anthony Masters in this collection of never-before-published stories.

Football Fever 3

Ten brand new soccer stories from a team of top authors including Rob Childs, Narinder Dhami and Tony Bradman.

Pep times his move with instinctive perfection. Suddenly, he's back on the ball, and the defenders realize (too late, because they're committed now) that he never really left: it was all an illusion. And then he's over the ball, collecting it with his right instep, to banana it over the heads of both defenders, and way beyond the reach of the late-diving keeper... 
 
Football Fever 3 contains ten brand new soccer stories from a team of top authors including Rob Childs, Narinder Dhami and Tony Bradman. 
 
As well as Pep, join the rest of the squad - midfielder Andy who has a chance to impress the soccer scouts, if only his father will allow him to play; Dekko, captain of the Hilljoy team, the roughest, toughest team to run out on to a football pitch, striker Jonno, who gets a brilliant idea of how to lift his team from bottom of the league, and many others.

Phenomenal Future Stories

The latest in Tony Bradman's successful series of anthologies is a collection of stories about what life will be like in the future.

A cloned boy looking for his 'father'; the dramatic rescue of a captive tiger; the submersion of the Scottish isles in a flood; a girl who finds out why cyber-pets will never be as good as the real thing - these are among the fascinating scenarios conjured up in this world-shattering collection of original stories.  Published for the new Millenium, contributing authors include such well-respected names as Jan Mark and Mary Hoffman.

Under Pressure

A dramatic and true-to-life soccer series detailing a group of youngsters given the chance to make their dreams come true and go professional - via a soccer school run by a Premier league club.

Each year, City FC - known as 'the Hawks' - take on a group of thirteen-year-olds for the first tier of their special soccer school: training sessions in the evenings and weekends for truly talented players who are aiming to become professional players.  It's a real step towards being a real man - and to a glamorous, exciting future for the few who succeed. But the failure rate is also high...  UNDER PRESSURE introduces readers to one group, and in particular to Craig, whose dad sees his son's potential as a real money-spinner, and Darren, who is under pressure to succeed.

Bad Boys

The second title in a dramatic and true-to-life series about a group of youngsters given the chance to make their dreams come true and go professional - via a soccer school run by a Premier league club

TONY BRADMAN graduated from Cambridge University and worked in journalism for many years as an editor and reviewer. Now a full-time author, he has produced several successful anthologies for young readers for Random House Children's Books, including three focusing exclusively on football: the FOOTBALL FEVER titles.

Sometimes - to survive - you have to FIGHT! 
 
Each year, City FC - known as 'the Hawks' - take on a group of thirteen-year-olds for the first tier of their special soccer school: training sessions in the evenings and weekends for truly talented players who are aiming to become professional players. It's a glamorous, exciting future for the few who succeed - with huge rewards. But the failure rate is also high - BAD BOYS, the second in the series, highlights a conflict between two players who want to play in the same position: Ben, who wants to be accepted as 'one of the lads', even if it means behaving badly; and Lee, who fights to make his own decisions, only to realize he's made the wrong choices...

Spooky Teachers

Two fantastic spooky stories for new readers in one volume!

Full of good jokes, very well illustrated in a cheerily informal style and seductively enjoyable to read

Irresistibly funny . . . Lightly yet cleverly written and illustrated, with sparkling black and white cartoons

Class Three are the worst class ever. They do lots of crashing and bashing, nose-picking and flicking, fighting and fidgeting. Their teacher, Miss Nicely, is very fed up. But then Miss Shade - the Ghost Teacher - pays them a visit . . . 
 
Class Three are waiting to meet their new teacher. Thud! Thud! Somebody is heading towards the classroom. Somebody who's very, very big . . . it's the Frankenstein Teacher!

Football Fever 2

Goals galore and plenty of action - from kick off to the final whistle! A further ten brilliant new football stories from a selection of top children's authors.

TONY BRADMAN graduated from Cambridge University and worked in journalism for many years as an editor and reviewer. Now a full-time author, he has produced several successful anthologies for young readers for Random House Children's Books, including three focusing exclusively on football: the FOOTBALL FEVER titles

Ten top-of-the-league soccer stories. 
 
Meet Craig, who takes advice from a phantom footballer to help his team on a goal-scoring run in the league championship; Dave, an inexperienced goalie who has to make split-second decisions in a penalty shoot-out; Olly, a top striker, who invents new team tactics just before the Cup semi-finals; and a whole squad of other talented young players - goalies, defenders, midfielders and strikers. 
 
Celebrate the goals, applaud the great saves and hold your breath for those edge-of-the-seat matchplay moments in this collection of never before published soccer stories from a team of top authors including Rob Childs, Narinder Dhami and Paul Stewart.

Football Fever

Go for goal with these fantastic new football stories from a selection of top children's authors.

Tenn Top-Scoring Soccer Stories 
 
Take a grandstand seat for some great soccer action: 
- a barefoot boy who beats the odds and amazes everyone with his stunning skills; 
- a goalie called Titch, who proves height isn't everything when it comes to saving goals; 
- the one and only Harry Jackson, determined to be the best referee ever. 
 
Tony Bradman has collected ten brand-new, action-packed tales for this terrific collection of never-before-published football stories from a team of top children's authors such as Rob Childs, Nick Warburton, and Geraldine McCaughrean. All the fun, the drama, the action and excitement of the football field is here, so kick off inot the world of football fever!

The Ghost Teacher

No teacher can control Class 3 - Until the Ghost Teacher pays them a visit...

Look...there by the dustbins, what do you see? A shimmering and a glimmering, and a figure forming in the darkness. It is the Ghost Teacher... 
 
Class 3 are the worst class ever. They do lots of crashing and bashing, nose-picking and flicking, fighting and fidgeting. No teacher can control Class 3. Until Miss Shade - the Ghost Teacher - pays them a visit...

Tony Bradman

Peter Kavanagh

The floor shook. The tables and chairs shook. The children shook. Suddenly, the door creaked open... and a huge figure loomed over them. It was... The Frankenstein Teacher! 
 
Class 3F get a very unusual new teacher. Frankenstein! But although Frankenstein looks very very scary, he has a very big heart and Class 3 learn to see beyond his scary appearance to the real person beneath when the class hamster meets a very sticky end...

Tony Bradman

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