Gillian Cross is the bestselling author of The Demon Headmaster, and has won the Carnegie Medal, Whitbread (now Costa) Children”s Book Award and Nestlé Smarties Prize. She also spent eight years on the committee advising the government about public libraries, and she enjoys orienteering and playing the piano.Alan Snow is the award-winning author of Here Be Monsters, which was adapted into the animated film The Boxtrolls and nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. As well as writing and illustrating books for children, Alan has designed an ice cream parlour, drawing décor inspiration from Willy Wonka”s Chocolate Factory.
24 Ebooks by Gillian Cross
Eleanor H. Porter & Gillian Cross: Pollyanna Grows Up
In this sequel to the classic children’s book Pollyanna, our beloved heroine continues to cheer up everyone around her with her sunny personality and relentless good humour. When we left Pollyanna at …
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€1.19
Gillian Cross: Down with the Dirty Danes!
An hilarious story, told in letter form, about King Alfred – he who burnt the cakes, and his battles with the Vikings.Berwin, son of Egfrith, writes to Wulfric, son of Elred using his miraculous new …
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€4.99
Gillian Cross: After Tomorrow
What if you woke up tomorrow and everything had changed? Money is worthless. Your friends are gone. Armed robbers roam the streets. No one is safe. Suddenly you’re a refugee. After Tomorrow is an …
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€8.07
Gillian Cross: Map of Nowhere
Nick is surprised when he finds a strange wallet in his school bag. And when he sees the strange note in it, which seems to belong to some kind of adventure game, he is even more intrigued. The …
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€7.56
Gillian Cross: Born of the Sun
For years Paula and her father have dreamed and talked about trying to find the lost city of Atahualpa. And now, without warning, Paula is taken out of school and finds her dream come true. Together …
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€7.45
Gillian Cross: Pictures in the Dark
Charlie is always trying to find unusual things to capture on camera and takes a chance photograph in the dark of something swimming in the river. He thinks he knows what it was, but no one believes …
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€7.49
Gillian Cross: Shadow Cat
An unlikely friendship. An incredible secret. An adventure of a lifetime . . . Nolan leaves school one day to discover that his mum has dyed her hair bright green, sold everything they own, and …
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€7.50
Gillian Cross: Great Elephant Chase
A giant Indian elephant. A wild journey across America. An enemy who will never stop. Tad and Cissie are on the run with Khush the elephant. Clammy-fingered, steely-eyed Hannibal Jackson will do …
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€7.44
Gillian Cross: Demon Headmaster Total Control
Everyone is good at something. But at Lizzie’s school this has been taken to extremes. Her classmate Ethan, who previously had no interest in sport, is now incredible at football; her brother’s …
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€7.44
Gillian Cross: Demon Headmaster
When Dinah is fostered by the Hunters she thinks her biggest problem will be fitting in with her foster-brothers, Lloyd and Harvey. However, once she starts at her new school it’s clear that there’s …
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€7.50
Gillian Cross: Where I Belong
There are guns and bandits in this story and supermodels and there’s drought and starvation too. Are you wondering how they can all come together? Well, that’s how life is these days. Things don’t …
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€7.44
Gillian Cross: Calling a Dead Man
John Cox is dead, killed in an explosion while at work. His younger sister Hayley can’t believe he’s gone. Determined to see the place of his death, she flies to Moscow with John’s fiancee, Annie-but …
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€8.42
Gillian Cross: Tightrope
When Ashley climbs up and graffiti tags a wall in the middle of the night, she has no idea how serious the consequences will be. Someone sees her, someone dangerous. Now Ashley is being watched . . . …
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€8.45
Gillian Cross: Wolf
Cassy lives with her granny, until the night that she hears strange footsteps coming into their flat. The next morning, she is packed off to her mum’s – a squat in London that her beautiful, simple …
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€7.45
Gillian Cross: Demon Headmaster and the Prime Minister’s Brain
There’s a new computer game at school and the chance to enter the Junior Computer Brain of the Year competition is sending ripples of excitement through the pupils. Dinah is a whizz at the game and …
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€8.74
Gillian Cross: Revenge of the Demon Headmaster
Everyone is talking about the latest TV show, Hunky Parker. It’s the latest craze and soon everyone in school is completely hooked on it. Ingrid tries to convince her friends to watch, but they’re …
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€7.47
Gillian Cross: Demon Headmaster Strikes Again
The Hunter family have moved house and can finally forget all about their encounters with the Demon Headmaster . . . or can they? Just as they start to relax, Dinah, Lloyd, and Harvey notice that the …
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€7.50
Gillian Cross: Demon Headmaster Takes Over
It’s amazing! The Hyperbrain is a super intelligent computer that works by accessing the human brain. In the wrong hands, though, it could spell disaster. The new Controller at the Artificial …
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€7.47
Gillian Cross: Facing the Demon Headmaster
Club Purple is the place to be! The mysterious DJ Pardoman is so cool, with his ever-changing electronic mask. So when a competition is announced to unmask the DJ, everyone wants to win and find out …
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€7.46
Gillian Cross: Demon Headmaster: Mortal Danger
When Lizzie’s school gets a new head teacher everything seems great. The pupils are encouraged to do the things they really love, experts are brought in to inspire them; there’s even a competition to …
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€7.45
Malorie Blackman & Henrietta Branford: Magic Beans: A Handful of Fairytales from the Storybag
Magic beans. Sow them. Plant them. Watch children grow.’If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you’re a pretender, come sit …
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€10.99
Gillian Cross: Goose Girl: A Magic Beans Story
When a princess is sent away to begin a new life, little does she know what lies in store . . . Discover how this heroine, cruelly tricked by her evil maid, struggles to prove her innocence to the …
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€2.99
Gillian Cross & Alan Snow: Ollie Spark and the Accidental Adventure
MACHINES, MYSTERIES AND MAYHEM – THIS MUST BE A CASE FOR OLLIE SPARK.Ollie Spark loves mending machines and solving mysteries. But he gets more than he bargained for when fixing Aunt Caz’s van throws …
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€8.75
Gillian Cross & Alan Snow: Ollie Spark and the Exploding Popcorn Mystery
Machines, mysteries and mayhem – this must be a case for OLLIE SPARK!Ollie Spark has his biggest adventure yet, when he travels to a fancy food festival on a far-flung island!There are tasty treats …
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€8.70
