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At any other time they would never have met. Bright, arty Emma with the steady boyfriend and a new baby. James, the public schoolboy who won a bet but flunked all his exams in the process. Leon, sent to college instead of prison who's angry at the world and determined on revenge. And bolshy Grace, who acts like she doesn't care, but underneath it all has a very surprising secret to spring on the others. Thrust together on the first day of term at college the four of them form an unlikely and uneasy alliance that eventually leads to friendship, and even love. But if it really was fate that brought them together, it is a completely different, life-threatening, accident that will test their friendship and loyalty to the extreme.
Simone has just started secondary school and has agreed to help a student teacher with his research by filling in questionnaires and keeping a diary about all her experiences. In true Simone style she sometimes finds herself writing not only about school but also about her interesting, andvery funny, life outside school too.Ideal for fans of Jacqueline Wilson'I warmed to Simone and her realistic approach to life - she's Adrian Mole without the angst.' School Librarian
Nine-year-old Megan Fawcett loves football and is desperate to be on her school team. She tries everything to get the coach to notice her, even wearing a tiara! But nothing works ... Then she has a brainwave - she'll set up her own team. An all-girls team! Now all she needs is a pitch, a coach ... and ten other players.
Erin's father has gone bankrupt and so her family have moved to the local council estate. Erin is horrified and can't stand living without a phone, being away from her friends and having to share a room with her sister. Liam, on the other hand, loves life on the estate. Everyone respects him and wants to be his friend. Liam really likes Erin and is convinced it's just a matter of time before she succumbs to his charm - but Erin has other ideas. She can't stand Liam and thinks he's all brawn and no brain. They say opposites attract - but can these two really get along?
Girls United is the best team for football and friendship. It's her team's first football tournament and Petra Ward can't wait to play. But her mum has some bad news: the match falls on the same weekend as her older sister Charlotte's important riding event. As usual, Charlotte (and the ponies) come first. Petra's compensation is a sleepover at her best friend Megan's house, but even that doesn't run smoothly as Megan invites team-mate Jenny-Jane along too. Petra wonders if anyone will ever put her first.
Jolene is turn runaway who's trying to do a good turn (just make sure she doesn't turn on you).
Jolene is happier now than she has been for ages. She loves Darren, her new stepdad, and her two half brothers and she's going to spend the summer holidays with Brody, which means hanging out with all her old friends at ZAPS After School Club. The only thing bothering her is her mum, whoseems to do nothing but shout and nag at Darren these days. Things are getting so bad that Jolene asks her stepbrothers to go with her. They can hardly wait to get out of the house.But while Jolene and the boys are having a great time at ZAPS, things are going from bad to worse at home. And when Mum rings Jolene to say that she's collecting her early and that Darren will be coming separately for the boys, Jolene fears the worst . . .
Girls United is the best team for football and friendship. The under eleven girls' league is well underway and Lucy Skidmore is her team's best defender. Bright, sporty and happy-go-lucky, her parents' divorce doesn't seem to have affected her at all. The same is not true of her older brother, Harry. He is so badly behaved! Lucy overcompensates by trying to please both parents all the time. But with a dad living miles away, a mum stressed out and a sulky brother to contend with, Lucy is feeling the pressure.
The girls are delighted when their team is invited to New York to play in a high school league tournament. But 11-year-old Amy Minter is more interested in Macy's department store than the football pitch. She can't understand why her team-mates are getting so annoyed - it's not her fault she prefers shopping and flirting to football.
A bumper bind-up of two fantastic stories about the friends from the After School Club. In 'Sammie's Back', all Sammie wants is for her mum and dad to get back together - so she makes a wish and tries to make it come true. But the reality is not nearly as good as the dream, and when things go horribly wrong Sammie feels like a failure. Especially as all her friends seem to have such perfect families - why can't hers be like that? Brody's also having problems in 'Brody's Back' - she's finding life a bit hard. Everyone always relies upon her - but there's nobody there for her when she need some help. Even her best buddy's let her down. She decides that enough's enough - Mrs Fryston can find someone else to captain the Book Quiz, and all the others can just get off her case.