The Other Edie TrimmerEdie is fascinated by Victorian times, and she's just desperate to be cast in the lead role of her drama club production of Oliver. When she's given a real Victorian notebook she's determined to write the best story ever, all about a girl in a workhouse. But when she starts writing, something strange happens. Edie finds herself in Victorian London. She feels the same, but everything around her is completely different to what she knows. Soon, she

and devious rivals plotting the Buckingham's downfall

children can swim alongside dolphins and flying fish

on the one hand marshalled by Hackett convinced he is doing the right thing but in the end only satisfying his own interests

Selected as Historical Novel of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times

its fate destined to echo down the centuries

This is a collection of more than 50 stories about witches from around the world

Each poem is accompanied by a short context on where and when it was written

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and the next-door neighbours coming round for sherry in their terrible festive jumpers

Leaving school at 16 and going to work as a printers' apprentice

describes the next period in Alan's life with every bit as much honesty

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