AuthorGene Kemp
NarratorRachel Bavidge
Duration3h 54m
CategoriesYoung Adult and Teen Fiction
Key StageKS4
PublisherOakhill Publications
VersionUnabridged
'I suppose it's a gift. But, I didn't ask for it, did I? Any more than you ask for brown eyes instead of blue. I often wish it would go away. I don't want to be different...' Petra has a sixth sense - she can predict events that haven't happened yet. It's a talent that she's grown to hate. People think she's weird and she knows that if she wants her classmates to like her she will have to keep her gift a secret. Until her visions take a sinister turn. George, the ghost-boy who lives in her house, seems to be trying to give her a desperate message. And, why is she being plagued by the image of a dark-haired girl walking her dog? What does it all mean? When a pupil from her school goes missing, it becomes horrifyingly clear that Petra's visions may hold the key to the disappearance - and the suspected murder of a schoolgirl ten years before. But, as she soon discovers, danger lies closer to home. Petra's sixth sense may be the only thing that can protect her from becoming the next victim...
Author: Gene Kemp
Author Gene Kemp
Narrator Richard Mitchley
Duration 1h 50m
Luke is a gifted musician, so when his treasured flute is destroyed by the school bullies, his grandmother takes him to a mysterious old music shop to buy another. Instead he comes away with a beautiful old piccolo. The piccolo plays wonderful, strange music at first, and Luke is captivated, but then he discovers a more sinister side to the instrum...
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Author: Gene Kemp
Author Gene Kemp
Narrator Lisa Coleman
Duration 2h 46m
Troy is a boy living in a secret locked-up world. His family thinks he is crazy, mad, nutty, barmy - all except his mother, who prefers to pretend there's nothing really wrong. But even she has to take notice when policemen start knocking on doors and Troy gets excluded from school.
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The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler
Author: Gene Kemp
Author Gene Kemp
Narrator Michael Cochrane
Duration 2h 20m
Tyke Tyler and Danny Price are best friends, much to the despair of the Headmaster of Cricklepit Combined School - because wherever the pair go, trouble is never far behind. The story focuses on their last term, when Tyke tries to help Danny stay out of trouble. Winner of the Carnegie Medal.
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