GROWING UP. FALLING IN LOVE. COMING OUT. Frankie is nearly fourteen and teenage life certainly comes with its ups and downs. Her mum is seriously ill with MS and Frankie can feel herself growing up quickly, no thanks to Sally and her gang of bullies at school. When Sally turns out to be not-so-mean after all, they strike up a friendship and are s...

Jess and Tracy Beaker have found happiness in The Dumping Ground. Not that Dumping Ground- the children's home that Tracy grew up in- but a seaside antique shop full of treasures, along with Flo, the owner, and Alfie, their dog. Jess is looking for a fantastic new boyfriend for her mum (mostly because Tracy's awful ex Sean is back on the scene). B...

Everybody knows Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson's best-loved character. But what do they know about Jacqueline herself? In this fascinating book, discover how Jacky played with paper dolls like April in 'Dustbin Baby', how she dealt with an unpredictable father like Prue in 'Love Lessons' and how she sat entrance exams like Ruby in 'Double Act'. Bu...

Floss's parents split up when she was younger and she now divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her mum's new boyfriend and her new baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But then their simple arrangement is thrown into disarray when Floss's mum decides to move to A...

New twins have arrived in the family and Connie is in despair - until Nurse Meade arrives and gives her two tiny blue glass beads. When Connie twiddles with the beads, magical things begin to happen.

Pearl and Jodie are sisters. Pearl is the quiet, studious younger sister. Jodie is bold and brash and bad - but Pearl adores her anyway. When their parents get new jobs as the cook and caretaker at a fusty old boarding school, the girls have to move there and spend their summer holidays in the school with just a few children and staff for company....

Sylvie and Carl have been friends since they were tiny children. They've always played together, eaten with each other's families, called each other boyfriend and girlfriend and deep down, Sylvie has always believed that they'd end up married to each other. They even have a magical fantasy world that belongs to them alone - and the glass hut where...

Beauty Cookson is a plain, timid girl who lacks looks, confidence and friends. Beauty lives in uneasy fear whenever Dad's at home, and her pretty, sweet mum is equally subject to Dad's tirades. After an unbearable birthday party and a very real fear that Dad's temper is out of control, Mum and Beauty run away. They find themselves in an idyllic sea...

Tim and Biscuits are having a brilliant holiday in Wales. Life is full of ice cream, sandcastles and picnics - until they meet the horrid bully Prickle-Head and his side-kick Pinch-Face. Just as they are about to despair, reinforcements arrive in an unexpected form.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Jacqueline Wilson's favourite character, Tracy Beaker, who lives in a children's home. Ten-year-old Tracy is smart and full of energy but more than anything she wants love. In "The Story of Tracy Beaker", Tracy doesn't know where her mum lives but that doesn't stop her having long imaginary conversations wit...

When his dad decides to send him on an adventure holiday, poor Tim - who is more suited to armchair pursuits - realises that this could well turn out to be the very worst time of his entire life. Little does he know quite how bad things will get, especially when he is forced to bunk-in with the hideous, arrogant and bullying Giles. But as the holid...

A werewolf video leaves Micky afraid of dogs. Mum decides that Micky should own a puppy to help him overcome his problem. Micky chooses a werepuppy and Wolfie turns out to be a special pet and a real joker.

Lizzie refuses to speak. She doesn't want to talk to Rory or Jake, her new stepbrothers, or Sam, their Dad, or even her mum. She's totally fed up with having to join a new family and nothing can coax her into speaking to them. Not football, not pizza , not a new bedroom. That is, until she meets a member of the new family who is even more stubbor...

Daisy is the new girl at school. Most of her classmates are friendly, except for bossy, stuck-up Chloe. Having Chloe as a friend is hard work, but having her as an enemy would be far worse. So when Chloe issues the great sleepover challenge, Daisy is desperate to take part. But Daisy has a dilemma - if she has a sleepover party, she'll have to...

Ellie is nearly thirteen and desperate to have a boyfriend. Both her friends have boyfriends but the closest thing she can get is Dopey Dan, who is younger and a real swot. The first book in the series.

Sadie quite likes her mum being a childminder. But there's a chaotic half-term in store for her when mum falls ill with flu. Sadie has to help out with looking after the babies - and be a mum-minder too!

When Jayni, her mum and little brother have to run away from her abusive father, it starts off as a big adventure. They slip out at night, go up to London by train and stay in a hotel. They even make up false identities - and so Jayni becomes the grown-up, glamorous Lola Rose! But Lola Rose's new life isn't quite as wonderful as her new name. She d...

Gemma and Alice have been best friends since they were born and see each other every day. It never seems to matter that Gemma loves football while Alice prefers drawing or that Gemma never stops talking while Alice is more likely to be listening. But one day Gemma finds out that there's something Alice isn't sharing. And when Gemma finally discover...

When Rebecca wades into the witch's pond after a row with her best friend Sarah, she meets a very unusual new friend - a huge, warty toad! And Glubbslyme is no ordinary toad. Hundreds of years old, he can talk and best of all - he can work magic. Maybe he can help Rebecca be best friends with Sarah again?

Marty and her big sister Melissa couldn't be more different - and they just don't get along. Marty is a messy tomboy and loves animals, snuggling up in her cosy, comfy den, and drawing her comics - especially her favourite character, the brilliant Mighty Mart. So living with pink, girly, glittery, super-annoying Melissa has never been easy. But thi...

'It's not real, Rosalind - it's magic. And it's only for one day...' Rosalind and Robbie don't want to spend the summer stuck in their dad's new house with irritating Smash and her glamorous mum. Dad's biggest wish is for everyone to get along. So when he suggests a picnic in nearby Oxshott woods the children grudgingly agree. That afternoon, in a...