Karen McCombie est une auteure prolifique dont les romans pour enfants et adolescents ont captivé des lecteurs du monde entier. Sa narration se caractérise par des intrigues captivantes et des personnages auxquels on peut s'identifier, qui résonnent profondément auprès de son public. McCombie explore magistralement des thèmes tels que l'adolescence, l'amitié et la découverte de soi, le tout présenté dans un style d'écriture distinctif et accessible. Sa capacité à capturer des voix et des expériences authentiques lui confère le statut de figure appréciée dans la littérature jeunesse.
Quelle mouche a piqué la maman d'Indie ? Elle traite sa fille comme un bébé ! Et qu'est-il donc arrivé à Soph et Fi ? Elles ne pensent qu'à faire des bêtises ! Si seulement on pouvait grandir d'un coup, et devenir adulte tout de suite, ce serait tellement cool !
Zac and Eddie have been helping their Granny Mo in her search for the perfect pet. She's tried everything - cats, bunnies, even axolotls! - and she just can't find the right one.But when the trio go mudlarking in the riverbank, they find a creature unlike anything else. Granny Mo might have set out to look for a pet, but now she's got a monster on her hands and it's about to get up to some mischief!
Meet Thing - it's small, cute and a tiny bit troublesome (oops!). Furry secrets are the best. Especially when they are weird, cuddly and magical. Me and Jackson promised to keep out secret furry friend safe and hidden away. But when you mix Thing with water, seriously crazy stuff can happen. Help!
Ally's gobsmacked when she finds out her best mate is moving away, and that her big sis is going to university miles from home. She's only just got Mum back, so why does everyone else want to leave? Another warm and funny saga about Ally and her friends.
With his space-pod destroyed, the Star Boy is adapting to life on Earth with help from his friends. Kiki's long list of don'ts is a reminder of how hard passing for a human is, but more troubling for the Star Boy is the strange pings and pangs he's experiencing and the hard-to-hide electrical surges that threaten to reveal his alien self...
Ally's feeling inadequate. Why is it that her only romantic experience amounts to a burping in mouth scenario with Keith Brownlow? Kyra's only been in Crouch End two seconds and she's got a boyfriend already.
Although she loves her island, with its wild seas and big skies, she guiltily nurses a secret dream of flight - to America and the freedom of the New World. But her family are struggling under the spiteful oppression of the new Laird, and it seems that even some of the Laird's own household are desperate to leave.
Boys are weird things, and just lately, the boys in my life have been acting even more weird. Take Billy, for example. He’s been behaving like a total muppet and what’s worse is I’ve been having unexplained fellings for the big dweeb. Not only that but Tor’s been acting strange too, something to do with boy mice, girl mice, and Mum
Flo Brown is watching a fairytale unfolding in front of her eyes. Her mum is in the finals of the 'Big Dreams' talent show. At home millions of TV viewers are tuned in, waiting for the nation's favourite to give another spine-tingling performance. Their lives will change forever. Just NOT in the way Flo and Queenie expect.
When the Star Boy's space-pod crashes to Earth it gives him the perfect opportunity to study humans close up while he awaits rescue. Two in particular catch his attention - a boy named Wes and a girl named Kiki. But as his curiosity grows so does his courage until the Star Boy follows Wes and Kiki into school ... and into their lives.