Michael Morpurgo

Rollercoasters are popular with boys, girls and mixed-ability classes. Evoking a mesmerising picture of the Jacobite Rebellion, orphaned Robbie flees from his heartless uncle to join Bonnie Prince Charlie's uprising against the English. On the run from the redcoats, Robbie meets Charlie,possibly the last wild wolf cub …

A boy’s passion for music unlocks a painful secret — and draws his family together — in a multilayered tale by an outstanding author-illustrator pair.Like any young boy, Paolo becomes obsessed with what he can’t have — in his case, a violin. Hidden away in his parents’ room, it beckons the boy to release the music …