Keith Gray Books

A thrilling reimagining of Houdini's childhood years and the life that made him master of escape. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+

In this compelling story of teenage rivalry and friendship, award-winning author Keith Gray captures the subtle agonies and reality of life growing up in a small town.Sully is the best climber in the village. He can scale the Twisted Sister's tangled branches and clamber up Double Trunker with ease. But when new kid Nottingham shows up and astonishes everyone with his climbing skills, Sully's status is under threat and there's only one way to prove who's best. Sully and Nottingham must race to climb the last unnamed tree. Whoever makes it to the top will become a legend. But something spiteful and ugly has reared its head in Sully ... Is it worth losing everything just to reach the top?

Jason has had enough of his parents’ arguments, so he’s running away. On the train to Liverpool he meets a “runner” called Jam who lives on the trains and at stations. His carefree life sounds so exciting that Jason thinks he might join him. Then Jason discovers Jam’s secret.

'It's not really kidnapping, is it? He'd have to be alive for it to be proper kidnapping.'Kenny, Sim and Blake are about to embark on a remarkable journey of friendship. Stealing the urn containing the ashes of their best friend Ross, they set out from Cleethorpes on the east coast to travel the 261 miles to the tiny hamlet of Ross in Dumfries and Galloway. After a depressing and dispiriting funeral they feel taking Ross to Ross will be a fitting memorial for a 15 year-old boy who changed all their lives through his friendship. Little do they realise just how much Ross can still affect life for them even though he's now dead.Drawing on personal experience Keith Gray has written an extraordinary novel about friendship, loss and suicide, and about the good things that may be waiting just out of sight around the corner . . .

Nate and his sister Sandy are fake mediums and don't believe in the ghosts they pretend to see. That is, until the real ghost of a serial killer's victim appears with a message for Sandy

Marshall feels the need to escape because things are so tough at home. Rory is just happy it’s the first day of the summer holidays. While out on their bikes they stumble across a long-forgotten underground bunker at the edge of the woods. This is the den, and going down inside will stretch their friendship to its limits. There will be rivalry and betrayal, but can wrecked relationships be saved before the summer has even begun?

Can friendships survive as Denny relives the good times and rewrites the bad? A comic and compelling tale from award-winning author Keith Gray.

Was passiert, wenn man sich beim ersten Mal für älter ausgibt, als man ist? Oder wenn man geschworen hat, vor dem wichtigen Fußballspiel «clean» zu bleiben, sich aber gerade jetzt DIE Gelegenheit für den ersten Sex bietet? Wenn die 73-jährige Oma beim Sonntagsessen mit der Familie plötzlich SEHR offen über ihre eigenen Erfahrungen plaudert? Das erste Mal hat viele Seiten – komische, tragische, bewegende, prägende ... Englands bekannteste Jugendbuchautoren KEITH GRAY, MELVIN BURGESS, SOPHIE McKENZIE, BALI RAI, JENNY VALENTINE, PATRICK NESS, MARY HOOPER und ANNE FINE geben diesem Thema ihre ganz eigene Stimme.

Mark ist von zu Hause abgehauen. Im Zug trifft er Jam, der erzählt, er würde dort leben. Immer auf der Flucht vor dem Schaffner, und das Essen klaut er aus dem Speisewagen - Mark ist beeindruckt.