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Keith Gray

    Keith Gray turned to writing seriously after failing his accountancy exams. His debut novel, published when he was just 24, garnered a nomination for the Guardian Fiction Prize. Since then, his works have been recognized globally, securing wins or shortlistings for prestigious awards worldwide. His bestseller 'Ostrich Boys' was adapted for the stage, and Gray has contributed reviews to major newspapers like The Guardian and Scotsman. He is also a co-founder of the Sunday Writers’ Club.

    The Climbers
    The Trick
    The Last Soldier
    The Chain
    Houdini and the Five Cent Circus
    Creepers
    • 2024

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

      The List
    • 2023

      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?

      The Den
    • 2021

      The Climbers

      • 120 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      3.4(37)Add rating

      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?

      The Climbers
    • 2018

      Houdini and the Five Cent Circus

      • 120 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      3.7(14)Add rating

      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+

      Houdini and the Five Cent Circus
    • 2015

      The Last Soldier

      • 85 pages
      • 3 hours of reading
      3.4(24)Add rating

      Subtle and poetic drama set in 1920s Dustbowl America. From the award-winning author of Ostrich Boys. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+

      The Last Soldier
    • 2015

      Happy

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      They all get guitars and they all play gigs and they all write songs, and they still never make it.'There's a big difference between being a rock star and a pop idol - Will and Danny know which they'd prefer to be.

      Happy
    • 2014

      Warehouse

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Through separate but interweaving narratives Warehouse tells the stories of three of the community's members. And then there's Lem, an ex-drug-addict and founder of the Warehouse community, whose perceived role as leader by the other young people is too much for him to cope with.

      Warehouse
    • 2013

      The Chain

      • 75 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Four characters, four stories, one book that links them all. New edition of this thrilling drama from the award-winning Keith Gray. With a reading age of 8+, this book is also suitable for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.

      The Chain
    • 2012

      Ghosting

      • 72 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      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

      Ghosting
    • 2012

      Five Day Fast

      • 98 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Sid, a businessman, husband and father of two, through a series of unexpected events fi nds himself stranded temporarily in an inner city. What he experiences that day and several days after opens his mind in a way that changes his life forever ..

      Five Day Fast