Als sein Cousin Sam aus Amerika zu Besuch nach London kommt, ändert sich Matthews Leben gründlich: Sam ist unhöflich, riecht schlecht, hat lange Haare und bringt Matthew und seine Freunde in ziemliche Schwierigkeiten. Bevor sie ihn also in ihre Clique aufnehmen, muss Sam einen Test bestehen: Eine Woche, genau fünf Schultage, muss Sam als Mädchen verbringen. „Sam as in Samantha.“ said Jake. „All you have to do is be a girl for five days at school. if you agree to do that, your' re in. You' re one of us.“ Was als Spaß begann, wird schnell ernst, als Sams Vater nach London kommt, um seinen Sohn wieder heimzuholen.
Terence Blacker Books
Terence Blacker is an author whose early aspirations of becoming a jockey shaped his perspective on the world. His work often carries a sense of adventure and determination, reflecting a passion for speed and motion. Though his professional path took a different turn, his engaging writing style and interest in dynamic narratives remain.







A story of love, war and rats, pitting their world against their mortal enemy: humankind...
Matthew Burton's life has been fine until his American cousin crash-lands into it. Sam was only ever a distant rumour, a hippy kid who travels around the States with his wacky mother. Now he's an orphan, dumped suddenly on the Burtons' doorstep. According to Sam, everything in England sucks, and pretty soon he's making trouble for Matthew and his friends. They want revenge and Operation Samantha is born. For Sam small, long-haired and blond is the perfect secret weapon in the war at school between the boys and a gang of snooty girls. And when Sam sets about rewriting the rules for how boys and girls behave, he discovers an entirely new side to his personality. Soon it's not only Sam that is changing ...BOY2GIRL is one of the funniest comic novels you will ever read. A classic cross-dressing comedy like Some Like It Hot, set in a contemporary school.
Ms Wiz is Class Fives favourite teacher, who also happens to be a paranormal operative! Podge is learning an instrument but he's terrible. Then he meets a street singer playing the ukelele: it's Ms Wiz of course! And in joining her band, he finds himself in a TV talent competition! Rock on, Ms Wiz!
You're Nicked, Ms Wiz
- 51 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Following on from "Ms Wiz Spells Trouble" and "In Stitches with Ms Wiz", this book finds Ms Wiz faced with many challenging episodes involving kidnapped cats, strange criminals and a dimwitted copper. As usual, she's mad, good and has the children of Class 3 on her side.
Time Flies for Ms Wiz
- 56 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Jack should never have played with Ms Wiz's new time machine—now he's vanished in a puff of smoke. To rescue him, Nabila takes off on a weird journey into history and discovers that even time flies when you're travelling with Ms Wiz.
Missy
Reader with audios and digital extras
Tri, Jamie and Marko are outsiders - united by their love of music. Their band Eye Trouble uses the school's Old Music Room for band practice. Lately, however, weird stuff has been happening there... Things go missing, a phone's memory is wiped, papers are found scattered over the floor. And then someone trashes the whole room.
Homebird
- 144 pages
- 6 hours of reading
When Nicky Moms is sent to boarding school, his parents hope that he will make a success of his life. But a few weeks later he is on the run, his life in tatters. He meets sympathetic Carla, who agrees to let him stay in the squat she shares with a prostitute, thief and drug-dealer. The others worry that Nicky will attract police attention, but they are forced to tolerate him by Scag. Carla's boyfriend, who has other, more sinister plans for Nicky... A compelling teenage story with the appeal of bestselling, controversial novels like Melvyn Burgess' JUNK
The Secret Life of Ms Wiz
- 97 pages
- 4 hours of reading
The most popular magical character in fiction for younger readers appears in her sixteenth amazing adventure. In a special, double-length story, Ms Wiz's father, King Wisdom, demands that she take over his duties as Supreme Sovereign of the Kingdom of Paranormal Magic and Utter Eternal Mystery. But is Ms Wiz ready to become Queen . . . ?
Sie hat smaragdgrüne Augen und schwarz lackierte Fingernägel, sie besitzt ein Porzellankätzchen, das eine ganze Klasse in Schach halten kann, und sie kann hexen - Miss Wiss ist eine ungewöhnliche Lehrerin. Und die tollste, die die Dritte je hatte. Die meisten Lehrer sind komisch, und an der Sankt-Barnabas-Schule sind sie vielleicht noch etwas komischer als anderswo. Trotzdem: Jemanden wie Miss Wiss, die neue Lehrerin der Dritten, hat man auch dort noch nicht gesehen. Ihre Vorgängerin ist noch weinend aus dem Klassenzimmer gelaufen - Miss Wiss hat die gefürchtete Dritte von der ersten Stunde an im Griff. Dabei ist sie nicht mal so streng. Sie weiß und hört und sieht nur alles, wenn nicht selbst, dann mit Hilfe des Porzellankätzchens auf ihrem Pult, das auf die Klasse aufpasst, wenn Miss Wiss sich zur Tafel umdreht. - Es ist unglaublich, aber die neue Lehrerin ist eine Hexe (obwohl sie selbst das altmodische Wort nicht mag und „Fachfrau für Übersinnliches“ vorzieht). Natürlich ist eine hexende Lehrerin erst ein bisschen unheimlich; aber bald zeigt sich, wofür sie alles gut ist. Ob gegen garstige Schulräte, schrecklich strenge Eltern, gegen Blinddarm oder heimtückische Katzenfänger - Miss Wiss weiß immer ein passendes Mittel.



