Ben Sterndale's days of freedom are over. There'll be no more running wild through Ecclesall woods now that he's got a proper job at Dyson's Scythe Works. As the Cellar Lad he's at everyone's beck and call and it's hard and dangerous work. His father and fellow workers at the cruicible workshop -... (learn more about this book)
When Grandad Jim comes to stay at Christmas, he brings the Blitz Baby - a tree decoration that he made when he was Jamie's age. That night, Jamie has a dream of what it was like for his grandad during the Blitz. Jamie realizes that the Blitz Baby is a very special decoration because it has so... (learn more about this book)
All four of Theresa Tomlinson's "Time-Slip" adventure books are based in or around Sheffield, where she now lives. "Errand Lass" is the tale of a young girl called Mais, who goes back in time to Victorian Sheffield and works as a buffer girl in the cutlery trade. (learn more about this book)
All three of these thrilling time-slip adventures are based in or around Sheffield, where Theresa Tomlinson lives now. Scavenger Boy tells the story of Michael's stumble into the past one snowy day, back two centuries where he encounters the weavers of the cotton mills and their children, and... (learn more about this book)
Two friends convert an old air-raid shelter into a den and help an old woman, who teaches them sign language and herbal medicine, to overcome her painful memories of World War II. (learn more about this book)
“A herbwife on a mule may go where warriors cannot – she may see what warriors cannot see and hear what warriors cannot hear!” The Monastery at Whitby is ruled over by the powerful and independent Abbess Hild. But when she needs someone to confide in, she turns to the honest warmth of her... (learn more about this book)