Bernard Ashley staat bekend om zijn meelevende verkenning van de kwetsbaren en de buitenstaanders, vaak gesitueerd in het rauwe realisme van de Londense straten. Zijn kracht ligt in zijn vermogen om zich in te leven in de geest van kinderen en jongeren, en hun innerlijke werelden met empathie en inzicht te onthullen. Ashley's werken, gekenmerkt door vlotte plots en meeslepende personages, behandelen regelmatig thema's als rechtvaardigheid en fatsoen. Zijn realistische benadering, vergeleken met eerlijk sociaal commentaar, drijft zijn resonerende vertelstijl aan.
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. Since his father left home, Kevin and his mother have survived on the proceeds of her market stall. When the Coxes on the next stall try to drive them out, Kevin goes in search of his father, but this doesn't offer the easy solution he expects.
Twenty of the finest children's authors have each woven a brand new tale around one century in the stunning and unique anthology Centuries of Stories, and together have come up with an amazing celebration of storytelling for the new millennium.
When his father is framed by the Bradshaws and sent to jail, and his mother goes off to live with one of the brothers, Ronnie finds himself alone and looking to clear his father's name. He foils another of the Bradshaws' plots, but one of the immigrants hidden in the back of the Bradshaws' coach is the father of Ronnie's schoolmate, Manjit.
Immer wieder wird Janey von ihrem Stiefvater zum Einbruch gezwungen.
