Junior Cert Text

There were three people, standing in the darkest place, watching him. Simon is outraged that his Mum plans to remarry. He cant bear her new fiance or the way his mother and sister seem to have forgotten his late father. Overwhelmed by hatred, he seeks solace in a nearby abandoned water mill. But another, powerful hatred lingers within its walls.

In this painfully honest (and secret) diary, teenager Adrian Mole writes candidly about his parents marital troubles, the dog, and his life as a tortured poet and misunderstood intellectual.

Contains essays, poetry and cartoons gathered from the authors collections.

Features the following stories: The Shrinking Of Treehorn, Treehorns Treasure, and Treehorns Wish. This title features the famous character, Treehorn, a clever, but repeatedly ignored little boy who just wants to be noticed by his parents.

Written by the author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and The Little Drummer Girl, this is a terrible story of an English agent. It shows the realities behind the news paragraphs which record the shifts and tensions of the Cold War.

Presents the story of one last breathlessly perilous assignment for the agent who wants desperately to end his career of espionage - to come in from the cold.

A lawyers advice to his children as he defends a black man charged with attacking a white girl. This book explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South. It creates one of the heroes of literature, whose lone struggle for justice pricks the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy.

Following the demise of buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash of gold. Not to mention the most infamous pirate, Long John Silver.

The poignant account of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the 1930s, and the brilliant first volume of autobiography. A bestseller ever since it was published in February 1993. One of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever read.

A modern pastoral set in an imagined seaside town - the dismays and rainbows of its inhabitants are played out within the cycle of one day. This title includes characters such as: Captain Cat, Mog Edwards and Miss Price, to name but a handful.

Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When Hari goes to Bombay to find work, Lila seems to be responsible for everything.

A story about a motley band of rabbits who desert their ancient warren when the gentle fiver predicts imminent destruction of all who remain. Led by Fivers intelligent brother Hazel, the refugees set out on an epic search fro a new home.