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  A week ago Will had been a nobody, standing on the sidelines, but now he was the Ravens’ hero.

  Pitch Dark

  David wants to be on the school team, like he was before. But Nick, the current goalie, has killed off any hope of that. Walking home one night, David meets a stranger who will change his life forever. But will David’s football dream turn into a living nightmare?

  Dead Wood

  Holly’s family move to the old house so her dad can do his job: bulldozing the ancient trees to make way for a housing estate. But there’s something haunting the old house. Something old, and angry, that doesn’t want the trees cut down. Something alive…

  Drawing a Veil

  Ellie and Amina are best friends. But when Amina decides to start wearing the hijab, it attracts the attention of the bullies. Does it matter if best friends have different beliefs? A thought-provoking story about friendship, culture and modern life.

  Death Match

  While the Nazis occupied Ukraine, Dynamo Kiev’s footballers played matches as FC Start. Start won, again, and again. Until they faced a German army side, under the threat of death if they didn’t let the occupiers win…

  Run, Jimmy, Run

  Jimmy can’t stand Dax’s bullying any longer. He steals £150 from his father and runs away. But Dax is on the same train – and he sees the money. Now Jimmy and Dax are locked in a frantic chase. Can Jimmy run fast enough and far enough?

  First published 2012 by

  A & C Black

  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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  Copyright © 2012 Seb Goffe

  This electronic edition published in February 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

  Illustrations copyright © 2012 Bob Moulder

  The rights of Seb Goffe and Bob Moulder to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work have been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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  ISBN 97814088165775

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