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  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.

  Zero to Hero

  Will is football mad, but he’s the shortest boy in the year, and one of the slowest. He knows his skills at passing and ball control could make up for his lack of size, but the team coach is looking for fast players. Will he ever get a chance to show what he can do?

  First published 2012 by

  A & C Black

  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

  50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP

  This electronic edition published in February 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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  Text copyright © 2012 Robert Dodds

  Illustrations copyright © 2012 Mike Lacey

  The rights of Robert Dodds and Mike Lacey 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.

  eISBN: 978 1 4081 6573 7

  A CIP catalogue for this book is available from the British Library.

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