The Demon Headmaster and The Prime Minister’s Brain (18 page)

Gillian Cross has been writing children’s books for over thirty years.
Before that, she took English degrees at Oxford and Sussex Universities, and she has had various jobs including working in a village bakery and being an assistant to a Member of Parliament.
She is married with four children and lives in Dorset.
Her hobbies include orienteering and playing the piano.
She won the Carnegie Medal for
Wolf
and the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Children’s Novel Award for
The Great Elephant Chase.

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‘Look at me!’
His voice was threatening.
Frightened, Dinah looked up.

Something weird is happening at school.
The children are all too well behaved—almost like robots.
What strange power does the eerie headmaster hold over them … and can anyone resist?

Or are Dinah, Lloyd and Harvey doomed to become part of the Demon Headmaster’s dark plan?

Tad and Cissie are on the run with Khush the elephant.
Clammy-fingered, steely-eyed Hannibal Jackson will do anything to capture the animal.

Maybe even kill …

Staying ahead means being faster and smarter—but how do you hide an elephant?
Especially one with a mind of its own.

Measle Stubbs is not a boy known for his good luck.
He’s thin and weedy and hasn’t had a bath for years—and he has to live with his horrible old guardian, Basil Tramplebone.

Just when Measle thinks things can’t get any worse, he’s zapped into the world of Basil’s toy train set.
There’s something lurking in the rafters and a giant cockroach is on his trail—it’s times like these you need a few friends … and a plan!

‘Stink is what Ogilvy does best.
This is a book that smells superbly foul.’
Michael Rosen,
Guardian

Something lives deep within the forest … something that hasn’t been seen on Callum’s farm for over a hundred years.

Callum and Iona make a promise to keep their amazing discovery secret, but can they keep it safe from harm?

The pact they make will change lives forever.

‘Here’s a novel … that opens your eyes, touches your heart, and is so engaging it almost turns the pages for you’ Michael Morpurgo

1956

Freddy and Polly have always known their father is a genius.
So they’ve never minded helping him with his experiments.
Even when that means being put into cryonic suspension—having their hearts frozen until their father wakes them up again.
They know it will only be for an hour or two, so there’s nothing to worry about…

2009

Ben and Rachel have resigned themselves to a long, boring summer.
Then they find the hidden underground vault in the garden—and inside it two frozen figures, a boy and a girl.
And as if that isn’t spooky enough, when Rachel accidentally presses a button, something unbelievable happens…