Bøker av Orme Helen

Lisa is in foster care, but nobody seems to listen to what she wants.

How do penguins keep warm in winter? How do they move? Where do they live? How do penguins feed their young? It''s all in this book! Penguins is a book-banded reading book for more confident readers, carefully levelled at White Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 1,054-word non-fiction book features a more demanding text with extended vocabulary and literary devices.

Rachel finds strange prints in the mud. Is it a dinosaur?

Lu has toothache but won''t go to the dentist.

Kelly is given the job of looking after her mum''s friend''s dog. The problem is - she hates dogs. Floppy, though, loves everybody. That''s part of the problem. The Sisters are happy to help and they take Floppy to the park. At the park Floppy meets another dog and makes a break for it. Then they hear the sound of screeching brakes. What has happened?

Cooking a meal for Rachel's mum's birthday turns to chaos.

A new girl at school is being bullied.

The Sisters are thinking about Christmas presents, but Donna is hard up.

All about yucky food, plus a story about food that looks yucky but tastes great!

Tara hates everybody, until she meets Liam. He's different.

Amita finds racial abuse at home and at school. What can she do?

Plant's can't hurt you, right? Wrong. Meet the killer plants. These plants don't bother with sunlight or water. They eat meat instead. Insects, rats, mice. This title lets you find out which bean is 12,000 times more poisonous than rattlesnake venom.

Which type of shark do you most not want to meet in the water? But if you are attacked - where''s the best place to poke a shark? Great White Sharks, Bull Sharks, even Whales Sharks - it''s all in here. Get the facts. Then read the adventure story ''Swimming with Sharks''. Learn the big lesson of the day: don''t bleed when there are sharks around!This fantastic book features an exciting combination of both fiction and non-fiction. The non-fiction section enables readers to engage with the subject matter, using dramatic illustrations and bite-sized texts. The beautifully illustrated fiction story appears in two formats - short, simple texts for more able readers and an illustrated ''speech bubble'' version of the same story, for those who are really struggling. Part of the Trailblazers series, this book is brilliant for keeping reluctant readers engaged.

Rachel's mum has a new boyfriend. Will this mean lots of changes?

Donna's working at the local stables - with three stuck-up, nasty girls.

A real author is visiting the school, and the Sisters are put in charge.

It's Donna's birthday soon, but nobody seems to care.

Lu gets riding lessons for her birthday, but she lets Donna use them.

Walking home alone at night, Kelly hears footsteps following her.

One of the Sisters'' classmates has some new friends - and they are into drugs.

Lu is being bullied at school.

The Sisters are having a sleepover at Lu''s.

There''s a new girl at school, but she is very clingy.

There''s a new kid on the block, and he''s a real hunk!