Dorothy Piper: 4 books

Peter Jones's oddball grandfather is scared of doctors. So scared that, when Peter's Mum makes an appointment for him to go see one, he leaves home without telling anyone where he is headed. Ever since Peter was small, Granddad amused him by telling him stories of the far-flung places he's...

This collection of stories, essays, poems and memoires was created over a long period, from the 1970s to the current day. It will appeal to all - no matter your literary taste or genre. From humor to horror, gentle romance, thrills, fantasy, science fiction, and personal recollections : you will find...

Young Lex Simms is half-Martian. His family has inherited the remarkable Martian abilities of changing shape and traveling in spirit form through time and space. True Martians are ugly reptiles who survive on water. However, the only water on Mars has become briny and is almost undrinkable. Decades...

The author of this novel is English and, if you aren't English, you might be puzzled by some of the words she uses. If you remember that "nowt" means "nothing" and "owt" means "anything", you'll have no trouble. Lex Simms seems to be a typical twelve-year-old. He lives near Leeds, in Yorkshire....