Word count 9,680

Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life easier in either home. The children bounce to and from their mother, Miranda, and their father, Daniel. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will mind the children - and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire.

Magda is tall and glamorous, Nadine is willowy and 'gothic' and Ellie is just plain normal. The three girls have been best friends 'forever' but now Ellie is convinced she's fat; Nadine wants to be a model; and Magda worries that her appearance is giving guys the wrong idea.

A book about three girls in Year Nine.

When my parents split up they didn't know what to do with me... My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad, me - and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But now, Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids. Dad lives with Carrie and her twins. And where do I live? I live out of a suitcase. One week with Mum's family, one week with Dad's.

Danny not only has to cope in a world of lawlessness and gang warfare, but he has to protect and look after his little brother, Ben, and a girl called Kim. Is there any hope left for a new world? Set in Shipley, an ordinary town in the north of England, this is a portrayal of a world that has broken down.