Jack has just been released from jail, but it isn't long before he gets caught up in another scheme with his friends in Victorian London. They have ambitious plans for the opening of the Great Exhibition. However, they are not the only gang of criminals making plans for this event. Can Jack and his gang outwit the notorious Brotherhood of Smoke?
Peter and his father Tomas live and chop wood in the forests that surround the village of Chust. When their solitary existence is shattered by a band of gypsies, Peter must face up to his father's troubled past and learn the secrets hidden inside the wooden box they have carried with them for so long.
A mixture of science fiction, suspense and humour, this new adaptation of HG Wells' classic novella will intrigue and delight Key Stage 3 students.
A reputable doctor's mysterious relationship with his disreputable associate is finally revealed in one of the most original and thrilling endings in English literature.
Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, this adaptation of award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd's novel intersects the stories of teenage Fergus and his hunger striker brother with Mel, whose ancient body he finds preserved in the bog.
Shows how some young people's initial enthusiasm for Nazism, when Hitler came to power in 1933, gradually turned to a brave resistance which was ultimately to lead to their trial and execution ten years later. This play raises fundamental questions about personal relationships and citizenship.
The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This book contains two winners of the W.H. Smith Plays for Children Awards.