Item category 2: Quick reads

Amber doesn't have anyone to sit with at lunchtime. Can she make some pals? Pals is a low-level phonics reading book.

Leo and Trevor are twins - and they hate each others guts. But when Leo accuses his brother of sleeping with his woman, only their mother can stop them ripping each other to pieces. But her big secret is that one of the two warring siblings has to die.

When Ginevra Piombo falls in love with a young Corsican officer hiding from the authorities in the aftermath of Waterloo, she does not realise that this one moment will force her to make the greatest decision of her life. A choice between father and lover, a choice between life and death.

John Blaine is a private detective walking the streets of Dublin. He is tough, smart but unlucky in love. Hired to bring home a wandering daughter, he takes the girl's side against her rich father, and suffers for it.

Keisha Ceylon is a psychic. At least, that's what she passes herself off as. The truth is, Keisha's real powers have more to do with separating troubled families from their money than actually seeing into the netherworld.

Love Heart Lane - where friends are there for you no matter what.

On the 16.02 train from Hampton to Waterloo, Helen sends a message on Facebook. She breathes a sigh of relief. Finally, she has been brave enough to send out a small hint to her friends about a very big problem in her life.

The stories in this volume come from Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania by African writers Steve Chimombo, Farida Karodia, and M.G. Vassanji.

'Don't Give Up' is an adult beginner reader in which Mavis shows great determination to pass her driving test.