Smuggler!

by Martyn Beardsley

Published 20 May 2008
Jack finds a secret compartment, and an ancient letter. It takes him back into the dark and dangerous days of 18th-century smugglers - when a boy his age could be hanged for his crimes...Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.

Black Death

by Martyn Beardsley

Published 16 March 2010
A young sailor returns to his village, and is accused of bringing the plague with him. Haunting story of the epidemic in medieval England, with historical facts. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.