The Outsiders

by Margaret Smith

Published 1 January 2001

Donna hunted in her bag for her new calculator. It wasn't there! Then she remembered leaving it at the class.


She dashed back up the stairs. Turning the corner into the classroom she bumped into guess who? That awful Stewart Steele! Brushing past him, she went straight to her desk where she knew the calculator had been


It wasn't there.


Had someone taken it from her? Then the thought flashed across her mind; Stewart Steele must have pinched it! Just wait till she caught up with him. Just wait ....


That Final Summer

by Margaret Smith

Published 1 January 2001

Graham had a lot on his mind that summer in some ways he couldn't wait to get away to freedom; away from Sheleen and her stinking rich parents. But there were a few surprises in store for him. Things would never be the same again after that final summer of his boyhood. His relationship with Sheleen was only one of the things that changed dramatically.


A remote Scottish island community is Graham's home - but the conflicts and choices he faces are common to young people everywhere.