Books published by Mammoth
Style: Good
Attitude: Edifying
16-year-old Ralph Hollis is yearning for a career in the theatre, while his father is furious that he won't find real work.
A young man trying to do what he wants in life without going against his family. The support the family offers even with its spats and storms. The joy and companionship of working in a theatre.
Family, Growing-Up, Romantic, War
Style: Good
Attitude: Positive
Elsie Hollis is terrified of the gang in the next street, and auditions for a part with the local repertory company simply to stay out of the way; she is astonished when she is actually given the part.
Growing-Up, War
Style: Average
Attitude: Unobjectionable
Three teenagers, Kestrel and Bowman Hath, who are twins and their grubby, seemingly retarded friend, Mumpo, follow a quest to recover the voice of the WindSinger sculpture, protector of their city.
Fantasy
Style: Outstanding
Attitude: Positive
In 17th-century England care for unwanted (often illegitimate) children is the responsiblity of the Parish which is often underfunded and ill-disposed.
Historical, Thought-provoking
Style: Weak
Attitude: Positive
Charley Bates, a young Rochford boy with no ties, is drawn by the glitter of the army to join up as a drummer boy during the Crimean War.
Historical, War
Style: Good
Attitude: Unobjectionable
Eliot's American mother dies in a mugging and he stays with his English cousins while his father comes to term with his grief.
Spooky