Jo Browning Wroe

Tonight nineteen-year-old William Lavery is dressed for success, his first black-tie do. It's the Midlands Chapter of the Institute of Embalmers Ladies' Night Dinner Dance, and William is taking Gloria in her sequined evening gown. He can barely believe his luck. But as the guests sip their drinks and smoke their post-dinner cigarettes, a telegram delivers news of a tragedy....

A day at the beach turns deadly in this gripping story, specially designed to engage seriously struggling and reluctant teen readers. It was supposed to be a great day at the beach. Carla said she’d help Ben in the water. But now Carla has swum away – and Ben can’t swim! Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading...

It is October 1966 and William Lavery is having the night of his life at his first black-tie do. But, as the evening unfolds, news hits of a landslide at a coal mine. It has buried a school: Aberfan. William decides he must act, so he stands and volunteers to attend. It will be his first job as an embalmer,...

Graphic Lives is a series of highly engaging graphic novels for young people who may need counselling and psychotherapy. Each book introduces the difficulties faced by a teenage character and follows them as they travel on their therapeutic journey with a skilled and creative therapist. The key aims of these books are: to demystify counselling and psychotherapy so that it...

Mystery forms around a seemingly ordinary meeting in this intriguing story, specially designed to engage seriously struggling and reluctant teen readers. An old man sits on a bench and feeds the birds. A boy makes friends with the old man. But is there something odd about this meeting?Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 6.