We never did find him, but I wasn’t even looking. My whole attention was on the trees and the grass and the different materials being used on the building sites. My idea for the art exhibition was beginning to come into focus. I definitely wanted to create a piece of installation art and I was st...
Holly and I were in lane three. We were both watching the landing stage to see if my dad had arrived, because the race wasn’t due to start for another few minutes. Holly had already spotted her parents. “You said he’d be wearing a suit, didn’t you?” she said, scouring the ...
Carmichael, the Head of the whole school, had made her announcement about the TV documentary. It looked so different now to when we were all crowded into it for that assembly. I’ll never forget the gasp that went up with her first words: “I have been approached by a television production company ...
I was going to question his decision, because it was stupid and just…wrong. I raised my voice. “You can’t do this to me!” Mamma quickly pulled the curtains round the bed and told me to be calm. “How can I be calm? You’re maki...
Nothing more was said that made me feel awkward about being a princess, because the designers only talked about their clothes. From what Katy had described, I’d imagined them working their fingers to the bone, but the only one who seemed to be doing any hard work was Lara. The others just did a l...
After Miss Fosbrook had been in to check our lights were out and we were all quiet, we’d got up and sat on the round rug talking for ages and ages. I’d told my friends absolutely everything, except the bit about Hannah, and they’d been so kind and sympathetic that I’d felt...
Performing in the Silver Spires Star contest was something I thought I’d never be able to do! But with the help of my lovely friends, I actually learned to enjoy singing in front of people. And you can too! How to give a star performance! * Stage fr...
There are always lessons till lunchtime on Saturdays, which I don’t mind as the teachers are a bit more relaxed. And today it was the shopping trip after lunch. A part of me felt nervous, because the party was only one week away now and I knew I was about to spend more money than I ought to. But ...
I mean, the very middle of the night. Our dormitory was pitch black. “Bryony, are you awake?” Izzy’s trembling whisper came out of the darkness. “Yes,” I whispered back. “Did you hear that noise?” “I’m...
Almost as soon as we were out of the door, something had suddenly clicked in my mind about her sock turning up in her skirt pocket. It couldn’t have got there on its own. No, it was definitely all part of a plan. Sasha needed to make sure we were last to leave the changing room. Why? Because she’...
Great big gestures. Huh! What cheek! Cara made me sick. I did not do great big gestures… They were only small… Well okay, quite big, but that’s because you have to exaggerate things on the stage. It’s not like acting in a film. You can’t be subtle or the audience won’t get it. And why weren’t we ...