Happy Boy

By the edge of a wood lives a happy boy. He loves to smile and play.

In a town close by, however, it’s a very different tale.

The town itself is gloomy. The people dull and sad. Can one very happy boy remind them how to laugh?

Read on to find out in this beautifully illustrated book for children.

Happy Never After?

Harry had been a happy-go-lucky member of the human race until his girlfriend of two years decided she preferred the company of her own gender. Since then his life had become a downward spiral of misery and self-pity. His best friend Paulie had been as supportive as any male can be, but he too was beginning to drown in Harry’s woes, as were the rest of their group. Together with his twin sister Sarah, Paulie was determined to get Harry ‘back on the horse’ and find a girl. They knew that if that endeavour was to have any chance of success, he would need to recover his happier self. Thus began Harry’s quest to trawl through some of the myriad alternative therapies in a desperate attempt to ‘pull himself together’. Unfortunately for Harry, ‘Murphy’s law’ was a reality and anything that could go wrong, did, usually in the most unlikely and worst possible ways. The adage ‘There’s always someone worse off than you’ is true and in the world of alternative therapy that person is Harry. Throughout this rather painful journey of self-discovery, his awareness of deepening feelings for Sarah slowly develops. Join Harry through the trials and tribulations of his journey to enlightenment and hopefully love. This is his story.

Happy! Rays of White Lilies

Happy’s power is known. The Infinite Magic that exists within her allows her to access every element of magic, prophet magic and absolute healing, making her equally as valuable as the golden Steller Prince. She continues to attend class with the children of those who had her locked and experimented on, those who gambled for her potential through the inhumane cage. But the universe has finally given Happy the warmth of normality and a family at Rebel. 

Will she be able to move past her history and debut as Lady Happy Acad of Acad House or remain the lost bastard, missing from history?

Wolf Sergeant has been abducted by the Rein group RedEye with two of the most powerful and magically-gifted children he has ever seen. But even with their affiliation to the murderous terrorist group, he cannot help but see them as the victims of a war the royals started. With an introduction to the ‘savage girl’, Ara of Ejie, they will set on a journey to save an innocent man’s life from execution and in doing so, become enemies of the state and lose everything.

But what is life without risk?

Happy! Scattered Birds

An era of magic users in the country of Spellstown has expanded to lengths uncontainable by the authorities. The monarchs of Spellstown, the Stellers, rule from the simple law of the nation: ‘The throne and land belong only to the strongest magic user who emits gold.’ However, although the Stellers have maintained the throne for over five generations, their golden magic and strength have faded with time, bringing forth an age where their legitimacy is questioned.

After being magically experimented on, Happy, a 15-year-old rogue sets on a path of revenge to find those responsible for her torture. With magic that clings to her and greets her as a friend, she stands as an enemy of the Stellers simply by existing. She is the crowned dog that those in the shadows root for. But Happy has other things in mind and will stop at nothing to bring those who have trampled over her and countless others to justice. Though, is she prepared to accept the corruption and evil that threaten to consume her?

Hard Luck Motty

You will not be able to put this book down once you start!

Hard Luck Motty has been through everything you can imagine.

See if you can find someone who can top my life adventures!

The famous people I have met and spent time with: Hollywood superstars, sporting greats.

The family tragedies along the way.

The excitement and thrills.

The silliness.

The lessons I have learnt the hard way, in my working, sporting and fun life.

You need to read this book.

Hard Rain

This is the story of a British soldier serving in strife-torn Northern Ireland. A story of a soldier caught between necessary use of force and admiration for the people he had been tasked to put down.

Bomber’s Lament

Watch and wait in the dark

Don’t be afraid, killers can be killed

Like other men, don’t be afraid

Point the gun and squeeze the trigger

Killing is easy, living with it is hard

Dreams come, they go, only bad dreams

Where are the good dreams?

They died when you squeezed the trigger

The killers went to hell to burn and die

Your hell is here, it will last forever

God will forgive, if I ask him now

God has gone, leaving this world in disgust

He gave us paradise, we have destroyed it

Destroyed through greed and religious jealousy

The hard rain fell but couldn’t cleanse the soul

Nothing will cleanse it, for this we must suffer

Priests, man, woman, child, terrorist and soldier

The unborn have a chance but the hard rain fell

Bomber cried for help to God, no help came

Cried to his fellow man, they didn’t hear him

Only the warm arms of a woman gave comfort

Soothing an aching heart, wiping away the tears

All was not lost for God is still with us

Just listen and do what you know is right

Hold fast against evil that would control the world

Keep a strong heart, don’t be afraid of the dark

Our arms and hearts are strong, we will go on

God, where is he? He is in us to strike down evil

And the killers in the dark will be banished

But the hard rain fell and Bomber cried.

The first book featuring Bomber Brown, The Wolves of the Radfan, tells of his early life as a soldier fighting in the Middle East. Following on from Hard Rain, Bomber finds himself in more trouble in The Darkness. A story of how easy it is to go from good to bad in Northern Ireland and Switzerland.

Hartsfield

Prepare to be captivated by the intriguing tale of Jane Clair, a woman harbouring a secret she dare not divulge to her enigmatic employer, John Ronald. In a desperate bid to preserve her job at Hartsfield, a place upon which her very livelihood depends, Jane must leave behind her cherished loved ones – Charlie, her childhood sweetheart, and her devoted grandfather – and venture into the enigmatic realm of Hartsfield. Little does she know that her life is about to undergo an unforeseen twist within the confines of this mysterious estate.

Haunted by the possibility of joining the ranks of the countless housemaids carelessly dismissed by John Ronald in the past, Jane must navigate her new role without prior experience in the world of housekeeping. Will John Ronald succumb to the allure of Jane’s beauty and captivating personality? Can she escape the fate that has befallen others who failed to meet his exacting standards?

Prepare for a journey brimming with friendship, love, and heartbreak as Jane’s path intertwines with the magical realm of true love. Delve into a world where secrets and desires collide, where the bonds of loyalty are tested, and where the ultimate power of love can transcend all obstacles.

Harvest

Harvest was forged in an emotional melting-pot. The author was walking one morning in the grounds of Fulbourn Psychiatric Hospital near Cambridge, having been held under a section of the Mental Health Act. This meant that she could not leave the hospital grounds. But the grounds were extensive and from the edge of the gardens she could see Fulbourn windmill standing on the brow of Fulbourn Hill. She reached deeply inside herself and came up with a poem which, though she had always written, came from a place more serious and resonant than ever before.
Gradually, other poems followed, detailing her interaction with the mental health system and the consoling connection she felt with the natural world. On her release, she finished the collection: songs, sonnets, hymns and ballads, a readable variety of responses to harsh experience.

Hatrack

In the time of Cromwell’s rule, young and out-of-work Navy navigator, Charles ‘Soap’ Karma is tricked into joining the cunning and oftentimes comedic crew of the Blunderbuss, a pirate ship captained by John Dunsworthy, set to sail from England to Cuba.

Along the voyage, he quickly makes friends, enemies and a few in between, as he experiences the true highs and lows, that come with the life of a pirate.

Hats

Hats introduces children to the idea of different careers by observing different head-gear.

Playing the game is a follow-up suggestion to extend vocabulary and encourage thoughtful conversation.

• Each person takes a turn to name a different hat.
• Repetition isn’t allowed.
• The game continues until you run out of names.

Hints for ideas: 

Careers, sport, religions, fancy dress, superheroes, history and different cultures.

Hatty the Hedgehog

Gardens at night are mysterious and busy places. Hatty never knows whom she will meet when she leaves home. In this book her moonlight encounters give us an insight into life in a garden after dark. It must seem quite a scary place for a little hedgehog as she goes in search of food, but we know she has a coat of quills to protect her. Nevertheless, there can be surprises and dangers on her nightly journey. Keep safe, Hatty!

Haunted House

Daniel is a 10-year-old boy. Together with his parents, he is going to move from a suburban area in New Jersey to a new house not too far away. The small family is excited about moving to this new place, although they don’t know anybody there. Daniel is the first to stay in the house alone, and what he discovers while staying there starts to haunt him. He is accepted in a new school and makes new friends in his class, but what frightens him most is his new English teacher. He knows something about their new house and what happened there. Daniel is a smart, tough boy who tries to confront the thing that haunts him. But as he goes along, he is getting too close to finding the truth and facing the consequences of knowing it.