Books by Orme Helen

Lisa is in foster care, but nobody seems to listen to what she wants.

How do penguins keep warm in winter? How do they move? Where do they live? How do penguins feed their young? It''s all in this book! Penguins is a book-banded reading book for more confident readers, carefully levelled at White Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 1,054-word non-fiction book features a more demanding text with extended vocabulary and literary devices.

Rachel finds strange prints in the mud. Is it a dinosaur?

Lu has toothache but won''t go to the dentist.

Kelly is given the job of looking after her mum''s friend''s dog. The problem is - she hates dogs. Floppy, though, loves everybody. That''s part of the problem. The Sisters are happy to help and they take Floppy to the park. At the park Floppy meets another dog and makes a break for it. Then they hear the sound of screeching brakes. What has happened?

Cooking a meal for Rachel's mum's birthday turns to chaos.

A new girl at school is being bullied.

The Sisters are thinking about Christmas presents, but Donna is hard up.

Tara hates everybody, until she meets Liam. He's different.

Rachel's mum has a new boyfriend. Will this mean lots of changes?

Donna's working at the local stables - with three stuck-up, nasty girls.

Lu gets riding lessons for her birthday, but she lets Donna use them.

One of the Sisters'' classmates has some new friends - and they are into drugs.

Lu is being bullied at school.

The Sisters are having a sleepover at Lu''s.

There''s a new girl at school, but she is very clingy.

Rachel goes to a party with her older brother Wil.

Lu''s mum and dad want her to move to a new school.

The Sisters run a creche in the local shopping centre.

Siti''s younger brother Daudi has got into some serious trouble.