Jolene: After School Club: Starring Jolene...as the Runaway Who's Trying to Do a Good Turn

Jolene's run away from home and ends up at her Auntie Brody's house. She goes along with Brody to the After School Club where they're running a sports week. Jolene has a natural flair for football and starts to enjoy herself. But when she spots that something strange seems to be going on with little Brandon, she decides to investigate. And when she sees he's got bruises, she gets angry - really angry...This is part of a major new series which is being launched in with two titles in June 2003, one more following in September, and this one coming in November. The Government's aim is that by 2003 out of school places for 865,000 children will have been created, with the number of After School Clubs set to be around 20,000. Helena Pielichaty is a popular and hardworking author with an enthusiastic following and growing number of fans. She has also written three Simone titles for this age range, which have currently sold over 40,000 copies in the UK alone. "Simone's Letters" was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and "Simone's Diary" was chosen as a World Book Day recommended read.