Young adult

• Red Sky in the Morning aka Loving Ben (1988)
• Kiss the Dust (1991)
• Hiding Out (1993)
• Jay (1997)
• Jake's Tower (2001)
• The Garbage King (2003)
• A Little Piece of Ground (2003)
• Paradise End(2004)
• Secrets of 'The Fearless' (2005)
• Crusade (2007)
• The Witching Hour (2009)

Picture books

• Rosy's Garden (1979)
• A Book of Promises (1999)
• Beautiful Bananas (2004)

Short stories

• Me and My Electric (1998)
• Hot Rock Mountain (2004)

• Red Sky in the Morning has been: Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Children's Book Award.
• Hiding Out is the: Winner of the Smarties Young Judges Award.
• Jake's Tower has been:Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Book Award.
• The Garbage King is: Winner of the Scottish Arts Council Children's Book of the Year award and the Stockport Book award. It has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Blue Peter Award, the Salford Children's Book Award, the Calderdale Children's Book Award, the Lincolnshire Young People's Book Award, the Stockton Children's Book of the Year, the West Sussex Children's Book Award, the Portsmouth Book Award and the Sheffield Children's Book Award.
• A Little Piece of Ground is: The Winner of the Hampshire Book Award and has been shortlisted for the Southern Schools Book Award.