A competition was launched with the publication of "Centuries of Stories" in September 1999 to find fresh young writing talent in the 11 to 16 age group. Fourteen winning titles were by Wendy Cooling from over 600 entries. This volume presents the winning entries.

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2000 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Wendy Cooling has been a teacher, Head of Children's Book Foundation and is now well-known as a freelance children's book consultant and anthologist.