Frank English

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2010
  • Latest Book:
    November 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Jack the Lad

1 - Jack the Lad (May-2016)
2 - Jack: Volume Two (Oct-2016)
3 - Hit the Road Jack (Mar-2017)
4 - Welcome Back Jack (Nov-2017)

The Magic Parcel

1 - The Awakening (Jun-2010)
2 - The Gathering Storm (Apr-2011)
3 - A New Dawn (Sep-2012)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • The Awakening

    The Magic Parcel - 1

    A Fantasy Adventure suitable for 9 years and beyond. Its a first in two ways - its Frank's first published title and its the first in a series of adventures to be released by this prolific writer. 'Jimmy Scoggins is nine, and like most nine year olds...

  • The Gathering Storm

    The Magic Parcel - 2

    Second in the Magic Parcel Series. Following on from The Magic Parcel:The Awakening, how is Jimmy to escape this one? Miriel helped him and his brother to escape when Seth caught them in their last adventure in The Awakening. There's no one to save J...

  • A New Dawn

    The Magic Parcel - 3

    Jimmy has finally got himself into a situation from which there seems to be no escape. he has irritated and annoyed the wriong magician at the wrong time. or has he? Surely hemust get away from the prison that is Verdan. Jimmy has grown up beyond all...

  • 18 Mulberry Road

    Mr and Mrs Twitcherly are sparrows; common everyday sparrows. They live in a nest hole excavated in an ancient but statuesque oak tree in the garden of 18 Mulberry Road, by their neighbour, an absent-minded but kindly spotted woodpecker called Lemuel...

  • Jack the Lad

    Jack the Lad - 1

    A tale based loosely in reality, this story traces the fortunes of the Ingles family in the West Riding coal fields around Wakefield. Theirs is a saga that could be replicated time after time in an area where scratching a living wasn't easy, and wher...

  • Jack

    A tale based loosely in reality, this story traces the fortunes of the Ingles family in the West Riding coal fields around Wakefield. Theirs is a saga that could be replicated time after time in an area where scratching a living wasn't easy, and wher...

  • Jack: Volume Two

    Jack the Lad - 2

    A tale loosely based in reality, this story traces the fortunes of the Ingles family in the West Riding coal fields. In this second volume, Jack's cosy, happy and well-planned existence is shaken by several devastating events from which he can for...

  • 25 Primrose Walk

    Furtive and Fearless's adventures continue, taking them to more exciting and dangerous places, which allow them to meet many more exotic creatures in unexpected situations.

    We meet David again, the little boy who lived at 18 Mulberry Road, ...

  • Autumn Adventures

    David and Billy's wonderful adventures continue in unforeseen exotic places at unexpected times. They meet many, very different characters who cause them to have a great deal of fun, and a little anxiety, throughout. There are times when they aren...



  • Winter Tales

    Who'd have thought it? Two young boys having such wonderful adventures! How magical is that? Although a little afraid at times because their adventures never seem to tell them in advance when they are about to end, David and Billy begin to accept ...

  • Towards Spring

    Serious magic is afoot once again, drawing David, Lettie, Gabriella and Billy into more and more exciting and challenging adventures. Unexpectedly, close members of David's family he didn't know existed, come to stay over Christmas, creating mixed...

  • Hit the Road Jack

    Jack the Lad - 3

    A chance meeting in a cemetery in his home town throws Jack into a turmoil, as he tries to come to terms with his ailing marriage to Lee. Emotions and feelings that he thought he had buried, are thrust to the surface again, as events spin him into...

  • Welcome Back Jack

    Jack the Lad - 4

    After all his difficulties, Jack's family life seems finally to be improving. Incredibly, however, his brother, William, throws an unexpected and potentially catastrophic spanner into the works.

    Jack's days as a young teacher in his first sc...

  • Juniper's Tale

    A tiny black kitten, with a white tip to his tail and grey tips to his little ears, mysteriously appears in a cardboard box in the juniper bush outside the front door of the Warwick's home at Number 18 Mulberry Road. There is a note attached to th...

  • Honey

    How could such a tiny scrap of a sparrow chick become so adventurous, brave and smart in such a short space of time? Where does her desire to do courageous and exciting things come from?

    Honey was born with a wander-lust that she inherited f...

  • Josephine's Journey

    Josephine doesn't find life easy. She is slow, ponderous and, although these characteristics are fine for any usual tortoise, she doesn't feel they are right for her. The race she has just won against her friend Harvey the hare, was a happening th...

  • The Story of Lemuel Pecker

    Lemuel and Gabriel are identical twin great spotted woodpeckers whose early lives are not as settled and comfortable as they might be. Mammy and Pappy Pecker go their separate ways for various reasons, each taking one of their sons with them.

    <...

  • All Right Jack?

    Catastrophe! Finally, has Jack's courage and heroism brought him to a grim and undeserved end? What effect will his perceived demise have upon his immediate growing family and his extended family circle that seems to be widening in ways no one exp...

  • Carry On Jack: Volume Six

    Jack's life, both professional and personal, takes a number of unexpected and unsought for twists and turns that leave him unsure about his purpose and resolve.

    His life has always revolved around his family in its widest sense, supporting t...



  • Holly's Prize

    Holly is a beautiful snow leopard whose upbringing in her early days was anything but ideal. It could easily have resulted in her not reaching adulthood because of how she was treated by parents and siblings alike. The former didn’t want to fee...

  • Garnett's Grand Getaway

    Garnett the tortoise is enjoying living with her mother, Blanche, and her Aunt Josephine in a country of plenty. It is undoubtedly much more enjoyable than the deprivation she experienced before, in the lands where Cold is king.Life has become rather...

  • Sara's Astonishing Story

    Sara's ordinary life in Santa Rosa, California, is predictable, and the prospect of spending summer recess from school doesn't fill her with excitement, even though she can spend time with her close friend, Rilee.Then Rilee offers her the opportunity...

  • The Magic Whistle and the Tiny Bag of Wishes

    Logan is a sad little boy who is bullied at school by thoughtless unfeeling children who like to make fun of him. His life is already a sad one because of circumstances beyond his control out of which initially he can see no escape.At home, following...

  • Hidden Secrets

    Joss McIntyre is master of the Boulders Wood estate that his family has farmed for more than six generations. He is a hard man, his temper shaped by Victorian values and the harsh Yorkshire landscape in which he and his family live.Despite his attemp...

  • The Spirit Tree

    Tenko lived happily in Japan with her parents, until a mysterious accident took them from her and she had to return to the only remaining family, Susie and her family, in England.Susie and Tenko, as newfound cousins, become good friends, despite havi...

  • Where to now Jack?: Volume Seven

    Is reminiscence a sign of getting old? Jack's not too sure, although it's a cathartic process he very much enjoys indulging in with close friends and even closer family. Spending a lot of time with oldest friend Joyce Walker and her husband 'Stick' h...

  • Secrets Revealed

    Although Poppy has decided on the direction she wishes her life to take, her path is beset by obstacles. In time-honoured fashion, although conceived in reasonable detail, Poppy's path through life doesn't quite run to plan. The close friendship that...

  • No More Secrets

    The plot thickens!As Poppy Spence moves gradually towards her lifetime's ambitions of becoming a successful author of romantic novels, her life as George's potential wife is moving towards its climax. Or is it? Although he protests his undying l...

  • Amalie's Amazing Adventures

    Because of very sad circumstances within her young life, twelve-year-old Amalie is forced to move from the home and life that she loves, tolive with her Nanny Nell in a town in the country. Instead of becoming a lonely and sad young lady, youngsters ...



  • The Boys in Black

    Hugo and Betsy live an ordinary life with their mum and dad. Despite being six-year-old twins, they are as different as chalk and cheese. Betsy is outgoing and loves attention, whereas her brother is serious and quiet.That is, until he comes across a...

  • Believe

    Eleven-year-old Linda loved her life in England - the country of her birth; until, that is, Mamma and Papa decided to relocate to the country of their birth, a country in Europe some 1,084 miles from the children's original home in England. This had ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Frank English has published 31 books.

Frank English does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Believe, was published in November 2023.

The first book by Frank English, The Awakening, was published in June 2010.

Yes. Frank English has 2 series.
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