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I couldnt find a request thread, so I guess Ill make this and see if it works.

I used to read up to 10 books a week from the ages of 8-14. and today I have vague memories of some that were really good and I think my daughter may like.

One was Worry warts, it was a really good story, with an amazing theme to it. I just found it/got reminded of it through a thread on here.

But I have some others I just cant remember the names to. I only remember a few "scenes" of them so Ill list them now.

I think it may be a Jennings or Gleitzman title, but it was about a boy whos father owned a fish and chip shop in england (possibly), and next door some people opened up a hamburger shop, the "scene" i remember is where the father goes to the hamburger shop and tries to casually make conversation trying to survey this new competition, the father casually asks if hamburger shop owner dose fish and chips, answer is no, hamburger shop asks if father dose hamburgers, answer is no, tension instantly drops from memory and a friendship ensues.

Another is about a group of kids who live in a town with a vacant lot in it. They decide to build a fort and end up making quite an amazing one from scrap and gathered resources. it has a fire pole too from memory. but then the town wants to build somthing and want to knock it down and the kids stand up and antics ensue with them trying to stop it being demolished.

Another is about 3(?) kids who become lost on a family holiday or are abandoned, they come across a rubbish dump where many other children have come and live there building shantys out of iron, they look for scrap to get money I think and scrape by a living, one "scene" i remember is a child gets injured in an landslide of rubbish when a truck comes and dumps more rubbish. another scene is a bunch of teens/young adults on motorbikes/buggys come along and cause trouble, wrecking the shantys or beating some of them up?

and finally a book about some children whos father goes away to work as a door to door salesman(?), in the basement there are a large amount of pills, vitamins or somthing of the like, the children make a jam (pretty sure its purple) and add the pills to it which have amazing effects on people getting energy and everyone wants more untill one day the pills run out. a particular "scene" is where the grumpy woman next door, who i recall is called Miss Eva, is spotted by the kids soon after eating some jam vigorosly mowing her own lawn. also the boy in the story who dislikes her very much makes up a song "I hate you mis eva, I really dooo"

I may remember the others later, but hopefully someone can help?

Thanks in advance, it is much appreciated.