I have given each of my recommendations for children an age suggestion. These are of course approximate. Please also have a look at younger or older categories.
A beautifully atmospheric and nostalgic tale where, whatever happens, the clocks must not stop!
Review date: 20.12.20
Age recommendation: 9+
A fun, action-packed adventure set in the icy, isolation of Antarctica.
Review date: 09.11.24
Age recommendation: 9+
A beautiful cover, an intriguing title and a funny and inventive adventure, aimed at readers in middle grade, aged 9-12.
Review date: 03.06.21
Age recommendation: 9+
A powerful, shocking and moving story of war and survival.
Review date: 10.02.15
Age recommendation: 9+
A beautifully told dual narrative with equally gripping stories of the present day issues facing a young girl at school and home, and wartime tragic events.
Review date: 04.09.23
Age recommendation: 9+
A summer on a remote Swedish island is wonderfully atmospheric in this coming-of-age novel.
Review date: 05.10.23
Age recommendation: 12+
A very moody time-slip novel set in Devon with evacuee Alfie learning about an ancient legend.
Review date: 30.12.22
Age recommendation: 9+
A beautifully told story of rabbits in peril!
Review date: 30.08.24
Age recommendation: 9+
When Billie sees a plane crash into a field, her adventures begin. Wonderfully joyful and adventurous!
Review date: 06.11.22
Age recommendation: 9+
A brilliant guide for young people to live their best lives.
Review date: 29.04.24
Age recommendation: 11+
A gripping and compelling drama touching on fostering and the criminal justice system, aimed at the early teen who is struggling with their reading.
Review date: 20.05.22
Age recommendation: 12+
A gripping read which is moving, uplifting and educational!
Review date: 28.02.16
Age recommendation: 8+
A wonderful, magical, uplifting tale of resourcefulness and courage. Fantastic!
Review date: 31.03.24
Age recommendation: 9+
The stunning companion novel to 'The Skylarks' War'. Wonderful characters and a gripping and moving story of courage, resilience and friendship.
Review date: 02.04.21
Age recommendation: 9+
A fabulous, thought-provoking page-turner set in an imagined future where one young girl challenges the offer of artificial intelligence.
Review date: 19.04.21
Age recommendation: 10+
Grace and Bee's parents have died suddenly and the two girls are dealing with their deaths very differently. A charming, beautiful and moving book, due to be published on 29 March 2018.
Review date: 07.02.18
Age recommendation: 9+
A beautiful, perfectly constructed, magical book about friendship and the importance of kindness.
Review date: 16.04.15
Age recommendation: 10+
An astonishing book exploring Alzheimer's and time travel!
Review date: 30.03.13
Age recommendation: 10+
A fabulous modern interpretation of the myth of Robin Hood.
Review date: 05.09.20
Age recommendation: 11+
