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.
An entertaining page-turner of a read which explored themes of fitting in, difference, AI and what it is to be human. It's aimed at readers aged 9-12 years
Review date: 22.04.22
Age recommendation: 9+
Funny, clever and gripping adventure where Amari will do anything to try to find her missing brother.
Review date: 15.02.21
Age recommendation: 9+
Full of information, maps, diagrams and illustrations - brilliantly packaged introduction to a difficult subject.
Review date: 29.05.23
Age recommendation: 9+
Fourteen-year-old Alex Gray wakes up one morning to discover he's not in his own bedroom. He goes downstairs to be greeted by a family he's never met before. And when he looks in the mirror, he doesn't recognise himself. How is it possible that Alex has become another boy - someone called Philip? And how have six months passed overnight?
Review date: 09.04.11
Age recommendation: 12+
Peanut's father has gone missing but when she discovers a box of pencils he left her, she finds that she can draw images which come to life, including a door to the world in which her father has disappeared.
Review date: 17.05.21
Age recommendation: 9+
The book is a funny, magical modern fairy tale, and while there is a little bit of sadness, it is a story of hope.
Review date: 19.03.12
Age recommendation: 9+
War is approaching and a young boy is sent to live with his aunt in a wealthy household on the top of a mountain. A challenging and poignant story.
Review date: 02.09.23
Age recommendation: 11+
All about life and death, friendship and culture - lots to unpeel!
Review date: 30.12.22
Age recommendation: 9+
A wonderful heart-warming, life-affirming and thought-provoking story about nature and technology living in harmony!
Review date: 24.09.24
Age recommendation: 9+
An uplifting and moving story of a boy coping with grief and dislocation, who is helped to heal by rare birds, a wild landscape and a community.
Review date: 31.03.24
Age recommendation: 9+
A beautiful, life-affirming but ultimately troubling story of the plight of a family of refugees, and a girl who loves ballet.
Review date: 10.03.24
Age recommendation: 9+
A tv reality show goes wrong in this shocking thriller for young adults.
Review date: 05.05.24
Age recommendation: 12+
A holiday friendship fills two young girls with happiness and hope, but instead a dark secret threatens their future together.
Review date: 03.07.13
Age recommendation: 10+
Another funny adventure from this brilliant author, inspired by real events!
Review date: 18.05.15
Age recommendation: 9+
A teenage girl loves baking and plans to enter a national competition, but her illness looks set to get in the way.
Review date: 15.09.14
Age recommendation: 9+
A thrilling adventure set in Wales with archery, adventure, time travel, romance and a strong female character.
Review date: 29.09.15
Age recommendation: 11+
A powerful message with engaging, resourceful characters. Loved it!
Review date: 05.07.20
Age recommendation: 9+
A quirky story of family and friendship, a squirrel with superhero powers, poems and comic strip illustrations. Wonderful!
Review date: 28.12.23
Age recommendation: 9+
An angry boy is forced to live through the second world war with the owner of a rundown zoo.
Review date: 18.02.22
Age recommendation: 9+
Billy lives in a care home. He is considered trouble because no one can touch him. He does what he wants, and he is full of anger. But Billy's younger brother and sister live in the home with him. They have known nothing else, and Billy will do anything to protect them.
Age recommendation: 12+
