

The Day No One Was Angry by Toon Tellegen, illustrated by Marc Boutavant
This is such a pretty book. The illustrations are beautifully pastoral, the colours rich, the animals endearingly expressive. Many of...
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Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders
I approached this novel with some anxiety. Five Children and It was one of my favourite books as a child, and I care so much about the...
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Lockwood & Co
Lockwood & Co - The Whispering Skull By Jonathan Stroud The Lockwood & Co series continues to shock and surprise. Our team of down at...
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Phoneix Comics feature: Bunny vs Monkey, Corpse Talk & Von Doogan
Von Doogan and the Curse of the Golden Monkey - by Lorenzo Etherington Corpse Talk - by Adam Murphy Bunny vs Monkey - by Jamie Smart...
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Soonchild by Russell Hoban
Soonchild by Russell Hoban Illustrated by Alexis Deacon What a strange book! Why write or publish a book like this for children? Is it to...
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Raging Star - Dustlands III by Moira Young
The stars are tumblin' outa the sky an Saba's star xsd destiny is all scattered across the sands. Her band o' rebels is tired an...
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Vango - Between Earth and Sky / A Prince Without a Kingdom
Vango - Between Sky and Earth / A Prince Without a Kingdom Timothée de Fombele Treat the Vango books as one glorious Chandleresque...
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The Tin Snail by Cameron McAllister
Following the travails of Angelo and his papa this novel traces the origins and evolution of a design classic, the Citroen 2CV, from the...
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Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Cynical Dash and quirky Lily don't know each other. But one Christmas they start to communicate through the pages of the red notebook...
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Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge
How do I persuade you to read this book? How can I convince you of the riches within? Teresa is the fragile, troubled child. Her family...
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Shadow of the Wolf by Tim Hall
On the cover it says 'Forget everything you've ever heard about Robin Hood. The truth is darker than you can imagine.' Certainly, if this...
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Popular - Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya van Wagenen
It's tough being a geek. Maya knows all about it. Sick of being ignored at best and reviled at worst, she decides it's time to challenge...
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