Simon & Schuster Children's UK

Code Name Kingfisher

By Liz Kessler - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Amsterdam, 1942.  A boy crawls into a concealed compartment behind a kitchen cupboard.  There, he waits, alone in the dark. In the present day, ...Read Review

Wolf Road

By Alice Roberts - By Keith Robinson (illus.) - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Tuuli’s small tribe load up their belongings onto their ‘pulks’ to drag across prehistoric Europe as they follow the trail of the ...Read Review

How Far We’ve Come

By Joyce Efia Harmer - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

The seventeen-year-old protagonist of this novel has two names, two identities: she is Orrinda, her slave name for services to Miss Frida up ...Read Review

The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

By Emma Carroll - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

New Year’s Eve in London of 1887 is delightful only for the wealthy. Nasty weather, miserable air, street thugs, and poor housing make ...Read Review

The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

By Emma Carroll - By Lauren Child (illus.) - Published 2022

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

An illustrated novel that cleverly combines an account of the strike action taken by women working at the Bryant and May match factory ...Read Review