Walker Books

Greek Boy

By Tony Bradman - Published 2026

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultNautical

Nikos and his father, Kleon, were close once, but now Nikos is fifteen, they always seem to be arguing. Kleon expects Nikos to ...Read Review

Kata and Tor

By Kevin Crossley-Holland - Published 2025

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

1066, and a shipwrecked youth washes up on England’s east coast. The boy, Tor, is a secret scout for the Norwegian army, supported ...Read Review

Tomorrow’s Ghost

By Tanya Landman - Published 2025

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

A small child watches her mother mudpicking on a riverside.  There are steamships.  The woman is distressed, but promises her child, ‘One day, ...Read Review

Lockett & Wilde: The Ghosts of London

By Lucy Strange - By Pam Smy (illus.) - Published 2025

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

The delightful gothic duo of Matilda Lockett and her friend, the charismatic ghost, Edgar Wilde, are about to solve another mystery in the ...Read Review

I Am Rebel

By Ross Montgomery - Published 2024

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

I Am Rebel is the story of a dog separated from his boy, Tom, and determined to bring him home. Rebel is a ...Read Review

Lockett & Wilde’s Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries: The Ghosts of the Manor

By Lucy Strange - By Pam Smy (illus.) - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

The Ghosts of the Manor is the first enchanting book in the Lockett & Wilde’s Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries series. Young Matilda Lockett ...Read Review

The Little Books of the Little Brontës

By Briony May Smith - By Sara O'Leary - Published 2024

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

The childhoods of the Brontë family have inspired a number of picture book creators for all ages, particularly the playful worlds they wrote ...Read Review

Roman Boy

By Tony Bradman - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Rome, 125 AD. Lucius, age 15, desperately needs his stepfather, Gaius, to help him make his way in the world. Gaius is a rich and ...Read Review

Midwinter Burning

By Tanya Landman - By Tom Clohosy Cole (illus.) - Published 2022

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Alfie Wright is a young boy in Britain in 1939. He is, unlike many children, pleased to be evacuated as the reader gets a ...Read Review

John Agard’s Windrush Child

By John Agard - By Sophie Bass (illus.) - Published 2022

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

The arrival in Britain of people from the Caribbean on the ship the Empire Windrush has been the subject of several recent picture ...Read Review