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The Pearl Thief

By Elizabeth Wein - Published 2017

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Elizabeth Wein is a prolific writer, but this is her first book ‘set where I live’. It portrays a deep love for her ...Read Review

Anna and the Swallow Man

By Gavriel Savit - Published 2017

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This is the author’s first book. Anna and the Swallow Man is a dark and beautiful novel about the complexities of mankind ...Read Review

The Little Pioneer

By Adam Hancher - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young AdultWestern

The illustrator, Adam Hancher, has based his dramatic picture book on true-life pioneers’ tales. Set in the U.S. in the 19th century, ...Read Review

Tom’s Midnight Garden

By Edith - By Philippa Pearce (original author) - Published 1958 (original)Published 2016 (adaptation)

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This beloved children’s book – one of the most re-read classics ever – is here brought up to date with a graphic novel treatment ...Read Review

Rose in the Blitz

By Rebecca Stevens - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young AdultTime-slip

Rebecca Stevens continues the adventures of her ‘Strange Girl’, Rose, in this sequel to Valentine Joe, set between the present day and war-torn 1940...Read Review

Liberty’s Fire

By Lydia Syson - Published 2015

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Following on from Lydia Syson’s award-winning debut, A World Between Us, and her second novel, That Burning Summer, comes another story of ...Read Review

Young Houdini: The Silent Assassin

By Simon Nicholson - Published 2016

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultMystery/Crime

Simon Nicholson continues his series based on the imagined youthful career of Harry Houdini, the famous escapologist. Harry, with his friends Billie (a ...Read Review

Darker Ends

By Alex Nye - Published 2015

Genres:

Children/Young AdultTime-slip

Alex Nye continues his exploration of the chillier end of children’s fiction with this novel set in modern Glencoe. Or is it? ...Read Review

The Easter Rising: Molly’s Diary

By Patricia Murphy - Published 2014

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Patricia Murphy, the prize-winning producer and director of BBC and Channel 4 documentaries, has here produced a lively historical novel based on solid fact. ...Read Review

One for Sorrow

By Philip Caveney - Published 2015

Genres:

Children/Young AdultTime-slip

Philip Caveney continues his time-travelling series with a well-plotted, fast-paced story that sees our hero, Tom Afflick, returning to 1882 Edinburgh to encounter the ...Read Review