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.
A return to Peligan City to meet our crusading investigators Lil Potkin and Nedly Stubbs, and it's darker and funnier than the first book!
Review date: 07.11.19
Age recommendation: 9+
A fabulous, inventive, funny, detective-ghost story which is the first of a trilogy. And what a great cover!
Review date: 23.03.19
Age recommendation: 9+
The first in a series of children's books by the writer of the best-selling Ruth Galloway novels, published in May 2019.
Review date: 07.04.19
Age recommendation: 9+
Best-selling American author, John Grisham has written his first book for children with this tale of Theodore Boone, a 13-year-old who can't wait until he can become a lawyer.
Review date: 08.08.11
Age recommendation: 9+
A gripping gothic thriller with magic, ghosts and a coming-of-age, beautifully illustrated.
Review date: 07.09.23
Age recommendation: 11+
A magical adventure introducing the Hidden Folk who give us a different perspective on the natural world.
Review date: 25.03.21
Age recommendation: 9+
A boarding school ghost story adventure - set in Suffolk!
Review date: 30.10.23
Age recommendation: 9+
When tragedy hits, Ronnie's mum decides they should leave their home in London. There are different challenges in Norwich, but new opportunities too.
Review date: 20.04.24
Age recommendation: 12+
A gripping, sinister, snowy murder mystery!
Review date: 03.01.23
Age recommendation: 10+
A ghost story with 'issues' set at a woodland holiday complex.
Review date: 11.02.12
Age recommendation: 12+
A beautifully atmospheric and nostalgic tale where, whatever happens, the clocks must not stop!
Review date: 20.12.20
Age recommendation: 9+
A fun, action-packed adventure set in the icy, isolation of Antarctica.
Review date: 09.11.24
Age recommendation: 9+
A beautiful cover, an intriguing title and a funny and inventive adventure, aimed at readers in middle grade, aged 9-12.
Review date: 03.06.21
Age recommendation: 9+
A powerful, shocking and moving story of war and survival.
Review date: 10.02.15
Age recommendation: 9+
A beautifully told dual narrative with equally gripping stories of the present day issues facing a young girl at school and home, and wartime tragic events.
Review date: 04.09.23
Age recommendation: 9+
A summer on a remote Swedish island is wonderfully atmospheric in this coming-of-age novel.
Review date: 05.10.23
Age recommendation: 12+
A very moody time-slip novel set in Devon with evacuee Alfie learning about an ancient legend.
Review date: 30.12.22
Age recommendation: 9+
A beautifully told story of rabbits in peril!
Review date: 30.08.24
Age recommendation: 9+
The lives of three teenagers are linked through extraordinary events in their families' past.
Review date: 17.06.25
Age recommendation: 9+



















