Books worth reading

Moon Bear Author: Gill Lewis  Publisher: OUP When twelve-year-old Tam is sent to work at a bear farm in the city, he has [...]

Hero on a Bicycle Author: Shirley Hughes  Publisher: Walker It is 1944 and Florence is occupied by Nazi German forces. The Italian resistance movement [...]

The Dragonfly Pool Author: Eva Ibbotson  Publisher: Macmillan Tally is furious she is being sent from London to a boarding school in the country [...]

Alex Rider: Stormbreaker Author: Anthony Horowitz  Publisher: Walker Fourteen-year-old Alex is recruited into MI6 and armed with special gadgets. He is sent to Cornwall [...]

Hazel’s tumour is terminal, but her story isn’t over yet – gorgeous Augustus joins the Cancer Kid Support Group. A book to make [...]

When the animals of Manor Farm overthrow their drunken owner Mr Jones, the freedom they gain is soon threatened by pigs Napoleon and [...]

Eleven-year-old Martha is used to keeping her head. Tug, her little brother, is too small. Dad is too strange. And Mum isn’t there [...]

The Wolf Princess Author: Cathryn Constable  Publisher: Chicken House Sophie is alone in the world and dreams of being someone special. On a school [...]

The Mysterious Misadventures of Clemency Wrigglesworth Author: Julia Lee  Publisher: OUP Clemency is a penniless orphan and alone, until she’s taken in by [...]

Horrible Science: House of Horrors Author: Nick Arnold and Tony de Saulles  Publisher: Scholastic Lifts the roof on gruesome facts about domestic life as only [...]