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Find the courage to be extraordinary . . . Ema Vašková has always felt different. In a family of famous scientists, there's not much room...

The blurb: When Connie gets a letter from the dad she thought was dead, she sets out to discover why he left her, eight years ago,...

A brilliant funny tale about a human interloper in a school for giants, Small will have you falling off your chair in laughter as you...

The blurb: England, 1893, and aquarium fever is at its height. Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea-shop at Brighton aquarium,...

The finished cover, above, and the beautiful proof copy, below, with one of my favourite quotes ( I'm even thinking it might make a good...

Find out more via the following links, and thanks to them for having me on the blogtour and for the copy of the book to review. Author...

The sequel to last year's 'Wonderscape', Jennifer Bell returns with 'Legendarium', and the next exciting instalment in the adventures of...

New-found witch and eco-warrior Orla is up against some seriously dark magic in this creepy and funny adventure, the second in the...

Winner of The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2019 There was a single trail of footprints, the first I’d seen all morning. They were fresh...

Secrets and illusions abound as a group of young magicians competes for the prize of a lifetime in this gripping adventure, the first in...

What is that stomping and stamping of feet? It looks like a party on Dinosaur Street! They’re all in a frenzy and eager to go To the...

The blurb: Bea’s family are happy. Like, really happy. Like, kind of gross but also cute happy. So when they visit London Pride together...

A brilliant cast of Brooklyn-based characters crash together in this gritty crime/character study from William Boyle and No Exit Press....

A funny, kind and uplifting book that looks at the experience of lockdown through the eyes of Max, a young boy dealing with the impact of...

With a strapline of 'There is kindness in magic', and the publishing date being a Thursday when I start my #kindnessripple on Twitter...

FCBG Children's Book Award blog tour I absolutely LOVE this series, and so I'm very pleased to be able to share this exclusive blogpost...

My stop on the blogtour and scavenger hunt is this amazing Parisian landmark building... Pompidou Centre Many people were disgusted at...

Whenever I am feeling sad or life feels hard or wrong or bad, I focus for a little while on LITTLE THINGS that make me smile... What a...

The real world is a hostile place for twelve-year-old Bren, his schooldays stalked by vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life fractured...

There's an exciting addition to the Upton Green family (and it's not whatever Mr Paws has left on the living room carpet...). But getting...