Teen & Young Adult (13+)

A Monster of a new series

The much-anticipated and action-packed Monster is the first book in Michael Grant’s newest trilogy. Set in the aftermath of the bestselling GONE series, Monster is a thrilling start to a terrifying new world where everyone is developing powers. Superheroes and supermonsters are created. A battle between good and evil… Read More

Writing Flight Of A Starling

There seems to be a pattern to the way I write: I’ll be working on a book and there’ll be a nagging feeling that I should be writing something else. With Seed and Paper Butterflies the characters of both Pearl and June pestered me to write their stories until I gave… Read More

My favourite fantasy novels for children and young adults

I read widely as a child. I loved everything from quiet stories about friendship, schools or animals, to wild adventures, classics, ghost stories, circus stories, books about plants or human biology, encyclopaedias, fairy tales and stories spun with nonsensical, zany humour. But whenever I was asked to name my favourite… Read More

Communication isn’t always easy by Penny Joelson

I Have No Secrets a YA thriller by Penny Joelson is published by Electric Monkey on May 4th 2017. Penny began working with disabled people when she was a teenager, which gave her the inspiration and insight for this book. You can follow her on Twitter @pennyjoelson ‘The basic building block of… Read More