Older Fiction

Beyond the rainbow warrior A collection of stories edited by Michael Morpurgo and celebrating 25 years of Greenpeace. One of the stories, 'Shock forest', is by Margaret Mahy.
Blacklock, Dyan Pankration Set in Ancient Greece.
Camelot A collection of original Arthurian stories edited by Jane Yolen. Includes a story by Terry Pratchett.
Cats' whispers and tales: a treasury of stories and poems selected by Robert Westall. Includes several of the late Westall's own writings.
Celebrate! The colour and splendour of Australian children's literature over half a century compiled by Margot Hillel and Anne Hazel
Cross, Gillian Pictures in the dark
Doherty, Berlie Daughter of the sea A selkie story based on old tales from Iceland, Scotland and Ireland. Gioga grows up in a fishing community unaware that her real home is the sea.
Doyle, Brian Uncle Ronald Narrated by "Canada's oldest citizen", 112 year old Micky, this is a story about a mother and son who escape an abusive father and husband in 1895. Quirky but finely observed details make this a very memorable story.
Dubosarsky, Ursula Bruno and the crumhorn
Feeney, Josephine Truth, lies and homework Although not as tightly structured or as fresh as Feeney's first novel, this still presents an interesting picture of an Anglo-Irish family who, through a school project, learn the truth about their grandfather's involvement in World War 2.
Fine, Anne The Tulip touch One reviewer has called this "one of Anne Fine's most moving books. Profoundly thought-provoking."
Fisher, Catherine The soul thieves Sequel to The empty hand.
Gleitzman, Morris Water wings One reviewer wrote: "Gleitzman tackles the contentious issue of euthanasia and makes it accessible to young readers … It is deeply moving …"
Jennings, Paul and Morris Gleitzman Wicked A novel in six installments.
Hahn, Mary Downing Following my own footsteps A companion story to award winning Stepping on the cracks. Gordy and his family go to stay with their grandmother in North Carolina.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Running out of time
Hirsch, Odo Antonio S and the theatre of Theodore Guzman Described by Agnes Nieuwenhuizen as "a book about how children play and connect with each other and adults and one to be read aloud and savoured."
Howarth, Lesley The pits
Jacques, Brian The long patrol The tenth novel in the Redwall saga.
Kermode, Mo The great skeleton race Staying with her aunt in the Lancashire Pennines Jess discovers hitherto hidden aspects of her family's history. A perceptive and down to earth novel that doesn't shy from tackling sensitive issues.
King-Smith, Dick Godhanger
McCaughrean, Geraldine Forever X
McCrickard, Francis The dead are listening A gripping and moving story of racial hatred in modern day England and three young people who fight against it.
McKay, Hilary The exiles in love The final instalment in this hilarious series jumps a few years in the last chapter in order to let the reader know what happens to the Conroy sisters when they grow up.
Masters, Anthony Wicked
Nixon, Joan Lowery Searching for the shadowman "While working on a genealogy project Andy Thomas becomes determined to solve the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune."
Paterson, Katherine Jip: his story A loose sequel to Lyddie.
Potter, Tessa Dark water Four short stories set in the north of England, moving from the present day back through a number of historical periods. Powerful and memorable.
Pullman, Philip Clockwork, or all wound up Stories within stories.
Pullman, Philip The subtle knife Sequel to the award winning The golden compass. "Absorbing and irresistible." (Lloyd Alexander) "… there is no doubt that the work is stunningly ambitious, original, and fascinating." (Review from the Horn Book Magazine)
Ridley, Philip Scribble boy
Turner, Megan Whalen The thief "To miss this thief's story would be a crime." Newbery Honour Book.
Staples, S. F. Dangerous skies
Voigt, Cynthia Bad girls An account of the developing friendship between 'bad' girls Mikey and Margalo. Voigt's ear for everyday speech is very precise although this doesn't always lend itself to a flowing narrative. A sequel Bad, badder, baddest has just been published.
Waddell, Martin The life and loves of Zoe T. Curley Zoe promises to write something in her book every day for a month. The result a lighthearted story about her trials and tribulations.
Yumoto, Kazami The friends First published in Japan in 1992 this story has been described, accurately, as "an offbeat and unsentimental coming-of-age story about friends fascinated by death, who end up learning about life." Fiction winner in the Boston Globe Horn Book Awards.