Anne Fine
Eating Things On Sticks

Harry’s burned down the kitchen (by mistake) and blackmailed Uncle Tristan into taking him along on holiday to a strange island: home to the bewitching Morning Glory, a host of bearded oddballs, only one tree – and nothing else but trouble. The ferry man did warn them, ‘Glerhus Dill Sotblug!’ But what on earth did it MEAN? And will they end up eating things on sticks?

Karen McCombie
Ally’s World: Mates, Mysteries and Pretty
Weird Weirdness

Ally’s not normally superstitious, but something freaky’s happening in Crouch End. There are the spooky noises at night, and it’s not just the creaky plumbing this time. Ally’s got to get to the bottom of this, but something’s got her even more spooked – what on earth’s going on between Billy and... Sandie?!

Sharon Creech
The Unfinished Angel

Angel, not fond of people at the best of times and having an identity crisis, meets Zola, a young American girl, who makes herself at home in Angel’s tower in a tiny village high in the Swiss Alps. Angel finds Zola bossy, but out of their bickering an unexpected friendship forms. Endearingly funny and life-affirming, this story by Carnegie Medal-winning author Sharon Creech is also available on CD and as a Galaxy Large Print book.

Robert Swindells
Shrapnel

World War Two is raging and brave young men are flying their fighter planes against enormous odds. Gordon wishes he was one of them – not like his cowardly older brother Raymond, who has left home and his job. When Gordon finds a revolver hidden in his parents’ house, he decides to track his brother down. But finding Raymond leads to much more than Gordon had bargained for. Is Raymond luring him into terrible danger? Also available as a Galaxy Large Print book.