In April 2020, I asked this question to teachers, authors and book reviewers on Twitter. Over the next two days, I received the most wonderful array of recommendations that will keep us reading for months!
Most recommended:
Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick
Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray
The Highland Falcon Thief by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman
Darkwhispers by Vashti Hardy
Evernight by Ross MacKenzie
A Sprinkle of Sorcery by Michelle Harrison
The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson
Also very popular:
The Last Spell Breather by Julie Pike
A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison
The Girl who stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook
The Mask of Aribella by Anna Hoghton
Here in the Real World by Sara Pennypacker
A Kind Of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Ones to watch for coming soon:
The Unadoptables by Hanna Tooke (May 2020)
Gargantis by Thomas Taylor (May 2020)
The Sky Pirates by Alex English (July 2020)
The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell (July 2020)
The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley (July 2020)
The Ship of Shadows by Maria Kuzniar (July 2020)
The Orphans of St. Halibuts by Sophie Wills (October 2020)
Other much loved books:
Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy
Wildspark by Vashti Hardy
The House of One Hundred Clocks by AM Howell
Tiger Heart by Penny Chrimes
Wilde by Eloise Williams
The Monster in the Lake by Louie Stowell
The Good Hawk by Joseph Elliott
Darkness of Dragons by S.A. Patrick
Planet SOS by Wide Eyed Editions
Where the World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold
Storm (and Bloom) by Nicola Skinner
Princess BMX by Marie Basting
The Pear Affair by Judith Eagle
Snow Foal by Susanna Bailey
Can You See Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott
Do You Know Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson
Monstrous Devices by Damien Love
Asha and the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty
The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
Our Castle by the Sea by Lucy Strange
Troofriend by Kirsty Applebaum
The Middler by Kirsty Applebaum
The Bigwoof Conspiracy by Dashe Roberts
Malamander by Thomas Taylor
The Milton series by Emma Read
If I Were Other Than Myself (poetry) by Sue Hardy-Dawson
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf
The Star Outside my Window by Onjali Q. Rauf
1,000 Year Old Boy by Ross Welford
The Somerset Tsumani by Emma Carroll
Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape by Dermot O’Leary
Brittles Academy by Lily Mae Walters
AB Gets His Wings by Richard Bland
The Umbrella Mouse by Anna Fargher
Never tell by Katharine Orton
Song Beneath the Tide by Beverley Birch
Burn by Patrick Ness
Forget me not by Ellie Terry
Cogheart by Peter Bunzl
Podkin One-Ear series by Kieran Larwood and David Wyatt
A Tale of Magic by Chris Colfer
Scarlett and Ivy series by Sophie Cleverley
Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll
The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
North Child by Edith Pattou
Pages @ Co – Tilly and the Book Wanderers by Anna James
What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside by Julia Donaldson
Slime by David Walliams
A great round up. Thanks for sharing.
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