Featured Books for 11+ readers

Lydia: The Wild Girl of Pride & Prejudice
Natasha Farrant
In a nutshell: Dances | Dreams | Determination Younger sister of Lizzy and Jane, Lydia Bennet is one of literature's great catalysts. Her actions are fundamental to the story of Pride and Prejudice, but there we never learn exactly... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
It will seem odd when reading this book that the author enjoyed writing it the most of all the 90 or so he has written so far. That's because it's the one that most touched a nerve with him, that... Featured in: 11+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 06/02/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

The Secret Cooking Club
Laurel Remington
August 2016 Debut of the Month | In a nutshell: cake baking | works | magic | A delicious concoction of friendships, family and food and a worthy winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2015. Oh my goodness,... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

The London Eye Mystery
Siobhan Dowd
This was only Siobhan Dowd's second novel but it's clear her talent as a superb storyteller is beyond question. Sadly, however she died in late 2007 so whatever you do don't miss her four novels. Her first, A Swift Pure Cry, was... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Alpha Abidjan to Gare du Nord
Bessora
Alpha hopes that his wife and little son are in Paris and he's desperate to see them. Denied a visa to travel he must make the long, long journey from his home in the Cote D'Ivoire to Europe as an... Featured in: 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

The Wrong Train
Jeremy De Quidt
In a Nutshell: Sinister short stories Sublimely spine-tingling, this evokes all the dread of an ominous tap-tap-tapping on your door in the dead of night. Picture this. You rush to catch your usual train but your relief at making it... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Journey to the River Sea
Eva Ibbotson
A special 15th anniversary edition of this award-winning classic adventure from Eva Ibbotson in which orphaned Maia travels from England to the Amazon with her governess. August 2013 Guest Editor, Lauren St John "To me, Eva Ibbotsen is a genius.... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 25/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Barefoot on the Wind
Zoe Marriott
In a Nutshell: Brave Beauty | Menacingly magical | Feminist fairy tale A fantastical feminist reworking of Beauty and the Beast set in a fairy tale evocation of Japan, and companion to the author's Shadows on the Moon. Hana has a... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Furthermore
Tahereh Mafi
With bold, imaginative storytelling and amazing world-building, bestselling author of the Shatter Me series Tahereh Mafi, takes readers beyond the limits of their imagination in this enchanting modern-day Alice in Wonderland for boys and girls aged 9+, where colour is... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

An Eagle in the Snow
Michael Morpurgo
A ‘what if' story based on a true life events, full of descriptions of heroism and selflessness: for any good writer this would make excellent material for a book, but in Michael Morpurgo's hands, it's pure gold. Barney is leaving... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 25/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Lockwood & Co: The Creeping Shadow
Jonathan Stroud
In a nutshell: spooky suspenseful unputdownable Jonathan Stroud's Lockwood & Co series about a company of teenage psychics attempting to keep the streets of a nearly-but-not contemporary London clear of malevolent spirits is simply superb. Each episode offers a first-class... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Hannah in the Spotlight
Natasha Mac a'Bhaird
In a nutshell: drama | family dramas | friendship | Natasha Mac a'Bháird cleverly mixes the classic theatre story with family drama and a touch of mystery to create an original, exciting contemporary girls' story. Hannah has four little brothers... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

The Great Fire Dogs
Megan Rix
In a nutshell: upstairs downstairs puppies at the court of Charles II Megan Rix takes young readers to the London of 1666 in a typically exciting and heart-warming novel, and gives them a puppies' eye-view of life at the court... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 25/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Fire Witch
Matt Ralphs
In a nutshell: young witch works magic! Young witch Hazel, accompanied by her feisty little familiar Bramley the dormouse, is back for a second lively adventure. Her mother is being held captive in the underworld and her only hope of... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 25/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Magisterium: The Bronze Key
Cassandra Clare, Holly Black
In a nutshell: Who's got your back? Fans of Holly Black and Cassandra Clare's Magisterium series will be itching to get their hands on this the third adventure. They might expect it to provide a lull in the action, after... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Cogheart
Peter Bunzl
September 2016 Debut of the Month In a nutshell: tick-tocking frequently airborne adventure From its opening scene aboard an airship harpooned in mid-air, Cogheart is filled with fabulous visual images and a tangible sense of adventure. It follows the... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

A Slice of the Moon
Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig's mini-epic is a roller-coaster of a read that races headlong through an important slice of history bringing it vividly to life as it does so. Slim, a young girl growing up in Ireland at the time of the... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 25/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

The Beginner's Guide to Curses Spellchasers
Lari Don
In a nutshell: Magic riddles | Narrow escapes Five very different characters enrol at Mrs Sharpe's curse-lifting workshop, and it's a life-or-death last chance for each of them. Their training is practical rather than classroom-based, a series of challenges... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 18/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Time for Jas The Diaries of Bluebell Gadsby
Natasha Farrant
In a Nutshell: Sibling shenanigans | Family frenzies | Everyday miracles Humorous, generous-hearted fourth and final novel in a heavenly series that just keeps on giving. The winds of change are whooshing through the Gadsby household. The siblings have a... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 18/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

A Poem for Every Night of the Year
Allie Esiri
Julia Eccleshare's Pick of the Month September 2016 A fabulously rich anthology of 366 poems - one for every night of the year as promised in the title. Or for everyday if you would rather read your poetry and perfect... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 08/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Magical Characters and Places Colouring Book
Warner Bros.
From the bustling city streets and buildings of a vibrant 1926 New York to Tina and Queenie's apartment and the wonders of MACUSA, this book invites you to colour your way through the adventure - even from inside Newt's case!... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/01/1970 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

The Fever Code
James Dashner
A must read for any fans of the cracking sci-fi post-apocalyptic Maze Runner series for 11+ year olds, The Fever Code is the electrifying prequel that holds all the answers. The world has ended: the earth is scorched, and... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 27/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

This is Not a Science Book
Clive Gifford
There's a lot more to science than lab coats, test tubes and text books as this stimulating interactive activity book demonstrates. All you need is a pen or pencil to try out the more than 30 different projects contained within... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Cool Mythology
Malcolm Croft
Stories, gods, heroes and villains from the world's great mythologies are all featured in this compact and appealing information book. It is therefore filled with great stories, some familiar, others less so, but it also compares the different myths, examining... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 11/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

How to Update Your Parents
Pete Johnson
This is a hilarious story of dead fish, gorillas with bananas in their ears, poetry, cunning plans and highly legal documents (kind of). Oh and iPads, iPhones and vlogging of course. I'm sitting at home chortling away at How To... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 16/06/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Chaos Descends
Shane Hegarty
In a nutshell: monster monster-hunting fun Book three in Shane Hegarty's Darkmouth series serves up another helping of monster battles, with the skilful mix of humour and horror we've come to expect. Finn's 13th birthday is approaching and it... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 28/07/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Odd and the Frost Giants
Neil Gaiman
Prize-winning Neil Gaiman tells a witty and touching story about gods and magic in Viking times. Having run away from home, Odd finds shelter in a little hut in the forest. Here, he meets a bear, a fox and an... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 08/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

The Crooked Sixpence
Jennifer Bell
June 2016 Debut of the Month Welcome to a world where nothing is quite as it seems. If you enjoy adventure, mystery and an avalanche of magic, then you've come to the right place! This is an uncommonly good and... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/06/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

The Sleeper and the Spindle
Neil Gaiman
Winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2016. A deluxe edition of the thrillingly reimagined fairy tale by the magical partnership of award-bedecked, bestselling Neil Gaiman and Children's Laureate Chris Riddell. Award-winning Neil Gaiman shows all his story telling... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 08/09/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy

Railhead
Philip Reeve
Longlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award | August 2016 Book of the Month Set in a shining future world, where trains rumble not just through towns and countryside but across whole galaxies, Philip Reeve's new novel drenches its readers... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/08/2016 Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy