Odd and True
Cat Winters Trudchen grew up hearing Odette’s stories of their monster-slaying mother and a magician’s curse. But now that Tru’s older, she’s starting to wonder if her older sister’s tales were just comforting lies, especially because there’s nothing fantastic about…
Miriam’s Secret
Debby Waldman In 1930 nine-year-old Miriam travels by train from Brooklyn to her grandparents’ farm in upstate New York. Her grandparents are kind, generous people, but they aren’t exactly ideal playmates for a lonely girl. When Miriam is not doing…
Clover Moon
Jacqueline Wilson Clover Moon’s imagination is her best escape from a life of hardship in poverty-stricken Victorian London. When tragedy plunges her into a world of grief, Clover realizes that everything she loved about the place she called home is…
Author Interview: Karen McCombie
We are delighted to welcome Karen McCombie to Big Book Little Book as she talks about her latest novel, The Whispers of Wilderwood Hall. Ellis is losing track of time… After leaving her friends to move to a crumbling Scottish…
My Top Ten Secret Gardens
Big Book Little Book is delighted to host author Holly Webb as she shares her top ten secret gardens. Holly has written a sequel to one of my favourite childhood books, The Secret Garden. Dickon, from the original story, was…
Delicious!
Ruth Reichl Dear Mr Beard, I sent my Magic Moments off yesterday, and that made me think of you. I hope the cookies will remind Father of our life here. Or maybe I should say what life used to be,…
#CountDownTo7th August : Interview With Emma Carrol
Big Book Little Book are absolutely delighted to host author Emma Carroll as she counts down to the August 7th release of her second novel The Girl Who Walked On Air . The Girl Who Walks On Air is a…
A Medal for Leroy.
Michael Morpurgo When Michael’s aunt passes away, she leaves behind a letter that will change everything. It starts with Michael’s grandfather Leroy, a black officer in WWI who charged into a battle zone not once but three times to save…
Waiting for Anya
Michael Morpurgo It is World War II and Jo stumbles on a dangerous secret: Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis, close to his mountain village in Spain. Now, German soldiers have been stationed at the border. Jo…
Cross My Heart
Carmen Reid Brussels, 1940. Fifteen-year-old Nicole watches as the Nazis invade Belgium. Determined not to stand by as her country is brought to its knees, Nicole vows to fight back and joins the Belgian Resistance. Under her new alias –…
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