The Lightning Circle is a novel-in-verse written by acclaimed children’s author Vikki VanSickle. The transformative story of Nora Nichols’s 17th year follows her three-month stay at summer camp in the ...
The recent death of Jeremy Strong robbed children’s fiction of one its most cherished voices. Best known for titles such as The-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog (1996), Strong had been writing for ...
Children’s fiction: Ghost stories for Samhain and tales of female fearlessnessOpens in new window ] In Richard Adoyade’s Fairytale Fan Club (Walker Books, £12.99, 7+), illustrated by David ...
But two years into this cloaked exposé, the identity of one of her kids was revealed and the children were bullied at school ... Comparing the stories in the two books, readers can suss out the ...