David Almond, with artwork by Vladimir Stankovic (Barrington Stoke) The Bad Lads have always been more mischief makers than trouble makers, more scamps than bullies. That is until older boy Joe takes over as gang leader. He has other darker ideas, and though at first Tonto thinks he is pretty cool, he soon becomes weary …
David Mackintosh(HarperCollins Children’s Books) When Marshall Armstrong joins the school of our young narrator, it becomes clear fairly quickly that he is different. In fact, everything about him is slightly odd; Marshall is obviously rich, a little bit eccentric and prone to all sorts of medical issues. He is rather unique, but he just does not …
Daniel Waters(Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) I’ll admit, I chose this book primarily because I wanted something to get my teeth (fangs?) into after Twilight and this looked just it. I mean, the marketing department did well there: the cover (at least the British one) is very similar and the blurb would really have you …
