The lives of two children are thrown off kilter after WW1. Menaced by cynical aunts and orphanages, they run away to France to look for lost loved ones. Ages 8-11.
When 12-year old Jimmy and his brother are evacuated to a small Welsh mining town in Wales he discovers a secret. As compelling as 'Carrie's War' or Morpurgo, this canters along at pace, fo... read more
Another magnificent novel from McKay, which, like 'The Skylarks' War', is set in WW2. The lives of two German children and two English children become entwined, their lives up-ended by circ... read more
Three children on board ship, travelling from India to England, must unravel the identities of a body thrown overboard and the assassin. Gripping historical fiction for ages 8-12.
In an alternate 19th century where America is at war with France and magical Oddities are hunted across impoverished frontiers, the daughter of a murdered physician must protect the Oddity h... read more