How to Train Your Dragon: How to Speak Dragonese by Cressida Cowell – review
Rider: 'Don't watch the film before reading the books. They are immensely better'
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Betray a Dragon’s Hero by Cressida Cowell – review
Mimi123: 'The way the author describes what's happening all the way through the book is amazing!'
Your books of the year 2013 – children’s and teens
Guardian children's books site young members pick their favourite children's and teen novels of 2013
Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab – Book Review
GrrlScientist: this engaging children's mystery is solved by twin amateur sleuths who invent and build several science-y gadgets to aid them in their quest.
My Life and Other Disasters by Catherine Wilkins – review
Purplerubberduckie: 'The only thing that I would change is the front cover'
Tom Gates: Genius Ideas (mostly) by Liz Pichon – review
ExtraEpic: 'This book has the usual creative mix of fun writing and brilliant drawings'
The Mouse and His Child by Russell Hoban: moving metaphysics for kids
Both comforting and devastating, this tale of two discarded toy mice by the Riddley Walker author is a profound little book – the equal, in some ways, to the Alice books, writes Stuart Kelly
Marcus Sedgwick: ‘Inspiration is everywhere’
Marcus Sedgwick, author of Midwinter Blood, She is Not Invisible, and this month's teen book club choice Dark Satanic Mills, talks to site member Krazy Kesh about the perks of being an author
Doctor Who: Summer Falls and Other Stories by Amelia Winters et al – review
HorseLover3000: 'They are good stories, but aren't anything special'
Trolls’ Treasure: Grim Gruesome Viking Villain by Rosalind Kerven – review
Bookworm48: 'I liked Grim very much because he is UNBEATABLE'
The Ransom of Dond by Siobhan Dowd – review
Bookworm1408: 'I found it quite cheesy and it needed some serious action'
The Woebegone Twins by Christopher William Hill – review
Bookworm1408: 'The plot had twists and turns all the way through and there was always an enemy behind every corner!'
Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud – review
Amazed Earthling: 'Warning: you might not be able to put it down!'
Holes by Louis Sachar – review
Amazed Earthling: 'sometimes its impact is so strong that you want to stop for breath'
The Reindeer Girl by Holly Webb – review
Bookworm Reader: 'I absolutely loved this book!'