The Chaos Effect by Andy Briggs – review
Steven, Millennium RIOT Reader: 'Brilliant series!'
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater – review
Molly, Millennium RIOT Reader: 'I can't wait for the sequel'
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan – review
Ellie, Millennium RIOT Reader: 'a unique and inspirational storyline'
Cliff McNish interview: ‘You don’t have to be good at English at school to be a writer. You need to work really, really hard’
Author Cliff McNish means very different things to different people. For Angel-fan Alex from teenage book group Millennium RIOT Readers Cliff is his favourite author of fantasy fiction. For JDBookGroup, he's a dog called Ralph. Both sides of the author are covered in this interview!
Cliff McNish’s top 10 dogs in children’s books
From Best Mate in Michael Morpurgo's Born to Run to Lassie and Toto, author Cliff McNish picks the 10 most memorable hounds in children's fiction
Secret Breakers: The Knights of Neustria by H L Dennis – review
Beth, Millennium RIOT Reader: 'the bad guys are a bit understated and lame'
Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve – review
Steven, Millennium RIOT Reader: 'I thoroughly recommend this book'
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney – review
Max, Millennium RIOT Reader: 'I give this a big 5/5'
Wanted! by Kate Thompson – review
Beth, Millennium RIOT Reader: 'It gave you a real sense of Roman times'
Hetty Feather review – ‘like seeing old friends on stage’
My eight-year-old daughter and I couldn't wait to see this adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's much-loved story – and it didn't disappoint, writes Emily Drabble
My Hetty Feather: Jacqueline Wilson on seeing her heroine step on to stage
Jacqueline Wilson: When Novel Theatre wanted to stage my book, I felt as proprietorial as any mother. Who was going to play my Hetty?
Amazing monsters in fiction – quiz
Are you a geek about freaks? As we ask you to draw your own crazy creatures to win some monstrous prizes, test your knowledge of these amazing monsters with our quiz
Darcy Burdock: Hi So Much by Laura Dockrill – review
Poppy: 'I LOVED it!'
Katherine Rundell interview: ‘wouldn’t it be fantastic if people actually did live up here on rooftops and nobody knows?’
Katherine Rundell, Blue Peter book prize and Waterstones children's book prize winner for 2014, talks to site member LottieLongshanks about Rooftoppers and the book she's writing now
School for Stars: First Term at L’Etoile by Holly and Kelly Willoughby – review
Poppy68: 'I found this book fantastic, with so many tales of friendship'