Read George Layton’s short story The Second Prize

Read the fourth and last of our National short story week stories, in which a boy faces an awkward moral dilemma

Ellie May Would Like to be Taken Seriously for a Change by Marianne Levy – review

Amazed Earthling: 'The illustrations are great, some made me laugh out loud'

Cordelia Codd: Not just the blues by Claire O’ Brien – review

sapphirebooklover: 'If you ever stumble upon this book in a library or bookshop, pick it up and DONT PUT IT DOWN!'

Gregg Olsen’s top 10 deadly reads

From The Hunger Games to Agatha Christie, bestselling crime writer Gregg Olsen picks his favourite murderous fiction for teens

Safari Adventure by Willard Price

High Kick: 'I didn't understand why the whole series had to be called 'Adventure Stories for Boys' - girls can read the series too'

Good Night, Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian – review

Elle 'You find yourself pulled into it within a few sentences, a fantastic book with characters you will remember'

Read Ian Beck’s short story It’s All Right I Have a List That Helps to Make Everything Clear and It’s Real Easy to Follow

Read the second of our National short story week stories, in which Robbie has to negotiate a tricky journey home from school, avoiding Danno the wolf-boy and his wolfie friends

Your stories: My world of colour by Maya P – poem

Dive into Maya P's world of colour and unleash all of your senses

Lousy Thinking by Mike Davies – review

freddymadefilms 'hilarious, such an imaginative book - it doesn't remind me of any other book that I've ever read'

Discover short stories to read and write in National short story week

It's National short story week so we're celebrating the art of abbreviated fiction on the site with four days of great short reads, plus advice and opportunities to write your own

Read Philippa Pearce’s short story Guess

Read the first of our National short story week stories, in which strange things start happening to 11-year-old Netty Barr after an ancient tree is blown over

The Queen and the Nobody Boy by Barbara Else – review

HorseLover3000 'A fab story which has good morals and touches your heart'

Five reasons why I love my library

Site member TheBookThief shares the top five reasons why she loves her library - and why you should get down to yours

Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier – review

elie8899: 'You felt like you were there and going through all the things the characters were'

Persephone the Phony: Goddess Girls by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams – review

elie8899: 'It had some morals too, like always standing up for what you believe in'