Children's Fiction

We all like to get something for free ... right? But some gifts come with strings attached.

When Josephine finds an injured boy in the water at the mouth of a small cove in St Thomas Bay, Malta, some instinct warns her not to tell her family. Perhaps he is a smuggler, or a refugee ...

A heart-warming story of one boy's search for identity.

Winner of the Eilís Dillon Memorial Award. Adam's Starling tells the story of nine-year-old Adam who is finding life very diffficult. At home no-one has any time for him and at school bullies pick on him.

Saskia's cousin Simon is having terrible dreams. Something strange is definitely going on and it seems to be centred on Simon's car-shaped bed that once belonged to another little boy.

The Black Death . . . thieves and bandits . . . but the show must go on! Widge (from The Shakespeare Stealer) and William Shakespeare's company tour a country terrified of the plague, encountering old enemies and new dangers.

Lockie is a bit of a misfit. Orphaned, he is placed in foster home after foster home, but somehow he never settles in. He runs away and meets up with some eccentric characters, like himself, an outsider. For the first time, Lockie…

Charlie assembles a strange-looking bike from old bits and pieces - not exactly cool, but full of character - which changes his life!

Inspector Plonker is once more on the trail of his old enemy, Wolfgran, but this time he's going undercover.

A sequel to the story of Little Red Riding Hood, Wolfgran is a wonderfully irreverent take on the world of fairy tales. Disguised as a little old lady, the Wolf is causing mayhem as he prowls the city streets.

Chang-ming has been picked for the school team but his family will be in China, visiting his grandma when the big match is being played.

An action-filled quest in which William has to pit his wits against an evil sorcerer and fire-breathing dragon.

William's best friend, Jason, seems to be leaving him behind. He has shot up in height, has a new mountain bike, and he has 'jumped the trains', the local test of bravery. Sequel to The Castle in the Attic.

Back home in Brazil, Roberto loved playing football. Now he lives in Ireland, and he’d really like to have a game with the boys in the park, but he’s too shy.

Investigating a strange light coming from the woods, Sarah meets a boy with no name and no family, but with remarkable powers.