"Her entertaining new book is lighter, but also promotes kindness and dips a toe into the subject of family discord..."

"There’s heart in this Scottish adventure..."

"Sweet characters carry an environmental message..."

"a cracking plotty adventure with added science..."

"a creepy and evocative fantasy likely to make readers wary of shadows in the corner of an eye..."

"a vivid, lyrical story with the heightened feel of a fable..."

"witty enough to satisfy in its own right..."

"a tale that has conviction and laughs..."

"Beautifully written, witty, observant and reminiscent of E Nesbit, this novel merits a place in the canon of children’s classics...."

"...a beautifully illustrated collection of nature poems for children – one for every day of the year..."

"timeless coming-of-age story..."

"This is a book that should have any child glued to their deckchair..."

"He is that rare thing - a writer of lucid, mature elegance, who can still see the world through adolescent eyes...."

"St John is a wonderful writer, who lets the adventure hurtle without ever making the reader feel hurried..."

"This is an inventive and touching story, from a novice who writes like an old pro..."

"a seductively simple writer, whose crisp, pared-back prose enables an action-packed plot..."

"...an enchanting story, in which elements of traditional fairy tale verge on the surreal..."

"...this dense, beautifully unravelled family saga may be her best book yet...."

"It takes a bold author to write a tale so reminiscent of Peter Rabbit, but Faber pulls it off..."

"a particularly delightful anthology of poems..."

"...she is a brilliant storyteller, whose flair for drama soon lures you in..."

"Bagley’s charismatic illustrations add character, movement, comedy and style..."

"recounts eloquently the history of the Royal British Legion..."

"a wonderful, magic-realist feminist fantasy..."

"The writing is as beautiful as you might expect..."

"...a brilliant and fantastically told exploration of race in America - and of growing up, too..."