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Alex Bell
Expect a vivid underwater fantasy adventure led by a determined engineer, with a submarine expedition, imaginative creatures, perilous conditions and a group learning to trust one another.
Kenneth Oppel
This is an urgent science-fiction adventure with horror elements: invasive plants threaten communities, while three young people investigate why they are unaffected. Alongside survival, the opening gives attention to illness, self-image, friendship and family relationships.
Shane Hegarty
This is a fast-moving, illustrated adventure about a vulnerable robot trying to recover its past and return to Beth. Friendship, fear, memory and the treatment of discarded things sit alongside danger and humour.
Louis Sachar
This combines a fast-moving school-and-woods thriller with questions about ecological responsibility and engineered life. Its suspense is paired with empathy for children, adults and even people who behave harmfully.
Stuart Gibbs
This offers a contained lunar mystery with clues, suspects, suspense and humour. Its appeal lies in Dash’s investigation, the unusual space setting and the contrast between boredom, danger and intellectual challenge.
David Baddiel
Expect an imaginative, comic time-slip adventure centred on two lonely children who meet across centuries. Talking animals, unusual technology and urgent practical problems give the friendship story energy, while the future setting raises questions about environmental change and online life.
Frank Cottrell Boyce
This is a comic robot adventure about Alfie and Eric’s friendship, with a serious emotional thread beneath the action.
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