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Ann Clare LeZotte
This is an adventure-led historical novel centred on Deaf community, sign language and human dignity, while exploring how inherited prejudice shapes relationships between communities.
Elen Caldecott
A tense historical survival story centred on two sisters, with vivid attention to language, place and the aftermath of political collapse. It combines danger and emotional uncertainty with questions about belonging and self-determination.
Caroline Lawrence
A suspenseful historical mystery set around Pompeii, combining a children's investigation with vivid historical detail and the looming eruption of Vesuvius. Expect friendship, curiosity and adventure, but also sorrow and frightening material near the conclusion.
Tiny Fisscher
This offers a clear way into talking about death without euphemisms. The birds’ shared rituals and differing reactions may help a child recognise that grief can look and feel different.
Sara Novic
This is a coming-of-age novel that combines personal stories with substantial exploration of Deaf culture, language and rights. It may suit readers interested in how identity, communication and community shape one another.
Richard O’Neill, illustrated by Kirsti Beautyman
A warm story about a child whose busy family weekend becomes an unexpected learning experience. It offers a lively picture of shared work, celebration and community, while making room for a child’s worry about disappointing school expectations.
Nick Sharratt
A cheerful school celebration becomes a lively water fight, with children, teachers, costumes, inflatables and a hose. The rhymes, repeated splashy sounds and colourful illustrations make the event feel energetic and playful.
Roald Dahl
Expect exaggerated gross-out humour, insults and repeated cruelty from the central couple. The monkeys’ resistance and the bird’s help provide a counterpoint, but the overall comic style may make harmful behaviour feel deliberately outrageous rather than realistic.
Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
This is an imaginative story about making a world that reflects one person’s ideas. Its main appeal is the inventive detail: Wesley turns a plant into resources, culture and communication, then sees others respond.
Raymond Briggs
Expect an imaginative, detail-rich portrait of an invented society rather than a tightly plotted adventure. The book invites readers to notice how ordinary routines, customs and values look when viewed from an unfamiliar culture.
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