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Year 4 pupils love the magical, creepy The Sleeper and the Spindle, by Neil Gaiman, inspired by famous fairy tales

This book has a great action-adventure premise. But, our reviewers say, the plot gets lost in a tangle of legal minutiae

MA Bennett covers class, gender and cultural preconception in a thoughtful but enjoyable way in this gripping thriller

An unflinchingly realistic out-of-body experience

Young people and adults will be equally gripped by Pullman’s much-anticipated return to His Dark Materials, although less mature readers may be baffled at times

This tale of four children whose plane crashes in the Amazon jungle is an old-fashioned adventure story...but it offers useful survival tips for any readers unlucky enough to find themselves in a similar situation