Adventure story – Scuffed Granny

When the Darkness Swallowed the Sun by Robin Newbold

Dark, tense, violent, the backpacker’s mecca of Thailand broods blackly as Dan, a reporter, investigates two brutal killings on an island

A thought-provoking book for our times, dressed up in a parody of a classic story, acting allegorically to show the fight against oppression

Wonderful storytelling about an orphaned girl, a trip to Paris and a secret world of rooftops and their inhabitants

A modern fairy tale where a potential destroyer becomes a hero through understanding and communication

An international thriller, pacy and well-plotted with twists to keep you guessing and characters to root for

The origin story of an unlikely superhero called Cockroach aka Kyle Alexander, an ordinary schoolboy who finds a magic ring…

A project takes people back to nature and a nomadic lifestyle but is this going to be the idyll they think it will be?

A fun book for middle graders, which is humorous and a little bit bonkers, of an unlikely hero and his fight to save Snackland and dumplings

Time-travelling husband attempts to save wife by going back to their high school years, making for tension-filled story of sinister pursuit

An unusual novel which speaks of the power of storytelling and mythmaking as a way of sharing the human experience