As any parent will know, getting children to actually pick up a book and read is no mean feat. Whether they are a toddler or a teenager, there are always myriad distractions to tear them away. Unless the book at hand is utterly absorbing, that is – and this season brings plenty of those.
From a heartwarming new take on The Wind in the Willows to the return of Patrick Ness, here is our pick of the best….
Gone for Good by Sarah Crossan; The Shadow Pony by Olivia Wakeford; The Night I Borrowed Time by Iqbal Hussain
Gone for Good by Sarah Crossan
Young adult
