Author

Title

Genre/themes

Michael Morpurgo

Black Queen

Thriller, humour, chess

Jenny Nimmo

The Owl Tree

Environment, trees

Jeremy Strong

The Hundred-mile-an-hour Dog

Humour, dogs, pets

Anne Fine

Care of Henry

Humour, dogs, new baby

Jan Mark

My Frog and I

Friendship, school

Gillian Cross

The Roman Beanfeast

History

Harry Horse

The Last Cowboys

Adventure,
travel adventure dogs

Adele Geras

A Candle in the Dark

Germany Nazis Jewish Refugees WWII

Michael Hardcastle

Eye for a Goal

Sport, football

Jacqueline Wilson

Lizzie Zipmouth

Social issues, step-families moving home, humour

Terry Deary

Ghost for Sale

Ghosts, humour, historical

Philip Pullman

I Was a Rat

Fairy tales, humour magic

Jostein Gaarder

Hello? Is Anybody There?

Aliens, new baby magic fantasy

Ian Whybrow

Little Wolf's Diary of Daring Deeds

Animals, anthropomorphic humour letters

J. Brown

Flat Stanley

Humour

Dick King-Smith

The Sheep-Pig

Animal adventure