Simon Scarrow will do for boy gladiators what JK Rowling did for boy wizards.

Of the many versions of Homer's epic, this is the first - with apologies to James Joyce - to do justice to the women in the story. Touching and engaging

Adele Geras's Ithaka is authentic. It's as worked and reworked as Penelope's weaving as she waits for Odysseus post Troy, but it's seamless

Geras brings the story to life with characters whose behaviour and reactions seem very contemporary . . . The pace is gentle, and some difficult subjects are handled with sensitivity

Hilarious

Jacqueline Wilson has a distinctive narrative style with her spunky and articulate young heroines . . . A funny, punchy and quite moving read

Two worlds conflate in this evocative and moving novel about the healing power of memory.

Geras conveys well the difficulties of relating to a colonial community and being the new child...

This is a substantial novel suitable for readers of 13+

Bright and very descriptive . . .this book will stay with you forever

It has a slightly slow start but soon you will be glued to the covers

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