Cameron is a virtuoso storyteller with a gift for revealing the heart and soul of childhood in her stories.

Cameron's words sing and the relationships are lovingly in tune.

One of the author's strengths is her ability to impart such lessons as an older sibling's responsibility for a younger one and the meaning of friendship.

The most hotly anticipated children's book of the year is here - Diary of a Wimpy Kid

This compelling story sheds light on the lives of a group of disaffected young people, for whom life is cheap and belonging to a gang is everything. It is about loyalty, love, making choices and living with the consequences. An astounding and thought-provoking novel, which contains violence, sex and strong language, it is violent, shocking and heartbreaking.

TURF is a fantastic, heart breaking, emotional and gritty novel. Utterly realistic and completely devastating it was one of the best and hardest novels I've read this year.

A poignant, gritty read, John Lucas's debut novel captures the brutal experience of gang culture among vulnerable city teenagers, exposing not only their heinous deeds, but a society that allows children to feel unloved and excluded.

The Blake Street Boyz gang means everything to 15-year-old Jay and his friends, spending dinner times and evenings defending their turf, but his life takes a not-altogether-unexpected turn when he has to prove himself to leader Shads.

A poignant gritty read, John Lucas' debut novel captures the brutal experience of gang culture among vulnerable city tenagers.

An exceptionally powerful debut novel; John Lucas is a writer to watch.

Truly brilliant and unforgettable

This book is like nothing else I have ever read . . . An excellent YA read

A real page turner

Chambers delivers yet another intellectually satisfying novel with equal parts philosophy and repartee

A feelgood and story that quietly challenges a whole range of touchy subjects and social taboo