Zara recommends: Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr. Jimmy and his brother have to be evacuated to the South of England.

Izzy recommends: Geek Girl by Holly Small. There’s a girl who is bullied at school. Nat’s dream is to become a model and be noticed until Harriet Manners accidentally gets spotted by the modelling agency. They ring Harriet’s parents. Harriet accepts and becomes a new version of herself.

Max recommends: Small Wonder by Ross Montgomery. He has written a lot of great children’s books. It is set in some kind of fantasy, medieval world. The main two characters are Tick and Leaf. They live on the coast of their kingdom (Elya). Another island comes to invade Elya and they have to get to a safe place in the mountains. They uncover secrets along the way…

Emilia recommends: Billionaire Boy by David Walliams. It’s all about the richest twelve-year-old. But everyone uses him for his money (from his father’s toilet roll business). He is looking for a friend and to find one, pretends to be a poor person. A funny and entertaining read.

Meer recommends: Our Castle by the Sea by Lucy Strange. It’s all about WW2. Her mum is a German and they live in a lighthouse. The town think that her mum is a spy so her mum might be hanged. They have heard that there are some English soldiers stuck on an island.

Parishy recommends: The Polar Bear Explorer’s Club. It’s about Stella Starflake Pearl (an explorer), Felix (her adoptive father) and he finds her on an expedition that he went on. Girls aren’t typically allowed on expeditions. One exciting thing that has happened is that they got trapped when they are going over an ice bridge – another character gets frostbite on his fingers and toes and they heal it with moutache wax!

Aydin recommends: Buckfizzle: The Best on Planet Earth by Patrick Forde. It’s based on a made-up planet called BuckFizzle. They go on missions to try and get more and more people to come on this mysterious planet. Very funny