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Jason Rohan

Jason Rohan

Jason Rohan returns to his action-adventure S.T.E.A.L.T.H. series with a new mission, Storm Rising (Nosy Crow).< More...

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Matt Goodfellow reads from The First Year

Matt Goodfellow reads from The First Year

In The First Year, Nate is about to start secondary school and it all seems to be going smoothly - until a surprise reappearance More...

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What is a Designer?

What is a Designer?

Theatre isn’t all about acting. It takes a whole team of people working together to make a show happen. In this film you can find out abo More...

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Latest Books & Extracts

  • The Doughnut Club

    Perfect for fans of Sarah Hagger-Holt and Benjamin Dean, The Doughnut Club is a fresh take on family and what it means to fit in. Hugely

  • Shrapnel Boys

    When war comes to London in 1939, Ronnie Smith is scared and excited: scared of the bombs, but excited to collect the best bits of shrapn

  • The Binding Spell: an atmospheric contemporary fantasy

    When her father begins work on an ancient burial site, Morgan's childhood nightmares return with every relic he unearths . . .

  • Owning It: Our disabled childhoods in our own words

    Come on a journey through childhood with this anthology of twenty-two autobiographical stories from the very best writers in the disabled

  • What Happens Online: The new teen comedy from an award-winning author

    An unforgettable teen comedy about figuring out who you are online and offline from the award-winning author of STEADY FOR THIS and KING

  • Not That Kind Of Hero: A heart-stopping teen romance

    When Orla enrols on a prestigious drama course, she is thrown into the spotlight for the very first time. A heart-stopping romance from t

Featured Authors

  • Exploring identity in Kristina Rahim's The Doughnut Club

    Exploring identity in Kristina Rahim's The Doughnut Club: Kristina Rahim's The Doughnut Club explores donor-conception and being true to oneself through 12-year-old Quinn's questions abou

  • James Catchpole and Jen Campbell introduce Owning It!, stories about disabled childhoods

    James Catchpole and Jen Campbell introduce Owning It!, stories about disabled childhoods: Owning It is a new anthology by disabled authors, who share their stories and experiences of growing up disabled. James Ca

  • Ally Sherrick

    Ally Sherrick: Ally Sherrick writes books about how people lived in the past and her latest adventure, Rebel Heart, is set during the English Ci

  • Jason Rohan

    Jason Rohan: Jason Rohan returns to his action-adventure S.T.E.A.L.T.H. series with a new mission, Storm Rising (Nosy Crow).<

  • Padraig Kenny

    Padraig Kenny: Padraig Kenny, our Author of the Month, tells ReadingZone what inspired his new dystopian adventure, After. Padra

  • Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares ask, 'What if the Nazis had won the war?'

    Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares ask, 'What if the Nazis had won the war?': Ann Brashares is a writer and mother of four living in New York City. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsel

Your Reviews

  • The Binding Spell: an atmospheric contemporary fantasy

    Linda

    The Binding Spell is a dark, enchanting YA novel that weaves witchcraft, family secrets, and ancient superstition into a compelling story...

  • Shrapnel Boys

    Sue

    Two days before Britain's Declaration of War, Ronnie, his younger brother, Micky, and best friend, Lugs, watch children from their school set off as they...

  • Becoming Grace

    Ruth

    Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres and Becoming Grace by Hilary McKay does not disappoint. McKay fictionalises the story of...

  • The Doughnut Club

    Louisa

    Coming of age stories have always explored feelings of not fitting in - but how might those feelings be complicated if you didn't really know who one of y...

  • Owning It: Our disabled childhoods in our own words

    Jenny

    This fantastic non-fiction collection features 22 fascinating, inspirational and incredibly honest and open true stories from a huge variety of di...

  • Not That Kind Of Hero: A heart-stopping teen romance

    Sam

    If you know a young YA romantic, then this is the book for them this summer. Not That Kind of Hero by Alexia Casale is a...

  • Wolf Mountain: Volume 2

    Jacqueline Frances

    Tuuli is travelling with her wolf, Lupa, to try and find Andar's people. Before he was killed, Andar gave the impression that his people were in danger, s...

  • The Boy at the Window

    Ruth

    From the very first page this book had me hooked. As the story develops so does the sense of alarm until the final twist and…. No! I’m no...

  • I Am Raven

    Jacqueline Frances

    Brann used to fly with Raven, but now Raven is gone, destroyed by Dragon. Brann is with Cub, lead by Coll, who was once a Wolf. Brann's crew is missing an...

  • Serial Chillers: The Witch in the Woods (Serial Chillers, Book 1)

    Jenny

    A seriously sinister, spooky, spine-chilling and spectacular comedy-horror, delivered expertly by Jennifer Killick who is an absolute master at MG...

Videos & Vlogs

Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction adventure

Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction adventure

I Am Raven, the follow-up to Alastair Chisholm's acclaimed science fiction novel, I Am Wolf, is s

Authors share stories from their disabled childhoods

Authors share stories from their disabled childhoods

Owning It is a new anthology by disabled authors, who share their stories and experiences of growing up disabled.  Author Jen Cam

Eco-disaster looms for the STEALTH team

Eco-disaster looms for the STEALTH team

Author Jason Rohan talks gadgets, gaming and cutting-edge science as he returns to his action-packed S.T.E.A.L.T.H series with a

This month’s highlights

  • Picture Book

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    Winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024 announced We are thrilled to announce the winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024, judged by Ste...

  • Book Trailers

    Make a Book Trailer

    Make a Book Trailer

    Create a Book Trailer Create a book trailer of your favourite book or your latest bookclub read for ReadingZone, and encourage others to read the book!  Or you can use it...

  • Podcasts

    Create your own Podcast

    Create your own Podcast

    Bex, a presenter for Fun Kids, has put together a simple guide for us about creating podcasts and gives us some top tips for starting your own podcast.

  • Videos & Vlogs

    Creating a Book Vlog

    Creating a Book Vlog

    Ever wanted to create your own vlog, but don't know how to get started? In these videos, author and book vlogger Lucy Powrie (lucythereader) gives her tips on getting started, what to inc...