Orion Children's Books
Books published by Orion Children's Books
The Shark and the Scar
When Jay wakes up in hospital, he knows something terrible has happened, but he has no memory of how he got there. All his dad wants is for him to get well. What he doesn’t want is to talk about how Jay got his injuries.
Reviewed on 21 January 2024 by Linda Wilson
Hollowpox
A strange disease is attacking wunimals in Nevermoor, turning the usual peaceful anthropomorphic creatures into raging beasts, a danger to themselves and others. As the Hollowpox, as it becomes known, spreads, young wundersmith Morrigan Crow starts to take matters into her own hands.
Reviewed on 26 March 2022 by Linda Wilson
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
When Flick Hudson visits the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she wasn’t expecting to learn that magic is real. She also wasn’t expecting the fate of her own world to land on her shoulders.
Reviewed on 24 April 2021 by Linda Wilson
Becoming Dinah
When her neighbour’s campervan containing his prosthetic leg is stolen, 17-year-old Dinah agrees to join forces with the distraught Ahab to track it down.
Reviewed on 13 June 2020 by Linda Wilson
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow
Morrigan Crow has settled into life in Nevermoor, but there is someone who wants to expose her deepest secret. And then there are the disappearances to contend with …
Reviewed on 11 April 2020 by Linda Wilson
The Astonishing Colour of After
Leigh is struggling to cope with the aftermath of her mother’s suicide, but when a big red bird appears and speaks with her mother’s voice, Leigh knows she has one last chance to connect with her mother.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Linda Wilson
The Ones That Disappeared
Three children live and work as modern slaves, in thrall to a drug gang. When freedom comes, it is both unexpected and terrifying.
Reviewed on 23 June 2018 by Linda Wilson
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Morrigan Crow has been on the Cursed Children’s register from birth and is fated to die at midnight on her 11th birthday. But she is given a second chance by the enigmatic Jupiter North.
Reviewed on 16 December 2017 by Linda Wilson
The Trap
With the help of an undercover agent, the security services are engaged in a desperate race to stop a terror attack.
Reviewed on 22 July 2017 by Linda Wilson
Haunt Me
When Erin and her family move into a new house, she’s not expecting to find someone already living in her bedroom, especially not the ghost of its former occupant.
Reviewed on 18 February 2017 by Linda Wilson
The Bone Sparrow
Subhi has spent all his life in a detention centre, but then one day, something unexpected happens. Someone breaks into the camp, not out of it.
Reviewed on 09 July 2016 by Linda Wilson
