Katherine Rundell - Rooftoppers
Fiction 9+
278 pages
Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck which left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help.
Her guardian tells her it is almost impossible that her mother is still alive, but that means still possible. You should never ignore a possible. So when the Welfare Agency writes to her guardian threatening to send Sophie to an orphanage, she takes matters into her own hands and flees to Paris to look for her mother, starting with the only clue she has - the address of the cello maker.
Katherine Rundell - The Explorer
Fiction 9+
402 pages
From a seat in a tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the Amazon jungle passes below. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, making history and reading his name amongst lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him.
As the plane crashes into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without choice. He and three other children may be alive, but the jungle is vast and untamed. With no hope of rescue, the chance of getting home feels impossibly small. Except, it seems, someone has been there before them.
Katherine Rundell - Good Thieves
Fiction 9+
322 pages
Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack's spirit broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home.
She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city. And, nearby, two boys with highly unusual skills and their own secrets are about to be pulled into her lawless, death-defying plan.
Katherine Rundell - Wolf Wilder
Fiction 9+
252 pages
Feodora and her mother live in the snowbound woods of Russia, in a house full of food and fireplaces. Ten minutes away, in a ruined chapel, lives a pack of wolves. Feodora's mother is a wolf wilder, and Feo is a wolf wilder in training.
A wolf wilder is the opposite of an animal tamer: it is a person who teaches tamed animals to fend for themselves, and to fight and to run, and to be wary of humans.
When the murderous hostility of the Russian Army threatens her very existence, Feo is left with no option but to go on the run. What follows is a story of revolution and adventure, about standing up for the things you love and fighting back.