really make it as a secret agent? This swift-paced, lively debut balances down-to-earth believability with wish-fulfilment fun.
Geraldine McCaughreanâs
The Supreme Lie (Usborne) is a more complex and stretching book, with the odd upsetting element, so itâs best suited to tougher readers of 10-plus. It follows Gloria, a teenage maid who finds herself impersonating a vanished head of state in Afalia, a country overwhelmed by floods. When Gloriaâs desperate efforts to help the suffering population come up against the machinations of Afalian propagandists (elegantly evoked by Keith Robinsonâs newspaper-style illustrations), discovery looms perilously close in this thought-provoking, poignant, blackly funny novel.
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World Book Day: books to read with the little ones in your life
World Book Day: books to read with the little ones in your life
To help you share a story this World Book Day, the team at Macmillan’s Children’s Books share their favourite books to read with the little ones in their lives.
02/03/2021
5 minutes to read
Reading for pleasure has a transformational effect on young minds, and World Book Day’s Share a Story message aims to encourage and empower as many children as possible to engage with enthralling stories and read for the love of reading.