Desert Island Book Recommendations
Recommendations for Desert Island Books have come flooding in from our girls, so we thought we'd share which books they would recommend for your desert islands...
Ages 15+
Heartless by Marissa Meyer (recommended by Clodagh)
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (recommended by Hannah)
Ages 13+
Just One Day by Gayle Forman (recommended by Issie)
Dare to Fall by Estelle Maskame (recommended by Issie)
Samphire Song by Jill Hucklesby (recommended by Clodagh)
Deeper Than Blue by Jill Hucklesby (recommended by Clodagh)
The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth (recommended by Clodagh)
Ages 10+
The White Giraffe series by Lauren St. John (recommended by Issie)
Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo (recommended by Issie)
Wonder by R.J. Palacio (recommended by Issie)
The One Dollar Horse by Lauren St (recommended by Clodagh)
Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein (recommended by Clodagh)
The Wolf Princess by Catherine Constable (recommended by Hannah)
Ages 8+
Gobbolino, the Witch’s Cat by Ursula Moray Williams (recommended by Clodagh)
The Secret Island by Enid Blyton (recommended by Clodagh)
The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy (recommended by Hannah)
Ages 5+
Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome (recommended by Issie)
The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann (recommended by Hannah)
Do you have a book that you would recommend to other readers? Let us know the book you’d take to your desert island by emailing [email protected]
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