The main character Jamie, is the son of a talented squash player, and is destined (at least as far as his father is concerned) to not only follow in his footsteps, but succeed where he failed.
Winning is everything, and if Jamie fails to meet his fathers expectations then the consequences are swift and painful, and [...]

The sound came again, cutting through the night: a sharp, metallic tap that carried even up to the first floor of the house where Sam lay sleeping.
Another of the books I read during the read-a-thon.
Fin, didn’t think about the consequences when he left his sister to look after his young brother, Sam, to go play [...]

They came in the night in a long, black boat.
After a dramatic accident Kit and his parents find themselves washed up on a small island. But there is no sanctuary here. The local community is hostile and menacing. Soon Kit’s life is in danger and he is forced to face not just the inhabitants but [...]

“It didn’t start with the river boy.”

I first came across Tim Bowler, last year when I read Starseeker in December. last year, and I enjoyed it so much, I quickly snatched up some more of his books on Bookmooch. The first of which to arrive was this one, River Boy.
Jess’s beloved grandfather has just had [...]

He didn’t see her; but he heard her voice.
Sometimes a good book comes completely out of nowhere, you pick up a random book in a store and it turns out to be an absolute corker! This was my experience with Tim Bowler’s Starseeker. I had heard good things about his books, but nothing beyond that, [...]