Captain, another WWI novel, tells the story of a young refugee from Central Europe who is recruited to the Mule Corps and serves in the war with his donkey Hey-Ho in Gallipoli and the Middle East. The book was nominated in 2015 for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2015.
A Horse Called Hero tells the story of two child evacuees from
London during
World War II who gradually come to understand that their father, a World War I hero, has been imprisoned for cowardice. The story is set in the British countryside of the West Country where Sam lives. It explores the unconditional love between children and animals. The novel won multiple awards including
Ealing Readers Award in 2014, and Hillingdon Primary Book of the Year in 2015.
The House on Hummingbird Island, longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Award and shortlisted for the Cheshire Schools' Book Award, is a
coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the First World War, touching on issues of race, as well as the contribution of the
West Indies to the war and their treatment at the hands of the British. As young Idie Grace sheds the skin of her childhood, she confronts the complex truths of her genetic inheritance.
School for Skylarks tells the story of a schoolgirl evacuee from London, who during WWII, is sent to live with an eccentric great-aunt in an equally eccentric stately home. When their home is requisitioned as a school, Lyla's lonely world is turned inside out. == Personal life ==