Summer 2019 – best new children’s and YA books – our picks
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in summer 2019. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Gill Stewart is a Scottish author of young adult and adult fiction. She studied psychology at the University of Glasgow before beginning her writing career.
Her works for teenagers include the Galloway Girls series, which begins with Lily’s Just Fine (2019) and continues with A Summer of Surprises (2020). These novels explore friendship, family and life in contemporary Scotland. Stewart has also written romance novels for adults under the name Gillian Villiers.
Lily’s Just Fine, the first book in the Galloway Girls series, was published by Sweet Cherry Publishing in 2019.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in summer 2019. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
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