Reek: A Times Children’s Book of the Week (Dyslexia-friendly)

Climate catastrophe leaves the people of Earth fighting for oxygen in this gripping dystopian thriller from bestselling sci-fi author Alastair Chisholm. Sparrow lives in the world after the Reek. The atmosphere is toxically polluted, and Axel Brodie, the tech billionaire behind Zephyr Industries, is cashing in as the only supplier of clean air. Sparrow is struggling to help her family survive until her brilliant inventor friend, Miriam Fenn, comes up with a new form of technology that could break Zephyr’s stranglehold on the air supply. But men like Brodie are hard to defeat, and he will do everything in his power to stop Miriam and Sparrow. Who will triumph in this battle to breathe? Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8. This sci-fi thriller is not just a teenage adventure, but a reflexion of our environment and the politics that govern it. The young adult and juvenile readers will find themselves engrossed in the action and science that unfolds. For fans of Kevin Tsang (Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Spiders!), Cressida Cowell (The Wizards of Once), Katherine Rundell (The Wolf Wilder), Louie Stowell (Loki), and James Russell (Children of the Rush). HarperCollins 2024