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Sally Nicholls

Sally Nicholls is a prize-winning British children's book author. Nicholls was born and grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, England. On finishing school, Nicholls chose to travel around the world. Nicholls' first three novels all have death as the central theme.

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  • All Fall Down

    All Fall Down

    Author: Sally Nicholls
    Publisher: Marion Lloyd Books
    Interest age: 11-14
    Reading age: 10+

    Growing up in a medieval Yorkshire village, Isabel's life is utterly predictable – until the pestilence, which has been devastating Europe, crosses the Channel and begins to spread northwards. An utterly absorbing, compelling and meticulously researched novel.

  • An Island of Our Own

    An Island of Our Own

    Author: Sally Nicholls
    Publisher: Scholastic
    Interest age: 12+
    Reading age: 12+

    This is a beautiful tale of hardship and family love.

  • Close Your Pretty Eyes

    Close Your Pretty Eyes

    Author: Sally Nicholls
    Publisher: Marion Lloyd Books
    Interest age: 13+
    Reading age: 13+

    Olivia is moving into her sixteenth home. Her previous homes have been cruel, dull, frightening and awkward - but never haunted.

  • Shadow Girl

    Shadow Girl

    Author: Sally Nicholls
    Publisher: Barrington Stoke
    Interest age: 10+
    Reading age: 8+

    The story examines relationships between teenager and adult, and coming to terms with past experience. Another Barrington Stoke winner!

  • The Button Book

    The Button Book

    Author: Sally Nicholls Illustrator: Bethan Woollvin
    Publisher: Andersen Press

    This creative picture book invites children to press a series of buttons – drawn onto the pages and powered by the reader's imagination! – to reveal different sounds or actions. Lots of early learning experiences are packed into this imaginative tale, which is sure to become a firm favourite.

  • Front cover of Things A Bright Girl Can Do

    Things A Bright Girl Can Do

    Author: Sally Nicholls
    Publisher: Andersen Press
    Interest age: 12-17
    Reading age: 12+

    Offering a historical snapshot of a society in turmoil, this comprehensive coming-of-age novel is a thought-provoking and highly engaging story of love, life and hope, with strong themes of feminism, social class and the First World War.

  • Ways to Live Forever

    Ways to Live Forever

    Author: Sally Nicholls
    Publisher: Marion Lloyd Books
    Interest age: 11+
    Reading age: 10+

    This debut novel from a very young and exceptionally talented new writer is striking in its simplicity, but tackles a traumatic and extraordinarily difficult subject with warmth, humour, sensitivity and brutal honesty.

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