Darren Simpson

A Monster Calls meets Coraline in this spellbinding story about the power of the imagination. The real world is a hostile place for twelve-year-old Bren; his schooldays are plagued by the vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life is fractured at home. Ever since his sister Evie died in an accident, Bren's only safe space is Furthermoor, an imagined world...

Magic realism, dark deception and loyal friendships, in an unforgettable world. Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2022What you don't remember can't hurt you...Cyan has lived at the Elsewhere Sanctuary for as long as he can remember, freed by Dr Haven from dark memories of his past life. But when Cyan finds a mysterious warning carved into the bones of...

'Gripping, gruesome, dark and dripping' A.F. Harold Nobody talks about the strange happenings in Maimsbury. No one speaks of the hooded figures glimpsed in the woods, nor the children's game that went so horribly wrong. But most of all, nobody dares whisper their doubts about the river they have worshipped for centuries. Like everyone in Maimsbury, Gorse is used to...

A unique coming-of-age story with a jaw-dropping secret at its heart, Scavengers is an unforgettable, contemporary twist on The Jungle Book meets Stig of the Dump. "Extraordinary... a hugely compassionate and sophisticated novel about inclusion and exclusion." - The Observer "Stayed with me long after I finished it... a hard-to-put-down tale of tweenage derring-do." - The Guardian Scavengers was a...