Elen Caldecott

The Blackthorn Branch by Elen Caldecott is longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing. Cassie’s older brother Byron has fallen in with the wrong crowd. It’s soon clear these boys are wild, reckless, and not human at all. They are tylwyth teg – Fair Folk, who tempt humans down into the dark places of the world. And Byron is tempted....

Meet Piotr, Minnie, Andrew, Flora, and Sylvie – true friends and even better mystery-solvers! Hollywood sensation Betty Massino has come to star in the theatre down the road, and Piotr and his friends, Andrew and Minnie, couldn’t be more excited! But when the famous actress’s hugely expensive diamond necklace goes missing, Piotr’s dad, a security guard at the theatre, becomes...