This is a fun book that engages the reader, has amazing illustrations throughout, including a map – who doesn’t love a map in a book! Although there was a lot of fun plot, I didn’t quite understand where the ‘internet’ aspect fit, which did let it down a little bit for me. Noah’s letters are so heartfelt and revealing – giving up hints about his home life when he mentions the lack of food on the island and the secret sharing, “I’ve seen you do that, Mum… when we’ve been a bit short of food at home. Frank's first book, Millions, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2004 and has been shortlisted for a number of awards, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2004.

His second book, Framed was inspired by a news story he’d read in an old scrapbook: During the Second World War, a collection of valuable paintings from the National Gallery was hidden in a slate mine for safekeeping. It was such a pleasure to meet you both, and I really appreciated how smoothly and professionally you ran everything. is an interactive self-care activity book for children aged 6+ to colour and doodle their way to happiness, calm and confidence. Packed with mystery, adventure and laughs, Noah’s Gold is the exciting novel from the bestselling, multi-award-winning author of Millions and Cosmic, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Steven Lenton is a multi-award-winning illustrator, originally from Cheshire, now working from his studios in Brighton and London with his dog, Big Eared Bob.Noah may be younger than the others, but he worries that they’ll find out the internet breaking might be his fault (seems that this island houses some very important cables).

Your words, like your reviews, bring books to life and give them a voice before the front cover is even turned. This one is definitely an adventure story at it’s heart, and I really enjoyed blasting through it and seeing where it was going to go.This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally). As worrying matters escalate, a treasure map is discovered and then the unthinkable – a stash of gold bullion is found. Frank Cottrell-Boyce is one of those “gem of an author” who knows how to tap into what young people want to read and enjoy. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly!