Shelf life: Looking at secular books
She was Children’s Laureate for 2006/07, and her most famous creation must be Tracy Beaker, a series of books which has spun off into TV shows, a stage play and full length film, not to mention school bags, pencil cases, lunch boxes...
TRACY BEAKER By Jacqueline Wilson
THE ROMAN MYSTERIES (Orion) By Caroline Lawrence
J.K. Rowling gets a lot of attention, and rightly so, her books have influenced an entire generation. But do you know who the next best selling children’s writer is?