"Heartfelt and mysterious - a monster success!" —Ross Welford, author of Time Traveling with a Hamster

"A gentle and thoughtful exploration of family secrets, grief and the nature of urban legends. It's funny, charming and filled me up with nostalgia for those long, soporific summers in childhood." —Philippa Leathley, author of Inkbound

"Warm, fun and thoughtful... it was a joy to spend time with these rich, vivid characters and the legend of the Wide Eye monster." —Rebecca Orwin, author of The Monsters at the End of the World

"A beautiful book that explores family, friendship and the ways in which stories and belief in the unknown can help us see the world in new ways and from different perspectives." —Eilish Fisher, author of Fia and the Last Snow Deer

"Wide Eye is a great story with a really relatable central character... What this book captures so well is the "growing up moments" Meridian learns how families are messy and complicated but also how much love binds us together." —Cath Howe, author of Ella on the Outside

"A gem of a novel - a masterclass in how to write for children and make them laugh but also challenge them." —Iqbal Hussain, author of The Night I Borrowed Time