Books for Independent Readers
Lindsay’s acclaimed novels for independent readers all have one thing in common — you can expect the unexpected!
Blending fact and fiction, her unique historical stories combine meticulous research with high stakes storylines, heartwarming friendships, and elements of the mythical and mysterious. Lindsay loves to explore the relationship between animals and humans, placing her beloved characters in perilous situations and atmospheric settings.
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The Great Phoenix of London
London, 1666.
When 11-year-old bookish Gil finds a strange ‘heaven stone’ by the Thames, he never thought it would hatch. Or that so soon after the Great Plague, a small fire in London would become a deadly inferno.
Soon Gil, his phoenix, and his spiky friend Magda must cross the burning city, avoid a terrifying mob, and find a place where they can all be safe.
Call of the Titanic
Young cabin steward, Sid, is proud to be working on the Titanic, the greatest ship ever built.
Clara dreams of adventure too, but she’s a stowaway in the hold of a much smaller boat, Carpathia. Here she meets the biggest, best dog she’s ever known: Rigel, who is on his way to be reunited with his owner. None of them could have imagined how they would need each other one ice-cold terrible night. Or that an even more extraordinary creature might also answer their call …
My Friend the Octopus
England, 1893, and aquarium fever is at its height.
Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea-shop at Brighton aquarium, and waits for her milliner mother to return from Paris.
The arrival of a giant octopus changes her life for ever. Discovering a talent for art, Vinnie begins to draw the extraordinary beast.
She soon realises she can communicate with the octopus through colour and – as a gripping mystery begins to unfold – discovers what true courage really means …
Darwin’s Dragons
1835. Cabin boy Syms Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with the world-famous scientist Charles Darwin.
But when Syms falls overboard during a huge storm, he washes up on an unexplored island. Stranded there, he makes a discovery that could change the world ... Now it’s not just his own survival at stake – the future of an undiscovered species is in his hands.
The Secret Deep
When Aster wakes alone on a tropical island, she has no idea what has happened, why she is there, or where to find her younger sister, Poppy. Meanwhile Sam, who once met the sisters on a plane, makes links between the mystery of their disappearance and suspicious happenings in his own life.
In a stunning dual narrative, the truth unravels with devastating effect – and the answer lies in the secret underwater world surrounding the desert island, populated by the beautiful and the impossible …
A pulse-pounding, original teen thriller for readers aged 11+.
“Lindsay Galvin also includes her trademark story ingredient of myth and legend, linked to reported historical sightings of sea serpents…
“There is no doubt that this book will be as popular to read in the classroom and as it will be during summer holidays.”
— Books Are My Bag on Call of the Titanic, Indie Book of the Month June 2023