Ali Sparkes’ first stand-alone novel, Frozen In Time, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year award in 2010. Her first series – the Shapeshifter – has thousands of fans all over the world and her S.W.I.T.C.H. series was being translated around the planet within weeks of its publication in 2011.

Since her first book was published by Oxford University Press in 2006, Ali has written 33 novels and shorter stories – including a World Book Day SWITCH spin off book for March 2011 -  and is invited all over Europe to festivals and schools for her trademark high comedy interactive presentations and workshops. Frozen In Time is currently in development for children’s television. Ali lives in Southampton with her husband and two teenage sons, some fish, two mice and an imaginary dog… For more information on Ali and her books go to www.alisparkes.com

Ali’s adventure stories fall into the Middle Years category. 

The books in her Shapeshifter series range from Book Level  5.2 to 6
Quiz 208708 Finding the Fox (#1)
Quiz 209836 Running the Risk (#2)
Quiz 210808 Going to Ground (#3)
Quiz 211126 Dowsing the Dead (#4)
Quiz 215024 Stirring the Storm (#5)

The first book in the Shapeshifter spin-off series, Unleashed, is now quizzed.
Quiz 220520 A Life and Death Job (#1), BL 5 

The Monster Makers series includes books ranging from Book Level  4.9 to 5.4.
Quiz 216231 Electrotaur and Slashermite (#1)
Quiz 216235 Stinkermite (#2)
Quiz 216229 Bashertaur (#3)
Quiz 216234 Spacemite (#4)
Quiz 216233 Rockataur (#5)

Also available are:
Quiz 215530 Dark Summer (BL5.1)
Quiz 215532 Frozen in Time (BL5.1), Blue Peter Book of the Year, 2010
Quiz 218313 Wishful Thinking (BL 4.7),  a Blue Peter award nominee, 2011

The six insect books of Ali's S.W.I.T.C.H. series are now all quizzed and range between Book Level 4.3 and 5.1.
Quiz 220420 Spider Stampede (#1)
Quiz 220418  Fly Frenzy (#2)
Quiz 220419  Grasshopper Glitch (#3)
Quiz 220415  Ant Attack (#4)
Quiz 220417  Crane Fly Crash (#5)
Quiz 220416  Beetle Blast (#6) 

Quiz 221023 Frog Freak Out is a special S.W.I.T.C.H. edition containing 2 stories: Frog Freak out and Newt Nemesis. As for the S.W.I.T.C.H. reptile books, they're all in processessing.  We'll let you know just as soon as they're quizzed.  And don't forget Ali’s contribution to World Book Day 2011!  S.W.I.T.C.H.: Bug Battle (Quiz 219325), which is Book Level 4.4, is paired with a Gargoylz story.

Ali's contribution to Franklin Watts' Rivet series (for reluctant readers), Freak of Fortune will have an approved quizz available this month.