Kate Scott‘s Giant received some great responses after a recent Mumsnet giveaway. Readers can’t get enough of it!

These are just some of our favourites:

‘OMG, I loved this book! Can’t wait to give it to my 10 year old now that I’ve finished vetting it. I so felt for Anzo, struggling to understand where his place in the world is and why no one seems to notice him, whether he is short or tall, where he just seems to swap one set of issues & worries for another. It covers subjects relevant to lots of children as they are growing up, loneliness, the encouragement of friends and strength to believe in ourselves and make our dreams come true. A really powerful message within it if you want to look that deeply – who we are inside is what really, really matters! A touching and brilliant book in my opinion – 5/5. I think my son will really relate to this as often he doesn’t feel he fits in at school cause he’s not sporty and therefore cool & popular. I hope he will take from this that we are all special in our own way and must celebrate our uniqueness.’

‘What a lovely book so sensitively written and not patronising. Accept who you are and rejoice is the message. Well done Kate Scott.’

‘My youngest son is one of the smallest in his class, and is often teased, so I bought the book, after reading the plot, I read it first to see if it was suitable, which I felt it was. It was funny, inspirational, my son payed a lot of attention, and really made him grow in confidence, and to begin to accept himself it gives a good moral lesson in accepting yourself and keep your ambitions (it even helped me too – being 5 foot 2 )’

‘I think this a brilliant book to help children with insecurities. My best friend has it for her son and I read it to him whilst I was babysitting. He is a tall athletic boy and didn’t understand why some boys would be upset about being small because he hadn’t experienced it. This book helped him realise that some children are bothered by height or are naturally quiet and that they need a good friend to help them be more confident. I thought it was well written for the age group, the humour was good and it delivered the message well.’

‘My daughter loved Giant as she felt she could relate to him, being the quieter child in a family of big personalities. First he’s ridiculously small then he’s ridiculously tall yet they still don’t notice him! But with the help of his best friend Elise, Anzo gets up the courage to follow his dream to become a creator of comic books, finally finding his place in the world. It’s a lovely story about loneliness, creativity, courage and friendship. Funny, gentle and a little bit nail-biting and my daughter loved it!’

Buy your copy of Giant here.