I love an author who knows when a story has been told and a book should finish. These books are all under 100 pages and brilliant. No weighty brick doorstoppers here!
	Cloud busting by Malorie Blackman (2004)
	Sadako and the thousand paper cranes by Eleanor Coerr (1977)
	Love that dog by Sharon Creech (2001) First book in the Love that dog series
	The field guide by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black (2003) First book in The Spiderwick chronicles series
	War game by Michael Foreman (1989)
	Sarah, plain and tall by Patricia MacLachlan (1985) First book in the Sarah, plain and tall series
	Becoming Joe DiMaggio by Maria Testa (2002)
	Storm boy by Colin Thiele (1963)
	The iron man by Ted Hughes (1968) First book in The iron man series
	The dancing bear by Michael Morpurgo (1994)