The Day Death Died

Author: Tanya Landman

Interest age: from c 11 years

Published on 6 November 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (Barrington Stoke Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 32 pages, 18 b/w, illus
129 x 199 x 5 | 66g

When Jack gives Death a taste of his own medicine, he’s unprepared for life in a world where nothing dies. An engaging quick-read for seriously struggling readers from award-winning author Tanya Landman.

Jack’s mum is ill and Jack is devastated when Death arrives to take her away. Jack doesn’t want to let her go, so he fights back and drives Death away.

But what consequences will there be when Death is banished from the world?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 6.