Silver

Like Stevenson, Motion has achieved that very difficult thing: a children's novel that works even better for adults. Look to your laurels, Rowling -- John Sutherland * The Times *
Deeply pleasing and convivial * Guardian *
Vastly entertaining * Scotsman *

Gripping

* Daily Mail *
Fascinating and richly colourful * Herald *
Silver provides a fitting sequel to Treasure Island, certainly, but also stands in its own right as a companion volume to a literary classic * Observer *
Elegant, affectionate homage to Robert Louis Stevenson … A piece of writing born of genuine love and respect for the original * The Sunday Times *
His voice is unlike any other * New Statesman *
Motion's book is sensitive and porous. It fits seamlessly into the groove left by its parent, and yet is also something that is languidly original. The potency of the story must win out: Treasure Island is 'accursed', and young Jim, too, must suffer hardship and loss. Though the book ends with a powerful affirmation, there is much uncertainty that points to more. For which I, for one, fervently hope -- Philip Womack * Literary Review *
Motion is a beautiful lyricist unpretentiously and precisely describing those things worth having even as he casts unsettling shadows across them * Guardian *