Children Book Reviews

Name: Rhiannon Cook
27 October 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Trapped in a Parisian orphanage, mysterious circumstances surrounding his parent's deaths, Bastien Bonlivre follows in their footsteps as a writer and is determined to discover what really happened to his mother and father. Monsieur Xavier, appointed as the new director of the orphanage under...

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Name: Catherine Kus
27 October 2021;

Genre: Animals

Star is the second book of Holly Webb’s that I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The story is about a young girl called Anna who gets magically transported to a Russian village. A tiger cub is roaming the nearby forest and Anna tries to find him. The illustrations in the...

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Name: Donna Burkert
26 October 2021;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Almost overnight, Anna and her family decide to flee their home. She has to leave behind her friends, all her things (including her beloved pink rabbit) and the life that she knew and loved. The dangers she faces and the difficulties her family endure as they fled Germany for Switzerland, Fran...

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Name: KELLY Buxton
22 October 2021;

Genre: Non Fiction

Pack your bags and get ready for a globe-trotting tour of the world! The World Book is jam-packed with fun and interesting facts about the countries (199) that make up our world. Discover the history, geography, wildlife, culture and cuisine from each country without leaving y...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
22 October 2021;

Genre: Supernatural

Maya awakes one morning with a strange feeling that something bad is going to happen. At school, she meets her friends Carla, Jason and Tomas and all four children say that they had experienced bad nightmares the previous night. In class, Maya sits next to a mysterious new girl. She has white...

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Name: Kristen Hopwood
22 October 2021;

Genre: Non Fiction

Earth is Big is a colourful book of comparisons that puts our planet into perspective in its place in the universe and makes you think about it in a different way. The comparisons are thorough and not always what you might expect. For example, the first page discusses how big...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
21 October 2021;

Genre: Magical Realism

Shadow Town is an exciting new fantasy novel with many twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat. It tells the story of Toby, a young man living in London with his parents. One day a mysterious shadow appears from another world, causing disruption in Toby's life. T...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 October 2021;

Genre: Fantasy

Found on the shore of the Autumn Island, a baby is taken to Sundown Watch into the home and care of the Watcher of Wildsea, Andrew Darke, whose job is to keep the islands safe from the Gorm and the dangers of the sea. Named Utterly by her rescuer, her life changes when her guardian suddenly dr...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 October 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

A year has passed since Peter parted from Pax and although each has moved on with their lives, neither has forgotten the other. Now living with Vola, Peter has built his own cabin and plans to join the Junior Water Warriors, but he is deeply scarred by the loss of his parents and his separatio...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
15 October 2021;

Genre: Information books

Molly Oldfield, host of the Number 1 and award winning Everything under the Sun podcast, has transferred some of the best questions into this bumper hardback collection. Each day of the year is accompanied by a thought provoking question straight from the mind of a child. From...

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