Children Book Reviews

Name: Bryony Davies
21 April 2019;

Genre: Bereavement

The Sea House tells the story of young Coral, a nine-year-old grieving the loss of her parents in an accident. Whilst crying herself to sleep, Coral realises her house is full of water and magical sea creatures. She meets exotic creatures as well as some scary ones, who have a different motive. T...

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Name: Rhiannon Cook
17 April 2019;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Fabio is the world's greatest detective! He also happens to be a flamingo. Perhaps the cleverest flamingo there ever was. So when the famous and valuable Laloozee ruby is stolen aboard The Ostrich Express, Fabio quickly brings the thieves to justice but all is not quite as it seems... An excelle...

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Name: Emily Beale
15 April 2019;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Fabio, the world's greatest flamingo detective, is back and he has another mystery to solve. Fabio may live in a small town on the banks of Lake Laloozee in Africa, but his private eye skills are often put to the test. With a canny ability to detect and unravel mysteries and with his friend and a...

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Name: Megan Age 11
10 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Well, I absolutely loved and I mean LOVED, this book! For starters I would like to say how gripping this book was, I thought the idea of the Bakus was excellent and I genuinely want one! I felt very much for Lacey when times were tough, I thought the characterisation and development of characters...

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Name: Megan Age 11
10 April 2019;

Genre: Bullying

I knew from the very first page that I was going to really enjoy this book and I was absolutely right! It's a really touching book, I could really feel how the characters were feeling. I liked that the book was from different people's perspectives, I felt that was a great way to get a well roun...

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Name: Megan Age 11
10 April 2019;

Genre: Historical Fiction

I absolutely adore this book. I cannot tell you just how much I have enjoyed reading it. Things I enjoyed: The map at the beginning really helped me to visualise Tornish. It was a great addition and don't the best books always have maps?! I loved how much description the book went into, Karen des...

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Name: Megan Age 11
10 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I already want to read it again. It was the perfect book to read in bed, although I did get quite emotional and really could have done with a cuddle. Every person that I've spoken to about the book and recommended it to has just heard a repeat rendition of "It'...

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Name: Sam Phillips
09 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

I'm always wary of reading the second or third book in a series, particularly when I have thoroughly enjoyed the first book. And it is for this reason alone that I hadn't read the second Nothing to See Here Hotel book. Having guffawed out loud while reading about the antics of Frankie Banister...

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Name: Emily Beale
07 April 2019;

Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

We've probably all experienced those times in life when what we have just doesn't seem enough. We seek to elevate ourselves higher and join the ranks of the social elite. No? Well, Jasper the cat has. He may look like he has it all: a fancy apartment, a bookcase full of books arranged by colour a...

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Name: Emily Beale
07 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Willow Moss is nobody special. True, she was born into a magical family and has special abilities, but the ability to find missing socks and lost keys could hardly be considered extraordinary. As the least powerful member of her family, Willow is often overlooked, especially by her mother and sis...

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