Children Book Reviews

Name: Donna Chadwick
07 April 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter is a great sequel in the Alex Neptune series, which explores Alex's new-found powers to control the ocean. The story is full of twists and turns as Alex tries to counteract pollution and pirates to find a missing dragon egg to help clean the oceans....

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Name: Beverley Somerset
07 April 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

War is still raging in Rowan's home town of Holderby, and she and her mum are living safely by the Wild Forest with Grandpa. Rowan is happily learning to be a wildsmith like him; she can talk to and understand the magical creatures who inhabit the forest. Everything changes when Rowan's dad ar...

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Name: Jen Bevan
05 April 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Welcome to Miracula and the first in a series of books about Ivy Newt and her friends.  In Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch, it's Ivy's birthday and her parents perform a magic show for her which goes wrong. Ivy and her friend Tom go on an adventure to find out what has happens to...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
04 April 2023;

Genre: Adventure

The Boy who Saved a Bear is the fourth and final book that author Nizrana Farook has set in the beautiful landscape of Serendib, and it is another stunning and warm adventure story featuring the bond between the children and the wild animals that Farook creates so joyously.</p...

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Name: Janet Fisher
04 April 2023;

Genre: Magical Realism

This is an extraordinary, many layered novel, weaving monsters with Iranian folklore and a girl unable to grieve for her parents and left with a gift she does not understand. Marjan is struggling with school, trying to keep her father's vet practice going, and discovering that her fathe...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 April 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Something terrible has happened in Aves Wood. The nest of the peregrine falcons has been raided by an egg thief and all the eggs taken and the parent birds driven away. There is an egg thief in town; someone dangerous. Twitch and his friends must try to find out who the thief is and put a stop...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
03 April 2023;

Genre: Friends and family

In Winnie and Wilbur: The Festival of Witches, Winnie the Witch and her big black cat Wilbur pack their suitcase for a very special holiday. Every year they go to the Worldwide Witches' Festival. These wonderfully illustrated, familiar characters are off on another amazing adv...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
03 April 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

I make no secret of being a fan of The Butterfly Club books. They have captured my imagination and allowed me to delve into the events from the past with ease. They are layered with history and gripping adventures and have some fantastic characters. <...

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Name: Clair Bossons
31 March 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

I really enjoy reading historical fiction, it is one of my favourite genres and I, Spy did not disappoint. This book is set at the beginning of World War II. The main character, Robyn, lives at Bletchley Park. She loves bird watching, drawing and nature and had started a Bird...

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Name: Janet Fisher
31 March 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot of Chaos is the second in a trilogy. I reviewed the first book, Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup, which was clever and very unusual. There is always the concern that...

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