Children Book Reviews

Name: Emily Age 8
01 August 2023;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Meesh the Bad Demon is about Meesh wanting to be a fairy and then everyone in Mount Magma turns to stone and Meesh meets fairy Nouna. Nouna is a fairy who can't fly without her ruby and then Meesh finds out that the fang she has around her neck also gives her powers. Nouna lea...

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Name: Donna Chadwick
01 August 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic is a nautical adventure full of twists, turns and surprises. When Alice travels across the Atlantic from Southampton to New York on a with her father, she thinks it is going to be boring but little does she know that this is not going to...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
01 August 2023;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

In Agent 9: Flood-a-geddon!, Agent 9, an impulsive feline agent, and her robot fish sidekick, FIN, must save the world from King Crab, the super villain, in this new high octane graphic novel. This tiger-striped tabby cat, Agent 9, is on probation with the Super Secret Spy Ser...

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Name: Jo Clarke
01 August 2023;

Genre: Friends and family

"Why do we do it? To be more acceptable? I don't want to be acceptable. I want to be me." The After School Crime Club is an honest, intriguing tale of pre-teen angsts and grief. It tackles the complexities of friendship, fitting in and the need to be true to ourselves. Moral d...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
01 August 2023;

Genre: Family & Home

"Gil escaped just after his twelfth birthday in the middle of the afternoon." I was gripped from the opening line of this original and compelling story - who wouldn't need to read on? Not to spoil the story, soon Gil slips into a forgotten space, an island of trees and a meadow encircled by mo...

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Name: Sharon Age 10
01 August 2023;

Genre: Environment & Nature

As soon as I spotted Guardians of the Planet: How to be an Eco-Hero in our book corner, I knew I had to read it. Sadly I had to wait until B had finished with it because he got there first. Being the Eco-councillor for my class, I wanted to absorb all I could from this book, a...

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Name: Donna Burkert
01 August 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

Bob has a special gift; he can travel through time. It still freaks him out to meet future Bob and Bob's wife, but now he gets to see a new addition to the Bob family...Bob's son. Things are not great in the Year 2049...  Bob has noticed that future Bob has a bald patch on his head...really!?...

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Name: Julie Broadbent
01 August 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Set in Paris at the beginning of WWII, we are introduced to our protagonist and narrator, Safiyyah. Tensions are rising across the city as people are nervous and worried about the imminent invasion of France by Nazi Germany. Saffiyah is a bright, happy girl who enjoys playing with her friends...

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Name: Donna Chadwick
31 July 2023;

Genre: Family & Home

Nowhere Island is a fast-paced story which focuses on how to survive in the wilderness. It follows four unlikely friends and a trusty dog from different backgrounds through a variety of situations. The story begins when Gil tries to evade another Foster home and ends up living...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
28 July 2023;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Right from the very beginning of Operation Owl (Woodland Magic 4), I was hooked. The topic of clearing the floating leaves from the pond and looking after nature is very important, now more than ever. The language of 'the dark was melting away' was just beautiful. As I read on...

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