Children Book Reviews

Name: Linda Canning
21 March 2023;

Genre: Horror

Anyone who has read my previous reviews of the Dread Wood series knows by now that I am a walking contradiction: I'm a self-confessed wimp, whilst simultaneously being a massive Jennifer Killick buff. I've found myself in the awkward quandary of being a horror fan, who hates h...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
21 March 2023;

Genre: Animals

Any adult will tell you that the best way to get a child to do something is to tell them not to do it. This is exactly what happens to Pedro! Looking for an adventure, he sets off on a journey to find the mysterious Mouse Islands. Swept out to sea with his suitcase he tells himself he must be...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
20 March 2023;

Genre: Horror

When Angelo is woken in the middle of the night and hears something hammering at his bedroom window, along with a strange tune being whistled, it's the start of another scary adventure for Club Loser. Angelo and his friends Colette, Gus, Naira and Hallie come face to face with their arch enemi...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
18 March 2023;

Genre: Science Fiction

This is an exciting, colourful sci-fi adventure that whisks the reader into parallel multi-universes (called Spheres), through an incredible kaleidoscopic portal. 12-year-old Elsbeth has, astonishingly, found that she can step through these portals and she does so for the most important of rea...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
17 March 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

We all remember those surprise birthday presents when we think that people have bought us things that they wanted! None of us have received a present like Danny Todd was given by his little sister Sophie. Out of an innocent looking fairy door came Stink, the rudest, naughtiest fairy that there...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 March 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Dido is back in her third adventure set in Roman times. As with the previous two books, she is training and racing horses for the chariot races. Still at her uncle's house, she meets a man from her mother's past and learns more about her parents. When her cousin Abibaal is in deadly danger, Di...

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Name: Elen
17 March 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter is the second book in the Alex Neptune series by David Owen.  This is a pacey adventure with great characters, and a plot that will keep you guessing. There are also lots of laughs to be had through the story.  When Haven Bay is attacked by pirates hunting fo...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
16 March 2023;

Genre: Adventure

When Tourmaline overhears a conversation between two of her professors at Pellavere University, she learns that not only has her mother gone missing whilst on an archaeological expedition, but that no one will be going to search for her. Tourmaline is determined to find her and with the help o...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
13 March 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Moonflight is a story of adventure and bravery, a quest, a cursed diamond and two little rat siblings called Tilbury and Nimble-Quick. Tilbury is the seventh born rat of the seventh born litter and that rat is always in want of adventure. Tilbury and Nimble-Quick have t...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
08 March 2023;

Genre: Science Fiction

Elsbeth lives in the quiet seaside town of Lewesby with her mother. Their antique shop is failing and, with the landlord demanding rent money which they don't have, Elsbeth has started to use her extraordinary power to solve their problems. Elsbeth can travel to parallel worlds and has been br...

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