Children Book Reviews

Name: Donna Burkert
03 January 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Alice Éclair is no ordinary girl. Not only is she an extraordinary pastry chef, whipping up amazing concoctions and icing them with perfection, she is also a spy! In Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Recipe for Trouble, it starts with the notes she receives after her uncle d...

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Name: Donna Ritchie
03 January 2023;

Genre: Family & Home

What a sensitively written story covering PTSD within a single parent family. I absolutely loved being taken through the ups and downs of Nora and her relationships with her mother, absent father, friend Kwame and of course the night animals. In The Night Animals, Jukes...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
03 January 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire! is a fantastic spy mystery for young independent readers who have discovered the thrills of the detective genre in their reading choices. Alice Éclair is a 13 year old Parisian baker with a special talent for intricate detailed icing. This att...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
03 January 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Spoonful of Spying is the second fantastic adventure following young and talented Parisian baking spy, Alice Éclair. This is a delightful detective story, full of intrigue and excitement. As with the first book in the series, the reader take...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 January 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Evacuated away from London and his indifferent mother, Alfie Wright thrives in his new life with 'Auntie' Bell and her son, Ted, at Coombe Farm in Devon. A sensitive, different boy, he is no longer 'Alfie Wrong', but is cared for, managing to make friends with Smidge, a mysterious lad Alfie me...

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Name: Sam Phillips
01 January 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Dragon Storm: Erin and Rockhammer, is the sixth book in the Dragon Storm series by Alastair Chisholm, and just like others in this series it makes for an exciting read, ideal for any newly independent reader. This short story wastes no time with 'pleasantries'...

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Name: Rhiannon Cook
30 December 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

A dark plot is afoot in the magical city of Arborven. The shadow tree Bitterblight has extended its murky tendrils towards its light counterpart, the Undrentree, in the centre of the city and a war, years in the making, is suddenly and unexpectedly at the city's door. The best hope of survival...

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Name: Sam Phillips
28 December 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Dragon Storm - Tomas and Ironskin is the first book in this fab Dragon Storm series. The story starts when Tomas, an 11 year old, son of a blacksmith, is summoned to go to a special school where he can learn to be a Dragonseer! Along with his friends, teachers and his very own...

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Name: Nathan Cox
28 December 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Midwinter Burning by Tanya Landman is an historical adventure story, steeped with mystery. The story is set at the beginning of World War Two in England. Alfie Wright, an evacuee, has left London for Devon, living on Coombe Farm with Auntie Bell and her son, Ted. Alfie Wright...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
14 December 2022;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

A visit to Nana and Grandad's house for the summer holidays always involves Lana and younger brother Harrison's favourite game - playing in the nearby Hollow Tree . This 'magical' tree is where generations of children before them have loved to play imaginative, carefree and memory-making games...

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