Children Book Reviews

Name: Clair Bossons
18 March 2022;

Genre: Bereavement

Furthermoor is a wonderful blend of real life and an imaginary world. 12-year-old Bren has been escaping to Furthermoor, his imaginary safe space with mechanised trees and clockwork animals, ever since his sister died in an accident. In real life he holds on to her watch and i...

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Name: Ayona Age 10
17 March 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

This book is very adventurous and mysterious because it is about an artefact being lost/missing but this girl (Zaiba) and her team set out to find the artefact and the people who hid it. My favourite character was Ali (Zaiba's brother) because when Zaiba said something about Poppy and Mariam,...

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Name: Donna Ritchie
17 March 2022;

Genre: Adventure

Toto the Ninja Cat and the Legend of the Wildcat is book 5 in the series of stories about Toto, a blind cat. I have found these books excellent for reluctant readers. The illustrations are as amazing as ever - well done as always Nick East! With Toto's brothers - Silver...

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Name: Donna Ritchie
16 March 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Sam Brewster's illustrations are absolutely amazing and help to bring Epic Adventures to life, alongside Sam Sedgman's interesting facts. This book is for you if you love trains, if you don't love trains, if you are interested in the culture of countries, if you love ge...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
15 March 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Cara and Silverthief is the second instalment in the Dragon Storm series. I was very excited to read this, as are my class, as the first one was brilliant. Much like the first we follow the story of Cara, a 'street r...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
14 March 2022;

Genre: Magical Realism

Cassie Morgan has been waiting for her mother to return for her for seven long years. Now her mother has been declared legally dead and she is faced with going to the orphanage, Cassie decides to run away from Fowell House, the awful boarding school she has been attending, whatever the danger....

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Name: Clair Bossons
12 March 2022;

Genre: Adventure

Swift and Hawk: Cyberspies is the first in a new spy series written by Logan Macx, which is a pseudonym for two writers, Edward Docx and Matthew Plampin. Swift and Hawk is fast paced, action packed and filled with cutting edge technology. It will definitely appeal to fans of R...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
11 March 2022;

Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

'I believe that a girl should not do what she thinks she should do, but should find out through experience what she wants to do.' Amelia Earhart. Clear, detailed research has been dedicated into the writing of this wonderful graphic novel, It's Her Story: Amelia Earhart...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
11 March 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Part of the incredibly popular Little People, Big Dreams series, this book tells the incredible life story of Nelson Mandela. It starts with his childhood in the African Tribe his father was the chief of and recounts how his name was changed from Rolihlahla, w...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
11 March 2022;

Genre: Adventure

"Caleb Quinn had never expected to use the emergency exit plan." A classic opening line plunges the reader straight into a breakneck adventure. Caleb and his best friend Zenobia become Swift and Hawk, cyber-spies in the top-secret Mobius programme. Their mission begins with personal goals: to...

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