Families Book Reviews

Name: Lauren Maidman
16 April 2020;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Ever wondered what it would be like to have a fairy as a Mum? Mummy Fairy and Me: Mermaid Magic is a collection of four stories written by the brilliant Sophie Kinsella, about Ella Brook's tales of her and her fairy family! Ella spends time with fairies and mermaids, he...

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Name: Julie Broadbent
15 April 2020;

Genre: Adventure

The novel is told from the perspective of the loveable main character and narrator, Paige Hancock. Set in the American town of Oakhurst, the story begins as Paige is about to start her senior year at high school. Paige seemingly has it all. She has great friends, a wonderful boyfriend, Max, a gre...

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Name: Linda Brown
15 April 2020;

Genre: Historical Fiction

What an action packed, well researched and well written debut novel. Dangerous Remedy, I believe, will be a very popular book for 2020. It's got historical world building, same sex romances, scientific exploration and lots and lots of drama. Camille, the daughter of a r...

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Name: Nikki Stiles
13 April 2020;

Genre: Picture Books

There's a Lion in the Library is a funny, sweet reimagination of the 'boy who cried wolf' story. Little Lucy Lupin is cute as a button to look at but has a very naughty side to her. Lucy Lupin loves to play tricks on people. Her latest and quite possibly greatest plan was to s...

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Name: Lucy Georgeson
12 April 2020;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

A funny and life-affirming take on all the big stuff you experience through puberty: love, sex, death, family, intergenerational friendships, heartbreak, kittens and kisses that turn the whole world upside down. Love is for Losers is six months in the life of Year 11 Phoebe, self-professed hat...

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Name: Linda Brown
11 April 2020;

Genre: Myths & Legends

This is the second book in the Four Treasures Novel series and once again the author Caroline Logan delivers a unique, well written magical adventure full of mystical beings from Scottish culture and legends. At the end of book one, Harris, the selkie was captured by the Faerie Queen and Ailsa d...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
11 April 2020;

Genre: Adventure

Myles and Beckett are the younger twin brothers of the more famous Artemis Fowl. In The Fowl Twins - Deny All Charges, the second of their adventures, having stolen a jet plane and then destroyed it (obviously not intentionally), the brothers are put under house arrest by thei...

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Name: Sam Phillips
10 April 2020;

Genre: Non Fiction

River stories by Timothy Knapman is an illustrated collection of facts and traditional folklore tales about five of the most well-known rivers that stretch across the continents of the world. From the Rhine in Germany and the Netherlands, to the Yangtze in Tibet and China; eac...

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Name: Ellen Green
09 April 2020;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Dastardly thieves, gadgets that Bond would die for - and pizzas! Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective is a fun, fast-paced adventure story featuring a group of detective children who go undercover as waiters, icecream sellers - or, in Colin's case, a pizza delivery boy - who would su...

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Name: Sharon Bolton
06 April 2020;

Genre: LBGTQ+

A true coming of age novel, this story follows one summer in the life of Saoirse. Her plan for the summer is to get over the loss of her ex, Hannah, by spending her time watching horror movies (the gorier the better), partying and snogging girls. She might have to contend with her nemesis Oliv...

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