Families Book Reviews

Name: Karen Hall
28 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This is an enthralling story by Peternell van Arsdale that reminded me of old folk tales with its atmospheric descriptions, mythical characters and moral layers but also because, as in the original tellings, there are truly dreadful consequences for doing the wrong thing. In The Beast is an Ani...

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28 September 2017;

Genre: Bullying

"Some experiences - like walking into an exam hall or moving to a new school - never leave you and for Rosalind, transitioning to secondary school is made even more complicated by a terminally ill brother and her selective mutism. Unable to speak to anyone outside her immediate family except f...

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Name: Marie Berry
27 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Lucie Goose is a great story by Danny Baker. It tells the tale of Lucie the Goose who has lived on her own for many years. In fact she has never met another animal. So when one day she come face to face with a big bad wolf, his roars mean nothing and rather than be scared, she invites him in fo...

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Name: Marie Berry
27 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

The Queen's Present is another triumph for Steve Antony. I am a huge fan of this range of books. And this third edition of the Queen's adventures is a fabulous Christmas story all about the Queen's trip around the world to find the perfect present for her grandchildren. As with all Steve Anton...

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Name: June Hughes
27 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Elsie helps out in her family's shop, the grandly named Pickles Emporium. Unfortunately, the grandest thing about it is its name and it struggles to win customers and sell its wares. On one run-of-the-mill afternoon, however, the shop is visited by Magenta Sharp, a local witch looking for a caret...

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Name: Linda brown
26 September 2017;

Genre: Science Fiction

This book has a wonderful opening that makes you want to read on. Sadly, however, I did have issues with the story as it progresses. If you like Sci-Fi, a little romance and aliens (war of the worlds, creepy kind) then you will enjoy this book immensely. If you like kick-ass, strong characters,...

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Name: Ellen King
25 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

The Secret Diary series from Nosy Crow delves into specific periods in history to show what life would have been like at the time for young people honing their crafts and skills, whether as a young page learning to be a knight in The Secret Diary of John Drawbridge: Medieval Knight in Training, o...

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Name: Helen Long
25 September 2017;

Genre: Science Fiction

This story about visitors from space and alien abductions will have teenaged readers gripped. When spaceships arrive in Earth's skies, no one knows where they have come from and nor can they begin to know what they want. Then teenagers start to disappear, abducted in broad daylight or from their...

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Name: Daniel Katz
24 September 2017;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Greer MacDonald has won a scholarship to the sixth form of St Aidan The Great School (S.T.A.G.S. to its students), a prestigious and ancient boarding school for the offspring of the British upper classes. It is, quite literally, old school - the oldest school in England! Greer finds herself ost...

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Name: Louise Gahan
19 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Thank you Mr Panda is the third book in the Mr Panda series about good manners, which began with the picture book Please Mr Panda. In this story, Mr Panda is happy to help his friends prepare for a special surprise - IF they remember to say thank you! This is a great book, boldly illustrated w...

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