Families Book Reviews

Name: Ella Reece
17 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I can already think of many young readers (aged seven to nine years) who will really enjoy this new series by Tom Nicoll. Eric loves Friday night takeaways but this particular week the bean sprouts come with more than he'd anticipated - a Mini-Dragon, called Pan, which has lost its way (it should...

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Name: Mark White
15 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

It is argued (somewhere) that all fantasy and mythology is based on reality and the truth. Maresi is the female narrator of this book and recounts her story as a novice in the Red Abbey, a retreat set on an idyllic, isolated island, populated only by women who worship the deity of the Triple Godd...

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Name: Zach
09 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Terror Kid is a book that looks with many issues in modern British society, particularly governmental - type ones. The story focuses on Rico Federico, a 15 year old from Birmingham with very strong political views on how government should deal with issues in today's society, such as NHS funding a...

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Name: Mia
09 February 2016;

Genre: Supernatural

'bloody Mary, bloody Mary, bloody Mary!' Would you dare say this three times in a mirror? Find out what happens when you do. This book is a ghost thrilling adventure through the mysteryies of the past, it will make you shiver and shriek. This is my favourite book as it twists and turns in unexpec...

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Name: Sam
09 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Good book about ghost mice, monkeys, vampires, sirens, centaurs, talking goats and does mention werewolves, mummies, minotaurs and vampire pirates. Warning - this story is not scary

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Name: Caroline Mitchell
08 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner fears she is losing her mind. When her family move from their small mountain cabin to the prairie plains, Amanda hopes she can leave her disturbing memories behind: of her sickly Mother giving birth to a baby who she can neither see not hear; of the cabin fever t...

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Name: Helen Swinyard
30 January 2016;

Genre: Adventure

A love story with secrets, lies decision-making, relationships & responsibility wrapped up in a thriller. 'Stella' opens her narrative as she starts witness protection. Her past unfolds throughout the story in haunting flashbacks & old letters & we learn the truth a little at a tim...

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Name: Catherine Purcell
25 January 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I love the look of the book, I love the feel of the book. It just feels right; the right cover, the right type. It's published by Pushkin Press, now if you don't know Pushkin Press their books reflect the cream of stories from around the world translated into english from their native languages....

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Name: Kathy Slater
25 January 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Mole and his friend find a hat with a label which says 'Warning! Do not touch!' As for all children, this is a challenge they cannot resist and when they do touch the hat, they find it is a magician's top hat, which keeps producing rabbits. As more and more rabbits appear, the challenge is how to...

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Name: Ros Alcock
25 January 2016;

Genre: Adventure

The second in a trilogy that started with The Jewel, this book (310 pages) continues the story of Violet, forced to become a surrogate for the royal family who live at the centre of the Lone City in opulent luxury, whilst other members of society, strictly differentiated by wealth and class, live...

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