Families Book Reviews

Name: Jennifer Hambleton
07 September 2015;

Genre: Adventure

As the title suggests, this is a thrilling train ride of a book which hurtles along a track fuelled with imagination and suspense. The wheels turn slowly at first but as the journey takes off with ever more tantalising twists and turns the suspense builds into a thrilling climax. Petty thief Zen...

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Name: Caroline Mitchell
07 September 2015;

Genre: Adventure

The accident season has been part of Cara's life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, foreshadowed by the deaths of many relatives before them, Cara's family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. Mum accident proofs the house and each child - but injuries follow wherever th...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
03 September 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Clariel is the long-awaited prequel to Garth Nix's hugely popular Old Kingdom series. Clariel is sixteen and forced to move from her beloved Great Forest to the bustling city of Belisaere. There she finds a city in tumultuous transition - a King unwilling to rule, Abhorsens absent from their duti...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
02 September 2015;

Genre: Adventure

I loved this book! Yet another great read from Rupert Wallis although completely different from his first book, The Dark Inside. This story follows Daniel as he and his father are swallowed suddenly into a sinkhole in the road. Without giving too much away, Daniel has to face further trauma whil...

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Name: Kerenza Ghosh
01 September 2015;

Genre: Adventure

William is an international cat of mystery and detective extraordinaire! Amongst others, he has already solved the case of The Missing Masterpiece, and in this sequel he must now find out who has stolen the golden Cuckoo statues from the famous Cuckoo film studio. Can he crack the crime and impre...

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Name: Kerenza Ghosh
01 September 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Five misfits - one holey, one folded in half like a concertina, one feeble and sleepy, one upside-down, and one described as a total catastrophe - are perfectly content living in their lopsided house. The five have never amounted to much in life, nor do they feel like doing anything. Then one day...

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Name: Kerenza Ghosh
01 September 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Being a stray dog like Scruff has its advantages, as no one tells him what to do or makes him wear a collar, and he can dig in the mud all day long! However, being homeless, Scruff is in need of some care and affection, and is a little lonely. That is until one day, when he sniffs out a pile of...

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Name: Mark White
31 August 2015;

Genre: Real life

Published just last month (July 2015), The Baby has already got the bloggers excited and the critics lining the book up as one of their Young Adult reads of the year. Written in an authentic voice (well, five of them) Lisa Drakeford's debut novel is a librarian's dream - this contemporary tale,...

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Name: Sarah McInerney
25 August 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Living in a tiny rural town in South Africa, 15 year old Meg Bergman is fed up of the traditionalist values and racial tension her self-proclaimed 'despair' of a town possesses. In the midst of South Africa's political and social change in the 1990's, Meg's teenage anxieties and angst are cataly...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
23 August 2015;

Genre: Adventure

This is the first in a new series of books in which best-selling author Holly Webb has taken a new and interesting take on mixing magic, animals and a touch of History. In this tale Princess Olivia has to come to turns with growing up, dealing with her formidable Aunt and Cousin as well as trying...

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