Families Book Reviews

Name: Amanda Allen
06 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I didn't like the start of this book, I am not a fan of books written in an American style with Mom etc. but his book soon became enjoyable. Shelby has been home schooled and brought up by her mother who is extremely overprotective, Shelby thinks that her dad died when she was a baby but when...

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Name: Amanda Allen
06 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I was really looking forward to reading this as I loved Frances Hardinge's earlier novel, Cuckoo Song. I wasn't disappointed; the story was gripping and dark. It tells the story of Faith and her family who move to the remote island of Vane to escape a scandal surrounding her father's career. R...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
06 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

After The Final War had devastated much of the world a neutral organization, World for Peace, was set up to resolve conflicts by Peacefights, Tier 1,2 or 3. All other weapons are forbidden and countries send their pilots, one on one, to fight at designated places. Amity Vancour is a Tier 2 pilot...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
04 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Tamsin and the Deep is a graphic novel, excellently illustrated by Kate Brown and published by David Fickling Books in partnership with The Pheonix Comic. As a prolific reader of comics and graphic novels (Calvin and Hobbes was a particular favourite) when a teenager myself I can honestly say thi...

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Name: Catherine Purcell
03 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Fantasy, friendship, gothic horror, humour, discovery, courage. What is the story about? Here's the blurb: '15-year-old Wulliam is dreading taking up his family's mantle of Riverkeep, tending the river and fishing corpses from its treacherous waters. But then everything changes. One night his...

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Name: Emily Beale
30 April 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Pan the miniature dragon is back and he's up to even more mischief! There's A Dragon in my backpack is the hilarious fast paced sequel to Theres A Dragon in my Dinner, where we were first introduced to the loveable minuscule prawn cracker-guzzling dragon, when he is delivered to Eric's house with...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
29 April 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Ryan and his friend, Klaus, have made it to Base Camp on Everest to take pictures of the world's highest peak. Soon after arriving, an earthquake causes avalanches which bury and kill many climbers. After Tashi, a local Tibetan girl, helped Ryan save his friend, he learns how difficult life has b...

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Name: Caroline Gosden
27 April 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Violet Remy-Robinson is all set to solve her third mystery, in this action-packed adventure. Violet and her best friends Art and Rose are invited on a summer sailing trip in Europe with Uncle Johnny on board his boat Il Taratuga. The adventure starts in Greece when Violet, always on the lookout f...

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Name: Louise Gahan
26 April 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I'm a real fan of the 'My Little Book Of...' series from QED. We already use My Little Book of Space and this new book, My Little Book of Weather, has all the ingredients that I liked in the first book: a good balance of text, images and boxed-out information; and it's a great example of an in...

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Name: Elizabeth Coombs
26 April 2016;

Genre: Adventure

This is a simple story about a friendly, caring bear, who comes across a grumpy, stingy rabbit when he awakens from hibernation a little early! Rabbit is more worldly than bear, but doesn't like being a rabbit, he's pessimistic and, frankly, quite rude! Luckily, Bear looks for the good in ever...

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