Families Book Reviews

Name: Bradley Age 12
29 January 2012;

Genre: Adventure

It is a thrilling book full of adventure and action. Anyone who likes Science will find it interesting. Simon Mayo is as good an author as he is a DJ if not better. All in all it was a really great book. It is one of the best books I have read.

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Name: Bernadette Cameron
29 January 2012;

Genre: Adventure

To be completely honest when faced with reading Itch, I was not all that enthusiastic, believing it to be a second rate offering from yet another celebrity. Well I owe Simon Mayo a huge apology. This book is fantastic. Read. The story line is fast paced and full of action-packed adventure. Th...

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Name: Dorne Fraser
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

This is an exciting fantasy adventure featuring three young people who are about to meet their destinies. Every 700 years demons from Hades try to enter the world and rule it and now is that time. Spoilt and pampered Prince Osami is saved from certain death when he is taken from his palace by Lis...

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Name: Natalie J.
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Shimmer is the second title in the series about 12 year old Riley Bloom, who is the sister of Ever, the protagonist of No's bestselling The Immortals series. Despite personally disliking the writing style and characterisation in the book, I can see it and the series being popular with young te...

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Name: Karen Kingham
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Soul Beach is a compelling read which leaves you guessing beyond the last page. Alice receives an email from her reality TV star sister, Meggie. Only trouble is, Meggie is dead - murdered - and this is the day of her funeral. In her grief, Alice replies and then receives an invitation to Soul B...

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Name: Caroline Downie
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Celia Frost suffers from a dangerous blood disease. It has made her mother over protective and secretive, she has changed schools so many times she can't remember and is continuously moving house. After an incident at school where she is taken to A&E, they move on again to a run-down estate on th...

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Name: Alex Kingsbury
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Ash and Benjamin are best friends, but they're also partners in crime. As the most precocious teenage thieves in the world they've pulled off some impressive jobs, and now they're onto their biggest one yet: stealing $200 million from the headquarters of one of the most powerful companies on the...

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Name: Sophie Butcher
29 December 2011;

Genre: Friends and family

Set in Cardiff, this book explores the life of sassy and complicated Lottie Biggs. Her best friend Goose is there to help her through any crisis, but is she having a crisis of her own and can Lottie help? Lottie's boyfriend Gareth seems to be trying to tell her something, but will he ever be abl...

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Name: Valerie Christie
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

On first glance at the front cover of this book I was reminded of the Enid Blyton 'Adventure Series', much enjoyed in my youth. In true Blyton tradition a group of children and their dog try to solve The Mystery of the Midnight Ghost, the second book in the Adventure Island Mysteries by Helen Mos...

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Name: Ferelith Hordon
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Sarah and Louis are out riding their bicycles through the woods when, suddenly, Louis is swallowed by a Gulper and the stage is set for a funny, fast-paced and cumulative story. John Fardell has already established himself as an inventive picture book author-illustrator with his previous titles...

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