Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Clare Wilkins
25 April 2025;

Genre: Personal Growth

Ty Forrester's involvement in a high profile armed robbery results in an 18 month sentence in a Young Offenders' institution. Falling in with a crowd his close friends and family had warned him about has left him in Ryecroft and at the mercy of a chaotic system and an inmate hierarchy where an...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
23 April 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

15-year-old Maaryah is a fish out of water, plucked from a life of wealth and luxury in Dubai and thrown into a state secondary in Essex. Already reeling from the unfathomable breakdown of her parents' marriage and the lifestyle shift it has necessitated, she is soon navigating a new school, f...

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Name: Jessica Bunney
23 April 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

The Rabbit, The Cloud and the Rainy Day is brought to us by the creator of the VERY well-known The Rabbit, The Dark and the Biscuit Tin. It's great to re-encounter the well-loved rabbit again! Rabbit has plan...

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Name: Sam
21 April 2025;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

If you know a young YA romantic, then this is the book for them this summer. Not That Kind of Hero by Alexia Casale is a lovely read. The story has a dual perspective for Orla, the story's main protagonist, as part of a blended family, alongside her internal s...

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Name: Jacqueline Frances Harris
18 April 2025;

Genre: Science Fiction

Brann used to fly with Raven, but now Raven is gone, destroyed by Dragon. Brann is with Cub, lead by Coll, who was once a Wolf. Brann's crew is missing and so, when given the opportunity to go with Cub to the North to find out what has happened to them, she is desperate to go, even though she...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
18 April 2025;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Basil the bat doesn't believe that he can fly. Encouraged by his friend, Moth, and the rest of the fruit bats, he tries and tries, but with no luck. However, when a storm threatens Moth, Basil realises that anything is possible. Told in bouncy, rhyming text, Basil Dreams Big</st...

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Name: Jenny CADDICK
18 April 2025;

Genre: Horror

A seriously sinister, spooky, spine-chilling and spectacular comedy-horror, delivered expertly by Jennifer Killick who is an absolute master at MG tales of terror. In the town of Hazard, a school project, the dark legends of the history of the town and an infamous craze...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
16 April 2025;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Stuck on a train full of younger children being evacuated, there are four who do not want to leave the city. Gradually, each comes to realise that they could simply get up and leave the carriage - and so they do. First to go is the Gremlin, followed by Lawrence, Olive and Franklin. Linked by t...

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Name: Jessica Bunney
15 April 2025;

Genre: Picture Books

This book is a great support for any child who may be fearful of the dark, and for any child who enjoys seeing a character go on a big adventure of discovery. Leila isn't fond of the dark - it makes it impossible to see anything! But when Leila looks up at the moon and...

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Name: Jo Thomas
15 April 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Rabbit wants to go fishing, but does not like the rain! To stop the rain spoiling his plans he decides to catch the rain cloud with his rod and hide it in his bag! Duck on the other hand loves the rain and sets out to show Rabbit why the rain is so important. The Rabbit, the Clo...

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