Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Jacqueline Harris
13 February 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

A Cure Ever After is the sequel to Once Upon a Fever (shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize) and features some of the same characters, but also introduces some new ones. The story starts a few years after the end o...

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Name: Linda Brown
13 February 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Rise of the Shadow Dragons, an epic fantasy adventure, is the second book in The Legends of the Sky series. Once again it is full of magical and mystical dragons that are as mesmerising as in the first book, Dr...

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Name: Sadiyya Age 10
12 February 2024;

Genre: Social Issues

This is a very inspirational book and shows the reality and that all dreams don't always come true

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Name: Abbie Age 6
12 February 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

This is a lovely book with really beautiful illustrations! Its all about people not enjoying or appreciating being outside and the world around them until suddenly everyone has to stay inside and no one is allowed to go out. It's all about people rediscovering all the joys and beauty of the na...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
12 February 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Kalothia has been raised in hiding. Her guardians a loyal aunt and tutor, and a series of bodyguards who watch her every step. But she plans an audacious escape. Aware of her origins as a minor royal and desperate for news of the mother and father so knows so little about, she plans to seek an...

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Name: Charlotte Age 9
10 February 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

An amazing book where you never know whats going to happen next.

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Name: Amanda Shipton
09 February 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Pizza mysteries, pesky robots and jail breaks aplenty; discover the first instalment of this humorous comic book series starring a sarcastic penguin and a clever cat with a toolbelt. When the school pizza parlour disappears and a giant robot suddenly appears, Peng and Spanners know that...

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Name: Maria Age 6
09 February 2024;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

The Magic of Me says 'come on an adventure with me...' and that's just what we did when we turned each page of this gorgeous book. The illustrations are absolutely amazing with so much detail for the reader to enjoy. Each double page begins with 'Today I'll be creative, curiou...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
09 February 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Isaac Turner lives with his dad who is the Keeper of the Great Clock in the Palace of Westminster, tending the clock everyone thinks is called Big Ben, but isn't. On the night the clocks go back, Isaac's father disappears from the belfry, leaving only his broken pocket watch behind. Isaac is d...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
09 February 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Murray the cat lives with Fumblethumb, a rubbish wizard, who is terrible at magic. Bun is a bun transformed by Fumblethumb into a rather sticky bunny with a cherry for a tail. Together, Murray and Bun have adventures when they travel through the enchanted cat-flap which sometimes leads into th...

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