Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Lauren Maidman
22 August 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Bertha and Blink: Rumble in the Jungle is a new adventure series all about Bertha the inventing bear. Bertha is a world renowned inventor who lives her life in the city with her inventing friends and winning awards. It all comes crashing down when an unsuspecting friend betray...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
21 August 2024;

Genre: Friends and family

Little Intisar has a big job at her Aunty Mahira's wedding but she has been asked to do something that she cannot do. This wonderful story links relatable feelings of anxiety about disappointing a loved one and failure through not being able to do something you were asked to do, but ends in th...

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Name: Jen Bevan
21 August 2024;

Genre: Magical Realism

'What a bright and brilliant Tuesday' for Henry. It all began when he picked up a key that a lady had dropped. This key led him on an adventure into the world of books in Griselda Snook's Spectacular Bookshop. Henry had never been into books, but Griselda told him he just hadn't found the righ...

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Name: Sam
21 August 2024;

Genre: Science Fiction

Wintour's Game is one of the best Young Adult books I have read in a while! This fast-paced, all-action read is certainly one to get young readers hooked. An excellent tale of friendship, loss and resilience. Alex Wintour is an orphan and a thief. She's survived this lo...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
20 August 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Dream Hunters, a colourful adventure story set in a fantasy version of India, invites young readers to imagine...  Imagine a world where dreams could be caught and bottled.  Imagine if slivers of dreams could be threaded together to make new dreams, personalis...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
20 August 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Another awesome adventure set in South Africa and based upon fascinating African mythology and folklore. Yomi and younger brother Kayode are now fully fledged members of the S.B.L - The Sacred Beast League, an organisation devoted to learning and protecting the Nkara; sacred beasts of the land...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
20 August 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Here is a book for the many children who say that they read to escape to a place they feel calm and happy. For me, it was like drinking bottled childhood - the experience of reading it made me feel as though I was nine again. In The Secret of Golden Island</stro...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
20 August 2024;

Genre: Funny Stories

Grimwood: Party Animals is the fourth book in the wonderful Grimwood series. In this book we return to the forest where anything can happen. Sharon the Party Crow has lost her mojo! Three parties in one day would have proved too much for most of us! Teamwork, friendship and, m...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
20 August 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Amazing Amari is back again and her third adventure, Amari and the Despicable Wonders, is utterly gripping from start to finish. Teenage magician Amari now faces adversaries, distrust and outright hatred from all sides; the new Prime Minister of the Bureau of Supernatural Inve...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
20 August 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Storm of Lies, the latest edge-of-your-seat thriller from Sophie Mackenzie, explores what might happen if a tsunami struck the south coast of England. . .  Following her father's sudden departure from the family home, Hollie Norris is angry - and the anger makes her - by her o...

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