Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Jennifer Caddick
29 April 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Zeina Starborn and the Sky Whale is a fabulously imaginative, intricately detailed and thrilling dystopian adventure, featuring the fabulously named Zeina Starborn. Just her name alone tells the reader that we are about to meet a unique, intrepid, ambitious character with a de...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
29 April 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

In Anisha Accidental Detective: Holiday Adventure, the family are on a break and whilst Anisha is not the adventurous type and plans to head for the reading nook, the rest of the family throw themselves into the activities on offer. However, when a statue of t...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
24 April 2022;

Genre: Baby & Toddler Books

When shopping for a book for babies or toddlers, there are a few things a parent always considers; are the pages hardy enough to withstand bending, learning to turn, being sucked on? Does the book make noises? Is the story engaging enough for you to interact with your child as you read? Are th...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
24 April 2022;

Genre: Adventure

The Girl Who Lost a Leopard is a stunning, lush, vivid and exotic adventure. Wild-spirited Selvi is in her element living in the mountains of Serendib, where she feels a total affinity with the abundance of nature around her. At no time is she more content then when wild leopa...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
23 April 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Libby and the Parisian Puzzle is a fabulous, enchanting mystery/adventure sleuthing story, ideal for MG readers and fans of the young detective genre (for example, the Agent Zaiba series by Annabelle Sami and...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
23 April 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

There are real unicorns; they are just not how you imagined them at all. The horse with a horn description is completely wrong. Unicorns are in fact magical being that live in an alternative UNI-verse and the horse with a horn was invented by a unicorn called Greg. Neon Gallup finds all of thi...

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Name: Eileen Armstrong
23 April 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

17-year-old Savannah is angry, very angry. She's angry at the hundreds of injustices of everyday life in post-Apartheid South Africa. She's angry at the racial injustice and violence against women which surrounds her, at being cat-called in the street, at being treated differently from white m...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
23 April 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

When Neon Gallup moves with her parents to the town of Brunty, she has no idea of the adventures in store for her! While exploring her new bedroom, she discovers an envelope containing an old green lipstick, and when she uses it to draw a line along her bedroom wall, she opens a portal into th...

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Name: Clair Bossons
23 April 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

Coco, a bubbly 15-year-old, is an aspiring film maker who feels like she belongs under water. Her mother Min has lost her job as a producer for a large Soho production house, and they are now having to relocate to her hometown some 300 miles away from everything Coco loves and cherishes. Coco...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
23 April 2022;

Genre: LBGTQ+

Shortly after the death of their father, Bea, Riley and their mum leave their home in London to stay with their Gran in the country. Last summer, after Riley had come out as gay, the family had had the best day ever at London Pride and memories of this special, colourful day make their current...

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