Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Jenny CADDICK
10 March 2025;

Genre: Non Fiction

Moving to Mars is an incredibly detailed and scientifically visionary book created by the collaboration between amazing graphic designers and scientists who are enthusiastically committed to passing on their incredible technological, space-race knowledge and their exciting, fo...

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Name: Jane Rew
10 March 2025;

Genre: Poetry

Some of the poems in AF Harrold's Pocket Book of Pocket Poems have been published elsewhere, as detailed in the final pages, which also contain a helpful alphabetical list of the poems. Adult readers of the small print will note that none of this material may be used for the '...

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Name: Linda Brown
10 March 2025;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

364 days, that's how long Dania has been in a hell-hole of a prison for a crime she didn't commit. She is counting down her days until she can exact revenge on Mazin, the boy responsible for her downfall, the boy she once loved - and still can't forget. However, first she has to escape and tha...

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Name: Clair Bossons
10 March 2025;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

While We're Young is a contemporary road-trip romance, inspired by the classic 80s film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Grace plans to skip school with her best friend Isa and Isa's ex-boyfriend, Everett. The three friends used to be inseparable but since Everett ra...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
10 March 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

This wonderful story has been carefully crafted by Nicola O'Byrne. Rabbit does not like the rain, a feeling that many readers will relate too. Duck has the job of sharing with Rabbit why the cloud and rain are so important. The Rabbit, the Cloud and the Rainy Da...

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Name: Clair Bossons
10 March 2025;

Genre: Dystopian

Shortlisted for The Carnegie Award 2025 and the UKLA Book Award, The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss is a stunning and thought-provoking dystopian novel. It is set in the near future, where London is teetering on the edge of collapse. Amid a refugee cr...

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Name: Lorraine ansell
07 March 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Sariyah is not an ordinary teenager; her special gift means she senses what a person needs. Overwhelmed by the noise this creates, she tries to fulfil the requests, one day with devastating and unpredictable consequences. Shortly after one of her best friends disappears and a frantic search be...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Starting the new school year has been a challenge for Kara. Her best friend, Eden, has a new boyfriend and has completely cut her off, leaving her friendless. When the year 'freak', Romilly, comes to her aid, Kara finds herself drawn into a friendship which she is unsure about and when unsettl...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;

Genre: Poetry

Having received one of A F Harrold's postcard poems, I know that children love his short poems! Indeed, despite the fact that we enjoyed plenty of poetry in class, many were fascinated by the idea that something so short was a poem as well as being charmed by the novelty of getting something h...

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Name: Sam
07 March 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

In All Better Now, a virus is spreading, but this one is different: first there's a fever, and then utter contentment. Those that survive the Crown Royale virus find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone. This all soun...

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