Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Alison Kelly
23 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Firecrackers (Troika Books) is a magical and generous new collection of poems, stories and plays. It's beautifully presented and designed with Jo Riddell's wonderful illustrations enhancing the rich array of texts that Zaro Weil has composed. The hefty hardback book opens with 'Long ages ago' (...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
23 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Monty and Sylvester are a pair of every day animals who become superheroes. Their phone rings, and they rush off to help someone in trouble until an evil rat tries to stop them! Armed with their trusty vacuum, this story is entertaining and would be a good story for reluctant readers, and I thi...

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Name: Ruby B
23 April 2018;

Genre: Science Fiction

Amy is too young to die. When danger calls, Amy is scared. I don't blame her. Especially when aliens are abducting teenagers from all over the world. She is one of them. Will Amy have to face the threat before it is to late? Join Amy as she embarks on a thrilling journey through space. Read her...

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Name: Ruby B
23 April 2018;

Genre: School Stories

Izzy, Zach, Maisie and Jodi go to a normal school, in a normal county, in a normal country, but with a not so normal Lollipop man! When Jack the Lollipop Man is replaced with a new Lollipop Lady, the group get suspicious. Maisie is sure that he's in Rome, but the others just won't believe it. And...

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Name: Dawn Woods
23 April 2018;

Genre: Animals

The third adventure of Pug with his owner, the child Lady Miranda. Again Pug finds himself in strange situations without quite knowing how he got there. After a nightmare one night, Lady Miranda passes the blame onto Pug and announces Pug needs to face his fear of lions and go on safari. Pug h...

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Name: Fiona Collins
20 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This is another sympathetic story from Jeanne Willis in which a little girl has a close relationship with a lion who lives in her bedroom. The lion, Rory, cannot sleep without a bedtime story so the little girl tells him stories linked to her life: her first day at nursery and the birth of her ba...

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Name: Emily Marcuccilli
19 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

In this fantastic addition to the inspirational 'Little People, Big Dreams' series, the author and the illustrator transport the reader into the world of 1930s and '40s New York where we meet a young Ella Fitzgerald who, despite a difficult start in life, goes on to become one of the world's most...

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Name: Emily Marcuccilli
19 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

I am a huge fan of the terrific 'Little People, Big Dreams' series. Celebrating the lives of extraordinary women, they inspire and empower young readers (girls and boys alike) to dream big. This particular title transports us into the world of Ada Lovelace, whose fascination with mathematics an...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
19 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

In a great mish-mash of reality and fantasy, this is a debut novel suitable for lower Key Stage 2 children. Alice Dent, the heroine of this story, gets a cold. So far, so ordinary. But this is not an ordinary cold in the slightest. Alice's cold has amazing side effects and it is highly contagious...

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Name: Ellen King
18 April 2018;

Genre: Horror

This is a thrilling, action-packed horror story that steadily ratchets up the tension as a group of teenagers try to make it through a deadly geocaching challenge on a remote island. Savage Island a perfect addition to Stripes' Red Eye horror series and will be devoured by 14+ readers who love ho...

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