Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Sam Phillips
26 February 2019;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Rory lives with his mum and older brother, and his best friend is Wilkins, his next-door neighbour's sausage dog! Now while some might think Rory would be lonely, he's not, he thinks his life is amazing. Rory is perfectly happy with the exception of just one thing, one thing that makes him worry...

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Name: Lucy Georgeson
26 February 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Watch Us Rise is the story of Chelsea and Jasmine, two students at a progressive high school in New York, and their close friends Isaac and Nadine. As part of the progressive ethos of the school, the students must take part in after school clubs; Jasmine is involved in the drama ensemble and Chel...

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Name: Nikki Stiles
25 February 2019;

Genre: Bereavement

In Let's Talk About When Someone Dies, Molly Potter and Sarah Jennings bravely and boldly take on a subject that we would all feel apprehensive about reading to young children. This is a picture book written in a non-fiction style on starting conversations with children about...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
24 February 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Dinosaur Farm - as the title suggests - features 'farmer dinosaurs' doing various jobs around their farm. The inside front cover informs the reader of the names of the different dinosaurs featured, and the rear inside cover features the different machinery used on the farm - both great educationa...

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Name: Janet Fisher
24 February 2019;

Genre: Adventure

When We Were Warriors, a collection of three interlinked stories set in World War Two, is Emma Carroll's ninth book. The first story tells of Stanley, evacuated to Frost Hollow Hall (the setting of Carroll's first book), together with his sisters, June and Maggie; the reader w...

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Name: Emily Marcuccilli
23 February 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Jasmine and Chelsea, along with their wider circle of friends, are students at a seemingly progressive New York high school. In common with all other students, they each attend an extra-curricular social justice club and equality is held up to be a guiding principle of the school. Yet despite t...

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Name: Nicki Cleveland
22 February 2019;

Genre: Adventure

To be honest, when this landed in the post, I still hadnt quite forgiven Maz for the tears and torment caused by book 3, the brilliant Beyond The Odyssey. So, I did the only thing I could. I locked myself in my bedroom with a loo roll to hand (Id run out of tissues), tried to banish the title ind...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
21 February 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Voices of the Future is an anthology of stories written by children from all over the globe. They have been written as part of UNESCO's Voices of the Future Generations project. This is to help children make sure they are given the right of education and literacy globally. The book is a collect...

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Name: Linda Brown
21 February 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Legendary is Book 2 in the Caraval series and it picks up straight after the end of book 1. With another invitation to a Caraval competition. However, this time the stakes are higher. After Tella saved her sister in book 1, both the sisters should now be happy and celebrating, but this is not me...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
20 February 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Bright, colourful and good fun to read. Superkitty jumps off the shelf and children will squeal with delight at the adventures of Superkitty. Superkitty works in the office of the 'Sensational Superhero Agency', but she is always just stuck answering the phones and never gets to be involved in t...

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