Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Sophie Butcher
29 December 2011;

Genre: Friends and family

Set in Cardiff, this book explores the life of sassy and complicated Lottie Biggs. Her best friend Goose is there to help her through any crisis, but is she having a crisis of her own and can Lottie help? Lottie's boyfriend Gareth seems to be trying to tell her something, but will he ever be abl...

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Name: Valerie Christie
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

On first glance at the front cover of this book I was reminded of the Enid Blyton 'Adventure Series', much enjoyed in my youth. In true Blyton tradition a group of children and their dog try to solve The Mystery of the Midnight Ghost, the second book in the Adventure Island Mysteries by Helen Mos...

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Name: Ferelith Hordon
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Sarah and Louis are out riding their bicycles through the woods when, suddenly, Louis is swallowed by a Gulper and the stage is set for a funny, fast-paced and cumulative story. John Fardell has already established himself as an inventive picture book author-illustrator with his previous titles...

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Name: Ferelith Hordon
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. She is so happy she doesn't know what to do - so she asks around the family, but their answers though good, are not quite enough - until Anna Hibiscus finds her own answer. Anna Hibiscus has already appeared in a couple of longer stories ideal for bed time reading....

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Name: Ferelith Hordon
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Sister, Missing picks up the story two years after the events of Girl, Missing and once again the reader is catapulted into a breathless thriller. In many respects the action is a reprise of the first book as a kidnap and questions of parentage are again the centre of the action; in this case it...

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Name: Caroline Downie
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Following a meteorite strike carrying the 'Falling Virus', many people fall into a deep coma. But there are some children who are immune and who, after contracting the virus, develop superhuman skills, telekinesis, the ability to make themselves invisible etc. The virus is the weapon of an alien...

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Name: Dorne Fraser
29 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Amy Curry's year couldn't get much worse. Her father has been killed in a car accident, her twin brother is in rehab and her mother is moving the family home from California to Connecticut. Since the death of her father Amy has been unable to drive so her mother has arranged for the young son...

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Name: Alex Kingsbury
28 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Claude is a somewhat adventurous dog belonging to the busy Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes. Whenever they go out to work Claude embarks on an exciting adventure - in this book he visits the seaside. And, with a strong desire to find not just buried treasure but juicy bone flavoured ice cream too, Claude ce...

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Name: Dorne Fraser
28 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

This lovely picture book describes a journey to the park from a child's point of view, using excellent photographs and a chalk line to outline the route. It picks out many of the special things that children will see and experience on an outing to the park, and records them in a way that famil...

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Name: Dorne Fraser
28 December 2011;

Genre: Adventure

Sally's class is doing a science project - hatching eggs, but Sally's egg is different from all the others and what comes out isn't a small fluffy yellow chick, either. The green and scaly baby that emerges from Sally's egg may prefer to eat the chickens, or even the children themselves. Despite...

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