Latest Reviews

Name: Samantha Hughes
28 June 2021;

Genre: Non Fiction

Dr Zoe Williams, NHS Lifesaver and television presenter, introduces this uplifting non-fiction book, showcasing the lives of a range of different heroes and the amazing work they do. All 12 heroes are real life emergency service workers from across the world and are introduced to us in the fir...

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Name: Samantha Hughes
27 June 2021;

Genre: Personal Growth

In a few words the foreword to this book sets the scene for this inspirational non-fiction picture book. Do Something for Someone Else showcases incredible projects undertaken by young activists from around the world, who recognised an injustice and did what they could to impr...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
26 June 2021;

Genre: Environment & Nature

The Wide, Wide Sea is an inspirational story about the beach environment, habitat and pollution. A child is taken to the beach where they discover gifts from the sea - limpets, driftwood, whelks. When they spot a seal in the sea, the child realises they are standing on his hom...

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Name: Sharon Porter
24 June 2021;

Genre: Environment & Nature

'When my teacher gave me this book to read I knew she had given me it for a reason. When I flicked through the pages my first thought was, I'll never get through all this, but how wrong I was. I loved the fact that the book is full of weird and wonderful answers to random questions. My favouri...

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Name: Eileen Armstrong
23 June 2021;

Genre: LBGTQ+

A book billed as 'The Handmaid’s Tale for LGBTQ+ YA' was never going to be a comfortable read but nothing can quite prepare the reader for the harsh and shocking reality of The Outrage.  The very best speculative fiction works because it creates a world we believe to...

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Name: Maddie Age 14
22 June 2021;

Genre: Bullying

Paige tries to live her life under the radar; unnoticed by anyone at school, at home and at the one club she attends. Her best - and only - friend is her Alexa, and she only comes out of her shell one afternoon a week at her Aunt Polly's house. At home, Paige is shoved aside and labelled a nui...

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Name: Dan Katz
21 June 2021;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

Freddie is an average, unremarkable, fall-between-the cracks kind of guy. As he enters sixth form, his classmates and teachers of five years barely know who he is, he is a constant disappointment to his TV producer mother, and his nervous awkwardness leaves him feeling completely undateable (n...

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Name: Linda Brown
20 June 2021;

Genre: Adventure

Happy Girl Lucky is the first book in the Valentines trilogy, and what a great read it is. Hope is 15 and the youngest daughter of a very famous film star mom and film director dad. Her life, however, is not as you would expect... She is not allowed to go to any celebrity functions, 'she's far...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
20 June 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

When an ice age mammoth finds himself in a modern city, he's not sure what to make of this huge gleaming 'forest'. Strange birds in the sky, strange beetles on the ground and strange, shouty cavemen. This is a humorous yet touching story about finding your herd and a place to be yoursel...

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Name: Jane Rew
20 June 2021;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

I like the colour scheme: shades of fluorescent orange and monotone. I like the bold design: the use of placards for headings, the inclusion of a Contents page, Introduction, Note to Reader, and concluding Thanks. I like the humour, evident in the choice of examples covered and in the illustra...

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