Children Book Reviews

Name: Emily Age 9
01 June 2021;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

I don't like this book, I love it. There are so many things you can imagine with it, that's why I love the book

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 June 2021;

Genre: Fantasy

A fantastical fantasy quest through a portal into another world. Two ( reluctant) young friends, Rohan and Myra, must challenge the darkly mischievous Fairy Queen for the return of Rohan's baby sister, who the Queen has stolen to be her latest changeling. Otherland is inventive, creativ...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 June 2021;

Genre: Funny Stories

An Engaging and exciting story which is full of hilarious humour and heart whilst tackling important wellbeing issues, such how to manage and harness (perfectly normal) feelings of anger without tempers (or smoothies and paint) exploding! Nine year old Scarlett is touchy, feisty and bol...

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Name: Linda Canning
01 June 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Secret Detectives is a historical mystery, set on a ship sailing from India. When orphan Isobel sets sail on the S.S. Marianna, the last thing she expects is to make new friends... or to solve a murder! Thrust into a world she doesn't understand, Isobel must catch the murd...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 June 2021;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen have been friends since their schooldays. Now they are Royal Navy recruits and, as the story starts, are on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy and they are on their way to Russia to deliver vital su...

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Name: Andrew Mullen
31 May 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

Starboard tells the story of a young reality TV star, struggling with the fickle nature and pressures of fame, and of one of the most famous ships in British history, the SS Great Britain. Whilst on a school trip to the SS Great Britain, Kirsten feels a connection with the ship and so begins a...

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Name: Andrew Mullen
31 May 2021;

Genre: Magical Realism

Returning to Starfell with Starfell - Willow Moss and the Vanished Kingdom was an absolute joy! Magical children are being allowed to go to 'normal' schools, but Willow Moss is suspicious. With faithful and grumpy companion Oswin by her side (in his hairy green carpetbag), she...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
29 May 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Twitch is a loner. Bullied at school, he prefers the company of birds to people, and his main hobby is birdwatching. It's the start of the summer holidays and when Twitch arrives at his hide in the Aves Wood Nature Reserve, he finds that there are police everywhere, all search...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
28 May 2021;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Harklights is a beautifully, classic feeling folklore / fairytale style adventure. In a grim, grey orphanage (surrounded by a forest full of unseen life and tiny magical creatures ) lives mistreated orphan Wick, who seeks an escape from the cruelty of his life. The story is a...

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Name: Jennifer caddick
27 May 2021;

Genre: Magical Realism

Rainbow Grey is the first book in a delightful, charming series by Amelia Fang author, Laura Ellen Anderson. City in the sky, Celestia, is inhabited by Weatherlings (folk who all possess different kinds of weather magic to help control Earth's weather and protect it from villa...

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