Families Book Reviews

Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 March 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Ship of Doom is the first in a series of thrilling adventure-seeking books from M.A Bennett. This fantastic book introduces us to the members of The Butterfly Club; time-travelling thieves on a mission to bring the future forward. However, small changes in history often ha...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
01 March 2022;

Genre: Personal Growth

Nothing is going to stop this little girl, Ruby. She knows exactly what she wants and nothing is going to get in her way, even if others sometimes don't quite agree!   This Girl Can do Anything introduces the reader to the character of Ruby and is a good resource to use...

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Name: Morgan Harkin
01 March 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

The Balloon Thief follows the story of two unlikely friends. Khadija, a Ghadaean girl, and Jacob, a hari boy and a glassmaker's apprentice, both leading separate lives until Khadija fleas from an arranged marriage and lands in Jacob's home town. The Hareef, a terrorist group,...

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Name: Linda Brown
01 March 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

This wonderful YA author, Laura Sebastian, has done it once again in this first book of her new trilogy... Castles in Their Bones is full of secrets, scheming, politics and lies. Who do the three main characters trust? Can they even trust each other? Princesses Daphne,...

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Name: Lucy Newton
01 March 2022;

Genre: Adventure

A wonderful series for young storytellers! This series allows children to tell their own stories through different environments and experiences. At the beginning, it explains how to use the books by reading the question at the top of each page and then choosing their answer from the options us...

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Name: Lucy Newton
01 March 2022;

Genre: Adventure

A wonderful series for young storytellers! This series allows children to tell their own stories through different environments and experiences. At the beginning, it explains how to use the books by reading the question at the top of each page and then choosing their answer from the options us...

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Name: Catherine Kus
01 March 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

I recently read Dragon Storm: Tomas and Ironskin and really enjoyed it so I was interested to see what Dragon Storm: Cara and Silverthief would be like. I was concerned that perhaps they would be all the same. But I have to...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
01 March 2022;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Once, the ocean was full of friends. But lately, things have been changing... Julia Seal has both written and illustrated Bloom as a way to show the damage pollution and rising water temperatures are having on our oceans. The story focuses on a bright and adventurous je...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
28 February 2022;

Genre: Young fiction

I read The Marvellous Granny Jinks and Me to my daughter at bedtime over the course of two weeks and we both loved it. Based on a true story, we get to know and love Jada and her fun, fabulous Granny. When Jada finds a magical box of tricks, we learn how Granny’s late h...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
28 February 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Part of the incredibly popular Little People, Big Dreams series, this short biography of American poet Amanda Gorman is a gorgeously illustrated tome. It recounts her life from childhood to the present day, including her struggles with speech and visits to a speech therapist....

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