Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Emily Age 10
16 October 2018;

Genre: Fantasy

I liked this book because it was a fantasy and a little bit creepy. Evangeline is learning to be a haunt huntress and be able to identify all creatures. When she and her grandmother are called to New Orleans to banish some creatures,Evangeline discovers a secret in her family she never knew...

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Name: Emily Age 10
16 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

I liked this book because it was quite different from other books I have read. Chloe has lost her smile, she's looked everywhere. Until one night, she is whisked away on a magical adventure that is out of this world.

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Name: Emily Age 10
16 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

I loved this book so much!!It is very mysterious and is one of the best books in the world!!!!! Boy and Violet are back for another adventure, and this is one to get the heart pounding! Things are going missing in Town and lots of people are naming Boy the main suspect. Even children are going m...

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Name: Chloe Age 9
14 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Head Kid tells the story of cheeky prankster, Ryan Ward, and his best bud, Dionna Baxter. Ryan's headteacher has just about lost it with the school, so he leaves a new headteacher to attempt to control the hyperactive children. Unfortunately for many of the mischievous school pupils (AKA Ryan a...

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Name: Ellie Age 10
02 October 2018;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

The physical book has a really nice feel to it and the pages are easy to flip. The front cover has a lot of textures which I really love, Vita makes me happy with the way she magpies from traditional stories and makes them her own. I would recommend this book to adventurous people who want to...

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Name: Janet Fisher
02 October 2018;

Genre: Historical Fiction

I was lucky enough to review Emma Carroll's first book, Frost Hollow Hall, in 2013, which was a very good debut and was delighted to find that this, her seventh book, does not disappoint. The story of the boy King Tutankhamun, whose tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, has always fasc...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
24 September 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Lark is 13, and her life is difficult. Her mother is ill, her sister, Snow, has stopped talking and her best friend has a boyfriend, so she and Lark are no longer close. Lark is troubled, and struggles to contain her anger at times. Lark and her family come to a caravan park on the Welsh coast f...

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Name: Rhiannon Cook
23 September 2018;

Genre: Adventure

An intriguing, locked-room, murder mystery with a magical twist, The Last Chance Hotel is a fun read for ages 9+. In the isolated and downright creepy Last Chance Hotel, Seth Seppi works his fingers to the bone for the horrid Bunn family. Without family or friends (besides his cat Nightshade), th...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
20 September 2018;

Genre: Adventure

I read this book in one sitting which should tell you all you need to know. It starts with suspense 'If Jakob sneezed, he could die.' And then carries on in that vein throughout the book; it really is one you can't put down and the beautiful cover by Anne Glenn seems to capture the essence of th...

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Name: Amelia
18 September 2018;

Genre: Friends and family

This was a fantastic book. I loved every page, and this book has made me realize that living forever would not be good at all.

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