Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Jacqueline Harris
05 March 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Twitchers are back in the final part of their adventures. This time, Ava takes centre stage as she is present during the robbery of rare bird feathers at a museum. The Twitchers join forces to try and get back the feathers before the skins are broken up and sold. At the scene of the crime,...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
04 March 2024;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Just read the first chapter of Diary of a Big Bad Wolf and you will be HOOKED! Join Wolf as he prepares for the start of Spring - a time where he plans to eat as much meat and fairytale characters as he can imagine. There’s just one thing.. It doesn’t go quite to plan and time...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 March 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Pirates of Darksea is a high energy, high drama and electrifyingly exciting epic adventure on the high seas. Prepare to get swept away on the Darksea; join Max as he faces deadly monsters from the water's depths and battles his innermost deepest fears, too. 11-year-old...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
28 February 2024;

Genre: Supernatural

It's 1987 and Lilian Jones is leaving home to start as a boarder at Shadowhall Academy. When she arrives, she finds a cold, creepy building with gargoyles on the gates and endless corridors inside. She soon meets her new dormitory mates, Serena, Marian and Angela, and begins to make friends as...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
20 February 2024;

Genre: Horror

The second book of Gabriel Dylan's Shiver Point Series, A Tap at the Window, does not disappoint. This chilling horror story is a perfect read for any R L Stein fan and ultimately leaves the reader with a hair-raising experience. We return to Shiver Point, the small tow...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
20 February 2024;

Genre: Adventure

The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts is an absolutely amazing and epic adventure across perilous, peculiar and far flung lands in a race of a lifetime! The competition, known as the Glorious Race of Magical Beasts, could not have higher stakes for 12 year old apprentice...

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Name: Clair Bossons
19 February 2024;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Hide and Seek follows on from Rhian Tracey's I Spy: A Bletchley Park Mystery but is a separate historical adventure that can be read and enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. This time, Ned and his mother travel to Manod in...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
19 February 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Twitchers are back! When Ava goes on a school trip to a museum, she finds herself in the middle of a robbery. Hundreds of valuable birds of paradise exhibits have been stolen, and it is vital that they are found before they are destroyed and their beautiful fea...

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Name: Donna Burkert
19 February 2024;

Genre: Magical Realism

Twins Edward and Elodie Crane are part of a magical family. Their dads are Artezans - 'ones who can wield magic that flows through them'.  Every summer they host a special camp where Artezans from all over, unite, and where those transitioning from primary school to secondary school can find t...

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Name: Linda Brown
17 February 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

I have been waiting a while for the conclusion of the magical and thrilling Legends of the Sky series and wow, it's been worth the wait... In The Pirate's Dragon, we meet Serena and Raff who live on separate isl...

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