Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

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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Name: Louisa Farrow
16 February 2024;

Genre: Historical Fiction

For Ned, the outbreak of the Second World War and the expansion of undercover operations at Bletchley Park have offered an unexpected escape from a dismal future working in his father's funeral parlour. Suddenly, he and his mother are being sent off to Wales as part of the covert mission to ke...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
16 February 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Orphan Domino lives with the Science Barons in the Scientarium Celestis, a floating laboratory.  Allergic to magic, she is forced to stay here, tormented by the other children; a complex problem for the Barons to solve. However, when a Science Baron returns and requests Domino as his assistant...

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Name: Linda Brown
13 February 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Rise of the Shadow Dragons, an epic fantasy adventure, is the second book in The Legends of the Sky series. Once again it is full of magical and mystical dragons that are as mesmerising as in the first book, Dr...

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Name: Sadiyya Age 10
12 February 2024;

Genre: Social Issues

This is a very inspirational book and shows the reality and that all dreams don't always come true

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Name: Donna Ritchie
02 February 2024;

Genre: Supernatural

12-year-old twins Indigo and Rusty live with their parents in a funeral parlour. Indigo likes spending time watching wild animals with her friend Dexter, and Rusty, who is obsessed with Battle Beast games. They don't believe in ghosts - the dead are dead! That is, until Indigo stumbles on a hi...

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