Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Sharon Porter
05 May 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

'This was the first book in ages that I read from cover to cover in only a few days. I really couldn't put it down. I really liked the main character, Marty, because he is unsure of quite a few things - just like me! I wished things were different for Marty and his dad, but Marty seems happy e...

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Name: Melissa Age 11
03 May 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

I have already bought the rest of the series. Wolf Brother has a very interesting plot and I like how it is set in prehistoric times. Without spoiling anything, I like how the author builds suspense and makes cliffhangers at the end of most chapters. From the first line, it im...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 May 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

Callie, Nico, Ted and Zara are really close friends. Ted lives next door to Callie whose mum looks after him and the others after school. However, since an embarrassing incident at school, Ted has become quieter than ever, withdrawing from the group. When they notice a light on in school after...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 May 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

When Luna is forced to attend a meeting in the Butterfly Room at the Greenwich Observatory, she expects an evening of boredom. But it turns out to be full of surprises. The Butterfly Club is a society with a secret - they travel in time to 'borrow' technology from the future.  With two travell...

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Name: Nathan Cox
02 May 2022;

Genre: Personal Growth

Has Anyone Seen Archie Ebbs? by Simon Packham is a captivating story with a highly important and emotive theme portrayed by relatable characters and settings. This story excellently highlights the feelings and emotions people, in particular children, face surrounding eviction,...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 May 2022;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

At first glance this is another version of the familiar fairy tales, but this is cleverer than that. Taking the fairy tales of Rapunzel, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, this book turns them on their heads and links them together as one story, featuring Rumaysa, the girl locked in a tower....

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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 May 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

Callie, Ted, Zara and Nico are best friends. Callie and Ted, in particular, are very close. They've been friends since nursery school and Callie once called Ted her "nearly brother". Then Billy Feldon, the class clown, plays a joke on Ted and he's embarrassed in front of the whole school. Now...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
01 May 2022;

Genre: Magical Realism

Prune Robinson is struggling with lots of conflicting emotions when she moves to a new town with her mum and big brother Jesse. Contending with bullying at a new school makes her miserable. Fear that her brother is getting into trouble makes her angry. Missing her old school makes her sad. The...

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Name: Jan Blagden
01 May 2022;

Genre: Dystopian

Fake is Ele Fountain's latest title aimed at the middle grade reader. This story is set in a future that appears to be not too distant from our own. There is much in the lifestyles of the various characters that will be relatable to readers. It is, however, not just another boarding school sce...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
01 May 2022;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Part information, part self-help and part reminiscences about feeling awkward, this book sets out to reassure and help children and young people who are shy and quiet. The information sections ranged widely from David Bowie's shyness to a potted history of Christian...

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