Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Kitty Age 13
22 October 2025;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

I think this book is really good, as it's quite feminist and encourages girls to talk about their period and if you catch your boyfriend cheating with your bff, do not call HER the slut! I think that anyone can read this depending on the maturity of the person. If you know how babies are made,...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
20 October 2025;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

Mary-Elizabeth Baxter is a girl brimming with confidence. Agony aunt for the university's magazine, she offers up-beat advice to her fellow students and, having set her sights on Felix Balfour, she is looking forward to a year of fun - sex with no strings attached. When she me...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
17 October 2025;

Genre: Science Fiction

The follow-up in The Night House Files series, The Wintermoor Lights was eagerly awaited and it is as exciting as the first book, The Deadsoul Project. The science fiction mystery</stro...

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Name: Kimberley Lawson
15 October 2025;

Genre: Horror

Wyrdwood. "One step, two step, branches black; three step, four step, branches crack . . ." Coming home from boarding school to Merryweather-by-the-sea for Christmas, Kiki Harper notices some alarming differences in her quaint home town. Her best friend, Stefan, has for...

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Name: Jo Thomas
15 October 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Another wonderful Peek-through Nature book by Patricia Hegarty and Britta Teckentrup! Family is cleverly written and provides snippets of education about different animals and their ways to keep their babies safe. This is a beautifully illustrated rhyming book showing differen...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
14 October 2025;

Genre: Friends and family

Dina and her brothers are leaving the hills of Wales behind and are heading to Sheffield to stay with their aunt, JJ. However, hurt and frustrated by the frosty reception JJ gives them, Dina takes her great-grandmother's skates and heads for the local rink. Although she is passionate about ska...

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Name: Linda Brown
14 October 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Author David Farr once again delivers a thrilling and unforgettable story in this finale to The Book of Stolen Dreams series. It is the wonderful blend of fantasy, political intrigue, and emotional depth that makes this trilogy standout in middle-grade literat...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
13 October 2025;

Genre: Early Skills

In a busy town, when it's quiet after dark, there is a house full of ghosts who are ready to scare! Sneaking and spinning, gliding and booooing are all great fun, but their favourite thing to do is giggle. Perfect for sharing, Giggling Ghosts offers a fun, interactive story time...

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Name: Linda Canning
13 October 2025;

Genre: Adventure

I read How to Find a Yeti to my three year old daughter, plus a class of Reception children. My three-year-old loved joining in and found it interesting; she enjoyed looking for the yeti and demanded that I read it again. The simple narrative makes it an enjoyable bedtime stor...

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Name: Emma Nelson
13 October 2025;

Genre: Funny Stories

Cringe Club by Emily Jane Clark is a fabulously hilarious book, written from the perspective of Kennedy King. Forced to move school by her mother - AKA The Mother - the story unfolds in a series of messages (this is an ingenious way to engage reluctant readers...

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