Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Jennifer Caddick
04 November 2025;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The eighth book in the delightful Anisha Accidental Detective series is a Christmas seasonal super sleuthing, joyful mystery. A detective genre for those young detective readers who like their adventures fast-paced, family orientated an...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
04 November 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

When Chloe Roberts is cheated out of being Head Girl at Morton Academy by her supposed best friend, Nikhita Patel, everything changes. No longer assured the benefits which this position brings and having been dumped by her boyfriend, she finds herself clinging to her position in the school's s...

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Name: Lucy Hopkins
04 November 2025;

Genre: Early Skills

A lovely wintery story for little readers! This book follows the familiar pattern of Five Little Ducks, but with penguins instead. Young children will definitely enjoy the predictability of how many penguins might be next and the amount they are supposed to find as the countdo...

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Name: Jenny CADDICK
04 November 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Elle McNicoll simply excels in her books featuring young neurodiverse female characters. Her books grip the reader and lay bare the neurodiverse experience and reality of young people's lives, which she both celebrates and explores through her narrative. The neurodiverse inner mind faces an of...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 November 2025;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Brooke is starting a new school, doubly difficult because it is the end of a term and she is neurodiverse. But just as she joinns, the head teacher is murdered and Brooke, along with her new friends from the Neurokind Club at the school, decide to crack the case. As Brooke and her mothe...

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Name: Sara Sumner
03 November 2025;

Genre: Animals

A Reindeer Called Joy is the latest instalment in the Jasmine Green series, perfect for a cosy Christmas read. Jasmine and Tom find themselves caught up in a Reindeer rescue, which leads to a brand new friendship with baby Reindeer, Joy. With the school's Winter Wonderland ext...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 November 2025;

Genre: Adventure

A self-proclaimed yeti expert decides that he is going to find the yeti which he is sure lives in the forest behind his house. Having packed his rucksack and donned his favourite scarf, the little boy and his dog, Milo, set off for the trees. Having searched everywhere, the little boy returns...

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Name: Alice Drury
03 November 2025;

Genre: Family & Home

Wild Journey is a thoughtful collection of stories linked together by the migration of starlings across the globe. Starting in Egypt and travelling through Morocco, Spain, France and England, it follows the lives of five different children. In each story, the starlings inspire...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 November 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Mase, his brother Jos and cousin Connor, wake up on Christmas morning at their holiday home. But all the adults have disappeared and it soon becomes clear that something terrifying has happened to them. Going into the village, they find this is the case for almost everyone. Meeting Gloria, the...

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Name: Margaret Pemberton
03 November 2025;

Genre: Friends and family

This magical tale, based on a Russian folk tale, was first published in 2023 (in hardback) but it has thankfully now arrived as a paperback, just in time to make a wonderful Christmas present for some lucky young readers. The Snow Girl is the story of young Tasha who, a...

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