Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Louisa Farrow
16 August 2023;

Genre: Family & Home

Lina’s family went to America five years ago, but she stayed behind with her grandmother - until now! At last she’s going to join them! When she arrives, life in America is quite different from the way she imagined it (from watching The Simpsons and from her mother’s letters). At school, it’s...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
14 August 2023;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

In Peanut, Butter & Crackers: River Rescue, the pets are off to the great outdoors in their human's camper van. Everything is going fine until Butter, the indoor cat, realises that their human has not brought a litter tray! There must be one in the forest, right, how else...

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Name: Linda Brown
14 August 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

The Third Daughter is the first book in a new series that explores sisterhood, deception, control, magic and power with a background of a slow burning sapphic romance. For many years the citizens of Velle have waited for their New Maiden to return. The prophecy states s...

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Name: Linda Brown
11 August 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Bonesmith is the first book in the House of Dead series. This is a dark YA fantasy with a Game of Thrones (White Walkers) feel about it...    When Wren, a bonesmith, is sent to the Border Wall of the Dominions as a punishment, she must find a way to pro...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
11 August 2023;

Genre: Adventure

A clever adventure fantasy with a strange dystopian future at its heart. It is a story so relevant to our current time; themes of climate change and powerful, society controlling technology make the events seem all the more relatable, thought-provoking and easily imagined. The world has...

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Name: Maria
10 August 2023;

Genre: Adventure

If you love Shifty and Sam, pack your suitcase and get on board the Pawrient Express for Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Train Trouble, a new adventure with these humorous characters. What a delight to receive a copy of this brilliant new book, celebrating the 10th Anniversar...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
10 August 2023;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism is an ambitious book: it sets out to help make the world a fairer place for everyone by investigating racism. Words from Yasmin Abdul-Magied and pictures from Aleesha Nandra work effectively together to explore three key questions: why rac...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
10 August 2023;

Genre: LBGTQ+

Steven Percival realised there really was something strange going on with him when he kissed a boy whose head proceeded to explode. Whenever he experiences emotion, the opposite emotion is transferred to whatever or whoever is around him with spectacular effect. Heading to the dead end town of...

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Name: Janet Fisher
10 August 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Poor Vincent skulks around at school trying not to be noticed or have anyone notice he is alone. But teachers have noticed he seems to have no friends and put him forward for an adventuring weekend away, involving tents and lots of walking! He is joined by Lena who has an ulterior motive for j...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
09 August 2023;

Genre: Adventure

A Superhero Mermaid Dragon Adventure is the third book in a brilliant new series of 'pick your own' picture book adventures. Do you love superheroes? How about mermaids? And dragons? Sarah and Adam have crammed them ALL in to the pages of this humorous interactive adventure!</...

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