Schools & Libraries Book Reviews
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Name: Abbi McInnes
11 September 2020;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Gray Langtry longs to be a normal teenager. However, that is pretty impossible when your Mum is the Prime Minister, and home is Number 10 Downing Street. The book starts with Gray at a party: she has lied to her mum about where she is. Leaving the party, she is pursued by paparazzi, and has to be...
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It's a Prince Thing (The Princess Rules)
Name: Jane Rew
11 September 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
I expected to enjoy this book, and was not disappointed. The appeal in It's a Prince Thing derives from its humour and the charming illustrations by Chris Chatterton, but I also enjoyed the twists and turns in the plot which deliberately confound expectations of how storybooks...
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Name: Samantha Phillips
11 September 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
Move over Harry Potter, Kip Bramley is coming through! The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith by Loris Owen is the first book in a new and very promising series.I absolutely loved this book, it is easily the best KS2 fiction I have read in a long time. Without the us...
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To the Island
Name: Maria Faithorn
10 September 2020;Genre: Myths & Legends
Young Fia longs and hopes to see the magical island, Hy Brasil! An island that only appears once every seven years. One night, Fia is drawn by curiosity and the magical air out across the sea. In front of her, rising from the waves, appears the mystical island. Fia's adventure on the island ta...
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To the Island
Name: Joanna Hewish
10 September 2020;Genre: Myths & Legends
Beautiful, ethereal, magical. This original picture book captures the imagination of all who read it; it genuinely feels you are holding something magical in your hands.To the Island is a beautiful story that is inspired from the Irish legend of Hy Brasil, an islan...
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Cally & Jimmy: Twins in Trouble and Twintastic
Name: Bryony Davies
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Cally and Jimmy: Twins in Trouble and Twintastic are two volumes of short stories starring twins Cally and Jimmy, who are in Year 5 and live in London. Although twins, Cally and Jimmy are very different children. Jimmy is described as having his own table next to the te...
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Name: Maria Faithorn
03 September 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
In Fish, Finn and his dog Skip have work to do. Early in the morning, they head out in their little wooden fishing boat. On the way they see some sad looking seals. Not sure why they were looking so sad, they continued on to their fishing spot. After waiting and waiting and wa...
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Name: Sam Phillips
03 September 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Tindims of Rubbish Island is a delightful story, the first in the series, about a group of miniature characters called the Tindims, who live on an island of rubbish that floats around in the sea. Since Viking times, the Tindims have worked tirelessly as self appointed eco-...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
03 September 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Invasion of Crooked Oak is an exciting story combining adventure, science fiction and more than a smattering of horror. Best friends Peter, Krish and Nancy live in the village of Crooked Oak where life is usually quiet and uneventful. The children love to read about weird...
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School's Cancelled (Anisha, Accidental Detective)
Name: Donna Burkert
03 September 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
For budding scientist Anisha Mistry, being chosen to represent her school at the science fair is the ultimate dream. It doesn't matter that the horrid twins are now at her school and that they are friends with her arch-enemy Beena Bhatt because now, she and her best friend Milo Moon are part o...
