Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Melanie Chadwick
30 September 2014;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

I found Lies We Tell Ourselves very difficult to put down. It's the first day at school and Sarah's understandably nervous. She's met at the gates by crowds of angry faces swearing, shouting and spitting at her telling her she's not wanted and she should go back to her old sch...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
18 September 2014;

Genre: Horror

Frozen Charlotte is a well written book that has the reader engrossed from the very beginning. After Sophie and her friend Jay try to contact her dead cousin, Rebecca, events take a disturbing turn and Sophie ends up going to stay with Rebecca's family on a small Scottish isla...

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Name: June Hughes
17 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Lynne Reid Banks is well-known and loved for her many childrens books, including The Indian in the Cupboard but this new book is based very much on her own experiences during the Second World War. Uprooted tells the story of Lindy, who is ten at the start of the book, her mother and her cousin C...

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Name: Tracy Hart
17 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Beautifully illustrated this book takes the reader on a trip to the seaside with Martha and her Bunny Brothers. Eye catching font changes add further interest as Martha talks directly to the reader (1st person) to share their experiences. This book captures a realistic day at the seaside for any...

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Name: Fiona Collins
17 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

There's a Lion in my Cornflakes is a quirky and funny picture book which uses a long standing childhood interest as a basis for the story. For many years children have collected coupons, cards and small objects given away in cereal packets. The basis for this particular story is collecting coupon...

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Name: Fiona Collins
17 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

The Colour Thief is a delightful picture book about Zot, who comes from another planet where there is no colour. The story tells of Zot travelling to a colourful planet because he thinks that the colour would make the planet a happy place. Once on the planet he decides to steal all the colour, on...

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Name: June Hughes
10 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

The City of Fear is the third in the series of books featuring Ben Kingdom and the Watchers and their battles against the forces of evil and wickedness, known as the Legion. It follows the pattern of the previous books, following the action over a period of five days. Little snippets of backgroun...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
09 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

When Danny Geller goes missing unexpectedly at the age of thirteen his family never give up hope of finding him and three years later he reappears, older, taller and very different from the young boy that disappeared. His best friend and neighbour, Hannah, cannot reconcile this new Danny with her...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
08 September 2014;

Genre: Real life

At the start of this book I had written it off as another predictable 'chick lit' school book and was ready to hate everything about it including the garish cover. However I found myself being immersed in the world of Bree and it took me back to those anguished school days when it was easy to fee...

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Name: Ashwina Age 8
06 September 2014;

Genre: Friends and family

I Liked the part when the ogre went inside a dancing room full of humans dancing away through the sky lit night.

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