Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Melanie Chadwick
06 September 2014;

Genre: Friends and family

Teen girls will love this. Debbie comes from a wealthy American family and has everything- lovely house, flashy car, a boyfriend whos heading to Harvard after his senior year, posh school and a mother who does everything for her. Then everything changes when her father leaves to become a writer...

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Name: Janet Fisher
06 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Flo has a problem grandmother who does not seem to want to live in the modern age and has a habit of arriving on her broomstick and causing havoc. Flo's very modern mother, the a high-flying magazine editor of Hocus Pocus, has offered her mother all mod cons including a spellstick - but to no av...

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Name: Holly Age 11
26 August 2014;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

I love the thrill of been able to try and work out the murderer without it being really easy!

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Name: Caroline MItchell
19 August 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Izzy and her friends attend a school where second place just is not good enough. With exams coming up the group don't know if they can handle the pressure until one of them finds the solution "FokusPro". The pills turn up from a mysterious website and seem to be everything they promise until th...

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Name: Caroline Mitchell
19 August 2014;

Genre: Horror

When Sophie and her best friend Jay use a Ouija board app on his mobile phone, the events which follow are darker than either could ever have imagined. Jay asks when he will die and the app responds "TONIGHT..." What starts out as a joke leads to death, mysteries and drama at every turn. This...

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Name: Carol Williams
14 August 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Among the many First World War themed books published this year, this collection of stories stands out from the crowd. Nine well regarded authors have contributed, with all but one being newly published. The connecting strand is girls and women in the war, so this reflects some different experien...

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Name: Rosie Pannett
06 August 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Take Back the Skies by Lucy Saxon This book slots right in to the fantasy / steam punk genre. Think Mortal Engines with a feisty heroine desperate to put right her father's wrongs. Cat (Catherine) Hunter runs away from her privileged background and stows away on the skyship Stormdancer. Here she...

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Name: Cosmas Age 9
16 July 2014;

Genre: Humour

Supertato has to catch the pea who is doing terrible things to all of the fruit and vegetables. I think that this book is great for all ages. It's a perfect story for older brothers and sisters to read to little kids. You'll love the illustrations and the story will make you laugh. I can guarante...

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Name: Melissa Chard
16 July 2014;

Genre: Myths & Legends

It's always a thrill to find a new writer who can deliver a story with panache and integrity. In Tim Hall's debut, a retelling of the Robin Hood myth (published by David Fickling Books), you also have a talent for writing that is sure to see this book on plenty of award shortlists in the comin...

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Name: Alice Hill
16 July 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Charlie Fletcher - who is behind the Stoneheart books - has delivered an exciting and enthralling adventure story about a London where time stops for humans while its statues come to life. At the centre of the action are siblings Will and Jo, who have their own unresolved issues around an accide...

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