Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Victoria Dilly
11 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I wasn't sure what to expect when I started reading this story; it sounded a little creepy and I thought I may not enjoy it as 'creepy' isn't normally my genre of choice! However, I was soon hooked on what turned out to be a very well-written story, which kept you on the edge of your seat as the...

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Name: Terry Cornelius
02 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

The children in Year 3 with whom I tested this book adored it. We will definitely be buying more copies for our school! They loved Pan, the Mini-Dragon, and are very keen to read more stories about this wonderful creature. The illustrations are lively and the children loved the splodges on the p...

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Name: Terry Cornelius
02 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

This book has a very positive message for all boys/men - everyone has feelings and sharing those feelings is good. There is very little text and it would be suitable for KS1 pupils. The pictures have a very 1960s feel to them and are very stylized in bold blocks of colour showing a variety of '...

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Name: Caroline Downie
02 March 2016;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

'More of Me' is a gripping thriller. It opens with the description of a new being bursting out of another person and becoming her. But this is not some fantasy set in outer space; this is happening her in Britain and now. Teva is the new being and she is the latest in a long line of Tev...

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Name: Katie Barrow
25 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I'd heard a lot about this book before I began reading it so my expectations were high and Beautiful Broken Things turned out to be a beautifully-written and multi-layered book. Best friends Rosie and Caddy are inseparable until Rosie finds a new friend at her school, S...

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Name: Lorraine Andrews
25 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Waiting for Callback follows teenaged Elektra's ups and downs as she attempts to become a fully-fledged actress. Written by a mother and daughter duo, Perdita and Honor Cargill, it captures the embarrassments, laughter and sheer hard work of a teenager doggedly persuing her dream, to act, and wil...

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Name: Paula Hazlehurst
21 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

A good and exciting read; it's one of those books that you can't put down because the chapters end on cliff-hangers. The story is about a boy who staggers out of the river Thames, he has no memory of who he is or where he's come from. The doctor who is on duty at the hospital takes pity on 'Rive...

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Name: Alice Barr
17 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

KNIGHTLEY & SON, a father and son detective duo, are trying to solve the mystery of a book that drives its readers to commit crimes, while also trying to discover who is behind a sinister but mysterious organisation called the Combination, which seems to be engaged in any number of criminal activ...

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Name: Ella Reece
17 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I can already think of many young readers (aged seven to nine years) who will really enjoy this new series by Tom Nicoll. Eric loves Friday night takeaways but this particular week the bean sprouts come with more than he'd anticipated - a Mini-Dragon, called Pan, which has lost its way (it should...

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Name: Mark White
15 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

It is argued (somewhere) that all fantasy and mythology is based on reality and the truth. Maresi is the female narrator of this book and recounts her story as a novice in the Red Abbey, a retreat set on an idyllic, isolated island, populated only by women who worship the deity of the Triple Godd...

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