Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Tina DERRY
31 October 2025;

Genre: Funny Stories

In a world where all animals are granted super powers . . .  Close friends Zeb (a zebra!), Margarine the penguin and Barry the lemur queue eagerly for their super power allocations. Unfortunately for them, they are at the very end of a very long line and, when they finally reach the front, all...

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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
31 October 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Extinction is the third title of the Dino Knights series and is a contemporary book which has an old-fashioned feel. The soft watercolour frontcover, depicting a fierce roaring T-Rex ridden by a knight in  shining armour with a standard bearer who is a girl, bearing down on a...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
30 October 2025;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Brooke is not keen to start her new school. Even with Buoy, her emotional support dog, the experience threatens to be overwhelming. However, having met members of the Neurokind Club, she is willing to try, only to be faced with a murder on her first day. As the body count mounts, Brooke and he...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
30 October 2025;

Genre: Non Fiction

Full of fascinating information, this new addition to the 'Factology' series offers a detailed look at the ancient Maya. Starting with an explanation of who the Maya were - and are - Factology: The Maya provides a timeline of events happening in the rest of the world as the Ma...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
29 October 2025;

Genre: Animals

Bella is going on an expedition to the Antarctic with her mum to study penguins and she is absolutely overjoyed to be doing so! One day, whilst out exploring, Bella comes across a pale brown penguin but before she has chance to investigate it further she notices a ship... And then she stumbles...

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Name: Rachel Bolton
29 October 2025;

Genre: Supernatural

Ghost is a beautifully written story. It's lyrical in tone and its language conjures spirits and magic throughout. Three girls, Aine, Sarah and Marie, are separated by centuries, but all connected to some woodland where evil lurks. Through the voice and dreams of each, they ar...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
28 October 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

I had no idea there was a gap in the market until this book arrived on my doorstep. It's brilliant! Normally we talk so generally to children about food allergies and why they need to be careful about what they bring in lunch boxes, especially of someone has a...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
24 October 2025;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

You are immersed in the world of Wiskling Wood from the very moment that you open this memorising book. It is clear that Harriet's childhood hobbies of drawing and creating miniature worlds for tiny characters were not wasted. In The Diary of Wiska Wildflower: T...

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Name: Linda Brown
24 October 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Tom thought a luxury ski resort would be the perfect getaway for him and his mum. However, the holiday quickly turns into a nightmare. When kidnappers storm their chalet in search of dangerous technology, Tom finds himself trapped in the snow-covered mountains, caught in a battle for survival....

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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 October 2025;

Genre: Dystopian

Having left Estrella, Alara has been living in London Under for six months. Although desperate to escape the restrictions of the city and feel alive, she is struggling to adapt to her new life and longs to escape to the surface and be free to travel with Jay. But tension is mounting in London...

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