Dino Wars – The Trials of Terror
Dan Metcalf’s second book in the Dino Wars series is a fast-paced thriller with jumps and scares at every turn of the page.
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Not Yet A Yeti
Read more: Not Yet A YetiNot Yet A Yeti is an excellent tale of no matter who or what you are, your family will always love and support you.
Froggy Day
Read more: Froggy DayFroggy Day is such an imaginative and hilarious story of a deluge of frogs playing havoc in town!
Thirteenth Wish
Read more: Thirteenth WishCamilla Chester’s latest middle grade novel, Thirteenth Wish, will have you on the edge of your seat as you read, wide-eyed at the time-travel scenarios that are built in layers that compliment the storyline. Jayden’s 13th birthday hasn’t gone the way he was expecting. Everyone’s busy and he’s been left alone in the house with nothing…
Bruised
Read more: BruisedDonna David’s fantastic young adult story, Bruised, centres on a boy who has had to change everything he knows for his own safety and of those around him. Losing contact with his friends has made him isolated and lonely, a predicament many young people find themselves in today. Dean and Finn are best friends. They…
The Elsewhere Emporium
Read more: The Elsewhere EmporiumStepping inside the glossy cover of Ross Mackenzie’s The Elsewhere Emporium, the reader is immediately taken back to the original Emporium, this time through the eyes of the Man with the Crimson Scarf. Together with fellow members of the Bureau of Magical Investigations they search for their missing colleagues amid stories of their demise by the…
Early Readers: King Carl & Jim and the Big Fish
Read more: Early Readers: King Carl & Jim and the Big FishKing Carl and the Wish – At last! The funfair has come to town. There are so many exciting games to play, which will King Carl play first? A surprise is waiting for him at the hoop stand where he meets a wizard who grants him a wish. If you were given a wish, what…
Black Snow Falling
Read more: Black Snow FallingLiz MacWhirter’s debut Young Adult historical novel, Black Snow Falling, will entrance you as soon as you open the beautiful embossed cover and begin Ruth’s incredible story. With only a trinket around her neck to remind her of her father as he travels far and wide, Ruth is left in the company of her malevolent…
Wilderness Wars
Read more: Wilderness WarsWilderness Wars is Barbara Henderson‘s third novel and is a contemporary eco story compared to her previous historical fiction novels – the excellent Fir for Luck and Punch. 12 year-old Em is about move home. Not to another part of the city she grew up in, no, somewhere she never thought she’d ever end up.…
EATS
Read more: EATSWhat does a chimpanzee, a spooky mansion and ‘Darkest Devil’ mushrooms have in common? E.A.T.S 11 year-old Lucas and Tucker are the best of friends. They live in Brocken House, a home for orphans. Lucas loves to cook and constantly creates mouth watering dishes for everyone at the home. Tucker likes to help him in…
Firebird
Read more: FirebirdIt’s 1941 and accomplished flight instructor, Anastasia Nabokova, Nastia to her friends, is one of the only female pilots in her group. With more flying time than her colleagues she is devastated when she is not called up to serve her country. Left to take up the role of her chief’s wing man, Nastia watches…
Bone Talk
Read more: Bone Talk1899 – Growing up in Bontok, a village set deep in the Philippine mountains, Samkad is surrounded by nature and leads a life filled with family, love and tradition. The place he calls home is yet to be touched by the invaders he hears about in night time tales spoken in whispers by the Ancients.…
Jelly
Read more: JellyI finished Jelly (Jo Cotterill) in one sitting. I wept and laughed and was 11 once more as I followed Jelly on her journey. And she got her period and it’s all in there and not whispered about like it’s some kind of disease. Thank you, from 11 year-olds around the world. Being 11 is tough.…
Curse of the Nomed
Read more: Curse of the NomedCurse of the Nomed, written by BB Taylor and perfectly illustrated by Holly Bushnell, a roller-coaster ride of emotions and intrigue from the first page, was written in conjunction with the pupils from Four Dwellings Academy incorporating their experiences of starting at senior school level. It’s the first day of school for pupils Nora, Jacob…
Skellig
Read more: SkelligMichael doesn’t like his new house. It’s dusty and full of holes. He thinks it needs knocked down and built all over again, but this is where he lives now, his new home. His mum and dad had called it a ‘work in progress’ when they moved in. He just wants to play football with…
Ooh, this sounds fantastic!