Fans of AM Howell will be delighted to dig into her latest middle-grade mystery and uncover her twistiest story yet. It is 1948 and, in the aftermath of WWII, it seems the whole country is caught in the transition between old and new. And this is exactly where we find 12-year-old protagonist Ruth Goodspeed. Unlike…
Thirteen year-old Ivy is an expert when it comes to putting up tents and reading maps. Surrounded by hills near her Lake District home, she knows every turn on every path. The problem is… she’s scared to go outside. When her brother, Callum, transforms into a kestrel when he enters a magical portal to another…
When your dad is human and your mum is the daughter of the God of Winter Winds, it certainly makes life interesting for Mara. Desperate to be accepted in the House of Winds but constantly ignored by the gods, she lives a lonely existence. When her father becomes gravely ill, she returns with him to…
When Louie is sent to spend time with his dad at work in the remotest part of the Federation, he wasn’t prepared to catch glimpses of people that he should not be able to see. Convinced the death of his brother, Toby, is playing tricks on his mind, he keeps quiet about the grey-faced spirits…
Alpha was the first to arrive on the shores of Haven Point. A baby in a soap flake box, she was the first of many Wrecklings that would come to live safely under the watch of their faithful Cap’n in his lighthouse. Legends of mermaids singing their siren songs, luring ships inland are told around…
Kemosha Of The Caribbean is a first person narrative about a young girl born into slavery who is sold to an evil tavern owner, then escapes and tries to find her way back to save her family. This is an adventure like no other, where a young Jamaican girl has all the stakes stacked against…
SCROLL DOWN… to read the opening chapter!! When Roisin and her family leave Ireland for good, she was unprepared for the nasty welcome from some of the girls at her new school in America. Navigating the corridors she encounters the harsh side of making new friends amid a completely different culture from the one she…
War is looming. Tension is building across Albion as new societal rules come into play. Alan had no idea what the Albioneers were capable of until families he had known all his life quickly left and never came back. All those who weren’t white, or the right kind of white, were now missing from his…
Japan, 1596. All Tarō wants to do is devour books. He is happiest when he his imagination transports him to magical worlds. However, his father, Lord Takeda Nobutora, wants Tarō to be a Samurai, just like him and the generations before him. Now that he is seven, he is given a wakizashi (traditional sword) and…
Allies – What does being an ally actually mean? One of the editors of this book, Dana Alison Levy, sums it up in two words – it’s complicated. Every person you meet, every friendship group you’re a part of, every classroom, noisy dinner hall or workplace you enter is filled with those from communities who…
Lindsay Littleson has written another fantastic fast-paced middle grade novel in ‘Secrets of the Last Merfolk’, with illustrations by Samantha Woo. The Holiday cottage in Dunlyre on the west coast of Scotland is Finn’s home for the next week. Surrounded by family that seem to annoy him at every turn, he heads to the beach…
The Chessmen Thief by Barbara Henderson… when Norse carvers begin to create an ivory chess set fit for a Lord’s table, twelve year-old thrall, Kylan, soon learns he has the skills to match any of the masters that look down on him. As he watches them carve, he recreates the patterns on his own, perfectly…
When I started reading this book, I honestly wasn’t expecting such a sharp, grown-up, witty murder-mystery involving a hedgehog, a badger, and a pig. Jefferson Ponsonby-Smythe, the hedgehog, is a gentle little soul who lives with many other walking-talking animals in the Animal Kingdom, which is separated by about seven miles to where the humans…
I’m such a fan of this series – the evocative writing, the brilliantly drawn characters, the wonderful worlds L D Lapinski creates, plus the top-notch pacing – I have been on the EDGE OF MY SEAT waiting for book 2. The premise of this series had me hooked from the very beginning. In the Strangeworlds…
Sometimes you sit reading a book and think I can’t wait to tell the world about this one! Beauty and the Bin by Joanne O’Connell is most definitely one of those reads! There is so much more to this story than first meets the eye! I currently smell like the dessert trolley at a 5*…
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Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
His books are a great way help kids read while soaking up important Science concepts without even knowing it. Ironically,…
Ooh, this sounds fantastic!