Out TODAY!! No one really knows what stirs in the deep, dark woods. The snap of a twig, the hoot of an owl… the presence of danger is all around should you dare to venture near. Saffy, Aurelia and Wild Rose are three girls with very different lives that soon become entwined in a way…
Out TODAY!! The vivid sea setting in Katya Balen’s new middle grade novel THE LIGHT IN EVERYTHING is a captivating character in its own right, and its changeable nature is the perfect backdrop for Zofia’s stormy personality and Tom’s quiet stillness. The reader meets these two contrasting characters before they meet each other, and we…
Esme’s gran has a secret. She arrives at her gran’s house to discover Cora, a wild lynx, wrecking the front room – it’s not quite the lost domestic kitten her gran had thought she’d rescued. Callum, the supposed trouble maker from school, and Esme are then tasked with returning the lynx to its proper home…
In Bavaria in 1900, a bedraggled cherub flies through Cassie’s window. Her parents are strange and distant and she relies on her friend Raphael to help her find out why the cherub has come, why the stuffed owls in the house are moving position and storm clouds are gathering. But Raphael soon has related problems…
If you could have any super power, what would it be? When Marvin and his best friend, Joe, spot a familiar face in an old superhero comic when they take a break from working on their Science Fair robot, he asks his grandad if he knows anything about the man with the M on his…
Stella has been on high-alert ever since sea-witch, the Haken, stalked the beach near her home. Every day she checks the horizon for a glimpse, a new daily ritual. All she’s ever wanted is to be a Weather Weaver – a collector of rain, hail and wind – any weather system that finds it way…
When ten year-old Weatherling, Rainbow Grey, ends up with not one gift, not two gifts but ALL the rainbow weather magic gifts imaginable – she’s got a lot to learn and FAST! Encouraged to show off her new found skills at a family celebration, she makes a mistake with one of her gifts. When the…
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…
What an enjoyable MG read! Even the eye-catching orange cover brings the fun. Clem and school enemy Callum reluctantly join forces to ensure their respective parents who’ve started dating split up – because there’s no way Clem and Callum want to spend time together as friends, let alone as step-brother and sister. Yuk! Cue plenty…
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…
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…
“Libby always wanted to solve her very own mystery, but now she’s really faced with one she desperately wishes she wasn’t…” I raced through Jo Clarke’s Libby and the Parisian Puzzle in one sitting and it’s the perfect mystery for early Middle Grade, brilliant for those not quite ready yet for Robin Stevens. This is…
“When Ami arrives at The Escape, she thinks it’s just a game – the ultimate escape room with puzzles and challenges to beat before time runs out. But as the Host locks Ami and her teammates inside the first room, they quickly realise this is no ordinary game and the stakes are sky-high…” As a…
Hold on to your swords… there’s a shiny new series in town, and it’s a fiery, flame-crackling winner from Alastair Chisholm, with wonderful black and white illustrations from Eric Deschamps and that gorgeous cover from Ben Mantle. Perfectly pitched at 7-9 year olds, this is a great reading-out-loud gem for Year one and two in…
When 12 year-old Rab Burns finds a hag stone, all is not what it seems when he’s the only one that can see witches and things that go bump in the night through the small vessel. Desperate to forget the visions, he throws himself into working the land with his dad, in the hope he’ll…
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Ooh, this sounds fantastic!
Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
I often hope to find interviews with Margaret Wild who fascinates me and whose work I adore. Thoroughly enjoyed this…