Bullet Catcher, by Joaquin Lowe, is one of the coolest books I’ve read for ages – it’s a YA genre-mash of wild west, steampunk and sci-fi and brings a really original twist to the old gunslinger legends. About a young down-on-her-luck girl called Imma, this desert-based tale is about how Imma decides to leave her hometown…
Iguana Boy Saves The World With A Triple Cheese Pizza is the laugh out loud chapter book written by James Bishop, and illustrated by Rikin Parekh – and it’s really blooming funny. Dylan lives in a world where everyone has a super power – the only problem is it can take awhile for the power…
Last year, My Book Corner invited me to publish a guest post about my up and down journey to publication. A few people have very kindly contacted me to ask what has happened since then so, with thanks to them for their interest and to My Book Corner for their tolerance, and as Gangster School…
“That’s right, it’s round two… BOOK CLUB – THE SEQUEL, BIGGER, BOLDER… BOOKIER (yes that’s a made up word!).” My Book Corner is VERY excited to be able to share the news that Tom Fletcher has today launched his second WHSmith Book Club. We’ve also been lucky enough to see the ten books, for 7-11…
I began reading this to Year 3 one afternoon. Within a week half a dozen of the class had sourced their own copy. By the time we had reached the fantastic ending of this one, I looked up to find five eager pupils offering me Book Two (Amelia Fang and the Unicorn Lords) to start…
“‘Squirrels have been mugging people.’ Miss Fortress put down her cup and opened a desk drawer. ‘Attacking people on the streets and stealing their phones.’ …’That sounds crazy,’ said Jess. ‘That sounds awesome,’ I said. ‘Ninja squirrels.’” Selected for the Summer Reading Challenge 2018, Jennifer Killick’s Alex Sparrow and the Furry Fury is the humour-driven…
Emily Barr’s The Truth and Lies of Ella Black is an incredibly good, tense, page-turner of a book! I was sucked straight into Ella Black’s world of paranoia, anxiety and confusion. The way Emily wrote this, Ella’s tumultuous and frantic thought processes didn’t let go right until the end of the story; the experience of reading this…
Curse 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…
Over the years I’ve developed a bit of an obsession with verse novels, you can read all about how it started over here. Following the above article, I received some intriguing suggestions re where to look next… hence my discovery of Marilyn Hilton’s beautifully written Full Cicada Moon, published in 2017. Mimi Yoshiko Oliver has…
“Mara frowned, ‘Are you scared of everything, Jamie? Don’t you dream of adventures too?’ I didn’t answer. I kept my eyes firmly on the land ahead.” Following on from Julia Green’s The Wilderness War is the sweeping adventure To the Edge of the World. The story follows Jamie’s life on a remote island in the…
For those unfamiliar with Barrington Stoke books, they are a fabulous big-hearted publisher of quality, dyslexic-friendly novels for children and young adults. They are, like this one, Grave Matter, (Juno Dawson, illos by Alex T Smith) usually easy to read and have a big concept to get children who struggle to read, interested in doing…
In the second book of James Nicol’s witchy series he’s achieved that rare thing: he’s created a sequel that’s even better than The Apprentice Witch! The prose is jovial and flows like a fast-paced river, so much so I didn’t even realise that – on starting to read it – I’d got to page 180…
Michael 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…
Published in 1905, this is a classic tale (not tail, although many of those feature in this story) of an accidental cross-breed of wolf and dog – White Fang. Although it was written over 115 years ago, this book retains is excitement levels, relevance and its punchy tenacity. There’s not many upper middle-grade books I’ve…
Infectious humour and a touch of science To most of us, viruses and germs aren’t obvious components to a funny MG novel. But then most of us aren’t Public Health Doctors like Gwen Lowe, debut author of Alice Dent and the Incredible Germs. Lowe describes her job as medical detective work – seeking out and…
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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…