1. Everything Amplified is a story of teenagers and how life-noise crescendos when it all gets a little too much. It’s hard to go to school, to make friends, to manage the expectations of everyone around you – is this novel created from personal experience or a snapshot into the world of people in society…
Ludo and Nel may have come from the same womb on the same day but they definitely see the world differently. Ludo is popular with over-the-top friends and their mum cannot see how annoying he is, according to Nel. Neil is an Emo. Quiet, shy and lives life through music, her sanctuary. Exams are looming…
The latest offering from award winning children’s author Jack Gantos, Dead End In Norvelt, is a superb blend of fact with fiction. Intertwining autobiographical highlights from his childhood in the small town of Norvelt with a superb range of characters, events and twisting plots Gantos has created an entertaining, humorous and delightfully bizarre novel which instantly grabbed…
There is a plethora of gorgeously talented authors who are writing novels in verse. I am taken aback by how effective this is in capturing true emotions, character and atmosphere. Think Cinnamon Rain. The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan, featuring a beautiful cover by Oliver Jeffers, is a truly beautiful story eloquently delivered in poignant…
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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…