Tag: family

  • Thirteenth Wish

    Thirteenth Wish

    Camilla 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…

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  • Bruised

    Bruised

    Donna 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…

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  • I Swapped My Brother On The Internet

    I Swapped My Brother On The Internet

    With a title like this, how could this not be an instant hit? Two siblings I know jumped at the chance to read it and I had to literally wrestle it off them in order to write this review. Jo Simmon’s premise is simple, but genius. A younger boy, fed up of being tormented by…

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  • Time for Bed, Miyuki

    Time for Bed, Miyuki

    Time for Bed, Miyuki, from Roxane Marie Galliez and Seng Soun Ratanavanh is a deliciously sublime picturebook. Wonderfully produced, with beautifully thick pages… it has the stroke-ability factor that’s awarded to the very best in picture books. French writer Galliez  has penned an exquisitely imaginative book about bedtime… and the lengths some children, namely Miyuki, will…

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  • A Chase In Time

    A Chase In Time

    A Chase in Time is the first book in a new time-travelling adventure series from Sally Nicholls. Alex Pilgrim and his sister Ruby spend two weeks every summer at their Aunt Joanna’s B&B, the very grand Applecott House. But this is their last summer: Joanna is struggling financially and has to move out, much to…

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  • The Dress and the Girl

    The Dress and the Girl

    The Dress and the Girl is a touching picture book from Camille Andros and Julie Morstad, delicately told with feeling and emotion. “Back when time seemed slower and life simpler, there was a dress. A dress much like many others, made for a girl by her mother.” …and so Andros’s narrative begins. The girl and…

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  • Extract: Charlie And Me

    Extract: Charlie And Me

    As a back-to-school treat for My Book Corner readers, we’ve got an intriguing extract from Mark Lowery’s Charlie and Me to share with you. Isn’t it always great to read an extract from a book, to know whether or not it’ll grab you? Grab a cuppa, and enjoy. Love to hear what you think. Over…

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  • Black Snow Falling

    Black Snow Falling

    Liz 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…

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  • EATS

    EATS

    What 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…

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  • The Secret of Nightingale Wood
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    The Secret of Nightingale Wood

    The Secret of Nightingale Wood is an incredibly moving, beautifully written and sumptuously layered book by Lucy Strange. With an inter-woven prose of fairy tales, magic and mental health, the story is about a young girl called Henrietta who is – along with her mother, father and little baby sister – grieving for the loss…

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  • Tomorrow

    Tomorrow

    Tomorrow,  from Nadine Kaadan, is a touching emphatic picture book about the effect of war on everyday lives. On childrens’ lives. On the opening double spread we learn that Yazan no longer goes to the park, or even to his friend. His friend only lives next door. Yazan’s fear and isolation is captured acutely on…

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  • Bone Talk

    Bone Talk

    1899 – 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.…

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  • If All The World Were…

    If All The World Were…

    If All The World Were… from Joseph Coelho and Allison Colpoys, is a wonderful, poetic picture book celebrating Grandads. Coelho’s narrative explores the touching connection between the little girl and her grandad through Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Colpoys stunning illustrations capture their imaginative play, their connection and their love. Grandad passes on his stories…

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  • Jelly
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    Jelly

    I 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.…

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  • The Nothing To See Here Hotel

    The Nothing To See Here Hotel

    Frankie Banister and his parents run a hotel in Brighton which has been in the family for over 100 hundred years. All good so far. Except that Frankie’s family actively discourage many visitors… they even post terrible reviews of the hotel to ensure that people are not tempted to book. This is no ordinary hotel…

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