It’s 1746 and the Battle of Culloden is near its end. Young Archie and his cousin Meg, both too young to fight, watch from afar as each clan falls to the enemy who had appeared as if out of nowhere. The Jacobites defeated, the moor is now eerily silent as they count the cost of…
When sixteen year-old Lim Mei Mei (Ah Mei) is sent to the home of the Eminent Mister Lee, she must embrace her new life as a mui tsai, an indentured servant girl. It’s 1931 in British Malaya and Ah Mei steps across the threshold of her new home with fear and trepidation. She knows what…
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave the, now famous ‘Gettysburg Address’ during the American Civil War. Fast forward to 2013 when Malala Yousafazi survived a horrific attack, we follow her rehabilitation journey and how she spoke at the United Nations Youth Assembly less than a year later. Her Nobel Peace Prize, among other accolades, acknowledges not…
Ross Montgomery’s latest book, The Midnight Guardians, is OUT NOW! So, OF COURSE we asked Ross to pop into MyBookCorner to answer our infamous questions. Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I was a kid who wrote stories who became a teacher who wrote books in his spare time who is now…
When the new picture book from my favourite 1980s Play School presenter arrived I must admit I did a little bit of a happy dance! As a fan of the original ‘Coming to England’ I am just so delighted that this version has been created aimed at a younger audience. Not least because my own…
It’s here! Hooray! Find The Spy has snuck onto the shelves – have you spied it yet? This one is chock-a-block full of engrossing activities and juicy stories to get your inner spy ready for action. Yep! Embrace that inner spy and let it loose in Find The Spy as you stealthily read each page…
For this review, I had to hand over the reins to THE BOSS. That’s my six-year-old. She’s learning all about the Victorians at school, and as this book has Victorians in it, she must be consulted. It just so happens that the six-year-old knows a LOT of thing about the Victorians. Thing like… “They sent…
Set in the harsh, deadly coastal winters of 19th Century Lyme Regis, in England, Anthea Simmons’ gritty, compelling book about the real-life palaeontologist Mary Anning is as inspirational as it is educational. I was lucky enough to grow up along the Jurassic coastline where this book is set, and one of the things I enjoyed…
The dark, cold water seeps in, destroying any hope of warmth in the flimsy footwear that 13 year-old Henry finds himself in as he crouches down, waiting patiently – how intriguing does Black Water by @scattyscribbler sound?! Reviewed by @sarahbroadley
It’s 1306 and 11 year-old Marjorie Bruce is delighted when her dad Robert is crowned King of Scotland. She is now a Princess, something she has dreamed about being for many years. In the troubling times of the world she lives in, she holds her family dear as battles are won and lost and her…
Black Powder by Ally Sherrick is a really fun, indulging and involving gunpowder plot adventure where a boy called Tom Garnett sets out to rescue his father from the hangman’s noose. Poverty-stricken Tom and his little pet mouse, Jago, discover they have rich relatives, and – amongst the backdrop of a Catholic-hating society – they try…
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…
Following on from Kate Pankhurst’s best selling Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World, is Fantastically Great Women Who Made History. You might recognise Kate Pankhurst’s surname, she is a descendant of the famous suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, and with this book, she has produced another inspiring non-fiction title, celebrating the achievements of women. Fantastically Great…
Based on actual events in Anne Green’s life, Mary Hooper’s Newes from the Dead, is a fantastic, enthralling upper-MG / YA book based in and around 17th Century Oxford. It’s the grizzly tale of how one young woman came to survive the hangman’s noose. Told from two points-of-view – Anne herself and a young scholar…
FUN, FICTION AND FACTUAL FOOTNOTES I’ve always loved a footnote. They promise so much fascinating information. My eyes light up when I see that little number, perching above a word like a bountiful fairy godmother hovering over a baby. You never know what you’re about to find out. I once wrote a book stuffed with…
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