I’m so excited to be part of the blog tour for Step Into My Shoes, written by Alkisti Halikia and beautifully illustrated by Fotini Tikkou. This delightful picture book tells the story of Matou, a little girl whose curiosity about the lives of others helps her develop a deeper understanding of empathy in…
Get ready for a high-speed, emotional rollercoaster of a ride when you start reading Louisa Reid’s brilliant YA book, Wrecked. Written in page-turning verse, and with the kind of fast-paced rhythm of its own that you don’t often get from YA books right now, Wrecked is about dysfunctional young couple, Joe Goodenough and Imogen Harris.…
Trouble from UK author Non Pratt is a powerfully brilliant new YA novel. Refreshingly honest, with realistic dialogue and scenes Trouble is a novel that I thoroughly enjoyed reading this week. The narrative focuses on the lives of fifteen year old Hannah and Aaron – with their respective social groups becoming a key focus too. The narrative switches…
Combine the classic Wuthering Heights – full of lust, betrayal, longing and tragedy – with the talented mind of fantasy writer Alison Croggon, and what emerges is a rich and complex novel taking familiar themes to a whole new level. Black Spring is mesmerising. Hammel has been advised by his physician to ‘take a rest cure.’…
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