Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls has all the spine-tingling hallmarks I’ve come to expect from a Phil Hickes novel. It’s packed with fantastic friendships, moments of ringing tension, jump scares, and prose that’s so buttery smooth the pages practically turn themselves. But don’t stray too far from the big light switch as you follow…
Sixteen year-old Charlie Frith is alive and well. However, spending time with the ghosts and ghouls he bumps into around the old streets of York, his every day life can be a living hell. Charlie is a seer which means ghosts either need his help or they want to eat him. Sometimes he doesn’t know…
Gabe doesn’t believe in ghosts. He also thinks his job at the lighthouse is boring so he likes to scare the tourists by telling them stories about the unexplained deaths at Gibraltar Point. All that is about to change when he accidentally awakens the ghost of sixteen year-old Rebecca Strand. Her and her…
Ivy sees things lurking in the shadows. Things that shouldn’t be there. Things that she doesn’t want to meet in her dreams. When her estranged mother gets in touch out of the blue with messages of fear and anguish, her life takes on a weird and supernatural twist. An ordinary shift at the Butterfly Farm…
Sticky Pines: The Valley of the Strange by Dashe Roberts How do I love the Sticky Pines series? Let me count the ways; fabulous humour dynamic friendships with top notch dialogue spooky, twists and turns – think Stranger Things vibe for MG readers. The third book in the series sees Lucy and her friends continue…
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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…