I've had to wait until Easter Sunday to read this, but it was definitely worth it! Jelly Wellington loves a Blocka Chocha, but with the impending Chocopocalypse, supplies in Chompton are running low. And just as worrying, she has to make a vlog for her latest science project. Can she prove whether the Chocopocalypse is … Continue reading The Great Chocoplot by Chris Callaghan
Publication Date: 4th May 2017 Seven and a half year old Tilly, is definitely not little, she's average for her height. But that's about the only thing about her that is average. She's woken in the middle of the night by loud bangs and showers of sparks, and leaps out of her bedroom window into … Continue reading Tilly and the Time Machine by Adrian Edmondson
Property Jones was found in the lost property cupboard of the Jones’ bookshop when she was just 5 years old, which explains her name. What she doesn't explain to Mrs Jones and Michael is that she can't read, but that doesn't stop her from loving the books in their cold, quaint bookstore. When the family … Continue reading The Bookshop Girl by Sylvia Bishop
It's just another day at school when Dan and Martha are called to the Headteacher’s office to be told their parents have been eaten by cannibals. With baby Grub and Caramel, their babysitter, they head for Daundelyon Hall to live with Great-Aunt Grusilla. From the moment they step off the train at Witches’ Cross, it's … Continue reading The Halloweeds by Veronica Cossanteli
Publication date: 7th March 2017 Meet Armstrong Le Rois & Charlie Ross as they both dread starting 6th Grade at Wonderland. Charlie's family live in Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills, but most of Charlie's friends are going to other schools, and by the end of the year, he'll be older than his older brother … Continue reading Armstrong & Charlie by Steven B. Frank
There are five books that have broken me in the last year or so. I have sat and sobbed, waterfalls from eyes, closed throat sobbing, and they're all ‘middle grade’ books. For anyone not familiar with the term that means Upper Key Stage 2 – Lower Key Stage 3, or 9 – 12 years old. … Continue reading What a great book! Pass the tissues please…
It's not very often I read a book and can't review it straight away, but this is one of those rare occasions where a book touches me so deeply, I need to walk away, cry, think, and return. Meet Adam Butters. He loves spaghetti hoops, comics, his bobble hat and his family. But there's a … Continue reading Just Call Me Spaghetti-Hoop Boy by Lara Williamson
I have been desperate to get my hands on this since finishing Beetle Boy, I needed to know what happened to Novak. When I saw Waterstones were releasing early, I was straight down to my local store to pick one up, and didn't move from the minute I turned the first beautifully sprayed edged page … Continue reading Beetle Queen by M.G. Leonard
Arthur has had enough. His life is a never ending cycle of Liam this, Liam that, Liam blah blah blah, while Arthur just gets told off. He picks up his lucky crystal and his survival tin and leaves home. Forever. Or, he would have done if Mister P hadn't been stood on his doorstep with … Continue reading Me and Mister P by Maria Farrer, illustrated by Daniel Rieley
Elliot’s problems are getting worse. Mr Boil is desperate to expel him from school, his mum is sick and he has no idea how to make her better, his nosey neighbour is snooping around their farm again, and there's the Really Scary Letter that arrived three weeks ago. And if all that wasn't bad enough, … Continue reading Who Let The Gods Out? by Maz Evans
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