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
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Rose Campion and the Stolen Secret by Lyn Gardner
Rose Campion escapes the tedium of Miss Pecksniff’s Academy for Young Ladies, and heads straight for home at Campion’s Palace of Varieties and Wonders, where Thomas and the theatre cast and crew are her family, having been abandoned on its steps as a baby. When an old friend and actor goes missing, Rose is convinced … Continue reading Rose Campion and the Stolen Secret by Lyn Gardner
Jimmy Coates: Killer by Joe Craig
It's just another normal evening for Jimmy Coates as he fights with his older sister, until a surge of strength passes through him, enabling him to beat her. Then, a knock at the door changes everything and he's out on the streets, on his own, running from the suits who have taken his parents and … Continue reading Jimmy Coates: Killer by Joe Craig
Armstrong & Charlie by Steven B. Frank
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
The Boy, The Bird & The Coffin Maker by Matilda Woods
Publication date: 1st May 2017 Alberto is Allora’s coffin maker, living alone following the plague that swept through the town 30 years ago with the same relentless ferocity that now sees fish fly out of the sea. He notices food disappearing from his kitchen, and soon begins leaving food for the scrap thin boy he … Continue reading The Boy, The Bird & The Coffin Maker by Matilda Woods
The Jamie Drake Equation by Christopher Edge
I have been looking forward to reading this book for so long and it really didn't disappoint. Jamie’s dad is world famous astronaut, Commander Dan Drake and that's brilliant, right? Wrong. It means that while everyone is watching him on the International Space Station on a mission to seek out life, he isn't at home … Continue reading The Jamie Drake Equation by Christopher Edge
What a great book! Pass the tissues please…
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…
Just Call Me Spaghetti-Hoop Boy by Lara Williamson
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
Frogkisser! by Garth Nix
Frogkisser by Garth Nix Publication Date: 28th February 2017 Princess Anya must go on a Quest, not a little quest, a big one with a capital Q! Her stepstepfather is the evil sorcerer, Duke Rikard, intent on ruling the tiny kingdom of Trellonia. Having turned her older sister’s current courting prince into a frog, Anya … Continue reading Frogkisser! by Garth Nix
The Night Spinner by Abi Elphinstone
The final (and best) book in the Dreamsnatcher trilogy, we meet Moll and Griff back in Tanglefern, as with the help of the Elders, they look for clues to find the final Amulet, knowing it won't be long before the last two Shadowmasks being hunting for them. With the Old Magic struggling to break through … Continue reading The Night Spinner by Abi Elphinstone
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