The Boy in the Post by Holly Rivers
'Children Wanted for paid summer holiday work. Applicants must be happy working with animals., know how to address an envelope and not take up too much space. Full training will...
Julia's Reviews
The False Rose by Jakob Wegelius
The False Rose is the follow-up to The Murderer's Ape -one of my favourite books of all time which I hand to children and adults alike. In this adventure we find the truly...
The Week At World's End by Emma Carroll
The Week At World's End by Emma Carroll It's 1962 and the Americans and Russians are arguing over missiles in Cuba. The journey of this story takes place in less than...
Summer Reads- Twitch & Me And The Robbersons
Summer Reads- Twitch & Me And The Robbersons There are some really wonderful middle grade books (8+) out at the start of June. Twitch is the latest book from the amazing MG Leonard...
The Skylarks War by Hilary McKay
The Skylarks War by Hilary McKay Winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award 2018. We follow brother and sister Clarry and Peter who exist for their summers in Cornwall at...
If I Had A Unicorn by Gabby Dawnay and Alex Barrow
We are massive fans of all of Gabby and Alex's books and If I Had A Unicorn is a another beauty that lends itself so well to being read out loud...
The Graveyard Riddle by Lisa Thompson
The Graveyard Riddle by Lisa Thompson is another brilliant adventure from the author of Goldfish Boy (her debut book which won her lots of acclaim, and rightly so). In The Graveyard Riddle...
Darwin's Dragon by Lindsay Galvin
It's 1835. Cabin boy Syms Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with the world-famous scientist Charles Darwin.But when Syms falls overboard during a huge...
Book Review for 'Demelza & the Spectre Detectors' by Holly Rivers
Young Demelza lives with her Grandma Maeve. Her passion is for inventing which means she often sneaks about at night to work on her extraordinary creations. But when she finds...
Running Girl - Garvie Smith Mystery by Simon Mason
I've just finished 'Running Girl' - Garvie Smith Mystery by Simon Mason. It's a great YA (young adult) read. The central protagonist is 16 year old Garvie Smith who we...
YA Book Review 'A Good Girl's Guide To Murder'- by Holly Jackson
YA Book Review 'A Good Girl's Guide To Murder'- by Holly Jackson I have just finished reading this debut YA crime thriller which proved so addictive that I was up reading...
The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell published by Bloomsbury
I was thrilled to get a proof copy of Katherine Rundell's latest book. Several years ago now Katherine visited our book club- in fact I think she was one of the...
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