Island Author: David Almond @davidjalmond Illustrated by: David Litchfield @dc_litchfield Published by: Hodder Children's @HodderFiction Published on: this edition 2023 Price: £9.99 First line: An early afternoon, late May. Genre: Adventure, History Age: 10+ ISBN: 978 1 444 954 1 8 0 What's it all about? Louise and her father have travelled together to spend... Continue Reading →
Mohinder's War Author: Bali Rai @balirai Published by: Bloomsbury @KidsBloomsbury Published: 2020 Price: £6.99 First line: I pointed to the stranger. Genre: Historical fiction, Adventure Age: 9+ ISBN: 978 1 4729 5837 2 What's it all about? Joelle lives in occupied France during World War 2. Her heart burns for what is happening to her... Continue Reading →
DeadLock Author: Simon Fox Front cover artwork: Peter Antonsson Published by: Nosy Crow @NosyCrow Published on: June 2023 Price: £7.99 First line: Monday night is race night. Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery Age: 9+ ISBN: 978 1 83994 442 0 I wonder how many lock based puns I can fit into my review... What's it all... Continue Reading →
King of the Cloud Forests Author: Michael Morpurgo Published by: Farshore (Egmont) @FarshoreBooks Published: 1987 Price: £5.99 First line: I am called Ashley Anderson, Ashley after my mother's father so I was told, and Anderson after my father of course, whom I remember so well that I only have to close my eyes to have... Continue Reading →
How Far We've Come Author: Joyce Efia Harmer @JoyceEfia Publisher: Simon and Schuster @simonkids_UK Published on: 25th May 2023 Price: £14.99 First line: When I's running, me feel free. Genre: fiction, contemporary, sci-fi ISBN: 978 1 3985 1099 9 What's it all about? A young girl, Obah (or Orrinda as her slave owners call her),... Continue Reading →
It's her story: Irena Sendler Written by Margaret Littman @littmanwrites Illustrated by Sara Luna @saralunart Published by Sunbird Books @SunbirdKidBooks Published on: 23rd May 2023 First line: Irena Sendler was a Polish social worker who helped Jewish people in the Warsaw ghetto during World War 2. Price: £7.99 Genre: Biography/ History ISBN: 978 1 5037... Continue Reading →
Author: Michael Morpurgo Illustrator: Michael Foreman Published by: Walker Books Published on: 2006 First line: Hear, and listen well, my friends, and I will tell you a tale that has been told for a thousand years and more. Price: £7.99 Genre: Folktale Age: 9+ ISBN: 978 1 4063 4887 3 What's it all about? The... Continue Reading →
Old Gods New Tricks Author: Thiago Moraes @tibolota Published by: David Fickling Books @DFB_storyhouse Published on: 6th July 2023 Price: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1788452953 First line: When the lights went out, Trixie was at school. Genre: Adventure, mythology Age: 9+ What's it all about? Trixie dos Santos is obbessed with two things: doing pranks, and gods... Continue Reading →
Holes Author: Louis Sachar Published by: Bloomsbury Published on: August 20th 1998 Price: £7.99 ISBN: 978 1 4088 6523 1 First line: There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. Genre: Contemporary Fiction Age: 10+ The story follows an 'unlucky' boy called Stanley Yelnats, whose unluck stems from his great great grandfather who failed to... Continue Reading →
Paper Boat, Paper Bird Author: David Almond Illustrator: Kirsti Beautyman Published by: Hodder Children's Books Published on: 4th August 2022 Price: £7.99 ISBN: 978 1 444 96328 1 First line: Kyoto. Genre: Contemporary Fiction Age: 9+ What's it all about? I was very excited about reading this book, as I love Skellig by the same... Continue Reading →
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