The Boy who Rescued a Rainbow by Corrina Campbell
Loss is hard. It doesn't matter what you lose or how old you are, it's tough. Corrina Campbell, in The Boy who Rescued a Rainbow,…
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The Battle of Cable Street by Tanya Landman
Carnegie Medal winning author Tanya Landman brings to life a little-discussed period of twentieth century British history in this short novel published by Barrington Stoke.…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy by David Solomons
Unsolicited mail. It's a modern nuisance, one of those small irritations that annoy us out of all proportion. Something needs to be done about it.…
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The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown by Elizabeth Laird
For the first time ever, I approached a book by Elizabeth Laird with more apprehension than excitement. Although I was born about twenty five years…
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Happy Sad by Pippa Goodhart and Augusta Kirkwood
What first struck me about this warm and appealing picture book was the use of colour. The way Augusta Kirkwood melds and blends and merges…
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Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll
If the title of this book seems familiar, you're not wrong. It probably means that, like me, you're a reader of Eva Ibbotson's fiction. And…
Uncle Pete and the Forest of Lost Things by David C Flanagan and Will Hughes
You might remember that we left Uncle Pete planeless at the end of his last adventure. With the help of TM (Tiny Mouse, if you…
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Antarctica: the melting continent by Karen Romano Young and Angela Hsieh
Head north is usually my mantra but I have a sneaking fascination for Antarctica which is, of course, the polar opposite. So I couldn't pass…
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The Hunt for David Berman by Claire Mulligan
Firstly... The Hunt for David Berman is a classic-style adventure. It's a spy-thriller for children and it's a great page-turner. It's the early days of…
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Wished by Lissa Evans
Wished is a daydream come to life. It's a story of making friends and taking risks; of the security of family and the exhilaration of…
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