Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
I've been waiting years to read this book, having loved the first two parts of the series, Airborn and Skybreaker. Starclimber tells the story of…
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Lifegame by Alison Allen-Gray
A couple of days ago, I picked up my proof copy of Lifegame by Alison Allen-Gray meaning to flick through it. I started at the…
Elizabeth Laird
Elizabeth Laird often writes about subjects in which I am not at all interested. But that never discourages me from reading her books. They are…
More Desert Island Books
A while back I promised that I’d write more about the newer children’s books I love. As my bookshelves prove, there are many of them…
Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
Hot off the press at Macmillan is this fascinating and engaging first novel. It tells the story of seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove growing up in Victorian…
Comfort Reading: The Big Three
Ages ago I wrote about Anne of the Island and said that it was one of my desert island books. I chose the books in…
Christmas in Norway with Jostein Gaarder
It's Christmas Day and I am in Tromso in the north of Norway. Not coincidentally, I have just finished reading The Christmas Mystery by Jostein…
Voices by Sue Mayfield
I've been re-reading books recently. I shouldn't be as I have piles of proof copies and new books to get through but some days only…
The Sandfather by Linda Newbery
I've never met a book by Linda Newbery that I didn't like and I see no sign of that changing. I've just read a proof…
Posy by Catherine Rayner and Linda Newbery
I almost never fall in love with picture books. There have been many that I've enjoyed and appreciated and thought excellent but few that I've…
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