Tom’s not neccessarily the most academic of lads but he’s certainly one of the bravest. All he wants is to be a soldier and join the Army, but to do that he must be truthful and brave, which isn’t easy when your three baby sisters have a habit of eating your school uniform!
Read moreRemember that phase Young Adult had a while ago of Dark Romance? Lots of vampiric, werewolfy bad boys and girls, all swooning for one another. This book…. doesn’t exactly fit into that. Kevin Vladd is dreading Parent’s Evening. He shouldn’t be; his teacher Mrs Fottle is nice, his parents are nice, everything should be just fine. There’s only one problem
Read moreA new glittery girly series for the under 8’s. Lily is a modern-day Cinderella. Living with badtempered Great-Aunt Acidity, she has to spend her days fetching never-good-enough biscuits and tea for the relative who took her in, alongside her mean old pooch Sweetypie. Then one day she feels a Tingle in her elbow, and soon finds herself barrelling into a
Read moreJust saw this come up in my blog feed. A new graphic novel from Macmillan called Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks. Now I know I’m not supposed to judge a book by it’s cover, but…. Yeeeeeeah…… definately a cool looking jewel. It’s a brand new book just arrived at Macmillan HQ and due
Read moreA modern classic today for 5-8 readers! Mildred Hubble is the Worst Witch for a reason. She’s clumsy, her spells always go wrong and even her cat isn’t right – he’s scared of heights and is a lovely grey tabby, rather than the traditional black! This doesn’t stop Mildred though, as she studies with her best friend Maud at Miss
Read moreIt’s back, and hopefully anyone who occasionally peeked at this blog before will be able to find me now I’ve moved here. Anyway, on with the review!
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