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Book of the week
The Storm Keeper’s Island (8-10 Junior/Middle)
Catherine Doyle
Mixing a very real landscape and magic with confidence and assurance, Catharine Doyle tells an exciting story that quickly engages the reader’s belief.
Latest Reviews
The Wild Folk (10-14 Middle/Secondary)
Sylvia Linsteadt
(Usborne Publishing Ltd)
Usborne welcomes readers to Part One of a ‘duology’ with the claim that The Wild Folk has ‘a dash of Ursula Le Guin’ and ‘a generous helping from C.S. Lewis’. Tolkien might also have been cited.
Charlie and Me: 421 Miles from Home (8-10 Junior/Middle)
Mark Lowery
(Piccadilly Press)
In Charlie and Me, Mark Lowery has delivered a very special story. Readers will cry with laughter and sadness in equal measure, as they share in the journey of two children on a mission to rediscover whatever the magic ingredient was that made an old family holiday so special.
Children of Blood and Bone (14+ Secondary/Adult)
Tomi Adeyemi
(Macmillan Children's Books)
In a letter to her reader, Tomi Adeyemi hopes we 'see a glimpse into my Nigerian heritage and the beautiful cultures and people Africa holds”. She wrote her novel “during a time where I kept turning on the news and seeing stories of unarmed black men and children being shot by the police'.
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