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• The Perfect Life by Nuala Ellwood
  |summary=A cleverly-constructed thriller which will keep you guessing to the end. Rec ...her three children, Lavender, Freddie and Barclay. The boys are a bit of a handful which is why she's making this trip on her own. The house would be
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• The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
  ...Jessie Lamb do anything about it? Is she a hero of the human race or just a misguided, innocent young girl? This dystopian novel asks some difficult qu ...way of immunising frozen, pre-MDS embryos which, if they can be placed in a willing volunteer, may ultimately allow the survival of the human race. How
  4 KB (764 words) - 09:20, 6 March 2018
• Horrid Henry's World Records by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross
  |summary=A fun mix of factual world records along with some wild claims to various rec ...my own childhood reading habits. But when my sons began to beg for ''books a bout real things'', I saw the error of my ways.
  5 KB (837 words) - 08:38, 22 March 2018
• Horrid Henry's Nightmare by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross
  ...he was happy to listen in as well and we all enjoyed sharing this book as a family. ...s not an icon of moral virtue for children to aspire to emulate. But he is a hilarious character who will have children laughing their socks off, and mo
  4 KB (757 words) - 16:32, 1 September 2020
• A Case in Any Case by Ulf Nilsson and Gitte Spee
  |title=A Case in Any Case ...win out over complete coherence and long-term appeal, but it's well worth a look.
  3 KB (565 words) - 10:57, 17 April 2018
• White Boots by Noel Streatfeild
  |summary=One of my childhood favourites! A great depiction of family dynamics, and an engaging story. ...find that it is still funny and engaging, all these years later, and that it still has the enduring power to make me wish for my own pair of white skati
  4 KB (755 words) - 12:50, 24 April 2018
• Run Rabbit Run by Barbara Mitchelhill
  |summary=In 1942, there is a war on, Lizzie's dad is a conscientious objector and the family is on the run in this exciting advent ...a criminal. Dad has decided they are going to move to Whiteway, a Colony (a sort of alternative community), for people who don't believe in war, in Glo
  4 KB (737 words) - 12:46, 21 April 2018
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
  ...e to make a book they'll return to again and again. The writing is perhaps a little weak. ...in a garret in a Parisian railway station in the 1930s. His father died in a fire and he had gone to live with his uncle, who maintains the many clocks
  4 KB (613 words) - 09:41, 17 April 2018
• Love, Splat by Rob Scotton
  ...resulting purchase that it ultimately aims for. Useful as a joke gift for a cat-loving girlfriend, though. |buy= As a joke for a grown-up
  3 KB (570 words) - 10:36, 28 August 2020
• My Sister's Voice by Mary Carter
  ...k together. Mary Carter avoids all the clichés of lost siblings giving us a unique and engrossing read with an unexpected twist. ...dismisses it as a joke but curiosity gets the better of her when she sees a picture of Monica, and she soon finds herself confronting Margaret, her orp
  5 KB (846 words) - 14:13, 5 April 2018
• The Night of the Solstice: Heart of Valour by L J Smith
  ...tle her arch-rival Thia Pendriel, but dangers nearer home send them off on a quest to find her. ...ishment, she is called on to be a hero — a genuine, fight-the-baddies-with-a-magic-sword kind of hero. Her dismay at this, coupled with her gradual acce
  4 KB (702 words) - 10:57, 21 April 2018
• Play Dead (D I Kim Stone) by Angela Marsons
  ...rth book in the DI Kim Stone series delivers as a police procedural and as a thriller. Highly recommended. ...there in the grounds waiting to be uncovered? And who will be next? Then a local reporter disappears.
  4 KB (627 words) - 07:37, 12 August 2020
• The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss
  |summary=A classic picture book, with trademark Seussian quirky illustrations and play ...d not bizarre fantastic creatures, reveals that many of his books are half a century old.
  5 KB (818 words) - 15:48, 6 August 2020
• The X-Files: Earth Children are Weird by Kim Smith
  |summary=Part children's book, part cult TV show homage; join a young Mulder and Scully in their very first adventure together as kids in t ...ave craved new films, new episodes to this day. But have they ever craved a children's book based on the characters?
  4 KB (628 words) - 16:20, 28 August 2020
• Paralian: Not Just Transgender by Liam Klenk
  ...e all else, the author's attitude and nature shine throughout, making this a hopeful and mood enhancing read. ...s. At five months old, Liam was adopted from an orphanage – and thus began a journey to conquer childhood disability, issues with parents, marriages, di
  3 KB (540 words) - 16:18, 7 April 2018
• Frankenstein's Cat by Curtis Jobling
  |summary=Very funny, merciless spoof of the classic gothic tale, cut for a younger audience, with hilarious artwork, but not for the sensitive or part ...requests a friend, Frankenstein makes a dog, called Fifi, but not exactly a cuddly ball of fur.
  3 KB (457 words) - 12:30, 19 April 2018
• Chain of Custody by Anita Nair
  ...s in maintaining human warmth against a backdrop of shocking and very real child exploitation in modern day Bengaluru ...re) police, called in when an affluent lawyer is found dead at his home in a prestigious and well-guarded gated community. However, that is the prologu
  4 KB (724 words) - 09:53, 2 March 2018
• The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson
  ...inter's Tale'', Winterson links a London financier, a Parisian singer, and a blended family in New Orleans. Inventive and true to the themes of the orig ...ence of the plot. Yet two crucial elements of the play don't make sense in a modern setting, and in the end I felt this added nothing to my enjoyment of
  5 KB (843 words) - 12:08, 24 March 2018
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (150th Anniversary Edition) by Lewis Carroll and Anthony Browne
  |summary=A book that probably has ''Read Me'' written all over it, even if it's patently stupid. ...ccasion I suggest you should do, if only to find out what complete rubbish it is.
  4 KB (622 words) - 12:02, 17 April 2018
• Zimbabwe in Pictures by Keith Hern
  I'm a bit of an amateur photographer, and since the advent of digital cameras, I ...s containing one photo in portrait and one in landscape which might not be a problem for some people but which drove me mad turning the book back and fo
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