Inspiring Young Readers
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A World Between Us posted on 12 Oct 2016
Writing a novel for teenagers about the Spanish Civil War and making it engaging and truthful ....
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Boy In Darkness posted on 05 Oct 2016
Back in the late Sixties when I was still a teenager, I desperately wanted to be associated with the ideas and lifestyle of the counter-cultural ...
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The Trap posted on 18 Sep 2016
I’m guessing that the adjective most likely to be applied to this book is ‘controversial’.
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Stormwalker posted on 15 Sep 2016
This interesting novel covers several ambitious themes and kept my attention right up to the last page.
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Neverwhere posted on 04 Sep 2016
There are some very special books that will stay with you forever and I think that this will be one of them.
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A Library of Lemons posted on 30 Aug 2016
I was immediately drawn to this one because the back cover blurb promised a story about a child who was a book lover.
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Little Rabbit Foo Foo posted on 28 Aug 2016
I have read this hilarious cautionary tale many times when I was a teacher of young children and found that it worked its magic every time.
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How Malala Yousafzai Has Inspired Me : On reading 'I Am Malala' posted on 23 Aug 2016
A guest post from the author Chitra Soundar
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Fortune Cookie posted on 18 Aug 2016
This is the last in the ' Chocolate Box' series of books by this highly acclaimed award winning author ...
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Zeki Can Swim! posted on 07 Aug 2016
I love picture books that make no apologies for stating what they are all about on the cover...