Inspiring Young Readers
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Red Sky in the Morning posted on 03 Aug 2016
I came across this book by chance in a charity shop and am very glad that I did...
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Charlotte Sometimes posted on 29 Jul 2016
The original cover of this novel featured in the wonderful ' Puffin Books' postcard collection that I use with students ...
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The Watcher in the Shadows posted on 27 Jul 2016
A guest review by Yushra Fatima
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Mortal Engines posted on 25 Jul 2016
Let me start by saying that this book was an absolute joy – full of energy, pace, thrills, spills and action that never flags
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Finding Esio Trot posted on 14 Jul 2016
A small drama
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The Monstrous Child posted on 07 Jul 2016
Hel is born with normal human like top half but with an unpleasant corpse like rotting bottom half
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The Fire-Eaters posted on 01 Jul 2016
This is a polished gem of a novel that rather took me by surprise.
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The Otterbury Incident posted on 21 Jun 2016
A swashbuckling children's adventure story isn't what you might expect a poet with left-wing credentials and a serious interest in geo-politics to produce
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The Square Root of Summer posted on 30 May 2016
This is an unusual YA novel because the seventeen year old heroine Margot ( aka Gottie) is very good at mathematics and physics
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen posted on 23 May 2016
Checking back on the publishing history of Alan Garner’s first novel...