Book Review Blog

For our younger readers from Michael Rosen...

Double the Trouble!

Read two stories at once: a brand new story told alongside

Dickens's Oliver Twist.

Fitting in at a new school is never easy.

New girl Shona finds it hard to stay out of trouble -

a lot like Oliver Twist, the boy…

'A Truly Brilliant Book' - Malorie Blackman

For our older readers...

Not cool enough, not clever enough,

not street enough for anyone to notice me.

I was the kid people looked straight through.

Not any more.

Not since MR ORANGE.

Sixteen-year-old Marlon has made his mum a…

National Poetry Day 4th October 2018

Young minds often have a very different way of looking at the world,

and by reading their poetry expressing their deepest thoughts and feelings 

we are allowed a fascinating glimpse into what it is like to be part of their generation.

The young…

Cold Bath Street, set in Preston, comes highly recommended by Mr Armer...

Preston Oldcorn lay quite still,

eyes tight shut, trying to shrug off

the cold grip of the nightmare.

It was 9:22p.m.

It was always 9:22p.m.

A cold hand had plunged into Preston's chest

and tightened its…

The latest blockbuster from David Baddiel...

Bracket Wood is about to be visited by

the school inspectors.

And there's one BIG PROBLEM:

Ryan Ward.

The Prankster Prince

The Scourge of Teachers.

The Naughtiest Kid in School.

But when Ryan finally goes too far

the head…

FOR OUR OLDER READERS...

It's Saturday, it's summer and, although he doesn't know it yet,

everything in Adam Thorn's life is going to fall apart.

But maybe, just maybe, he'll find freedom in the release.

Time is running out though, because way across town,

a ghost has risen from the…

SEE HOW THEY LIE by Sue Wallman

is the 2018 LANCASHIRE BOOK OF THE YEAR

as voted for by pupils across Lancashire aged 12-14.

All is not well at the Hummingbird Creek wellness resort.

No one can see in, no one can get out...

New from the talented author of Lying About Last…

 From the winner of the

Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017.

Indigo lives with her mum, Keely. 

When Indigo meets Bailey at sixth form, serious sparks fly,

but Indigo has a secret that could ruin everything between them

before it's even begun.

Bailey's blown away by Indigo;…

A TEAM OF SPIES

HIGHLY TRAINED.

SUPER-INTELLIGENT.

THIRTEEN YEARS OLD...

THEY ARE THE SQUAD.

As a major football tournament opens,

the squad face a deadly mission.

The England team are under threat from a terror group

moving through the Ukraine.

To protect their country,…

From the bestselling author of 'If I Stay'...

They lost their way but found each other.

Freya has lost her voice while recording her debut album,

the one that's supposed to propel her to stardom.

Harun has lost the love of his life. Now he's decided to run

rather than confront the…

Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire

Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best

and most fearless friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate.

So together they navigate the short distance and broad divides…

Based on a True Story set in St Kilda...

Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore

on a remote sea stac to hunt birds.

But this summer, no one arrives to take them home.

Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain

why they've been abandoned -cold, starving and…