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Friday, 21 December 2018

The Lost Books: The Scroll of Kings by Sarah Prineas

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The Magic Thief Were I to list my top ten children's magic fantasy sequences from the 'post-Potter' era, then Sarah Prineas...
Thursday, 13 December 2018

The books I am giving my (second) granddaughter for Christmas

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A brief seasonal diversion from my usual reviews.  Last year we experienced the tremendous joy of our first grandchild and, believing passio...
Tuesday, 4 December 2018

My Books of the Year 2018

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Long list I read hundreds of children's books each year but only write about a handful of them, those that have really excited me and t...
Sunday, 25 November 2018

The Skylarks' War by Hilary McKay

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'Away from the front, where the supply lines ran. . . you could hear skylarks over the fields. Soldiers remarked how strange it was t...
Monday, 19 November 2018

The illustrated World of Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve & Jeremy Levett

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Treat for fans The 1st November was a red letter day for fans of Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines, of which I am but one of a huge number....
Sunday, 11 November 2018

The Train to Impossible Places by P. G. Bell

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'This whole stupid situation - trolls and bears and trains and just all of it - was starting  to upset her. Because, while she never wo...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Bluecrowne by Kate Milford

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'He liked to do it this way: walking easily and leisurely from then to now just as you'd walk from here to there, so that the passag...