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Thursday, 29 September 2022

Stone by Finbar Hawkins

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Cover: Edward Bettison  ‘The stone has carved you a door between myth and memory. . . And Samhain is when it opens. . . ‘ (p 222) Differentl...
Saturday, 24 September 2022

The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll Illustrated by Lauren Child

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The truth of the tale Here is a book for younger readers (7-9 ish?) from a remarkable author of children’s historical fiction. As it happen...
Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King : Why children must be free to read

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Cover: Illustration, J Yang ; Design, Elizabeth B Parisi  Books that challenge In terms of fiction, it seems to me there are two main categ...
Sunday, 18 September 2022

The Treekeepers by Kieran Larwood

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Cover: Fernando López Juárez Pedigree Over the years, a number of writers have made high fantasy accessible to younger readers by replacing...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022

A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr

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                                                    ‘You are only dreaming of yourself dreaming.’   (p 134) From the other side (of the wor...
Saturday, 27 August 2022

A Time Traveler’s Theory of Relativity by Nicole Valentine

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Cover: Julia Henze ‘She looked at him in surprise, like she couldn’t believe someone else understood. They were connected again, by somethi...
Monday, 22 August 2022

The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown by Elizabeth Laird

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Cover illustration: Divid Dean Established credentials For over thirty years now Elizabeth Laird has been producing fine novels for older ...