Auntie Medusa and Me Written by Marie Basting Marie Basting has a bit of a reputation for writing bonkers books, and after reading this I feel I have to agree. I’m Silvia, an ordinary kid just like you. At least, I was ordinary until I wound up in Ancient Rome and found out I'm a … Continue reading Middle Grade Must Reads – November 2024 (Part One)
Written by Alastair Chisholm It’s always a treat when Alastair Chisholm releases a new book. Orion Lost is the book that got my son into MG books. And I absolutely loved The Consequence Girl. So when it was announced that this was going to be a 3 book series I knew this was going to … Continue reading I Am Wolf
Dreamstalkers : The Night Train Written by Sarah Driver The cover of this book is so appealing and I couldn’t wait to read it . Everything changed the day the dreams disappeared… and the nightmares came. Twelve-year-old Bea lives with her mother Ula and her owl Pip in a cottage on the wild moors. Since … Continue reading Middle Grade Must Reads – October 2024 (Part One)
Written by Janelle McCurdy 2024 has sadly seen the end of a few wonderful MG book series. We have said a fond farewell to the Mysteries of the Sea series and The Bookshop at the back of Beyond series and now sadly we are saying goodbye to The Umbra tales series. Three of my favourite … Continue reading Mia and the Secrets of Lunis
Elf Dog and Owl Head Written by M.T. Anderson Illustrated by Junyi Wu Published by Walker Books As soon as I saw this book cover I found my interest piqued, the illustrations were so good that I needed to bump it up my TBR pile.I took this book on holiday and by the time we … Continue reading Middle Grade Must Reads – September 2024 (Part Four)
Code Name Kingfisher Written by Liz Kessler Every spring term our year 6 children study world war 2. And every year I provide both nonfiction and fiction books to aid their studies. And this is the newest book I’ve added to the books for the children.. When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s … Continue reading Middle Grade Must Reads – September 2024 (Part Three)
Written by Lindsay Galvin When I first heard about this book I thought it would be a great book set during The Great Fire of London, that I might be able to read to our Year 2’s who will study The Great Fire of London after Christmas. I mentioned this book to my literacy lead, … Continue reading The Great Phoenix of London
Artezans: The Forgotten Magic: Book 1 Written by L.D. Lapinski I spend a lot of time on book twitter, looking to see what books are coming soon that need to be added to my TBR pile. And this one got a lot of attention so I know needed to get this from my local library. … Continue reading Middle Grade Must Reads – September 2024 (Part Two)
The Wanderdays : Journey To Fantome Island Written by Claire Povey Published by Usborne I absolutely love a book by Claire Povey, so I couldn’t wait to start this book. There had been so much social media talk about this book that I knew I would like this book. This was one of the books … Continue reading Middle Grade Must Reads – September 2024 (Part One)
A Cure Ever After Written by Angharad Walker Once upon a fever was published in 2022 and the book was so good, there we met Kitt, a young man with midas fingers - a condition that makes everything he touches turn into gold. This book is the follow up to Kitts story 5 years after the book … Continue reading YA titles to enjoy this Summer 2024 (Part Two)
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