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When Sally Jones and The Chief discover a curious rose-shaped necklace hidden onboard their beloved Hudson Queen, it’s the start of...

What a beast of a book! And I mean that in a good way...it's brilliant! Ever since it arrived, it hasn't left the paws/claws of my 7 and...

'Grimdark' is a genre many whatiread visitors and followers of my usual reviews may not be familiar with, but I'm a huge fan of this...

Phil Hickes' 'The Haunting of Aveline Jones' was one of my favourite reads of last year as spooky, seriously scary fare for my Year 6...

An incredible mix of prose, poetry and playsuit, following the story of Rex, a young boy coming to terms with the loss of his father....

Are you brave enough to enter the Wild Bear Woods? Polly Pecorino rescues animals, and she can talk to them too. She spends all of her...

A BLIGHTED LAND Ever since The Darkening, survival has been a struggle. The people of the Field toil on parched earth, trying to forge a...

We're massive fans of Matt Oldfield's 'Football Heroes' series in this house...my son, Finn, has a huge selection of them, and loves...

Having grown up on the noth coast of Northern Ireland, close to the wreck of an Armada ship (the Girona), I was thrilled to be asked to...

A Christmas story in August!? Why not...it's never too early! This is a fun, family-friendly adventure following the story of two...

In the Monster Belt, discoveries are made. Some good, some bad, some life changing ... Harris White is on a journey, one that takes him...

The start of the Paralympics and the upcoming release of the third book in this fab series seems like a good time to post this review of...

A rumor, a remote cabin in Norway, and an American intelligence operative charged with stopping the next world war before it begins—Scot...

“Best new spy novel by a mile…don’t let this one pass you by if you are a fan of intelligent, complex spy thrillers.” NB Magazine, Top...

Cast out from the clockwork island of Ironhold, where mechanical technology controls everything, Orin Crowfall finds himself adrift on a...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together...

Summer, 1942. Paris is boiling hot and thirteen-year-old Amélie Dreyfus is hiding in the dark cool of her mother’s wardrobe. The sound of...

The funny, heart-warming sequel to the acclaimed We Won an Island. When Luna’s family won an island, their dreams came true – Luna opened...

Cards on the table....I'm a huge fan of Ross Montgomery. I loved 'Midnight Guardians' last year (and if you did, too, just wait until you...