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The Notorious Scarlett & Browne - Jonathan Stroud
Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne have outwitted their pursuers and escaped into the wilds of Mercia and Northumbria, and it’s not long...
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Jul 14, 20225 min read
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Me, My Brother and the Monster Meltdown - Rob Lloyd Jones
All the adults are freaking out. Giant monsters are smashing up supermarkets across the country. The army can’t stop them and the prime...
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Jul 13, 20222 min read
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The Dragon In The Bookshop - Ewa Jozefkowicz
What a great, gripping book, full of action, adventure, feelings and challenges, all faced by the brave and brilliant pairing of Konrad...
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Jul 5, 20224 min read
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21% Monster - P.J. Canning
When Darren Devlin is arrested for destroying his school with his bare hands, it's not just the police who are after him. Enter Marek...
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Jul 4, 20222 min read
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The Midnighters - Hana Tooke
Find the courage to be extraordinary . . . Ema Vašková has always felt different. In a family of famous scientists, there's not much room...
simpsonrd
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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Chameleon Dad - Debbie Thomas
The blurb: When Connie gets a letter from the dad she thought was dead, she sets out to discover why he left her, eight years ago,...
simpsonrd
Jun 24, 20224 min read
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Small - Hannah Moffatt
A brilliant funny tale about a human interloper in a school for giants, Small will have you falling off your chair in laughter as you...
simpsonrd
Jun 16, 20221 min read
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My Friend The Octopus - Lindsay Galvin
The blurb: England, 1893, and aquarium fever is at its height. Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea-shop at Brighton aquarium,...
simpsonrd
Jun 15, 20222 min read
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Zo And The Forest Of Secrets - Alake Pilgrim
The finished cover, above, and the beautiful proof copy, below, with one of my favourite quotes ( I'm even thinking it might make a good...
simpsonrd
Jun 12, 20223 min read
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The Boy Who Grew a Tree - Polly Ho-Yen, ill. by Sojung Kim-McCarthy
Find out more via the following links, and thanks to them for having me on the blogtour and for the copy of the book to review. Author...
simpsonrd
Jun 7, 20221 min read
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Legendarium - Jennifer Bell
The sequel to last year's 'Wonderscape', Jennifer Bell returns with 'Legendarium', and the next exciting instalment in the adventures of...
simpsonrd
May 11, 20222 min read
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Orla and the Magpie's Kiss - C.J. Haslam
New-found witch and eco-warrior Orla is up against some seriously dark magic in this creepy and funny adventure, the second in the...
simpsonrd
Apr 26, 20222 min read
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The Sky Over Rebecca - Matthew Fox
Winner of The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2019 There was a single trail of footprints, the first I’d seen all morning. They were fresh...
simpsonrd
Apr 22, 20224 min read
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The Great Fox Illusion - Justyn Edwards
Secrets and illusions abound as a group of young magicians competes for the prize of a lifetime in this gripping adventure, the first in...
simpsonrd
Apr 19, 20222 min read
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Who Will You Meet On Dinosaur Street? - Gareth Peter, ill. Tim Budgen
What is that stomping and stamping of feet? It looks like a party on Dinosaur Street! They’re all in a frenzy and eager to go To the...
simpsonrd
Apr 4, 20222 min read
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Secret Sunshine Project - Benjamin Dean
The blurb: Bea’s family are happy. Like, really happy. Like, kind of gross but also cute happy. So when they visit London Pride together...
simpsonrd
Apr 1, 20223 min read
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Shoot The Moonlight Out - William Boyle
A brilliant cast of Brooklyn-based characters crash together in this gritty crime/character study from William Boyle and No Exit Press....
simpsonrd
Mar 27, 20221 min read
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Max Counts to a Million - Jeremy Williams
A funny, kind and uplifting book that looks at the experience of lockdown through the eyes of Max, a young boy dealing with the impact of...
simpsonrd
Mar 23, 20226 min read
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The Ogress and the Orphans - Kelly Barnhill
With a strapline of 'There is kindness in magic', and the publishing date being a Thursday when I start my #kindnessripple on Twitter...
simpsonrd
Mar 17, 20223 min read
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The Highland Falcon Thief - MG Leonard & Sam Sedgman, ill. by Elisa Paganelli
FCBG Children's Book Award blog tour I absolutely LOVE this series, and so I'm very pleased to be able to share this exclusive blogpost...
simpsonrd
Mar 13, 20226 min read
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