Finding Audrey is about 14-year-old Audrey, who suffers from severe social anxiety and depression. She had a horrible bullying experience in school, causing her to leave her school, visit a hospital and start seeing a counsellor. The incident causes her issues with socialising, new people, communicating, eye contact and overall living life. This...
My Sister Jodie is all about 2 sisters whose lives completely change when they move school. Pearl is the younger sister, and this story is written from her point of view. Jodie is her older sister and role-model, which probably isn't the best inspiration as Jodie is always skipping school and getting into trouble. She doesn't change her behaviour...
Charlotte's Web is what's known as a classic. Most people know classics like Moby Dick, or Oliver Twist, maybe even as far as the works of Shakespeare. Some people may view classics as being boring and uneventful books. Well, even if that was true, Charlotte's Web would be an obvious exception. This book is about Wilbur, a pig who was...
This was a book we had to read for school and it was a rollercoaster of a story! Marinka is an ordinary girl with an ordinary life, just kidding! Her grandmother is Baba Yaga, but she is no scary witch. She is a kind hearted soul, guiding the dead from this world to the next, and taking in her...
So, because I am in Year 6 we have had a few transition days for senior school and the senior school I am going to has a library. The teachers there let us take out a few library books for summer and my friends ran up to me and showed me this because my name is Jessica, Jessica's ghost....
The Familiars is a fantasy book about magic and sorcery. It tells the tale of 3 familiars- a familiar is a magical animal that helps a wizard or witch and accompanies them everywhere- except one of them isn't fantastical, no Aldwyn is a regular alley cat! Born on the old streets of Bridgetower, it's every man, well cat, for themselves....
Do not be fooled by this books happy cover! A much sadder story hides behind this smiling girl and angelic cat. Elsie lives with her Nan - Mum's always at work doing shows. They've both got a cough, but it's just a cold right? Wrong, sadly Nan has TB, a very serious disease. Worst of all, it doesn't look...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, No brainer, is written by Jeff Kinney and is the newest addition to the iconic Wimpy Kid series. In this book, Greg complains and talks about his school's money issues and all its crazy attempts to earn some cash. However, all this fails and students are being sent to different schools. Great right? I mean,...
I read this book over half term and, to be honest, I found it quite boring at the beginning. Oh how wrong I was! Emily Kandall-Jones wrote this book and the creativity is mind blowing. Let me walk you through the book. Autumn isn't a normal girl, no, she can see ghosts! This ability makes her an outcast at...
The Dinner Lady Detectives is a book by Hannah Hendy about two main characters: Margery and Clementine. The pair are in love and work as dinner ladies at the local school. There is a rather strange staff there: Mean Mrs Smith, Smart Mr Barrow, Interior Design Enthusiast Ceri Ann and others. And then, there is Caroline, the kitchen manager. The...
First Class Murder is written by one of my favourite authors: Robin Stevens. This is the third book in it's series (Murder Most Unladylike) and follows the adventures of Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. The book is Hazel writing in her case book and what she thinks of the murder and the people around her. In this story, Mrs Daunt...
Yanka lives in the village, but she hasn't always. Found in a bear cave as a young child, Yanka struggles to fit in and longs to know her past. When her urges for the forest overpower her, she leaves. Making new friends, bites off more than she can chew with a so called impossible mission! Can she survive the unforgiving...