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• Urban Outlaws: Shockwave by Peter Jay Black
  |author= Peter Jay Black ...ible odds, and the whole of London in deadly peril: how can five kids save the city and themselves? A heart-stopping, thrill-a-minute conclusion to this e
  4 KB (579 words) - 19:46, 11 March 2018
• Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
  |author=Benjamin Black ...ies Dublin. It's pacey, atmospheric and totally compelling. It may well be the best crime novel of 2006 and comes highly recommended by Bookbag.
  5 KB (801 words) - 13:15, 27 September 2020
• Daisy Plays Hide-and-Seek by Ellie Sandall
  |summary=A fun book which encourages children to look beyond the obvious. ...of Mum's washing and is the colour of the sheets which she has hung out on the line.
  2 KB (370 words) - 09:42, 21 August 2020
• The Blackest Hole in Space by Penny Little and Vincent Vigla
  |title=The Blackest Hole in Space ...of fact and fiction. Despite an interesting core idea, it's not pitched at the right level for its audience, so becomes a frustrating missed opportunity.
  3 KB (604 words) - 13:16, 31 August 2020
• On the Train by Carron Brown and Bee Johnson
  |title=On the Train ...es and functions and reveal what is inside them by shining a light through the page. Engaging fun for transport mad children.
  3 KB (528 words) - 13:38, 17 September 2020
• The Devil's Cave: A Bruno Courreges Investigation by Martin Walker
  |title=The Devil's Cave: A Bruno Courreges Investigation ...njoyable police procedural set in the Dordogne and which makes the most of the location.
  3 KB (534 words) - 10:27, 8 March 2018
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Numba Pinkerton
  |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Numba Pinkerton ...s. When Numba, author of [[The No Black Project by Numba Pinkerton|The No Black Project]] popped into Bookbag Towers, Sue had lots of questions she wanted
  6 KB (1,053 words) - 12:00, 25 October 2016
• Black Cats and Evil Eyes: A Book of Old-Fashioned Superstitions by Chloe Rhodes
  |title=Black Cats and Evil Eyes: A Book of Old-Fashioned Superstitions ...k at superstitions and their origins. The research is commendable but the book is very readable.
  3 KB (433 words) - 11:22, 14 April 2018
• Alice Jones: The Ghost Light by Sarah Rubin
  |title= Alice Jones: The Ghost Light ...ctive Alice. The old theatre is full of dark corners, dust and menace, and the company risks far more than a couple of bad reviews if she doesn't work out
  4 KB (651 words) - 12:06, 17 April 2018
• The Boy in a Turban by Joseph Hucknall
  |title=The Boy in a Turban ...with vivid characters, and you'll get a spot of historical education along the way.
  4 KB (613 words) - 10:04, 2 January 2019
• The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
  |title=The Coldest Girl in Coldtown |sort=Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The
  3 KB (521 words) - 13:29, 31 March 2018
• A Good Month For Murder by Del Quentin Wilber
  ...George’s County. Join them in this bleak and over sensationalised look at the senseless murder of so many in a broken part of America. ...lthough it is 'real’. Is there a place to sensationalise actual death for the entertainment of others?
  4 KB (733 words) - 08:34, 7 May 2018
• No Less the Devil by Stuart MacBride
  |title=No Less the Devil |summary=It's the fifth book in the Oldcastle series and a compelling read. The humour is dark and you'll occasionally need a strong stomach. Definitely re
  3 KB (584 words) - 08:16, 31 March 2024
• Black God by Dall-Young Lim
  |title=Black God |summary=This will not help build anyone's interest in the style of manga, but it is a strong initial volume in a series new to these
  3 KB (527 words) - 08:33, 15 August 2020
• Jupiter Williams by S I Martin
  ...is a horrible little snob, but somehow an endearingly unreliable narrator. The true heroes are his brothers, if only he knew it. Great stuff. ...hering momentum. Jupiter's own family has fought its way out of slavery in the Americas and gone through Nova Scotia to Sierra Leone, home of an African d
  4 KB (611 words) - 15:28, 3 September 2020
• Science: Sorted! Evolution, Nature and Stuff by Glenn Murphy
  ...cked full of all the information you'd want to know. It's all written with the fabulous quality that made [[Why is Snot Green? by Glenn Murphy|Why is Snot ...estible chunks, and the illustrations and Mike Phillips' fun cartoons keep the interest up throughout.
  4 KB (558 words) - 15:10, 25 February 2018
• Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield
  |title=Bellman and Black ...rook and the echoes of this action will colour the rest of his life. Like the best ghost stories you're bever quite certain what is and what isn't a ghos
  3 KB (541 words) - 15:23, 20 March 2018
• Little One by Jo Weaver
  ...year in this wonderfully illustrated and poignant, but brooding children's book. '''Longlisted for the 2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal'''
  3 KB (541 words) - 14:51, 30 March 2018
• Glorious Gardens
  ...d use with it by taking up colouring in. This is no ordinary colouring in book, but one designed for adults and packed with intricate images of fauna and ...adults after a hard day at work could do with a relax. This could come in the form of a nice glass of wine or something creative. I tell you what, why n
  4 KB (629 words) - 10:47, 7 December 2014
• One Soul by Ray Fawkes
  ...ehind the others, one which will end with the most delightful moral - that the ability to be anything one imagines is in our DNA. ...highwayman and the wronged slave mostly. But beyond reading and exploring the over-arching tale we can then return to peruse eighteen little flipbooks, a
  3 KB (512 words) - 15:26, 24 September 2020

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