Beth is a hilarious new heroine who just can’t help getting in trouble … So, I’m surrounded by crocodiles, holding a briefcase full of fish fingers, I’m wearing a swamp monster mask AND MISS PRIMULA IS ABOUT TO CALL MY PARENTS!Meet Beth – and all of her fantastically crazy family and friends – and be prepared to laugh your socks off!
I liked the drawings and storyline. H.H. (S1) *****
What if the Evil Queen poisoned the prince? Following her beloved mother’s death, the kingdom falls to Snow White’s stepmother, known as the Evil Queen. At first, Snow keeps her head down, hoping to make the best of things. However, when new information about her parents comes to light, and a plot to kill her goes wrong, Snow embarks on a journey to stop the Evil Queen and take back her kingdom. Can Snow defeat an enemy who will stop at nothing to retain her power… including going after the ones Snow loves?
It is really good, this is one of my favourite books. B.R. (S1) *****
Makoto Kowata, a novice witch, packs up her belongings (including a black cat familiar) and moves in with her distant cousins in rural Aomori to complete her training and become a full-fledged witch.
Very funny and good book. Laid back and not too confusing or action packed. Good read, would recommend. P.H. (S1) *****
This may look like just a completely and utterly ordinary book.
But it’s not. This book knows something terrifying: that the people of Earth face their gravest, grimmest threat yet! When Hamish finds his mum and his brother floating ON THE CEILING, he knows there’s something seriously wrong (again) in the town of Starkley.
What is the strange burping noise he keeps hearing? Why are weird seeds suddenly falling from the sky? And should he be worried about the odd woman with a cone around her neck? All Hamish and his gang the PDF can be sure of is that an adventure is coming. And that means two things:1. You have to be prepared. 2. You have to prepare a sandwich.
OK book, quite predictable. R.B. (S2) ****
Imagine Garth Hale’s surprise when he’s accidentally zapped to the spirit world by Frank Gallows, a washed-out ghost wrangler. Suddenly Garth finds he has powers the ghosts don’t have, and he’s stuck in a world run by the evil ruler of Ghostopolis, who would use Garth’s newfound abilities to rule the ghostly kingdom. When Garth meets Cecil, his grandfather’s ghost, the two search for a way to get Garth back home, and nearly lose hope until Frank Gallows shows up to fix his mistake.
The book was brilliant. K.S. (S1) *****
From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him. As the plane crashes into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without a choice. He and the three other children may be alive, but the jungle is a vast, untamed place. With no hope of rescue, the chance of getting home feels impossibly small. Except, it seems, someone has been there before them …
It was a good book, you would always wonder what would happen next. H.H. (S1) *****
When Lisa Marie and her step-brother Vernon pop into town to get their dad a birthday present, they discover the Create-a-Ted shop is offering free 
Halloween bears! Making two grisly bears for themselves and choosing an Elvis bear named Bearvis for Dad, they head home. That night the shopkeeper brings the bears to life for nefarious purposes … but Vernon’s bear, Grizz, doesn’t want to be a slave to humans – he wants to rule the world! Converting the shopkeeper’s Stuff-U-Lator into a machine for turning living matter into stuffed bears, he begins to prowl the streets. Can the children and Bearvis save themselves – and the world – from being stuffed?
Very good book, to me of course because I like evil things like that. RB (S1) ****1/2
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC? It is Christmas Eve and all is not well.
Amelia Wishart is trapped in Mr Creeper’s workhouse and Christmas is in jeopardy.
Magic is fading. If Christmas is to happen, Father Christmas knows he must find her. With the help of some elves, eight reindeer, the Queen and a man called Charles Dickens, the search for Amelia – and the secret of Christmas – begins . . .
Really good book with really good pictures. I would like to read the other books in the series. I definitely will recommend this book to a friend. LH S1 ****
Morrigan Crow is cursed, destined to die on her eleventh birthday.
But, as the clock strikes midnight, she’s whisked away by a remarkable man called Jupiter North and taken to the secret city of Nevermoor. There she’s invited to join the Wundrous Society.
Mystery, magic and protection are hers – if only she can pass four impossible trials, using an exceptional talent.
Which she doesn’t have…
It is a good book! It is very adventurous, mysterious and magical! MM (S1) ****
This is a novel about a boy, Phoenix, the son of a computer geek who creates a virtual reality game that gets a bit too real. Phoenix becomes Theseus pursued by the Minotaur, becomes Perseus and confronts the Gorgon, and goes down into the underworld.
This is a really great book if you like mythology and adventure. DJ (S2) *****
