Synopsis: Once a young Jewish boy was waiting for his parents to come back and collect him from the orphanage where they left him three and a half years ago. The year is 1942 and the story is set in Poland. Our hero is called Felix. He is full of optimism and imagination and when he finds himself in a predicament he prays to God, Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Pope and Adolf Hitler.

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Synopsis: Coriander is the only child of Thomas and Eleanor Hobie who live in a great house by the river Thames. However, this is seventeen century London at the time of the Civil war. This story takes the reader on Coriander’s personal journey from the world of reality to fantasy. Will Coriander survive the challenges and dangers of these worlds and which will she ultimately choo ...

Synopsis: With recommendations from writers as diverse as Phillip Pullman ('marvellously starnge and scary') and Lemony Snicket ('a fascinating and disturbing story that frightened me nearly to death'). Coraline's adventures are a nightmare compared with Alice's dream!

Review: Neil Garman is clearly familiar with the sense of insignificance and powe ...

Synopsis: Set in Berlin, 1942. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the ...

Synopsis: Chris has a big brother Wills. Wills is a human Hurricane, he has ADD(attention deficit disorder). He crashes , bangs, and wallops around the place and Chris can not manage to keep out of his way. When Chris and Wills parents split up things only get more stressful for Chris.

Review:The book is written as if by Chris. The cover rather belies the power of the story ...

Synopsis: The mice of Deptford enjoy a quiet life in a big, abandoned house, raising their children in peace and practicing the ancient seasonal rites of their country ancestors, even in the heart of the city. In the sewers below Deptford, a darker and less wholesome religion is practised by the barbarous and bloodthirsty rats. In the shadows of the dark portal lurks Jupiter, Lord of Al ...

Synopsis: An extraordinary journey by a boy, his encounter with a magical bird and a goddess, and a battle which wouldn't end. Lugalbanda is ill and weak, abandoned in a cave in the mountains, but his faith and compassion restore him to health, and he is able to guide his people to peace.

Review:Clay tablets found in Iraq a century ago, and only deciphered in the last t ...

Synopsis: The prettiest little smoky grey kitten that any of them had ever seen came limping out of the hedge...they were in love with it in an instant...but, alone of his besotted family, David didn't stay in love for long...

Review: When the kitten arrives in their garden on Josie's seventh birthday, twelve year old David Burrell and his family - Mum, Dad, Josie ...

Synopsis: Rhyme, rhythm and 'rithmatic'! Poems about mathematical calculation which ingeniously combine numeracy with literacy, and celebrate the history and diversity of numbers all round the world.

Review: From the first poem, a story in which Einstein overcomes her hatred of maths when her mum explains her family story from a mathematical point of view, shows he ...

Synopsis: Something toxic has got into the world’s top spy organisation. Spy Force agents are falling like flies. At the same time, a venomous villain has stolen the agency’s manual, the key to all of its secrets. Only Max and Linden can uncover the truth. But first they have to find the antidote deep in the Amazon rainforest…

 Review: In all of the ...