Another pocket sized guide that packs a punch, Physics uses the same format as Basher’s successful Periodic Table. Colour coded chapters are very helpful for visual learners and with snappy titles like ‘Hot Stuff’ ‘Wave Gang’ and Light Crew’, this book has memorability at the centre of its design.

Physics concepts are given a lively m ...

Synopsis: The Ichani are coming! The black magicians of Sachaka know of Imardin’s magicians and their weak, lesser magic. Led by an old enemy of the High Lord, they intend to build a force great enough to wipe out the whole city of Imardin. It will take all of Sonea’s guile and cunning, along with her companions, to defeat them. Will they be strong enough or will the land of ...

 Synopsis: In the mountains of Ruan lies the heart of the occupied country’s faith, and a stronghold of resistance against the oppressive reign of King Abheron. Yet even as this isolated temple hides its warrior-priests and a train of refugees, it conceals a deeper secret, for one trainee priestess, Zira, is more important than even she can know. When a sudden tragedy tears h ...

Synopsis: “As they watched, the master raised his hand in front of the canvas and moved it in an elaborate gesture as if he were tracing a complicated line in the air. He moved closer to the canvas and – The trio gasped. ‘He’s vanished!’

Review:  Mirrorscape is a fantasy adventure set in a world kept in a stranglehold by ...

Synopsis: Mia has hit an all time low: Lilly isn’t talking to her, someone is posting horrible things about her on ihatemiathermopolis.com and thanks to Grandmere she’s got to address two thousand of America’s most powerful businesswomen. Oh, and Michael, the love of her life, has dumped her. But despite what the press seems to think, Mia has more on her mind that recr ...

Synopsis: This book is based on fact but uses fictitious elements to bring the tale of Cornelia, Rembrandt’s teenage daughter, alive. She is thirteen and the book explores her past, her present, her relationships and her growing sense of identity and belonging.

Review: Seventeenth century Amsterdam is brought alive in this enjoyable and intriguing book. The chapters ...

Synopsis: No matter what Antonia does her mother thinks she is wrong. Her sisters are unbearably good, her father doesn't seem to care and Ant just can't help lying about everything.

Review: This is a funny and closely observed book on the theme of a nearly-teenager coming to terms with herself and her family. The only good things in Antonia's life are her dog, ...

Synopsis: A troll lies in wait beneath a bridge; the Grail rises in a charity shop; a young boy, raised by the dead, tries to help a restless spirit; a cat suffers nightly punishment to protect the family it has adopted; and Humpty Dumpty takes the fall. It’s either a very bad day in Fabletown, or a new collection of short stories from Neil Gaiman. * It’s the latter, by the ...

Synopsis: It’s two years since Henry last visited the faerie world and he’s doing his best to settle into normal life, but it isn’t easy for him to be ordinary. When he is asked to return and visit his dying friend, Mr Fogarty, Henry promises himself he will soon come home again. But there are wheels within wheels, and Henry soon finds himself caught up in a perilous, ...

Synopsis: “It’s easy. Running away from Whitegates. Erin and her running-away friend January do it all the time. But this time they’re going downriver. This time they might never come back. They’re looking for a tiny corner of paradise. How could they imagine that what they’d find there would be Heaven Eyes? Heaven Eyes. This girl who should have drowned at ...