Tag Archives: Fiction
Book Review : Opal Moonbaby by Maudie Smith.
Martha’s decided friends are stupid. She never wants another one. Ever. So when Opal Moonbaby comes along, with her mad hair and huge violet eyes, claiming to be an alien and wanting to be friends, Martha is definitely NOT interested. … Continue reading
Book Review : Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl… Cinder, a … Continue reading
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Book Review : Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
When the Tooting family finds an old engine and fits it to their camper van, they have no idea what kind of adventure lies ahead. The engine used to belong to an extraordinary car . . . and it wants … Continue reading
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Book Review : My Very UnFairy Tale Life by Anna Staniszewski.
“You know all those stories that claim fairies cry sparkle tears and elves travel by rainbow? They’re lies. All lies.” Twelve-year-old Jenny has spent the last two years as an adventurer helping magical kingdoms around the universe. But it’s a … Continue reading
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Book Review : Dirk Danger Loves Life by Chris Rothe.
Dirk Danger Loves Life, the début novel by Chris Rothe, is a comedic tale of a sad little man who cannot function in any self-sufficient capacity. As his life swirls down the drain, serendipity provides a phone number that launches … Continue reading
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Book Review : Ponthe Oldenguine by Andrew Hook.
Ponthe Oldenguine is one part fictional biography of a former television impresario who claims he’s been hounded out of media history, and one part biography of the journalist commissioned to write his story. Where the tales merge, there is madness. … Continue reading
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Book Review : The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.
Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart–he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment … Continue reading
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Book Review : Hollow Pike by James Dawson.
Something wicked this way comes… She thought she’d be safe in the country, but you can’t escape your own nightmares, and Lis London dreams repeatedly that someone is trying to kill her. Lis thinks she’s being paranoid – after all … Continue reading
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Book Review : New Beginnings by Rebecca Emin.
Sam Hendry is not looking forward to starting at her new school. Things go from bad to worse as the day of truth arrives and all of her fears come true… and then some. When Sam meets a different group … Continue reading
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Book Review : Wereworld: Rage of Lions by Curtis Jobling.
YOUNG WEREWOLF DREW FERRAN IS THE FUTURE KING OF WESTLAND. He has the makings of a great warrior – but first he must master the blade and the beast. When Lady Gretchen is abducted by the Werelion Prince Lucas, Drew … Continue reading
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