Adrian Tchaikovsky. Rebellion. (144p) ISBN 9781781088746 I’ve never read anything by Adrian Tchaikovsky before even though I had seen his work around a lot, and that he has won loads of awards. I kept telling myself there would be plenty of time to do so but never got round to it. When I saw this …
How to be a Hero
I received this from Pan Macmillan at the end of last year in exchange for a review, the way time has been going recently that feels like an absolute age ago. How to be a Hero follows the (mis)adventures of Whetstone (a useless thief and an orphan) and Lotta (a pretty poor trainee Valkyrie) in …
The Time of Green Magic
I was really lucky to get a proof copy of The Time of Green Magic from Macmillan as I really loved The Skylarks’ War and was looking forward to this. When Theo and Polly met Abi’s life went through some big changes, two families blended, and she didn’t have her dad Theo all to herself …
The Last Spell Breather
I picked The Last Spell Breather up in a pack of proofs from OUP Childrens that had been in the staff room for a while. Wow! From the first page this was a non-stop adventure with an intriguingly original magical system, cracking cast of characters, and a pace that pulled you through to the last …
Dragon Mountain
Katie & Kevin Tsang. Simon & Schuster Ltd. (336p) ISBN 9781471193071 I’ve loved Katie and Kevin’s Sam Wu series and was really looking forward to reading their foray into the fabulous Realm of Middle Grade and I wasn’t disappointed. A fabulously fast-paced adventure including dragons, super powers, friendship, and an ancient evil, Dragon Mountain has …
Purgatory Mount
Adam Roberts. Orion Publishing Co. (336p) ISBN 9781473230941 When I read the description for this on NetGalley I thought that it would be right up my street, a return to quite hard sci-fi. Space travel, a mysterious object on a distant planet, possibly aliens. What more could I want? We start out on a gigantic …