15 November 2011

A host of current fantasy writers have collaborated in this collection. Bordertown, the collision between magic and science has reopened its doors to the world, having been inaccessible for 13 years, or 13 days for those living in Bordertown. Cao More..

15 March 2011

In 1920s Britain the world is changing, even for 15-year-old girls. Peggy stumbles into telling a naïve friend the ‘facts of life’, thus shocking the friend and bringing a world of trouble down on herself. cao More..

15 March 2011

Tiffany Aching, the young witch of the chalk hills faces the ‘Cunning Man’. He is a personification of the fear of witches the runs through a society from time to time. Tiffany is more than a speaker of spells; she is the both local midwife and district nurse, and she has the doubtful assistance of... More..

23 November 2010

Jack calls on his training in the military police to uncover a complex blackmail plot. Covert ops by the US forces back when the Russians were invading Afghanistan have come to light and will destroy a career before it is underway. Bonus: I now know how to identify a suicide bomber. cao More..

26 March 2010

What would it be like if you could predict the date when someone will die? Would you tell them? Would you dare to like or even love someone who has only weeks to live? Jem is blessed/cursed with this knowledge and it has warped her whole life. Spider's number is about to come up, can Jem change... More..

13 October 2009

Claire is a teenage girl who, when there is an electrical storm, switches out of her body and into the body of another person. When a gorgeous new girl appears in town and Claire’s dream guy is attracted to her, Claire wishes she were more like her. Imagine what happens when during the next storm,... More..

26 August 2009

This is a modern retelling of the Grimms’ fairytale "The twelve dancing princesses" where a young soldier, recently returned from war, rescues the princesses from an evil curse which compels them to dance each night until their slippers are worn through. Our hero Galen has a secret weapon not found... More..

17 August 2009

What a wonderful, sensitive and kind hearted boy Frankie Parsons is. His anxieties and worries were very real, and it was a great reminder to me of my teenage years and the power that my problems had over me. Frankie was lucky in that he had such a wonderful support network of family and... More..

17 August 2009

I just finished reading the fourth books in the Twilight saga by Stephanie Meyer. Talk about blown away! I was very sceptical about whether I would enjoy books about vampire romance, but Bella, Edward and Jacob were so full of passion and intensity that it was impossible to not get drawn into their... More..

17 August 2009

This title is similar to the others in the Alex Rider series and other action adventure novels for teens. They're plot driven, pacy reads, with an emphasis on action, rather than relationships between characters. Reading them is a lot like watching an action thriller. The detail is in the stunts... More..

17 August 2009

It normally takes me a couple of weeks to knock off a book but if it's funny and the characters are great, I'll manage it in a couple of hours. Stop in the name of pants! is the latest in the Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series by Louise Rennison, and once again I fell in love with Georgia's... More..

6 August 2009

David Case is 14 and worries about everything bad that may happen. If fate exists then how can he control anything? Can he escape? A thought-provoking book, you’ll instantly like David and his vulnerabilities even though he doesn’t seem to like himself very much! Winner of the 2006 Carnegie... More..

3 August 2009

I read this series many, many years ago and would recommend it to anyone who wants to read about vampires or the supernatural. I enjoyed these 3 books because I became engrossed with the characters and needed to find out what happened next. It was also a teenage love story, not like the... More..