Book Review: Michael Bond’s Paddington
A suitcase, jars of marmalade, and a label requesting care accompanies a small bear from Peru on the adventure of a lifetime, as he stows away for England.
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Book Review: A. LaFaye’s Worth
Nate must face the truth of his leg, even as Worth regrets that nickel game — both longing for something they no longer have and finding the resources to face the future .
Book Review: Jenna Black’s Nightstruck
It starts with a cry in the night, an unexpected evil that transforms Philadelphia and the weak into nightmares, causing the city to come alive with horrors.
Book Review: Jennifer Estep’s Snared
The Spider herself snared in someone else’s web…all because a friend’s sister has gone missing. And the body only intensifies their fears for the girl still gone.
Book Review: Chris D’Lacey’s Gauge
Lucy’s mother intends to stop Councilman Trustable and the town council from demolishing the old clock. But can a timing dragon really help?
Book Review: Emily Rodda’s The Wizard of Rondo
After fiddling with the box while Mimi was away, Leo Zifkak and his cousin must put the world of Rondo to rights and find a missing wizard and free an innocent man.
Book Review: Sarah Prineas’ The Magic Thief
Having survived pickpocketing Nevery’s locus magicalicus, the wizard takes Conn on as an apprentice, even as they race to discover who or what is stealing the city’s magic.
Book Review: Simon R. Green’s Very Important Corpses
Ishmael Jones travels to the Scottish Highlands on a mysterious dual mission: find the impostor, protect the entitled, uncover the truth of the Coronach Creature.
Book Review: Chris D’Lacey’s Gruffen
When Lucy suspects there’s a ‘monster’ in her bedroom, her mum knows exactly what to do. Liz makes a guard dragon, Gruffen, to look after her…
Book Review: Naomi Novik’s Blood of Tyrants
From Japan to China, Laurence is tossed from xenophobes to political assassins. Worse, Napoleon has turned on the Russians, and they’re desperate for allies.