By Abi Elphinstone (Simon & Schuster Children’s UK)
‘A voice is a mighty thing, Eska. When everything is taken from you – your family, your home, your friends, your dignity – you still have a voice, however weak it sounds.’
Tag: adventure
Give It A Go! Gaslight | Review
By Eloise Williams (Firefly Press)
Rescued by her uncle Sid after her mother disappears, Nansi lives a miserable existence doing turns in the theatre and thieving for her benefactor, in the hope of one day being able to afford to hire a detective to find her mother.
Happy Star Wars Day! Before the Awakening
By author Greg Rucka and illustrator Phil Noto (Disney-Lucasfilm Press via Egmont UK Ltd.)
“Before the Awakening…
A stormtrooper struggles with his conscience…
A desert scavenger strikes it rich…
An ace starfighter pilot discovers a sinister plot…”
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Out Now: Letters from The Lighthouse
By Emma Carroll (Faber & Faber)
Set in World War II, this thrilling and tense mystery adventure will keep you guessing to the very end!
Out Now: Attack Of the Alien Dung! (Pet Defenders 1)
By author Gareth P Jones and illustrator Steve May (Stripes Publishing)
Have you ever thought about what stands between Planet Earth and an alien invasion?
When a “dung circle” (yes, you read that right!) mysteriously appears in a field overnight, Mavis – an avid dung-spotter – suspects everything is not as it should be.
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Great Reads Revisited: Plundering Paradise
By Geraldine McCaughrean (Oxford University Press)
A swashbuckling adventure set in the 1700s.
‘Cold gnawed on him like a rat.
Around him, the dun and grey blankets of the other beds rose and fell like the swell of a bleak, dirty sea.
Nathan had no idea what had woken him – he was still exhausted – and yet some upheaval had washed him up above the waterline of sleep. He was afraid, without knowing why.’
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