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Blog Tour | Dread Wood
Hello everyone! I am so excited to be a part of the Dread Wood blog tour organised by The Write Reads today! I loved Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick when I read it last year, so I jumped at the chance to read this one! Killick writes brilliant spooky middle grade horror novels! Crater Lake was pretty scary so I was ready to be scared again! Title: Dread Wood Author: Jennifer Killick Published: 31st March 2022 Publisher: Farshore Genre: Middle Grade, Children’s, Horror Rating: 4/5 stars The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine’s Goosebumps. “Deliciously scary and hilarious…
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Book Review | Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good
Title: Loki Author: Louie Stowell Published: 3rd Feb 2022 Publisher: Walker Books UK Genre: Middle Grade, Action, Adventure Rating: 5/5 stars Packed with doodles and cartoons, here is the diary of Loki as he’s trapped on earth as a petulant eleven-year-old—and even worse, annoying thunder god Thor is there, too. After one prank too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to live as a kid on Earth. If he can show moral improvement within one month, he can return to Asgard. If he can’t? Eternity in a pit of angry snakes. Rude! To keep track of Loki’s progress, King Odin (a bossy poo-poo head) gives him this magical diary…
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Book Review | The Last Bear
Title: The Last Bear Author: Hannah Gold Published: 18th February 2021 Publisher: Harper Collins Genre: Middle Grade, Adventure Rating: 4/5 stars In this instant literary classic about friendship, forging your own path, and doing what’s right, debut author Hannah Gold inspires fans of Pax and A Wolf Called Wander to make a difference in any way they can. There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. At least, that’s what April’s father tells her when his scientific research takes them to a faraway Arctic outpost. But one night, April catches a glimpse of something distinctly bear shaped loping across the horizon. A polar bear who shouldn’t be there—who is hungry, lonely and a…
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Book Review | The Forest of Moon and Sword
Title: The Forest of Moon and Sword Author: Amy Raphael Illustrator: August Ro Published: 7th January 2021 Publisher: Hachette Children Genre: Middle Grade, Adventure, Fantasy Rating: 3/5 stars When Art’s mother is accused of witchcraft, she is determined to get her back – at any cost. A lyrical adventure with folklore at its heart, for fans of THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS. Twelve-year-old Art lives in a small village in Scotland. Her mother has always made potions that cure the sick, but now the townspeople say she is a witch. One cloudless night, Art’s mother is accused of Witchcraft, arrested, and taken from Scotland to England. Art mounts her horse,…
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Book Review- Amari and the Night Brothers
Title: Amari and the Night BrothersAuthor: B.B. AlstonPublished: 21st JanuaryPublisher: Egmont UKGenre: Middle-grade, Magic, Sci-fiTWs: Bullying, racism, Rating: 5/5 stars Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools. When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, 13-year-old Amari Peters, can’t understand why it’s not a bigger deal. Why isn’t his story all over the news? And why do the police automatically assume he was into something illegal? Then Amari discovers a ticking briefcase in her brother’s old closet. A briefcase meant for her eyes only. There was far more to Quinton, it seems, than she ever…