Scarlet and Ivy:The Lost Twin By Sophie Cleverly

When Scarlet goes missing from Rookwood boarding school ,it is up to Ivy  her twin sister to find out what has happened to her.

Ivy is sent to Rookwood to replace Scarlet(who was supposed to have died of flu/pneumonia) to avoid any upset at the school.

Ivy realizes Scarlet may not be dead after all when she finds her diary......but lots of pages are gone!

Scarlet has hidden them around the school hoping that they would eventually lead to her rescue.

Ivy,now known as Scarlet, together with her new friend and room mate Ariadne,look for the missing diary pages. They hope that they can discover where Scarlet is and what has really happened to her.

With lots of lessons and activities in school to attend how will they do it? 

Will they ever find out the truth about Scarlet's disappearance ?

I loved reading this book, never knowing what was happening next.There are lots of ' cliff hangers ' at the ends of the chapters too.

I was thoroughly engrossed in this book and before i knew it it was the end ! As the ending was so unexpected it made me like this book even more.

I would recommend this adventure/mystery story for anyone aged 9+ and rate it 5/5

Scarlet and Ivy:The whispers in the walls is to follow in October 2015 and i look forward to reading that one too.

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Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

A moving story about a boy evacuated from London out into the countryside. 








Join young William Beech as he is evacuated from London to Little Weirworld ,where he is billeted with Tom Oakley , during World War 2.


He does lots of new things and discovers talents he didn't know he had. He goes from being skinny , shy and unloved ,to well fed ,confident and happy.
When he is called back home by his mean cruel mother his life completely changes again and not for the best.
Will he ever be reunited with Mister Tom and his friends again?

This historical fiction has lots of twists and turns of Williams life and at times is very upsetting .It seems realistic because things like this may have happened in the wartime . The characters are very well described and feel real.
I felt as if I had stepped back in time and had a feeling of what it was like being a WW2 evacuee.
I liked this book very much even though it was tragic at times.
I rate it 4/5.


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My review of Listen to the moon By Michael Morpurgo.

If you like WW1 historical fiction stories , full of emotional ups and downs , then you will enjoy this one. 

Alfie and his Dad Jim , who whilst they are out fishing , hear crying from a nearby Island. They get out of their fishing boat and investigate. They discover a young girl, injured and traumatised on the Island , who is all alone.

At first she doesn't speak. They nickname her Lucy lost because Lucy is the first word they hear her say.

Throughout the book we discover who Lucy is and how she came to be lost on the Island.

The story is set in The Scilly Isles in World War 1 and is quite sad in parts but in other parts uplifting.

I enjoyed reading this book more than I thought I would because of the wartime setting ,and will be reading other Michael Morpurgo books in the future.

It didn't take me long to read as I 

was drawn into it from the first chapter and cared about the characters enough to want to continue.

It wasn't predictable and there are a few surprises along the way.

I liked the information chapters at the back of the book and the background to what inspired the story.

Suitable for ages 9+

I rate it 5/5

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updated review!

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Listen to the moon By Michael Morpurgo.

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Mountwood School For Ghosts by Toby Ibbotson.

A funny story about three Great Haggs who believe that ghosts these days have become soppy and are no longer scary.

Goneril,Fredogonda and Drusilla decide to start a school for ghosts because they think that ghosts today aren't scary enough.They need to find the perfect location for the school and that proves to be difficult, as one place they looked at was next to a cinema playing horror films !

Eventually they find a place far enough away from people and begin to teach ghosts how to haunt and scare.

When Percy(the child ghost) gets left behind at the bus stop,after being pushed out of the way by the other ghosts,he is found in Daniels house wall,crying.Daniel and his friend Charlotte return Percy to Mountwood and soon afterwards are returning for help themselves.......

The story is about how the ghosts and humans work together to help each other.
It is a funny and exciting story and is written in three parts.I liked the layout of the book.
I really enjoyed reading this book and i read it to my dog ! 

I think it is suitable for ages 8 +
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The Castle by Sophia Bennett.

An exciting book about a girls quest to find her dad.

This book is about Peta Jones a young girl who is told that her dad has been killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan.

When her mum is getting remarried Peta recieves a mysterious phone call froma stranger giving her clues that her dad is still alive.

Although it is an exciting story it didn't particularly appeal to me.

I think it is suitable for ages 11+ and rate it 6/10 This is my review for lovereading4kids.co.uk

My review for The IMAGINARY By A.F Harrold.

Wow, what a great book!

A brilliant story unlike anything I have read before.

I 'imagine' everyone (aged 9+) will enjoy this amazing adventure.

It is wonderfully illustrated, giving the 

characters even more depth.

Chillingly scary at times but also 

funny, especially when rudger is imagined 

as a girl! 

I didn't know what would happen next and 

this kept me reading. I was stuck to it like 

gum on hair!

Rudger is a boy bought to life by Amada's imagination.Together they 

play,having lots of imaginary adventures.Until one day they meet 

Mr. Bunting and a real adventure begins !

Mr.Bunting survives by eating imaginaries.He chases Rudger and

 Amanda through a car park and Amanda gets knocked down by a car.

They become separated when she is taken to hospital and 

without her Rudger begins to fade(he needs her to imagine 

him in order to exist).

The story is about Rudger trying to get back to Amanda 

before he fades completely,or before Mr. Bunting gets him.

If this book was a film I would be on the edge of my seat as it is so new 

and exciting.

"Crack your imaginations out for this one.......you are going to need it !"

I rate it 5/5

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My review of The Borrowers By Mary Norton.

A great read for all of the family, young or old.I loved it!  

  I really enjoyed reading this book with my family. 

Although it is an old book.I am glad Puffin books are releasing some older stories again.

 It is about a tiny family called the Clocks .They live under the floorboards behind the kitchen clock in an old house.

Everything they need they get from the house above them .The story tells of their adventures as they struggle to survive.

My favourite character is Arrietty who is 12(like me)because even though she is small she has a big impact in the story and was funny too.
When she meets the boy, next to the cherry blossom tree ,she acts as if she is ten times bigger than him but he is the giant!

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My review for The Dangerous Discoveries of Gully Potchard. By Julia Lee.

An exciting adventure set in Victorian times.There are lots of twists and turns in the plots and many interesting characters,even ones with "psychic powers !" 

A great story,I enjoyed every word!

Gulliver Potchard lives with his Aunt,Uncle and cousins in a small terraced house in the south of England.
His mother travels the world working , taking children to and from boarding schools and so he is left in the care of his Aunty Hetty.


Gully gets mixed up with a rough gang of boys who he knew at school.It is because of them that he gets sacked from his job as errand boy at Janners' Printers.
Dogs go missing and are held captive by the gang , who plan to ransom them.
Gully helps to return one dog to its rightful owner and he enlists the help of his cousin Whitby to help reunite another dog with its famous owner too.But this is only the beginning !


He tries to escape the gang before they discover what he has done.So he travels to the Isle of Wight to visit his Uncle ABC .

On his last delivery job he meets Agnes Glass , who spends her time in an attic schoolroom in her rich families house.Her cat has gone missing and he helps her to design flyers,to be printed at Janners' Printers.He touches some of Oscar the cats fur,left on his bed ,and has strange visions of how the cat is feeling and its surroundings.


Agnes has poor health and wears a built up shoe.Her mother sends her to The Isle of Wight to stay with her older sister Charlotte and her family.Her mother tells her it's because she looks paler than usual and that it will do her good to have a break from her studies.

Her older brother Randolf is in trouble with depts and Agnes thinks that that is the reason she is sent away.Will Gully and Agnes meet again on the island?

I really enjoyed reading it and could not predict the ending.


 Both boys and girls would enjoy this book.
Suitable for age 9+ 
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