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.

This is my review for lovereading4kids

At the moment i am waiting for a book from lovereading4kids.co.uk Scarlet and ivy the lost twin By Sophie Clevery

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.


My review is for lovereading4kids.co.uk