I love a good fantasy. Especially when there is a cast of characters like in Evernight. The characters are loveable and believable even though they live in a fantasy land. Their plights are equally believable: Lara: an orphan forced to look for hidden gems in the sewers to make her money, Joe: a young boy who just wants to look after his ageing Granny, Double Eight: a white witch who knows that there is more to life than servitude... It is a coming of age story with courage, bravery and finally finding your place in the world. The story is quite dark (excuse the pun) in places with vivid and scary imagery. This book is not for the the faint of heart! For fans of Abi Elphinstone without a doubt! To find out more about Ross, follow him on Twitter here If you'd like a copy of Evernight, why not support a local bookshop and get your copy here
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Midnight’s Twins is a fantastic debut novel that takes you into the fantasy world of Anwnn—a dreamer's world that mirrors reality. Fern and Ollie join a magical order of knights who fight to keep people safe from nightmares; but reality and the dream world blur, and while Fern and Ollie repair their fractured relationship, they also unpick their dead mother’s life and how it impacts their future and survival. Midnight’s Twins is a book that’s packed with emotion, struggle and friendship. It’s beautifully written and easy to escape into. A definite recommendation for lovers of YA fantasy. Imagine you are about to embark on the final school trip of your Year 6 time. You are excited to be going to secondary school but you have the reputation for being the bad boy who always gets into trouble and whose attendance record is not great. This is Lance. He has friends but has many secrets to hide and they would have stayed hidden if they hadn't all gone to Crater Lake. Crater Lake is a new activity centre in the middle of nowhere. The children are expecting a few days of adventure and team work... And they get that but just quite in the way they first thought! This book has a super-quick pace which reflects all of the action. The characters are really loveable and believeable (and I'm pretty certain I have met most of them in my time working in schools). The main themes are that of friendship, resilience and not judging a book by its cover. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves adventure, the unexpected and things that go bump in the night! |
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