MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT- READ AT YOUR OWN RISK Jennie, by Paul Gallico starts out how any normal kids' novel would start...with a young child getting hit by a car while he was crossing the road to see a cat... Yup. Very normal. After young Peter gets whack-a-mole’d by a car, he wakes up to find... Continue Reading →
The Witch’s Boy, A Review By Abeer
For all of you who have read and loved ‘The Girl Who Drank The Moon’, I invite you to read yet another gripping novel by the one and only Kelly Barnhill.
Amal Unbound, review by Kabir
Amal has everything she wants. That is, until, she doesn't. Read all about her inspiring story as she battles gender stereotypes and rumours, braves beatings, but never, ever, lets go of her dreams.
Where The World Ends, review by Kabir
Geraldine McCaughrean A party of nine kids and three adults are put on a remote sea stac, the Warrior Stac, for fowling, birds being the main income and food source back on their home in Hirta, Scotland. This tradition is followed every year, and the fowlers stay on the stac for about three weeks. But... Continue Reading →
Esperanza Rising, review by Kabir
After a terrible accident, Esperanza must find a way to escape Mexico. Is her life better in the states? Can she adapt? Find out here.
The Wild Robot, review by Kabir
When Rozzum unit 7134 crashes on the beaches of a remote island, she is the only functioning survivor. The only others like her were lying in pieces on the shores. She has no recollection of where or why she is there, only that she must stay alive...
The Line Tender, review by Abeer
Lucy's mom was a marine biologist before she died, and Lucy wants to learn more about her mother's past. Lucy finds jaw dropping secrets about her mother. When a great white shark goes missing right off the harbour it is up to her to find out how.
The Great Hibernation, review by Kabir
Imagine if all the adults fell asleep- and the kids were supposed to handle the town! This is a book about Science, power, trickery, corruption, conspiracies and friends. Read on!
Diving in Goa – travel blog by Abeer, part 2
So where had we left off? Ohhh, right. Well, I felt the cold wash into my suit. I was suddenly having a hard time keeping my secondary regulator ( mouthpiece for breathing) in my mouth. I felt myself descending and I kept trying hard to regulate the pressure in my ears by holding my nose and... Continue Reading →
Because of Mr Terupt by Rob Buyea, Review by Kabir
Mr Terupt is just another one of those over-kind, super cool and fun rookie teachers. But he has done much more for his class than they realise. One day he takes the children out to play in the snow. But Peter gets agitated, and throws a badly aimed ice-ball at Dannielle- only to miss and... Continue Reading →