Book Reviews and recommendations
by Philip Pullman This book series is one of the best I have ever read. Full of adventure, magic and fantasy, it uncovers parts of one’s imagination you’ve never dreamed of. When I finished the series, I felt so upset it had ended because I wanted it to go on for worlds as it does …
Continue reading “His Dark Materials (Northern Lights, Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass)”
How could I forget the magical HP series? It’s a crime! Harry Potter is a book on a level only reached once in a blue moon. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Living with the Dursleys at No. 4, Privet Drive, Harry is trapped and miserable. His aunt and uncle are the biggest Muggles you’ll …
When Matt Barker drops a bomb on the Truth Game at school, nobody believes him. Nobody except Jazzy. Matt says that he saw a fairy and took it home in a bag. Already unpopular with his classmates, this claim lowers their opinion of him even further. Matt and Jazzy must team up against the ‘popular’ …
The Blood Guard is a story about a boy called Evelyn Ronan Truelove. Or just Ronan, because most boys don’t want to be called Evelyn Truelove. His mum is part of a secret society called the Blood Guard, and no, they don’t guard blood, they guard the thirty-six Pures. A Pure makes the world a …
Lirael, an outsider since the moment she was born, her pale skin, dark eyes and darker hair marking her in stark contrast to all the other Clayr, with their blonde hair, tanned skin and green eyes. The Clayr, a tribe who live in the Old Kingdom, in the Glacier, where they See the future, mark …
Continue reading “Lirael, by Garth Nix (2nd in the Old Kingdom series)”
Zelie Adebola is one of the maji in a pre-colonial version of Nigeria, called Orisha. Maji are the few people left with the ability to perform magic. They were once worshipped by all but now anyone seen performing magic is killed and the maji, easily recognisable by their white hair, are treated like mud. When …
Continue reading “Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi”
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