February 2025 In 2022, I had the privledge of hosting Dan Smith on my blog with a guest post about the fourth book in his Crooked Oak series, The Terror at Hilltop House. I remember Dan sharing his love of creepy stories when he was younger and how that inspired his writing. Well, that inspiration… Continue reading The Deadsoul Project by Dan Smith
AdelAide Just Wants to Help is the second in a set of three standalone tech thrillers for age 11+. Published by Barrington Stoke, these scarily realistic stories are super accessible for teen readers (reading age 8+) with font, page tint and vocabulary that ease reading rather than distracting from the high-quality adventure. These stories are… Continue reading AdelAide Just Wants To Help by Melinda Salisbury
The Ghosts of Mars is a fantastic science-fiction adventure for every young reader who has ever wondered what it would be like to live on Mars. Action-packed with incredibly high stakes, it takes Eva (the first person to be born on Mars) and her band of faithful friends on a quest full of technology, danger and… Continue reading Ghosts of Mars: The Adventures of Eva Knight by Stuart White ~ Blog Tour
Fyn Carter and the Agents of Eromlos is the exciting sci-fi debut by Ian Hunter. Readers age 9+ will be carried away into this multiverse adventure with 12-year-old Fyn and his confident, intelligent friend, Amy. With scientists for parents, this pair are used to big expeditions and logical explanations but when Fyn receives a strange,… Continue reading Fyn Carter and the Agents of Eromlos by Ian Hunter ~ Blog Tour
The Creatures of Killburn Mine is the fifth book in the deliciously creepy Crooked Oak science fiction series for readers age 9+. After battling with strange pods at a fracking site, a terrifying beast on school residential, a forest full of spiders, and carniverous plants, the gang are facing their next adversary. There's no end… Continue reading The Creatures of Killburn Mine by Dan Smith
An Alien Stole My Planet is absolutey bursting with personality and fun! The chatty style and imaginative inventions will engage young readers from beginning to end! Allen Fatimaharan's fabulous illustrations break up the text bringing even more life to the story. Esha Verma is a genius inventor. More than anything, she wants to win the… Continue reading An Alien Stole My Planet by Pooja Puri & illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan ~ Blog Tour
"Children's stories are where truth lies." The Brightstorm series means so much to our family with its thoughtful portrayal of boy/girl twins. We loved Firesong but were very sad when it came to an end (there may have been a tear or two shed). So when we heard The Brightstorm Chronicles would be continuing, we… Continue reading Serpent of the Sands by Vashti Hardy
Twelve-year-old Elsbeth has an extraordinary power: she can travel to parallel worlds and bring objects back with her. With her mother's failing antique shop growing dustier by the day, the trinkets that Elsbeth steals from these worlds seem like they might be the answer to all of their worries. But as bizarre weather events begin… Continue reading The Nowhere Thief by Alice M. Ross
February 2023 The Ghosts of Mars is a fantastic science-fiction adventure for every young reader who has ever wondered what it would be like to live on Mars. Action-packed with incredibly high stakes, it takes Eva (the first person to be born on Mars) and her band of faithful friends on a quest full of… Continue reading Ghosts of Mars: The Adventures of Eva Knight by Stuart White
January 2023 What could be better for my final review of 2022 than the third book in Vashti Hardy's brilliant Harley Hitch series?! This young adventurer is back with her robo-dog Sprocket and they're ready for anything! She's as determined as ever to win the coveted school prize - Pupil of the Term. Excitement builds… Continue reading Harley Hitch and the Fossil Mystery by Vashti Hardy & illustrated by George Ermos
Scope for Imagination 