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Tag: YA fiction

Review of ‘The Last of the Sky Pirates’ by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

13/06/2021 nsford Leave a comment

The 5th novel in the fantastic Edge Chronicles, this is a coming-of-age story introducing a new protagonist, Rook Barkwater. It’s…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Chris Riddell, fantasy, Paul Stewart, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘The Curse of the Gloamglozer’ by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

13/05/2021 nsford 4 Comments

‘Far, far away, jutting out into the emptiness beyond, like the figurehead of a mighty stone ship, is the Edge.’…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Chris Riddell, fantasy, Paul Stewart, reviews, YA fiction

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘The Last Vampire’ by Christopher Pike

01/05/2021 nsford 4 Comments

I used to really like vampire stories. I’m not keen on vampires at all now, although last year I watched…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Christopher Pike, reading, YA fiction

Review of ‘Black Light Express’ by Philip Reeve

07/04/2021 nsford 5 Comments

Following on from the fantastic Railhead, this book is even more imaginative and action-packed. The trilogy is completed by Station…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Philip Reeve, reading, reviews, science fiction, YA fiction

Review of ‘Midnight Over Sanctaphrax’ by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

23/03/2021 nsford Leave a comment

‘Far out in open sky, a ferocious storm is brewing. In its path is Sanctaphrax – a magnificent city built…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Chris Riddell, fantasy, Paul Stewart, reviews, YA fiction

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants’ by Ann Brashares

01/03/2021 nsford 8 Comments

‘Pants’ are what we Brits call underwear for one’s bottom half. The concept of this book, in which 4 teenage…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Ann Brashares, books, reading, YA fiction

Film of the book: ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ (2016)

09/02/2021 nsford 2 Comments

I had mixed feelings when I read Ransom Riggs’ book but I was interested to see what Tim Burton did…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, fiction, films, Ransom Riggs, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘Stormchaser’ by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

07/02/2021 nsford 2 Comments

The sequel to Beyond the Deepwoods and the second published book in the Edge Chronicles series, Stormchaser is very exciting…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, Chris Riddell, fantasy, Paul Stewart, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘The Speed of the Dark’ by Alex Shearer

13/01/2021 nsford 4 Comments

This intriguing and haunting novel deserves to be better known. I’ve now read it four times and still consider it…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Alex Shearer, books, reviews, YA fiction

Who will you invite to your fictional party?

11/01/2021 nsford 20 Comments

I’m having a party! Not a real one, obviously. Fictional characters only. The venue is Doctor Who’s TARDIS (it’s bigger…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Random, Reading Filed under: books, children's fiction, fiction, films, random, reading, TV, YA fiction

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