Natasha Mac a’Bháird

Homecoming by Michael Morpurgo
The latest book from the ever popular Michael Morpurgo is inspired by events from his own childhood in a quaint English seaside village. The…
Posted 10/05/2013 in Reviews

Lemonade Sky by Jean Ure
Ruby is used to her mother’s huge mood swings, from dark days where she doesn’t get out of bed, to hyperactive happy days when everything is…
Posted 15/01/2013 in Reviews

The Great Cat Conspiracy by Katy Davies
 

Ace detectives Anna, her little brother Tom and best friend Suzanne are back, and this time they are faced with a feline caper. In fact… a…
Posted 19/04/2012 in Reviews

The Stranger by Sarah Singleton
 

In the first book in this series, The Island, friends Charlotte, Otto and Jen were caught up in a murder mystery during their gap year in…
Posted 6/03/2012 in Reviews

Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain Machine by Anna Kemp
In a scenario reminiscent of Roald Dahl’s Matilda, the unfortunate Frankie Blewitt is the son of mean and nasty parents, who burn his toys and…
Posted 16/04/2011 in Reviews

Ella Moves House by Angela Hassall
Hassall’s charming story will appeal to those who have just started reading, and is also ideal for reading together. It concerns a little…
Posted 1/12/2010 in Reviews

Ask Amy Green: Bridesmaid Blitz by Sarah Webb
The third adventure for Amy Green and her teenage aunt Clover sees them plotting an exciting trip to Paris in search of bridesmaid dresses for…
Posted 1/09/2010 in Reviews

Johnny Swanson by Eleanor Updale
The year is 1929, and 11-year-old Johnny Swanson needs to come up with a way to make some money – fast. His newspaper round helps, but with…
Posted 1/06/2010 in Reviews

How to Get Married by Me, the Bride by Sally Lloyd-Jones
From the author and illustrator of the bestselling How to Be a Baby, by Me, the Big Sister comes this delightful new guide to getting married.…
Posted 1/04/2010 in Reviews

MirrorStorm by Mike Wilks
This is the second book in the trilogy about the Mirrorscape, a fantasy world where you can step into the world depicted in a painting.…
Posted 1/12/2009 in Reviews

Bad, Bad Darlings by Sam Llewellyn
In this second book about the Darling children – expert nannies and burglars – the family are sailing off for a life of luxury in Florida,…
Posted 1/07/2005 in Reviews

Making Sense by Nadia Marks
This is the simple but engaging story of a Greek Cypriot girl who moves to London with her family. Ioulia is only 14 when she is uprooted from…
Posted 1/05/2004 in Reviews

The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein
A New England boarding school in the 1960s: the pupils have crushes on teachers, sneak into each other’s rooms at night, gossip about the…
Posted 1/05/2004 in Reviews

Stoner and Spaz by Ron Koertge
What would happen if a boy with cerebral palsy and a great sense of humour became friends with a girl with a drug addiction? When this…
Posted 1/04/2003 in Reviews

Blister by Susan Shreve
Alyssa Reed is an ordinary 10-year-old girl looking forward to the birth of her baby sister. Her parents and grandmother Daisy G. hope that…
Posted 1/04/2003 in Reviews

Spoofer Rooney by Jonathan Kebbe
Twelve-year-old Michael Rooney, more commonly known as Hopper or Spoofer, is left alone when his father goes into hospital with a mystery…
Posted 1/12/2002 in Reviews

Mark Two by Jeanne Willis
This is a very odd but rather amusing little tale about Gary Whitaker and his best mate Mark Burgess as they enter the difficult teenage…
Posted 1/12/2002 in Reviews

The Firing by Richard McSween
After two years living in the sleepy little village of Whin, Anna still feels like an outsider. She longs to return to the hustle and bustle…
Posted 1/12/2002 in Reviews

Love and Other F**R Letter Words by Carolyn Mackler
Being 16 years old and having a best friend who is taller, thinner and prettier is hard enough. But when Sammie’s parents decide to separate,…
Posted 1/06/2002 in Reviews

Merlin, Movies and Lucy Something by John Farman
Sixteen-year-old Joe Derby has a girlfriend – a little more than he bargained for when he snogged a pretty girl at a party. Lucy (whose…
Posted 1/06/2002 in Reviews