Barry Hutchison
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The Dead of Winter by Chris Priestley
Young Michael Vyner has lost both his parents – his father to war, his mother to illness. As an orphan in the Victorian era, Michael has a…
Posted 8/03/2012 in Reviews
The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Palace of the Damned by Darren Shan
Let’s be quite clear here – as a horror author, part of me wanted to hate this. Darren Shan has been considered the master of children’s and…
Posted 3/11/2011 in Reviews
The Story of Britain by Patrick Dillon
I was never any good at history in school. I wasn’t much good at geography, French, science or maths for that matter, but when it came to…
Posted 1/12/2010 in Reviews
Dawn of the Demontide by William Hussey
Very few young adult books open with a detailed account of a child having his throat slit. This one does, and things only get worse (or…
Posted 1/06/2010 in Reviews
