Writers Write Book Review

by William Steig (Penguin) ISBN 978-0-141-37471-0 The cover states that it was the book that inspired the movies and the musical. I doubt it. From

by Sam Watkins illustrated by Vicky Barker (Egmont UK Ltd) ISBN: 978-1-4052-8423-3 Darcy Dolphin Is A Little Bit Magic! is the “crabulous” diary of young Darcy.

MAD by Chloé Esposito (Michael Joseph) ISBN 978-0-718-18570-1 This novel is every bit as mad as the title suggests. Identical twins Elizabeth and Alvina couldn’t

by Leo Lionni (Jacana Media) ISBN: 9781431424504 Swimmy lives in the corner of the sea somewhere with his brothers and sisters. While they are all

by Leo Lionni (Jacana Media) ISBN: 9781431424559 Frederick the mouse lives with a bunch of other mice, in an old stonewall. With winter on its

The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Stories by Lee Child (Bantam) ISBN 9780593079027 Jack Reacher, the inscrutable lone wolf of Lee Child’s iconic series, is part

by Rachel Rhys (Doubleday) ISBN: 978-0857524706 In 2015 Rachel Rhys discovered a memoir written by a late friend of her mother’s on a bookshelf. The

by Christina Baker Kline (Borough Press) ISBN: 9780008220075 A Piece Of The World is based on the life of Christina Olson, a character in Andrew

by Amy Engel (Hodder and Stoughton) ISBN: 9781473648395 Fifteen year old Lane goes to live with her unknown grandparents following the unfortunate death of her

by C.M. Elliott (Jacana) ISBN: 9781431402632 If you have not yet met Detective Jabulani Sibanda and his trusty sidekick Sergeant Thadeus Ncube, this book is