The Clockwork Crow

The Clockwork Crow

The Clockwork Crow Catherine Fisher Set in Victorian Britain, Seren Rhys is an orphan being sent to live with her Godfather in a remote house in Wales.  It is late and cold and while waiting for her train she seeks refuge in the station waiting room.  There a visible...
The Missing Barbegazi

The Missing Barbegazi

The Missing Barbegazi  By H S Norup Tessa believes that barbegazi exist and has absorbed all the details from her late grandfather’s stories about seeing them .  Her family and her friends are however more inclined to dismiss him as a confused old man....
A Good Day for Climbing Trees

A Good Day for Climbing Trees

A Good Day for Climbing Trees Jaco Jacobs Translated by Kobus Geldenhuys Illustrated by Jim Tierney Marnus is the middle one of three brothers.  His older brother, Donovan, is a successful rugby player and swimmer and is busing giving girls kissing lessons; while his...
Beyond the Bright Sea

Beyond the Bright Sea

Beyond the Bright Sea Lauren Wolk All Crow knows is that she was washed up on a remote island as a baby.  Taken in by the reclusive Osh and watched over by Miss Maggie, Crow grows to love the sea, stars and simple pleasures of island life.  One day however she sees a...
Where the World Ends

Where the World Ends

Where the World Ends Geraldine McCaughrean Inspired by the bleak islands of St Kilda and the true story of a group who were stranded on one of its stone stacks for nine months, the book is set in an environment that is hard to comprehend in terms of its harshness and...