Will Shingleton’s book about the suggestion of subversive dealings in a college football team reads like a gripping Netflix documentary
Author Archives: scuffedgranny
Poetic Justice – A Short Story by Rachel Deeming
Poetic Justice by Rachel Deeming – Dorothy Walters relives her uneasy friendship and rivalry with Emily Ryder who has recently passed away
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith – An interesting book which discusses the evolution of intelligence and focuses on how this manifests itself in the octopus
The Flying Man by Etienne Bijnens
A beautifully and intelligently composed novel about loss, regret and guilt interspersed with philosophical leanings and literary suggestion
The Lost and Found Journal of Me: A Year in the Life of the Awesomest Girl Who Ever Lived (January-June) by J.C. Dublin
A wonderfully reflective tool, which provides historical and factual information as a springboard for your girls to think and record ideas
Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen
Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen: A book about growing up; about sisters; about the characters in a neighbourhood, all framed around some mysterious murders.
The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff
A wartime tale of rescue, redemption and resistance set in the world of the travelling circus
Funny Little Birds – A Short Story by Rachel Deeming
Julie loves her Nan, Marjory who in turn loves those “funny little birds” but can never remember what they are called. When Julie tries to prompt her nan into reminiscing, she gets more than she bargained for.
Old Baggage by Lissa Evans
Mattie Simpkin is a wonderful heroine with verve and drive and a willingness to ensure that young women of the early twentieth century know that they can achieve much – if they only know how to push.
Kaleb the Brave by Adam McCoy
Adam McCoy’s brightly illustrated chapter book about a boy trying to conquer the fears of his overactive imagination has a positive message
