Scuffed Granny Reviews – Page 12

Dear Mrs Bird by A. J. Pearce

A nice novel about Emmy Lake, a young woman in the London Blitz, who decides to answer letters for an agony aunt who finds them Unacceptable

A great children’s book but more than that, a great story book, about Feo and her wolves, and fighting the enemy intent on her destruction

The story of Sam and Sadie principally, and a friendship that endures rifts and crises, set in the world of computer programming and gaming

A glimpse into ancient Britain told through the eyes of Luca, whose story is one of family, rivalry, relics, roots and war.

Not so much a book as an essay in book form, this little hardback is a treatise on why children’s books should be read by adults too.

Dorothea visits female prisoners condemned to death, but when she meets Ruth Butterham, she is told a story of murder which is beyond belief

A book for our times, where the traditional roles and perceptions of women are discussed through the lives of Tara, Cam and Stella

The subject of death is discussed with sensitivity by Sue Black, within the context of her work but also as a human being

The fictionalised true story of Lale Sokolov, the tattooist of Auschwitz – a tale of human survival and the will to endure, as well as love

A coming-of-age book about a boy with extraordinary abilities who embarks on a quest to find his father when he disappears