Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Connie’s Dad went to buy her a cup of hot chocolate at the airport cafe. Eight years later, he still hasn’t come back. Despite loving her foster-mum, Connie is desperate to track down her dad and find out what happened to him; why would he leaver her? When a mysterious letter appears, she…

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ramya Knox has been told all her life she’s different, and been made to feel that way, too. Both at school and home, no-one seems to expect much from her, but it’s these differences, however, which will make it only her that can see the magic surrounding Edingburgh. Ramya can see through the…

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Leigh Harker has always found her home to be a sanctuary. It is there that she feels safest, and after living there for a decade she has felt comfortable with her neighbourhood. Then, one day, things change abruptly. Curtains open on their own, radios turn on and off, and a sense of overwhelms…

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Years ago, the emperor used dark magic to steal all the colour from the world – there is nothing but grey for people to exist in…except for the emperor himself. One day, when nearly all the world has forgotten what life was like in colour, a miracle baby is born. Everything the baby touches…

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ben is moving to a new town, and starting a new school. But, when the bully is in his head, how can he escape the things it asks him to do even when he has a new chapter of his life to look forward to? Sometimes, it makes him count to 4 to…

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cleo has given up on receiving invites from her classmates, or being able to discuss the latest gossip from the school disco that everyone in her year went to. Ever since she started school, she’s said no to any events outside school. It’s not that she doesn’t want to go, but her mum…

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Having previously read ‘Guard Your Heart’, Sue Divin’s previous book, I was eagerly anticipating the release of this, her second book, ‘Truth Be Told’. Tara has been raised in Derry City, while Faith lives in rural Armagh. When they come face-to-face, they realise they look almost identical and start to question if they’re…

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If you have read Benjamin Dean’s debut children’s book, you will know he writes uplifting stories which give representation to the LGBTQ+ community alongside delivering emotionally charged stories in a way which children can access. The Secret Sunshine Project is no different. When Bea and Riley go to Pride with their parents, they…

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Luma wakes up on her seventh birthday and knows there is a special day awaiting her. What she doesn’t know however, is that she will not only meet a dragon, but a dragon who can talk. Except when he’s around others – then he appears to be a mischievous puppy. It’s a big…

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Today is ‘Tell A Fairy Tale Day’ which is perfectly fitting for this fabulous book: Snowy White. A cool re-telling of a classic fairy tale, this is a brilliant book to modernise Snow White for a new generation. Kingsley is the finest cat in the land, but when Snowy White arrives – a…