A Darkness of Dragons, S.A. Patrick

  Thank you Usborne Publishing for this book in exchange for an honest review   Synopsis: After playing a forbidden spell-song to save a village from rats, 12-year-old piper Patch Brightwater is thrown in jail. But there he meets Wren – a noble girl under a rat-shaped curse – and together they befriend Barver, a...

The Wicker King, K. Ancrum

Thank you Macmillan publishing for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review Synopsis: When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own—a...

White Rabbit Red Wolf, Tom Pollock

White Rabbit Red Wolf Thank you Walker Book for this book in exchange for an honest review.   Synopsis: Peter Blankman is afraid of everything and must confront unimaginable terror when his mother is attacked. Seventeen-year-old Peter Blankman is a maths prodigy. He also suffers from severe panic attacks. Afraid of everything, he finds solace...

The Emerald Sea, Richelle Mead

Thank you Penguin for this book in exchange for an honest review.   Synopsis: Meet Tamsin, the Glittering Court's hard-angled emerald. Her outsized aspirations make her a fierce competitor, rising to the top of the ranks. But when the ship she boards for the New World is tragically lost at sea, she is quite literally...

Aesop the Fox, Suniti Namjoshi

Thank you to Spinifex for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Aesop’s fables are brought to life by the timely intervention of Sprite from the future, who prods Aesop into debate about the meaning of stories: are they for fun, or do they have the chance to change the...

A Thousand Perfect Notes, C. G. Drews

  Synopsis: An emotionally charged story of music, abuse and, ultimately, hope. Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to play hour after hour, day after day. He will never play as she did before illness ended...

Serpent’s Wake: A tale for the Bitten, L. E. Daniels

Thank you Interactive Press for this book in exchange for an honest review Synopsis: After twelve years trapped in the throat of a serpent, a girl escapes. She returns to her village naked with a monstrous snakeskin trailing behind her. One decision at a time, she reclaims her life. Each character she encounters by land...

Akarnae, Lynette Noni

Synopsis: With just one step, sixteen-year-old Alexandra Jennings's world changes—literally. Dreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossibilities. Desperate to return home, she learns that only a man named Professor Marselle can help her......

The Wild Robot, Peter Brown

Synopsis: When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. Why is she there? Where did she come from? And, most important, how will she survive in her harsh surroundings? Roz's only hope is to learn from the island's hostile animal inhabitants. When...

The Mulberry Tree, Allison Rushby

Thank you Walker Books for this book in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Do naught wrong by the mulberry tree, or she'll take your daughters ... one, two, three…. Ten-year-old Immy and her family run away from their storm cloud of problems to a tiny village in Cambridgeshire, England. When they find an adorable...