Non Pratt (Walker Books) Didn’t get a Glastonbury ticket this year? Missing the festival atmosphere? You can nonetheless experience camping, first-aid tents, burger vans, cocky rockstars and even manky festival toilets in Non Pratt’s new book Remix. Kaz and Ruby have been best friends since the first day of secondary school. Ruby is as loud as …
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Linger
Maggie Stiefvater(Scholastic) Linger picks up right after the end of Shiver. Sam has been “cured” from turning into a wolf and now lives hidden in Grace’s bedroom, unbeknown to her mostly absentee parents. He is adjusting to the life as “just Sam” and is missing his family, who are still all out in the wilderness, …
The Sky is Everywhere
Jandy Nelson(Walker Books) Lennie’s world is shattered, her life broken into little pieces ever since the day her older sister died, and she does not know how to glue it back together. Nothing feels right: she can’t share her grief with her grandmother or her uncle (both of whom she lives with), she doesn’t know …
Penguin @ the Egg, Bath
Yesterday we were lucky enough to go and see Penguin, the stage adaptation of Polly Dunbar’s wonderful story. Produced by Long Nose Puppets, in which Polly Dunbar is involved, the show brings to life the story of Ben and his new friend with the help of the most gorgeous puppets. There is some fantastic music (CDs are on sale …