If you are an adult reader of children’s literature, you will undoubtedly be used to snarky comments about why you are still reading “kids’ books”. I am not sure anyone has yet forgiven Martin Amis for his comments on writing children’s literature either: that having an audience in mind inevitably brings limitations and that “fiction is …
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Prisoner of the Inquisition
Theresa Breslin (Random House Children’s Books) When young Zarita makes exaggerated accusations against a beggar to her Magistrate father, she cannot foresee that the catastrophic consequences will not only be instant but that they will also resonate for years to come. Her life is changed for ever, and so is the life of the beggar’s son, Saulo, …
The Eternal Ones
Karen Miller(Puffin) Love really is forever in this new supernatural teen novel. Haven is sixteen and has always had visions, visions about herself as a young lady called Constance Whitman and about her lover, a handsome young man named Ethan. She knows everything about New York, despite the fact that she has never stepped foot …