Here are a few titles for newly independent and more fluent readers which will suit Halloween-themed reading. Arthur and the Witch Johanne Mercier (text) & Clare Elsom (illustrations) Arthur et la sorcière de bout du lac, translated by Daniel Hahn (Phoenix Yard) When Arthur find a secret hoard of blueberries at Picket Lake, he decides to …
Jackson Pearce(Hodder Children’s Books) When they were children , Gretchen’s identical twin sister was snatched while they and older brother Ansel were walking in the forest. Nobody knows what happened to her, but Gretchen vividly remembers being hunted by something big with yellow eyes and has always assumed it was the witch that, according to legend, lived around …
Cassandra Clare(Walker Books) Please be aware that there are some spoilers in this review!City of Fallen Angels picks up six weeks after the end of City of Glass and the Mortal War that saw the demise of Valentine. Everybody is back in New York, apart from Alec and Magnus who are on the romantic tour …
Jennifer Lynn Barnes(Quercus) Bryn was, literally, raised by wolves … well, werewolves, not the Remus and Romolus kind. After her parents were savagely murdered by a rabid werewolf when she was four, she was rescued by Callum, werewolf himself and alpha of his pack and taken to live with them. And so she has done for …
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, …
