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Read a series – The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle by Catherine Webb
Looking for something a little bit Historical with a pinch of Steampunk, some detecting and a lot of daring adventure? Try the Horatio Lyle books by Catherine Webb, a series of books with real explosive force!
The Bank of England robbed! Murder on the streets of London! Hypnotism! Mystery! Pursuit! Saint Paul’s Cathedral ablaze!
Horatio Lyle is a former Special Constable with a passion for science and invention. He’s also an occasional sleuth. Thrown together with Tess (a reformed pickpocket) and Thomas (a rebellious young gentleman), Lyle and his faithful hound Tate find themselves pursuing an ancient Chinese plate, a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of polite society and a dangerous enemy who may not even be human…
The Horatio Lyle books can be found in the junior fiction section of the library. Ask one of the Library Team if you need help to find them.
Mortal Chaos by Matt Dickinson – Book of the Week
This week’s Book of the Week features an exciting adventure by Matt Dickinson, about how the beat of a butterfly wing can change the world… Mortal Chaos is the first part of a trilogy.
One beat of a butterfly’s wings is all it takes. One beat that will change lives. One beat that will end lives.
Jamie and Will (Sauncy Wood, Wiltshire) bunking off school to go hunting.
Kuni (North Face of Everest) trapped in an icy crevasse.
Bakili (Malawi, Africa) under attack from bloodthirsty baboons.
Tina (6,000 feet above Heathrow) piloting flight 492 to Moscow.
For them and many others, things will never be the same again.
Some will live. Many will die. All are connected.
Deep Oblivion and Speed Freaks, the second and third books of the trilogy, are also available in the library.
Display – Climb Every Mountain!
I have been reading Nan Shepherd’s book The Living Mountain, which is a beautifully written, poetic book about the Cairngorm Mountains. It inspired me to make a display of books about mountains, climbing and adventure – fiction, non fiction and biography.
Enjoy!
The Adventures of John Blake by Philip Pullman and Fred Fordham – Book of the Week
Far out at sea, and hidden by the fog of time, sails the Mary Alice and her crew – searching for a way home.
But the mysterious ship is being hunted by a villain who will go to ANY lengths to track her down…
When a storm hits a small family yacht throwing a young girl overboard, John Blake dives in to save her and brings her aboard the so-called ghost ship. But trying to return her to her own time means going back to the one place where they run the greatest risk of being completely annihilated.
Cogheart by Peter Bunzl – Book of the Week
This week’s featured book is a fantastic Victorian steampunk adventure, with a fearless heroine and a clockwork fox called Malkin. I absolutely loved it!
Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat.
Lily’s life is in mortal peril. Her father is missing and now silver-eyed men stalk her through the shadows. What could they want from her?
With her friends – Robert, the clockmaker’s son, and Malkin, her mechanical fox – Lily is plunged into a murky and menacing world. Too soon Lily realizes that those she holds dear may be the very ones to break her heart…
Murder, mayhem and mystery meet in this gripping Victorian adventure.
If you click on the book cover the link will take you to Peter Bunzl’s official website where there are lots of freebies, including how to write your own Penny Dreadful and how to make a Zoetrope (which is an early form of animation) and free gifs, including this running fox gif, (which I really like and may have to permanently post on the blog sidebar). Have a look!
New Books in the Library – Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
I suppose if you’d asked me before, I’d have said a time machine might look something like a submarine? Or perhaps a space rocket.
Instead. I’m looking at a laptop and a tin tub from a garden centre.
This is my dad’s time machine.
And it’s about to change the world.
Well, mine, at any rate”
Al Chaudhury has a chance to save his dad’s life – but to do it he must travel to 1984…
Blurb and cover art taken from publisher’s website, HarperCollins Publishing.
Day 13 of the Library Advent Calendar
And now we come to Day 13 and the place where it is always Winter but never Christmas…
They opened a door and entered a world–Narnia–the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Lucy is the first to stumble through the back of the enormous wardrobe in the professor’s mysterious old country house, discovering the magic world beyond. At first, no one believes her. But soon Edmund, Peter and Susan, too, discover the magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. And in the blink of an eye, they are changed forever.
The Whispers Of Wilderwood Hall by Karen McCombie – Book Review
I thought The Whispers Of Wilderwood Hall was really good, however it didn’t surprise me that much with the ending which was particularly predictable. All in All it wasn`t a bad book and it was a really nice story about learning to cope with change.
The Girl of Ink and Stars, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Five Star Review
★ The Floating Island – Joya once was a floating island, going wherever the sea currents and winds took it. What a fabulous idea. Imagine waking up to mountains one day and deserts the next.
★ The Mythology – The island myth of Arinta, the warrior girl and the fire demon Yote is a story within a story.
★ The Friendships – It’s an unlikely set of friendships between Lupe and Isabella, and Isabella and Pablo, but it works simply because they are so different.
★ The Cartography – Maps tell their own story, and the ones in this book have secrets too.
★ The Look – I’m a sucker for a beautiful book, and this one is lovely with artwork edging every page, gorgeous maps and very white, fine paper. It makes you feel good just to be holding it.