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Sunday Times Children's Book Of The Week
The Deep by Helen Dunmore
Reviews: May 2007 Archives
Sunday Times Children's Book Of The Week
Small Billy and the Midnight Star by Nette Hilton and Bruce Whatley
Since the recent redesign of The Times website, linking to children's book reviews has become more difficult. The latest children's books reviews are not being consistently listed in the reviews summary. A search for 'Nicolette Jones' normally locates the Book of the Week url, but is currently returning '0 results', as is a search for the 'Small Billy'. Previously, the Children's Book of the Week slot was always included in the full reviews listing.
If anyone knows of a better way to navigate through the new system, do let me know!
Have now find the direct link: Here it is...
Ahoy there, me ’earties-Arts & Entertainment-Books-Children-TimesOnline
In a review of half a dozen titles, Amanda Craig advises caution when selecting Pirates reading:
although some are treasures, not all are laden with pieces of eight...
Review: Rift by Beverly Birch | Review | Guardian Unlimited Books
An admiring review of Rift by Bevelrly Birch. Marcus Sedgwick likes the way she "present(s) a strong and simple idea and do(es)n't hang about":
This is an intelligent piece of writing, one which brought back happy memories of Peter Dickinson's superb archaeological adventure A Bone from a Dry Sea. Birch, with the humility of a confident writer, pays her dues: she references Picnic at Hanging Rock at an appropriate moment, showing us that just because an idea has been explored once before does not mean it cannot also be taken in other, equally interesting directions.
Children’s book of the week-Arts & Entertainment-Books-TimesOnline
Sunday Times Children's Book Of The Week
The Wave Runners by Kai Meyer tran. Anthea Bell
The book ends on a cliffhanger that is in no way a conclusion, the tone is deliberately inconsistent and episodes unfold with a certain formlessness, but any Captain Jack fan already seduced by adventure on the high seas will enjoy this drama of cannon fire, magic spells and tongue-in-cheek dialogue. NICOLETTE JONES
After the flood | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books
Mary Hoffman reviews Zenith by Julie Bertagna
Readers will be avid for the final book. While they wait, till next year, they can ponder the little next-generation vignettes that form an epilogue to Zenith. All may not be quite as it seems.
Children’s book of the week-Arts & Entertainment-Books-TimesOnline
Sunday Times Children's Book Of The Week
Verdigris Deep by Brances Hardynge
Nicolette Jones salutes 'genius':
What makes this book really remarkable... is the word-by-word, phrase-by-phrase, writerly care in finding the mot juste, the perfect metaphor, striking image, or resonant nuance. A woman looks at a child “absently as if to see whether she had been delivered the right package”; the feeling of being watched is like “dead leaves down the back of your jumper”; supermarket trolleys have “far too much body language for objects with no heads or limbs”. Genius.
Among the unbrellas | Review | Guardian Unlimited Books
Josh Lacey finds Un Lun Dun by China Mieville fun but lacking in characterisation:
for science-fiction fans who don't mind the lack of characterisation, Un Lun Dun should provide lots of fun.
