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The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

It’s before the First World War, but tensions with the Germans are already high. A fairly ordinary man, called Richard Hannay, returns to London, but promptly gets bored of life. It all gets exciting, though, when a man who is assumed dead turns up in his flat and then gets properly murdered. Richard, not wantingContinue reading “The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan”

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis

Four children get sent away during the Second World War to a massive, rambling old house. There they find their way into a magic, snow-bound land of Narnia. Here they meet two beavers who take them to Aslan’s How. Aslan is the fabled prince from over the sea. On the way, it becomes a race;Continue reading “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis”

Escape from Mr Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein

There’s a rambunctious gentleman back in Ohio – Mr Lemoncello! He’s returned to bring fun games to his new library and aims to get all the kids into reading again. He hosts an essay competition at the local middle school to pick some kids to compete in his crazy, bonkers library lock-in to launch theContinue reading “Escape from Mr Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein”

Redwall – Mossflower by Brian Jacques

The woods of Mossflower are being ruled by the wildcats of Kotir. The animals are all starving, being forced to work long hours on very little food and water, until brave young Martin the Mouse arrives. Working together, Martin, Gonff and the others, take down the wildcats. By the end of the book they haveContinue reading “Redwall – Mossflower by Brian Jacques”

Ruby Redfort – Look Into My Eyes by Lauren Child

Ruby Redfort is a teenage girl who has trained herself to be very observant. She can make and crack codes even college professors can’t break. One day she gets invited (after following a trail of clues most of us wouldn’t even have realised existed) to work for Spectrum, a top secret spy organisation. It’s soContinue reading “Ruby Redfort – Look Into My Eyes by Lauren Child”

Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

You will have to read a couple in advance if you’re not familiar with the stories, but there are quite a few suitable for family entertainment in my opinion. It’s been a tradition, in our family, to read a Sherlock Holmes story on Twelfth Night around the Christmas tree every year since I can remember.Continue reading “Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”