Recommended Reads from August 2012

Check out the reviews section of our website for the latest recommended reads - from children's fiction to poetry and classic reads we're sure there is something for everyone. We also welcome your reviews too - email them to 'Reviews' at info@bookapoet.co.uk and we'll let you know when we use it!

Below are the titles we recommended during August 2012: http://www.bookapoet.co.uk/book_reviews/book_reviews/august_2012/

‘After’ by Morris Gleitzman (Puffin)

‘Fire Spell’ by Laura Amy Schlitz (Bloomsbury) (Our Featured Title for the month)

‘Cough in Your Shirt, Bert!’ by Sheralee Hill Iglehart / Illustrated by Carol Brolin (Barny Books)

‘Everything Must Go’ by Rosie Garland (Holland Park Press)

‘Nitty Winnie’ by Laura Owens and Korky Paul (Oxford University Press)

‘Party Disaster’ by Sue Limb (Bloomsbury)

‘The Little Grey Men’ by B.B. (Oxford University Press)
‘The Magic of Mammoth Hollow’ by Linda Whatton / Illustrated by David Sharpe (Barny Books)
‘Naughty Kitty’ by Adam Stower (Templar Publishing) 

'The Devil's Creature in the City of the Dead' by R H Stewart (Barny Books)

 

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Our latest read: The Devil's Creature in the City of the Dead

Fancy a horror story this summer? This teen fiction will have your spine tingling! 

'The Devil's Creature in the City of the Dead' - By R H Stewart
Published by Barny Books August 2009
RRP £5.99
ISBN 9781906542177
Reviewed by Kate Tarrant

Initially I thought it was going to take a while for me to get into this book - the rich, descriptive language, and its very dark opening scene with flashbacks to the past, instantly showed me that this was a story that needed my undivided attention. Nevertheless, this is not a criticism - this fantastically detailed book makes you a compulsive reader - from the outset it promises to capture its readers, swallowing them up in an imaginary world where good and evil battle it out. 

Set in Glasgow, the story is centred around Mhairi, a 14-year-old witch, who together with her black cat called Jet and her human companion Dougie, set out on a quest against a vampire, released into the world by the great and evil power Lord Antoninus. Along the way the team solve murders that are taking place all over the Necropolis (also called City of the Dead) as well as meeting ghosts and ghuls. Although quite violent in places, this is a richly imaginative and compelling fantasy story. A truly original horror tale that will scare both adults and teens!