Recommended Reads for May 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 May 2012:

‘Foxly's Feast’ by Owen Davey (Templar Publishing)

‘Banjo’ by Samantha Wynne-Rydderch (Picador Poetry)
‘Cinders: The Lunar Chronicles’ by Marissa Meyer (Puffin)
‘Department 19’ by Will Hill (Harper Collins Children’s Books)

‘I Spy with My Little Eye’ by Edward Gibbs (Templar Publishing)

'The Queen’ by Richard Brassey (Orion Books)

‘For My Beautiful Black Sister’ by Nathan B. Brooken (Self-Published)

'Legend' by Marie Lu (Razorbill at Penguin Books)
‘Bob’s Best Ever Friend’ by Simon Bartram (Templar Publishing)
‘What a Catch’ by David R Mellor (Mellordramatic)

 


June's recommended reads will start to appear on the website from next week. A selection of reviews will be published here too, as well as on our Facebook page and links from our Twitter account.

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‘Department 19’
 
By Will Hill
Published by Harper Collins Children’s Books
RRP £6.99 (paperback)
ISBN 9780007354467

In a secret supernatural battle that's been raging for over a century, the stakes have just been raised – and they're not wooden anymore.

When Jamie Carpenter's mother is kidnapped by strange creatures, he finds himself dragged into Department 19, the government's most secret agency.

Fortunately for Jamie, Department 19 can provide the tools he needs to find his mother, and to kill the vampires who want him dead. But unfortunately for everyone, something much older is stirring, something even Department 19 can't stand up against …

A thrill-packed, horror story that is most definitely worth your time to read, that is if you can handle the horror, action, the battle of good vs evil …

Recommended for ages 13+