Wacky families and technology run wild seem to have replaced wizards at boarding school in much of this summer’s new fiction for 10-year-olds and above.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;
Books reviewed include...
The Race for the Lost Keystone By Valerie Rutt Puffin pound;4.99
Avril Crump By Angela Woolfe Egmont pound;4.99
Sam and the Griswalds By Emma Barnes Illustrated by Tim Archbold Bloomsbury Children’s Books pound;5.99
The Rise of the House of McNally: unlikely exploits 3 By Philip Ardagh Faber pound;7.99
Deep Trouble By Debi Gliori Doubleday pound;10.99
Tessa By Sue Lawson Lothian Books pound;4.99
Thora By Gillian Johnson Hodder Children’s Books pound;6.99
The Ballad of Cauldron Bay By Elizabeth Honey Allen amp; Unwin pound;5.99
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