Waddesdon Shadowers 26

Birdie
Birdie is a heartfelt book about refugees with a good plot and the blurb gives no spoilers.

leo

Ghostlines 
Ghostlines was a book wrapped up in mystery. It represented the feeling of being an outcast and the uncertainty of not fitting in. This book emphasized the way young children feel when they are presented with something new ; some are inviting whilst some just want to go back to how they were. In addition to this, it also showed the way children react to someone leaving or separation as a kind of grief and as a sinking feeling. The book was set extremely well and I could defiantly picture everything crystal clear. In my opinion I recommend this book to those who relate to just wanting to "go back home". As well as this, I believe anyone should be able to read this book if wanted.

Kat

The Boy I Love
I think this book was great, it brings a typically unheard of topics (homosexual people during ww1), being a mix of homosexual romance category and historical categories.

Stanley

Wolf Siren
Wolf siren is a fairytale twist on little red riding hood and highlights the range of disabilities that people struggle with. Its main plot relies on the village's sexism where female's get the more dangerous jobs and struggle to survive. It is a powerful and moving story which makes you feel a good kind of empty inside and makes you feel whole again. It deals with powerful topics such as grief, injustice, sexism and personal development. It's main character goes through the journey of being able to accept herself and who she is and understand that even though people may hate her and her friends, she can change people's hearts and the way they think. Overall, I would highly recommend it as it is a really moving and mysterious book that creates a vivid, imaginable scene that you can be in.

Meriel

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
This was a very interesting look into deep themes such as grief. It looked at these with a lightness that younger readers could understand while also being sensitive to audiences who have experienced these sort of experiences or who are currently living through them. I enjoyed this as a read and the plot was entertaining. The blurb did not give away any hints of what to come which made the read more exciting.

Levi

Ghostlines 
I have found this book really interesting and pretty easy to keep track in most parts of the books and i like the suspense in it and mysterious.

Roxie

Wolf Siren
It is a good book, very inspirational. Touches on topics children's books typically don't touch on but I believe they are topics children need to hear about. Such as sexism and more. It's a fairytale turned mature and grownup but still good for children.

Aiden and Stanley

The Boy I Love
The Boy I Love was emotionally rich book full of romance and mystery .This book was a real page turner! Every moment was so captivating and really represented the life of a average gay soldier on the trenches of WW1. In my opinion, it definitely is a book for people that enjoy romance, WW1 or LGBTQ+ based storylines because it represents the general struggle people of the LGBTQ+ community go through. As someone who does not know much about the lives of a gay soldiers in the trenches this book definitely changed my perspective on this topic. Although, I would recommend that someone under the age of 12 probably should not read this book unless they are viewed as mature enough. Overall, I think this book was very well set and really painted a picture of the aspects of gay soldiers during the time period of WW1.

Kat

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
it was an amazing book... however I found it really difficult to follow along with the actual plot.

Faith

The Boy I Love
I loved how this book portrayed the the individual and presence of the characters and how we get to learn their personality very strongly. I also liked how the book/author enhanced he setting to make it as if you were there in real life (The trenches in WW1).

Benjamin

Wolf Siren
I found it was very hard to get into although there was some very good description in some parts in the book

Roxie

Ghostlines 
Ghostlines is really good at setting the scenery of the island and the suspense in it makes you want to keep reading. The characters are really easy to relate to making you imagine them better, I really enjoyed this book.

Niamh

The Boy I Love
I loved the book and couldn't stop reading. Its hard to get fully invested into a book that isn't normally about adventure. Having a romance book that isn't just "they fell in love" is an good idea and I think we need more books like this. bravo.

faith

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
I quite liked this book because it showed all the different characters as animals helping to present real life problems like bullying and poverty. I also enjoyed how Zeke was just a hall monster with his friends (Alicia and Daniel) and thought that the school needed a hero to defeat the school villain but he made more friends and faced his fears and helped save the day. I would recommend this book to just about anyone because it is a fun read, but I think that younger children would enjoy this book the most.

Benjamin

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
It is a great book with an amazing and heartwarming plot that will keep you reading. It is about a lizard called Zeke (and his friends Alisha and Daniel) who have adventures together around their school. Personally, I really enjoyed it as it balanced very contrasting concepts very well, such as everyone being an animal to severe mental health problems. Overall I think it is a really good book.

Leo

Popcorn
I find Popcorn a very interesting read because of the deep topic of anxiety and how you’re not alone in the world and there are people who understand you and want to help.

Luke