Natalie Platten
Natalie Platten is from Readings Doncaster
Review — 24 Jun 2019
Into the Wild (Wolf Girl, Book 1) by Anh Do
Anh Do’s thrilling new action adventure series Wolf Girl takes off with a surge of adrenaline and will send readers’ fight or flight instincts into overdrive. This series offers a…
Review — 22 Apr 2019
Malamander by Thomas Taylor
Malamander is a seafaring adventure set in the coastal town of Eerie-on-Sea and is the story of a legendary fish-man creature (of the same name) rumoured to be in hiding…
Review — 25 Feb 2019
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Meg Wolitzer & Holly Goldberg Sloan
To Night Owl from Dogfish is a whip-smart and funny tween drama about two twelve-year-old girls, Bett Devlin and Avery Bloom, whose dads plan to marry each other. Written in…
Review — 29 Jan 2019
The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
This story is mythic in stature and full of wonder and enchantment. It is a tale about a family living remotely on a harsh land where winter has an icy…
Review — 29 Jan 2019
47 Degrees by Justin D’Ath
Readers of Justin D’Ath’s Extreme Adventures series, particularly the second book, Bushfire Rescue, may be shocked when they realise that this new story of survival, loss and ruin is…
Review — 22 Oct 2018
Inside the Villains by Clotilde Perrin
Inside the Villains is a magnificent example of children’s book design at its most creative and innovative. The very size and format of this work looms large and the child…
Review — 22 Oct 2018
Captain Rosalie by Timothee de Fombelle & Isabelle Arsenault
This is a story about a brave and determined young girl named Rosalie, aka Captain Rosalie, who’s on a secret mission. Set against the backdrop of World War I, we…
Review — 19 Aug 2018
The Raven’s Children by Yulia Yakovleva
Yulia Yakovleva was inspired by her own family’s experiences to write this children’s book about the trauma suffered by Soviet citizens under Stalin’s repressive regime.
The hero of this story…
Review — 24 Jun 2018
Hive by A.J. Betts
A.J. Betts Hive introduces an unfamiliar world that is strange and perplexing and as a reader it takes time to build a sense of orientation within this story, but it’s…
Review — 28 May 2018
The Mystery of the Magic Stones by Sally Rippin
My heart feels swollen with ‘happy-sadness’ after reading this delightful sequel to Sally Rippin’s The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster. Polly and Buster’s friendship is still under threat…
