Action / Adventure Book Reviews

Warrior of Rome: Fire in the East
by Harry Sidebottom
Release Date: 10th Jul 2008

The Roman Empire, a city in need of defence and a northern Barbarian...

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The Quest
by Wilbur Smith
Release Date: 3rd Apr 2008

The story of Taita and Meren continues...

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Mermaid Curse: The Rainbow Pool
by Louise Cooper
Release Date: 5th Jun 2008

Will Lizzie be able to free her mermaid mother from the awful mermaid Queen?

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Birth of a Warrior
by Michael Ford
Release Date: 23rd Jun 2008

A perfect follow-on to the successful Fire of Ares...

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Midnight for Charlie Bones
by Jenny Nimmo
Release Date: 5th Jun 2006

Could this be the next Harry Potter?

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The Trouble with Wenlocks
by Joel Stewart
Release Date: 5th Jul 2007

A strange tale about existentialism... for children, or not as it happens...

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Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
by Eoin Colfer
Release Date: 3rd May 2007

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Dawn of Empire
by Sam Barone
Release Date: 18th Jan 2007

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The Alchemyst: The secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
by Michael Scott
Release Date: 22nd May 2007

A winning combination... magic, mystery, legend and the great Alchemyst himself, Nicholas Flamel

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Mermaid Curse: The Black Pearl
by Louise Cooper
Release Date: 7th Feb 2008

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Silverhorse
by Lene Kaaberbol
Release Date: 4th Apr 2008

Forget Unicorns... I want a Hellhorse!

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The Rule of Claw
by John Brindley
Release Date: 3rd Mar 2008

Brindley takes the lid off The Lord of the Flies and brings it bang up to date with The Rule of Claw.

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Billy Bones
by Christopher Lincoln
Release Date: 4th Apr 2008

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Barnaby Grimes: Return of the Emerald Skull
by Chris Riddell & Paul Stewart
Release Date: 3rd Jan 2008

Another highstacking performance by Barnaby Grimes

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The Fire of Ares
by Michael Ford
Release Date: 7th Jan 2008

The first in the Spartan Warrior series

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Last Light
by Alex Scarrow
Release Date: 25th Jul 2007

Paranoia, conspiracy theories and bugs...

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Mariah Mundi
by G P Talyor
Release Date: 6th Sep 2007

Some have likened to Harry Potter - well, it isn't... but that's not a bad thing

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Snakehead
by Anthony Horowitz
Release Date: 31st Oct 2007

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Outcast
by Michelle Paver
Release Date: 6th Sep 2007

The fourth novel in The Ancient Chronicles series

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Jack Flint and the Redthorn Sword
by Joe Donnelly
Release Date: 2nd Aug 2007

Meet Jack... he's an extraordinary boy with an extraordinary world on his doorstep

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The Amazing, Astonishing, Incredible and True adventures of Me - Charlie Small: Gorilla City
by Unspecified
Release Date: 1st Mar 2007

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Starcross
by Philip Reeve
Release Date: 1st Oct 2007

Full of good ole fashioned British humour (and a decent plotline)

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