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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • The Train to Impossible Places: a Cursed Delivery –   P. G. Bell

    Harper Collins November 2018 ISBN: 9781474948616 ISBN 10: 1474948618 Imprint: Usborne – GB List Price: 19.99 AUD Like Suzy you would no doubt be astonished to wake up in the middle of the night to find a very grumpy troll laying railway tracks straight through your house.  And even more astounded when a gigantic steam train comes rumbling through…

  • Harry Potter – Creatures: a paper scene book

    Bloomsbury November 2018 ISBN: 9781526605849 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP:  $45.00 It is quite difficult to describe this book – except of course to say I’m in love with it and being the dedicated Potterhead that I am it’s NOT leaving my shelves! However I will attempt to convey the sheer delight of it by…

  • The Dollmaker of Krakow – R. M. Romero

      Penguin Random House Sep  2017 | 336 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) ISBN: 9781406375633 ISBN-10: 1406375632 RRP $24.99  There is war. There is pain. But there is magic and there is hope. I’ve read many books both fictional and non-fiction concerning World War II and particularly the horror of the Holocaust but never have I read one that…

  • Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy: Book 1) – Celine Kiernan

    Walker Australia ISBN: 9781406366020 Imprint: Walker Release Date: April 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $16.99 New Zealand RRP: $18.99   Just wow!! If you have readers who love HP or other magical worlds they are going to love this new series. Set in Ireland with a close family of three generations but one that has secrets. Mup lives with her mum,…