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Review: The Last Paper Crane by Kerry Drewery
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Blog Tour: The White Phoenix by Catherine Randall (Guest Post)
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Blog Tour Review: The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein
The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein
Genre: Historical
Published by: Bloomsbury
Pages: 424
Release date: 14/05/2020
Rating: ★★★★☆
Summary: Windyedge Airfield, Scotland. World War II. Louisa Adair, newly orphaned and shunned for her mixed-race heritage, has come here to the edge of the world to look after an old lady with a dark past. Jamie Beaufort-Stuart is a flight lieutenant whose squadron is posted to the airfield over winter. Ellen McEwan is a young woman held hostage by the German pilot who lands at Windyedge one wild stormy night carrying a terrible secret.
Three young people desperate to make a difference in a war that has decimated their families, friends and country. When the means to change the course of history falls into their hands, how will they use it? And when the enemy comes looking for them, who will have the courage to strike back?
A thrilling story of wartime secrets, international intrigue and wild courage from the award-winning
author of Code Name Verity, with three young heroes you’ll never forget.
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Review: The House of Hidden Wonders by Sharon Gosling
The House of Hidden Wonders by Sharon Gosling
Genre: Middle Grade | Historical | Mystery
Published by: Little Tiger
Pages: 288
Release date: 02/04/2020
Rating: ★★★★★
Summary: Zinnie and her sisters live in the murky tunnels beneath Edinburgh’s Old Town. They keep out of the way of the authorities and remain undetected. Until, that is, rumours of a ghost bring unwanted visitors into the caverns they call home. Among them, a young Arthur Conan Doyle, keen to investigate, and MacDuff, the shady owner of Edinburgh’s newest attraction, the House of Wonders.Caught up in a world of intrigue and adventure, Zinnie seeks answers. But how can she discover what secrets lie in the House of Wonders while also protecting the sisters she holds so dear?