Stewart and Riddell

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell have written a new book Wyrmeweald: Returner's Wealth. Read the first chapter at http://tinyurl.com/39kwlxj

Book of the Week

Where I Belong by Gillian Cross

There are guns and bandits in this story. And supermodels. And there's drought and starvation too. Are you wondering how they can all come together? Well, that's how life is these days. Things don't happen neatly, in separate little places. We're all caught by the great spider's web of media that spans the world. That's where this story is set. The world. It's the story of Abdi and Khadija and Freya (that's me) and what happened to us because of Somalia ...

Find out more at http://tinyurl.com/23ehbxy

Best Ever Puffin Books

According to a new list from Puffin, to mark their 70th anniversary, Roald Dahl, Richard Adams, Eric Carle and Robert Louis Stevenson are among the writers of the 70 best-ever Puffin books for children. The list is split into categories such as:

The Best Blood and Guts

1. The Enemy by Charlie Higson

2. Dracula by Bram Stoker

3. Being by Kevin Brooks

4. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Best Heroes

1. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

2. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

3. Young Bond: SilverFin by Charlie Higson

4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Best Alternatives to Twilight

1. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

2. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

3. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

4. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

For the full list go to http://tinyurl.com/37lsfv7 .

War Horse Moves to the Big Screen

Reports say that Steven Spielberg is adapting War Horse by Michael Morpurgo as a film. Find out more at http://tinyurl.com/3x6xhj3.

Book of the Week

The Witching Hour is an adventure set in 17th century Scotland where a young girl called Maggie becomes a reluctant heroine when she finds herself involved with the Covenanting cause and tries to save her uncle from being hanged. This comes after she herself escapes being executed as a witch!

I really enjoyed this one - Maggie is an inspiring character and you come to care about her very much! Elizabeth Laird really brings the history of the time to life and reading this book certainly made me aware of parts of Scotland's past I wasn't very familiar with. An exciting read!