sharing views and reviews on books in East Renfrewshire
Gray: Ostrich Boys
This is a very interesting book. It tells the story of Sim, Kenny, Blake and their dead best friend, Ross. When Ross’ funeral doesn’t live up to their expectations, Kenny, Sim and Blake decide to take Ross’ urn on an epic adventure to Ross, far away in Scotland. The three friends undergo scrupulous [...]
Thompson: Creature of the Night
Creature of the Night
Creature of the night by Kate Thompson is a fantasy/thriller. It has twists and turns which you will never suspect. It makes you feel happy, angry and sad. The story is told from a teenage boy called Bobby. His perspective is interesting because he is always getting into [...]
Black Rabbit Summer
“BLACK RABBIT SUMMER”
by Kevin Brooks
I really enjoyed reading “black rabbit summer”. It was a gripping story which I didn’t want to put down. It had a very good story line and there are lots of secrets to be discovered which made it even more interesting.
Pete, Nicole, Eric, Pauly, and Raymond used to hang [...]
Valentine: Broken Soup
An intriguing, compelling and moving new novel from the award-winning author of Finding Violet Park. When the good-looking boy with the American accent presses the dropped negative into Rowan’s hand, she’s sure it’s all a big mistake. But next moment he’s gone, lost in the crowd of bustling shoppers. And she can’t afford [...]
Dowd: Bog child
‘There’s something here. In the earth. A hand.’
Digging for peat in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds something that makes his heart stop. Curled up deep in the bog is the body of a child. And it looks like she’s been murdered.
As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world [...]
Gray: Ostrich Boys
Kenny, Sim and Blake are about to embark on a remarkable journey. Stealing the urn that contains the ashes of their best friend Ross, they set out to travel 261 miles from Cleethorpes on the English east coast to the tiny hamlet of Ross in southern Scotland.
After a depressing and dis[piriting funeral they [...]