Random House

Anthony McGowan has tackle a subject that I think is the bain of many cities around the world but also on the streets of London and the whole of the UK.

Reading this book was not easy and it does have a warning on the back cover- 'stating not suitable for younger readers' - and I must ask parents to be aware of the theme that this book plays out and the destruction that destroys communities when gangs build up around schools and towns.

This is a brilliant book for young people to read about times gone by in London, around the markets and the River Thames.

I found this book very humbling when we think of how young people today seem to get everything that they want, and yet this story tells the otherside of life.  The life of lads who had to search in all the foulest places just to gain a penny or two to be able to eat and sleep in a dry place.

Lois Pryce has done it again a wonderful travel novel of her trip from london right down through Africa from top to bottom.

Malorie Blackman's The Stuff of Nightmares had me wondering what an earth could happen next!   She has captured the story of a school boy Kyle's fear of what might happen in the future to him and his school mates when they go on a school trip, and unfortunately or possible fortunately they are in the second carriage and not the first when they are in a massive train accident.