The new books this week are all of the Fantasy genre and so if you enjoy losing yourself in fantastic, weird and wonderful stories then there will be something here for you...
Muncle Trogg by Janet Foxley (F/FOX)
Ten year old Muncle Trogg is the smallest giant in the world. Even his baby sister, Flubb, is bigger than him!
And it would be fair to say that his family aren't the sharpest tacks in the box. As a result of their lack of... common sense, Muncle and his Smalling friend Emily have some crazy adventures.
Madame Pamplemousse and the Time Travelling Cafe by Rupert Kingfisher (F/KIN)
I love the premise behind this book (and the others in the series) which is that of a coffee machine which is a time machine... in Paris.
Imagine... wandering the streets of Paris and finding a quirky little coffee shop with an oversize coffee machine, whose wares will send you off to other times and places. Where would you go? What would you do?
The Secret Kingdom by Jenny Nimmo (F/NIM)
If you have read the rather fabulous Charlie Bone series, then this book is a definite must for you, as it is the prequel to Charlie Bone and explains the mystical origins of the Red King, Charlie's magical ancestor.
A Crack in the Sky by Kyle Mewburn (F/MEW)
Woah... this book takes you on the bizarre, and yet oddly compelling, journey of Conor and his mum.
Conor's dad has disappeared in slightly odd circumstances and Conor and his mum are down on their luck. They need a new sofa, but can't afford to buy one, so when they see a shiny new red one washed up on the beach, they decide to take it home.
Little do they know that this is no ordinary sofa and it takes Conor on a strange and eye-opening journey.
The Time Stealers by Glynne MacLean (SNR/MAC)
"Yakkity, yakkity, yak. If it weren't for his self-obsessed ex-girlfriend Jaz, Neil Jarvie would be entirely happy with his life in Tal City. Sure there were probably more manicured trees than there were people, but the surveillance net was so thorough you could always find any person or place or information you wanted on your mobile. Except, oddly enough, about the history of Tal City. And now he had a Timer on his hands. He'd thought it would be interesting to help out a time traveller, but this one seemed obsessed with her own history, as well as ridiculously paranoid about surveillance..."
Season of Secrets by Sally Nicholls (SNR/NIC)
Molly and her big sister Hannah are staying with their grandparents after the death of their mother, in order to enable their dad to 'Sort Things Out' at home.
The sisters are both struggling with their grief, but show it in completely different ways. Hannah is bolshy, defiant and rude, while Molly seems to be internalising her grief.
Explorer: The Mystery Boxes edited by Kazu Kibuishi (GRPH/K)
I shall be honest straight up... I am no fan of graphic novels. I have always struggled with the format and that has meant that I have never really understood the fascination!
I have read one other graphic novel (Coraline by Neil Gaiman) which I actually really enjoyed, but I am yet to be completely convinced!
This book has gone some way to making me change my mind! It is edited by the author of Amulet which spends ALOT of time on the reserves shelf here at Southwell.
