Review: Animal Crackers

Sarah Webb and Alan Nolan Animal Crackers The O’Brien Press, August 2020 Paperback, 176PP, €11.99 ISBN: 9781788490658 Picturebook, Nonfiction, Middle Grade Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Did you know that dolphins only shut down half their brain when they sleep? Or that polar bears’ fur isn’t white – it’s actually translucent to allow light to hitContinue reading “Review: Animal Crackers”

Review: Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure

Nicola Pierce Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure The O’Brien Press, March 2020 Paperback, 320PP, €8.99 ISBN: 9781788490177 Middle Grade Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure is a gripping new tale by Nicola Pierce that follows two series of true events that unfolded thousands of miles apart yet are inextricably linked. At theContinue reading “Review: Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure”

Review: Eating Chips with Monkey

Mark Lowery Eating Chips with Monkey Piccadilly Press, April 2020 Paperback, 257PP, £6.99 ISBN: 9781848127371 Middle Grade. Review by Joanna Geoghegan. When ten-year-old Daniel suffers a terrible accident one night, he loses all memory of his life before the incident and becomes a shadow of his former self, speaking to no one except for hisContinue reading “Review: Eating Chips with Monkey”