My Expanding Bookshelf

Title: Goodnight Mister Tom Author: Michelle Magorian Published: 01/08/1996, Penguin Books Pages: 386 Source: No idea... it just appeared when I was little... possibly from my granny's house Format: Paperback Rating: 3.5/5 Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stand on the brink of WW2. A sad, deprived child, she slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London.

Title: Odd and the Frost Giants Author: Neil Gaiman Published: 22/09/2009, HarperCollins Pages: 128 Source: Gift Format: Ebook Rating: 4/5 In this inventive, short, yet perfectly formed novel inspired by traditional Norse mythology, Neil Gaiman takes readers on a wild and magical trip to the land of giants and gods and back. In a village in ancient Norway lives a boy named Odd, and he's had some very bad luck: his father perished in a Viking expedition; a tree fell on and shattered his leg; the endless freezing winter is making villagers dangerously grumpy. Out in the forest Odd encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle - three creatures with a strange story to tell. Now Odd is forced on a stranger journey than he had imagined - a journey to save Asgard, city of the gods, from the Frost Giants who have invaded it. It's going to take a very special kind of twelve-year-old boy to outwit the Frost Giants, restore peace to the city of gods, and end the long winter. Someone c...

Title: The Secret Garden Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Published: 16/05/2012 Pages: 308 Source: Amazon freebie Format: Ebook Rating: 3/5 When spoiled child Mary Lennox loses her family to a cholera outbreak, she moves to her uncle's manor surrounded by a massive garden. Within, Mary discovers a whole new outlook on life thanks to a supportive household and the garden's power of healing.