Bank Holiday Weekend Reviews
There have been some really great reviews of children's books this weekend. First of all, checking out the Irish Times from Saturday, 31st July, we have some of Ireland's best known authorities on children's literature inspecting what's new and exciting for all age levels. Robert Dunbar covers some of the more gritty and shocking books for young adult readers. His initial perusal is of Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma. With the question being "So nothing is taboo any more?" , this book sets the tone of the rest on offer in Dunbar's review. Also covered in Dunbar's article are Keith Gray's anthology Losing I t (included the foremost authors of young adult fiction today); Margo Lanagan's White Time , iBoy by Kevin Brooks (always a great and compelling author) and Matt Haig's The Radleys . A truly exciting line up, all well written, but still shocking. Mary Shine Thompson has a good look at some of the best of children's books for the 10-...