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Kerr Thomson - The Sound of Whales - Book Review (Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books)
Book Synopsis: Three children are spending their summer on a wild Scottish island. Fraser is desperate for adventure; Hayley is fed up she's even there; while Dunny spends his days staring out to sea....
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books/ Ben Illis: Stefan Mohamed Q&A (Bitter Sixteen)
Thank you Ben for your input into the development of some of the questions. Thank you also to Stefan for writing the most detailed responses to the questions. Readers will certainly get a feel for the...
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Mr Ripley's Interview with Ross MacKenzie - The Nowhere Emporium (Kelpies)
This has to be one of my favourite middle grade reads so far this year; pure fantastical fantasy. I'm really pleased to have been able to ask a few wee questions about the book and Ross's writing...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: New Middle Grade Children's Book Picks - May...
John Stephens - The Black Reckoning - Published by Corgi Childrens (7 May 2015)The final instalment in the Books of Beginning series. Emma, Michael and Kate are locked in a race against time: to find...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Guest Post By Taran Matharu - The Novice...
It was November, and I had a whole month to myself before I flew to Australia to go backpacking. I heard about NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month from a Facebook group I was part a few days...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Paul Magrs - Lost on Mars - Book Review
Book Synopsis:With the scale and scope of the great science fiction epics, Lost on Mars tells the story of Lora and her family, third generation human settlers on the red planet who are struggling to...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Picks: Children's and Teens May 2015 - UK Post One
Jason Rohan - The Shield of Kuromori - Published by Egmont (7 May 2015)Science meets Myth when ogres armed with high-tech weaponry steal a huge telescope as part of an insane plan to cast the world...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Interview with Eve Ainsworth - Seven Days
I'd like to take the opportunity to welcome Eve to Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books website and to thank her for taking the time out to answer questions about her latest book called Seven Days. This is...
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Caleb Krisp - Anyone but Ivy Pocket Guest Blog Tour ( THE BIRTH OF AN...
Many thanks to Caleb Krisp for dropping by Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books to tell us about theTHE BIRTH OF AN ANTI-HEROINE. What a character she is.....what do you think?How I came to write IVY POCKET is...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Cathy MacPhail - Devil You Know - Book Review...
Book Synopsis: "Baz was the kind of friend I wanted. Everyone seemed a bit afraid of him." Forced to move away from his dad in Aberdeen to a run-down Glasgow council estate, Logan thinks he's pretty...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Young Adult Fantasy Book Picks - May 2015 - UK...
Sarah Govett - The Territory Published by Firefly Press Ltd (14 May 2015) - (Book review to follow) Limited Space requires limited numbers: Noa lives in what s left of a Britain where...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Taran Matharu - Summoner: The Novice - Book Review
The online sensation, The Novice, has already reached the dizzy heights of 6 million reads so far. The story, a project that was started during the National Novel Writing Month, was shared on the...
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EXCLUSIVE BOOK COVER REVEAL: Ian Johnstone - Circle of Stone (The Mirror...
It's always exciting to be able to show off a book cover for the first time. In this case it's an absolute cracker; a fantastic eye catching book cover. The design of the book cover was by Matt Kelly...
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Lydia Syson - Liberty's Fire - Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Review
Book Synopsis: Paris, 1871. Four young people will rewrite their destinies. Paris is in revolt. After months of siege at the hands of the Prussians, a wind of change is blowing through the city,...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books - Children's Middle Grade Book Picks - May 2015 -...
Jonathan Auxier - The Night Gardener - Published by Harry N. Abrams (May 5, 2015)The Night Gardener follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Lydia Syson Q&A ( Liberty's Fire) Publication Day
I'm really pleased to be sharing with you the following Q&A with Lydia Syson, the author of three historical YA novels. Her new novel Liberty's Fire is being published today by Hot Key Books. Tell...
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Sarah Govett - The Territory - Book Review (Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books )
Book Synopsis: Limited Space requires limited numbers: Noa lives in what's left of a Britain where flooding means land is scarce. Everyone must sit an exam at 15. If you pass you can stay in the...
View ArticleMarcus Alexander - Keeper of the Realms Book Cover Competition Spring 2015
Marcus Alexander is running a funky fresh competition to produce a one of a kind book cover for the Keeper of the Realms series. Your cover can have any image on the front and produced in anyway that...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Middle Grade Children's Fantasy Thrillers - May...
Saundra Mitchell - Mistwalker - Published by HMH Books for Young Readers (May 12, 2015)When Willa Dixon's brother dies on the family lobster boat, her father forbids Willa from stepping foot on deck...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Exclusive Preview - Ian Johnstone - Circle of...
This post has been a real labour of love for me. Therefore, it gives me great pleasure to be able to share, for the first time, the first three chapters of Circles of Stone. This is the second book to...
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