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Sue Reid – Mill Girl | Review

Title: Mill Girl

Author: Sue Reid

Type: Fiction

Page Count: 224

Rating: 3.5/5

I read this book because it came with a whole bunch of others that I bought as a job lot on eBay. It stood out because it’s part of a Scholastic line that focusses on historical fiction, and it’s also pretty cool because it takes the form of a diary.

We’ve got a young female protagonist living in Victorian Manchester and who works in a Mill, and so you know going in that she’s going to have a pretty tough life. At the same time, the book’s clearly aimed at younger readers and so there’s nothing here that’s so intense that it would stop a parent from reading it to their kids.

But to be honest, the point here is more to educate kids about what it was like back in the day, and I think it does a pretty good job of that. Even though it’s written the way it is, in an episodic format based on diary entries, the author actually manages to do an impressive job of worldbuilding, and so it’s easy to feel as though you can smell the city.

Plus I’m originally from the Midlands, which makes me an honourary northerner. I was always going to like it. A nice find!

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Ryder Windham – The Bartokk Assassins | Review

Title: The Bartokk Assassins

Author: Ryder Windham

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 92

Rating: 6/10

 

Ryder Windham - The Bartokk Assassins

Ryder Windham – The Bartokk Assassins

 

This book is part of a series of books that Ryder Windham wrote to tie in with the prequel Star Wars movies that were released in the early part of the 21st century. This one features a young Obi-Wan trying to track down a kidnapped child, and whilst there’s plenty of action, this is really designed to be read by kids. That’s why it was published by Scholastic.

 

Ryder Windham

Ryder Windham

 

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