The Children's Bookshop » Becky http://www.edinburghchildrensbookshop.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Emily the Strange: The Lost Days by Rob Reger and Jessica Gruner http://www.edinburghchildrensbookshop.com/2010/01/emily-the-strange/ http://www.edinburghchildrensbookshop.com/2010/01/emily-the-strange/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:42:43 +0000 Becky http://www.edinburghchildrensbookshop.com/?p=64 Emily is 13; she finds herself in a town she has never been to before and surrounded by people she has never met. Why does she have amnesia? Why does no one recognise her? Can she recover her memory and regain her sense of style?

In a Young Adult market which often lazily aims pink covers to girls and horror books to boys, this is a refreshingly quirky book with enjoyable twists and an engaging central character.

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A lovely story, with beautiful illustrations, by the same author who wrote Gator shows that anything is possible with a little hope .

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