The Icarus Show

This book is a really thoughtful little read which I thoroughly enjoyed. I am always excited when a review book arrives from David Fickling Books. Aside from the fact that they are always a delight to receive because they are the most beautiful proofs you I always know that the stories inside are go......more

It's never easy to navigate the landscape of middle school. But Alex Meadows figures that he's got it all sorted out. He'll just fly beneath the radar and never let the others, especially bully Alan Tydman, know that anything they do to him bothers him. On the other hand, his neighbor, David Marsh (......more

This novel centers school-aged boys who are still figuring out friendship. Alex Meadows' family has moved next door after the death of his grandfatherly neighbor Don and he's spending his spare time in the man's garden shed. He's still in contact with Maisie, who was a less-than-grandmotherly neighb......more

Please read review in its entirety at [URL not allowed] In a thoughtful, middle grade, contemporary novel about loneliness, isolation, and the toll bullying can take, author Sally Christie carefully treads the line on a mature topic that is sadly becoming more common place in y......more