Malory Towers Mystery Club: ‘Kidnap at Midnight,’ by Fleur Hitchcock, illustrated by Hannah Peck.

I suspect many readers who grew up in the 80s/90s may, like me, have very found memories of devouring series after series of boarding school books. There was something so addictive about the heady combination of grand schoolhouses, midnight feasts, and schoolgirl sleuths! When I saw that Malory Towers was being reimagined by Fleur Hitchcock … Continue reading Malory Towers Mystery Club: ‘Kidnap at Midnight,’ by Fleur Hitchcock, illustrated by Hannah Peck.

‘Cliff Toppers: The Arrowhead Moor Adventure,’ by Fleur Hitchcock, cover by Tom Clohosy Cole.

For those of you who think back wistfully to your own childhood days of devouring book-upon-book of The Secret Seven or The Famous Five but are perhaps looking for alternatives more in line with contemporary views, then the new Cliff Toppers series by Fleur Hitchcock could be just the thing you’re after. For cousins Aiden, … Continue reading ‘Cliff Toppers: The Arrowhead Moor Adventure,’ by Fleur Hitchcock, cover by Tom Clohosy Cole.