CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: LAURA NORDER SHERIFF OF BUTTS CANYON BY GUY BASS

Laura Norder Sheriff of Butts Canyon 
Author: Guy Bass
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Pages: 64
ISBN:978-1-78112-845-9
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Guy Bass has brought us plenty of comical novels so its no surprise that he is the Blue Peter Award-winning author of Aiden Abet Teacher's Pet and Noah Scape Cant Stop Repeating Himself. In Laura Norder Sheriff of Butts Canyon ten-year-old Laura is the self-appointed sheriff of the town who keeps the peace no matter which bad apple rolls into it until Duncan Disorderly comes their way and does his best to cause trouble.

ANIME REVIEW: STEIN'S;GATE PART 2

Stein's Gate Part 2
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 22/7/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Time-travel always has its consequences, even when Okarin has his breakthrough in technology from one strange experiment. There are amazing triumphs, but there is always loss along the way.  Okarin, in this case, mourns Kagari's loss of memory.

BOOK REVIEW: SURVIVORS BY GX TODD.

Survivors (The Voices #3)
Author: G.X.Todd
Publisher: Headline
Pages: 503
ISBN: 978-1-4722-6703-0
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Survivors is the third novel in the four part Voices series; Defender and Hunted being the previous two. Survivor starts out with Pilgrim wanting to remember his past while a voice in his head telling him to go find a girl who can explain what is happening and fill all the blanks he has in his memory. 

ANIME REVIEW: DARLING IN THE FRANXX PART 2

Darling in the Franxx Part 2
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 22/7/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Warning: This review comes with spoilers.

While part one showed us the characters and set up the story, here we get Hiro's back story of when he met Zero-Two when he was much younger. We see what life was like for them back at the Garden and is more of a reveal of who Zero-Two was before she teamed up with Hiro to become a pilot.

ANIME REVIEW: POWER RANGERS NINJA STEEL: ADVENTURE VOLUME 5

Power Rangers Ninja Steel: Adventure Volume 5
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 110 mins
Release Date: 22/7/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

The Adventures of Redbot has Redbot setting up a blog which he keeps updating with stories of his daring rescue of the Power Rangers when they've been in a tough spot. The problem is what he's posting isn't an accurate account of what actually happened. This leads the Rangers to think Redbot is only writing on the blog to make himself look good. Something which he will come to regret later. 

ANIME REVIEW: NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BOX SET 37

Naruto Shippuden Box Set 37
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 330 Mins
Release Date: 15/7/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Now that the original Team 7 is back together Kakashi has a lot to prove and thanks largely to Obito's visual prowess he can do anything even perform a Susan oo in his plot to take down Kagura. As we have seen from the episodes on her back story she was practically from another world and came to like humans until they became afraid of her and grew to hate her.

FANTASY BOOK REVIEW: SNAKESKINS BY TIM MAJOR

The Snakeskins
Author: Tim Major
Publisher: Titan Books
Pages: 403
ISBN:9781789090789
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

It's not often we get to read original concepts but when we do we take the chance to see if the textual journey is worth it. I am glad to say this was worth the effort. Caitlin is due for her first shedding and after seeing her brother Toby go through his, she wants to make it more of a spectacle where she wants to speak to her skin before it dies.