Heist Society

Katarina Bishop is happy in her new life at an elite girls’ boarding school. That is, until she is abruptly thrown out on the street for a crime she didn’t commit. But, waiting for her out on the pavement is family friend Hale, who whisks her away with the news that she must return to the family business because someone is in deep trouble. The man in trouble: her father. His line of business: Master thief.

You will love this new series from Ally Carter, author of the Gallagher Girls. Fast paced, witty, with lots of cute teenage banter.

“With a smart and stealthy heroine who should appeal to Gallagher Girls fans, Carter’s story is fast-paced and popcorn-ready.”
-Publishers Weekly
“This irresistible light-fingered fairy tale is elevated by glamour and mystery…  Heist Society mixes classic elements of the adolescent bildungsroman into a high-stakes escapade.”
-School Library Journal
“…a thoroughly enjoyable, cinema-ready adventure.”
-Booklist

Time Riders by Alex Scarrow

Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance- to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history...

Time Riders is an awesome series about action, adventure, and of course, time travelling. Liam, Maddy and Sal live in the HQ of Time Riders, where they travel back in time to fix any mistakes someone has made. In book 1, Kramer travelled back in time from 2066 to stop Hitler from invading Russia and win the war. Kramer became the Fuhrer, and built a doomsday device to unleash upon the world. In book 2, someone had been ordered to assassinate Robert Chan to stop time travel from ever being happening, resulting in Liam, and Robert, having to go back to the era of the Dinosaurs.

I enjoy this series because they are fun to read and also give us some mystery as well. My favourite characters are Liam and Bob, who, after a while, get 'poisoned' from time travel and get older than most ordinary people. Time Riders is an awesome series and I would recommend it to anyone 10 years old, or over.

Atticus K

BookClub