Kids love to read and so in addition to our Lovereading expert opinion some of our Lovereading4kids Reader Review Panel were also lucky enough to read and review the first title in the series The Mystery of Clockwork Sparrow. You can read their full reviews by clicking here.
Rose Hopkins, age 9 - '. A breathtaking book, chock a block with excitement and you never know what’s going to happen next.'
Katie, age 10 - Freegrounds junior School - 'A brilliant historical detective novel – I read it in one sitting and couldn’t put it down! The characters were really believable and the story was so exciting. My few favourite!'
Celeste Phelan, age 13 - 'An incredible read full of mystery, wonder and adventure...This is now one of my top ten.'
Adiella Norridge, age 11 - 'Really good, really gripping: a mystery you have to read!'
Indiana Morgan, age 10 - St Paul's CE Primary School, - 'I found this book a real page-turner, it has murders, spies and gangs of thieves. Thrilling!'
Cait Galbraith, age 9 - 'A ladylike mystery that was shocking and mysterious with every new chapter. A fantastic book that was incredibly unique.'
Hannah Minton, age 9 - 'is fast paced and there is always something going on...I couldn’t put this book down.'
Charlotte, age 9 - 'A thrilling page-turner of a book. Loved every second of it.'
Holly Wilkins, age 11 - 'Page-turner, amazing, number 1 book.'
Frances Garey, age 7 - 'I really enjoyed The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow because I like detective stories especially when the person isn't supposed to be solving the mystery.'
Beth Urquhart, age 8 - 'The mystery keeps you on your toes and just when you think you know "who dunnit" another mystery is revealed.'
Heather Greenan, age 11 - 'I found this book exciting because it was full of mystery.'
Noah Hall, age 9 - 'This story is an interesting detective mystery set in Victorian London.
Praise for The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow:
A wonderful book, with a glorious heroine and a true sprit of adventure. Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers
Dastardliness on a big scale is uncovered in this well-plotted, evocative novel. Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times
It's a dashing plot, an atmospheric setting and an extensive and imaginative cast. Katherine Woodfine handles it all with aplomb Julia Eccleshare, Guardian
Author
About Katherine Woodfine
Katherine Woodfine was born in Lancashire in 1983, and studied English at Bristol University. She lives in London and since 2009 has worked for the literature charity Booktrust, where she is a children's book specialist and project manager of the Children's Laureate, working with leading children's authors such as Malorie Blackman, Julia Donaldson and Anthony Browne.
Katherine is the bestselling author of the Sinclair’s Mysteries and the Taylor & Rose Secret Agents series. Her first novel, The Clockwork Sparrow, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2015. For Barrington Stoke, her Heroines from History Little Gems series includes Elisabeth and the Box of Colours, Sophie Takes to the Sky and Rose’s Dress of Dreams which was heralded by the Guardian as “a pink-clad paean to design and dressmaking as an artistic rebellion”
