Book Review

Ink Pellet’s book review section covers an eclectic selection of new fiction, teachers’ guides, audio books and classics.

Many of our reviews are written by teachers, so we have an expert eye on how texts will work in the classroom. We hope to create a useful archive of reviews so that you can use this as a reference.

If you would like to join our panel of reviewers, please join in or email the editor john@inkpellet.co.uk.

We hope the section inspires you to share new fiction with your pupils or to revisit old favorites yourself.

  1. Noticeboard

    Noticeboard  

    If it's on it is in...

  2. Listen up to Marx and Engels

     

    The Communist Manifesto is being released by Naxos as an audio book. Lesley Finlay had a listen...

  3. Take another look at Wells

    Take another look at Wells  

    HG Wells is having something of a renaissance - but it is not his science fiction that is catching the eye but his quirky novels on society. Fresh from a reading of Kipps, Lesley Finlay looks at why it is still relevant...

  4. Happy New Edition of Ink Pellet

     

    Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a good one and that your belt doesn’t need too much adjusting! We hope you find time in between the New Year, New You regime to snuggle up with your copy of Ink Pellet – or do the next best thing and have a browse […]

  5. A rattling journey through time

    A rattling journey through time  

    Alan Gibbons's second instalment of the Hell's Underground series is a challenging but exciting tale that takes readers back in time to 1940. Reviewer ALISS LANGRIDGE joined the adventure...

  6. Ones to watch

     

    A rundown of some highlights coming in 2011...

  7. Hattori Hachi: Stalking the Enemy

    Hattori Hachi: Stalking the Enemy  

    A young reviewer gives the thumbs-up to Jane Prowse's latest novel...

  8. How to Teach

    How to Teach  

    You have to take your hat off to anyone who has spent half a lifetime firing the enthusiasm of inner city children...

  9. Romeo and Juliet

     

    We review The Shakespeare Comic Book Co's Romeo and Juliet...

  10. Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman  

    I usually carry some sort of book around with me to pass the time on a train or bus – usually I dive into a novel but recently, and rather unusually, I have been compelled to read some of Arthur Miller’s plays. Death of a Salesman wasn’t - I’m sure – on your summer reads but I found it a real joy to read and a reminder of how important Miller’s writing still is.