The Train to Impossible Places

By PG Bell

Usborne Publishing, £12.99

ISBN: 9781474948616

My class were so full of praise for this book, I couldn’t get them to stop talking. Apparently there’s now a queue of children wanting to borrow the book as soon as it goes back in the library - I’m convinced this will be one of our most-borrowed books this year. It is a distinct pleasure to read a fantasy quest that doesn’t depend on a parent being absent, abducted or dead as the impetus, but instead on the main character doing the right thing because it is the right thing.

Caroline Wood is the school librarian at Ashleigh Primary School in Lancashire

I really liked this book because it was very adventurous and exciting. I cried a lot - I first cried at the bit where Wilmot and Fredrick were going to crash into the ivory tower after they had tried so much to get to it and they were saying that they were going to die, and I just cried because I didn’t want them to die after they had come so far. Then I cried at the fact that they had to leave Wilmot with Crepuscula and Suzy was so heartbroken. I give this book 10/10 because it was so amazing.

Amelia, Year 6

I found the book really engaging and it sucked me in at the start. Around the middle of the book, I started to get bored, but overall, the pace was just right for me. The description was amazing and it really helped me to create a picture in my head of what it would look like in real life. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes a lot of action.

Keira, Year 6