That's Not What Happened by Kody Kepplinger

Leanne lost her friend Sarah at school during a massacre when a male sixteen year old opened fire killing nine students. Only now Leanne is setting the record straight and has discovered the truth about what happened by getting the survivors and her now friends to write their account of the day's events in letter form.

Eden a gay girl, Miles a troublemaker and Denny, a blind student with a guide dog Labrador called Glitter also witnessed the attack as well as Kellie a goth girl, from in the bathroom where Sarah the so called religious girl was killed too with Leanne her best friend witnessing it all happen.

I liked the book featuring a mix of disabled and asexual characters as it's against the normal seen in young adult never too often. The aspect of a shooter as a sixteen year old in a place of legal gun use too was interesting and showed a further element of mystery about the shooter into the mix though I was disappointed in how little we see his story and whether he was known to all the group. It felt truly authentic and horrific alike when a real American shooting has taken place sadly and I'm glad it was fiction and not fact for once. It was a greatly emotional and moving story especially in a time where acts like this can be committed at any time it seems.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Animal Ark 1: Kitten Rescue by Lucy Daniels

I am so excited for this book. As a young child reading about animals was my favourite thing besides the Rainbow Magic fairy book series. Animal Ark ran for years as I was born and growing up when theybfirst stars being published and my cousins devoured them all too. Now, they are being relaunched with whole new stories for a new generation of animal loving readers and I couldn't be more thrilled!

Amelia is the new girl to the area with her mum As they move in with grandma. However Amelia meets Mandy on her way to university as she stops her running over a dog. After going to see Animal Ark vets, she also meets Sam the owner of the puppy whom also needs a lot of training and Sam and her team up but they also discover a group of kittens thanks to Mac the dog!

As they care for them with advice from the vets they set off to trace their mother and also find homes for all the newborns too.

These new book evidently bridge the gap between Many Hope in the new adult books and her old child self in the children's books from the 90's. I couldn't be happier for the series return, still short sweet and generally upbeat aswell as raising awareness for how to care for pets they are perfect for their target age of children as guestbook learn whilst enjoying the story.
Still classic upbeat, energetic and inspiring reads!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!