The story of The Castle Rock Mystery Crew follows 10-year-old Jase, who is spending the summer holidays at the Castle Rock caravan park with his auntie and grandma, who has dementia. The pacing works, the mystery well drawn and I liked the friendship that develops between the Crew but the marketing is a great example of why I don’t like celebrity children’s novels and as such I am not sure I would read on. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Jase's nana has dementia, which my own nana had before she passed, and I feel how nana Rose was written was so familiar, but also extremely respectful.

Kingfisher Tade Thompson Tahereh Mafi Taiye Selasi Tamara Anegon Tamara Sonn Tam McTurk Tamsin Cooke Tamsin Grey Tanya Landman Taran Hunt Tariq Ramadan Ted Lewis Terry Deary Tessa Gratton The School of Sexuality Education The Secret Barrister Thomas Lancaster Thomas Lennon Thomas Ramge Thomas Siddell Tiffany D. Jackson Tim Budgen Tim Collins Tim Cooke Tim Glencross Tim Harford Timothy Williamson Tinuke Fagborun Toby Newsome Tom Becker Tom Beckerlegge Tom Chatfield Tom Fletcher Tom Hindle Tomi Adeyemi Tom McLaughlin Tom Pollock Tom Sullivan Tony Crawford Tracey Mathias Trisha Krauss Trish Papadakos Ursula Vernon Uzodinma Iweala Vaseem Khan Vicky McClure Victoria Bateman Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Viv Groskop Walter Goodwater Wendy James Wesley Lowery Will Hussey William Brodrick William D. Englander Elizabeth Kilbey Elizabeth Wein Ella Meek Ellenor Mererid Elliot Ackerman Elly Barnes Elly Griffiths Emily Bornoff Emily G. The Castle Rock Mystery Crew is an exciting mystery story, set in Skegness over the summer holidays. The brilliant best mates chemistry of classic movie Stand By Me Warm, witty, cleverly plotted storytelling - kids will love following the clues to catch the culprit!For starters, McClure’s name is front and centre on the cover of this book – it’s marketed and promoted as having been written by her. I love friendship, in so much as not everybody has that standard family and friends are as important as family and that's what this book is about. year old Jase is spending the summer holidays at the Castle Rock caravan park with his auntie and grandma, who has dementia.

A very enjoyable read between myself and my son, similar to a classic famous five adventure, but with modern values and a great setting in a Skeggy caravan park. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. The first laugh-out-loud, twisty mystery for young readers by amazing actress and dementia campaigner, Vicky McClure.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. I found this a compelling story that will certainly ensure children know more about dementia than they did before. It’s only when you look at the back cover that you see the weasel words “in collaboration with Kim Curran” and in the Author’s Note at the back that you learn McClure gave an outline for the book, which means it was Curran who did all the writing. Hansen Gill Hasson Gill Lewis Ginny Myers Sain Giovanni Tesio Glenn Elliott Graeme Guthrie Graeme Wood Graham Jones Guy Gunaratne Guy Standing H.

Well, as Vicky has been an actress in Line of Duty, for 5 series, she certainly knows a thing or to about police drama! When Jase gets home from school he finds his auntie Nicki waiting for him with news: she’s going to take him, Sherlock and grandma with her on holiday to Castle Rock Caravan Park in Skegness for 10 whole days. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.year-old Jase is spending the summer holidays at the Castle Rock Caravan Park with his auntie and grandma, who has dementia. Even reading out loud I still find it quite daunting, so the font in there is the biggest font you could put in and there’s lots of pictures. She said: “It was great, it was exciting, this is the thing about all the adventures that these characters have.

Vicky’s campaign to widen and demystify the conversation around dementia is inspiring – dementia is a disease that touches so many families, and this book depicts it with kindness and tremendous warmth,” she said. He lives in a flat with his 3 older brothers, Mum, Nana Rose, who has dementia, and Sherlock, he was Nana's dog but now he's Jase's. A warm-hearted, laugh-out-loud, twisty mystery with an authentic, kind depiction of a relative with dementia at its heart.Vicky said: “When you’re approached to do a kids' book and you're not an author, and obviously Kim Curran, who wrote it with me, it was just an opportunity for me to reach out to kids.