Hi,
This is a story about four siblings who were sent away from
London because of the air raids and went to live with an old professor and what
happened to them while they stayed there. On a rainy day the children decide to
play hide and seek, Lucy, the youngest hides in a wardrobe and steps back into
an icy cold mystery land. She starts walking through the snow and stops when
she sees a lamp post, a faun speaks to her and leads her to his house, but when
she goes back to tell her siblings they are not convinced that her story is
true as time seemed to go so fast in Narnia. 
Edmond follows Lucy into the wardrobe and gets tempted by
the Queen to bring his other siblings back into Narnia, however the Queen turns
out to be the evil witch. When all the four siblings are in Narnia they go to visit
the faun but he is not there. A beavers takes them back to his place for dinner
and there Edmund make an escape to see the Queen. The beaver tells all about
Narnia and the battle between Aslan and the White Witch. They begin their
journey after Edmond and Father Christmas comes to bring them presents which
have magic powers that they can use to fight against the White Witch. 
Along their journey the snow begins to melt and grass began
to show. The beavers had taken Lucy, Peter and Susan to see Aslan where they
had gathered an army of animals to help fight against the witch to get Edmund
back and restore all land back to Narnia. This story is set from a third person perspective, with quite simplistic entertaining writing. The story keeps you in suspense and engages the reader with the character’s feelings through monologues. It has short chapters, which gives you an idea of what the chapter is about. The illustrations give a guide to the writing with a slightly scary picture of the story illustrated by Pauline Baynes. This book is excellent for year 7-8 readers and I think girls would love the fantasy story, but I think it is also entertaining for boys.
Heather
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