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Freedom
Name: Louisa Farrow
01 January 2022;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Freedom isn't a long novel but it crams in so much emotional satisfaction, excitement, and adventure! It also weaves the story around real historical events in a way that feels beautifully natural. The appalling fate of slaves on the slave ship Zong and the insurance fr...
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The Unadoptables: Five fantastic children on the adventure of a lifetime
Name: Nicola Cleveland
23 December 2021;Genre: Adventure
The Unadoptables is a stunningly spooky and sinister story of loyalty, determination and family packed with adventure and adversity.Amsterdam, 1886. The Little Tulip Orphanage has strict rules on how babies should be delivered, but that autumn, five children arrive...
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How I Saved the World in aWeek
Name: Jan Blagden
10 December 2021;Genre: Adventure
How I Saved the World in a Week kept me engrossed. The chapter headings give clues to the next part of the story without giving anything away, and I liked that some were only a page whilst others were several pages long. This uneven pace of chapter length draws the reader into...
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Diary of a Christmas Elf
Name: Lisa Watkins
01 December 2021;Genre: Humour
Diary of a Christmas Elf is a charmingly hilarious story of Tog, an apprentice elf. Being selected by Santa isn't quite what Tog had dreamed of and it doesn't take long before he is relegated to cleaning out the reindeer stables. Tog finds himself being accused of a terrible C...
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The 143-Storey Treehouse
Name: Samantha Phillips
30 November 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
The 143-Storey Treehouse - the 11th and latest book in the Treehouse story series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton - is a fun, quick read that will inevitably appeal to newly independent readers as much as those children who have developed a good reading stamina and a true l...
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Can't Catch Santa
Name: Ashley Clayton
30 November 2021;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
The children in the reception class enjoyed listening to Can't Catch Santa and lifting the flaps to see that actually, it wasn't Santa at all! They liked trying to guess who it might be behind the flap when they realised it may not be Santa, so there are lots of opportunities...
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The Bear Who Sailed the Ocean on an Iceberg
Name: Linda Canning
25 November 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The Bear Who Sailed the Ocean on an Iceberg is a poignant and upbeat story, warm enough to melt even the iciest of hearts! It deals with some difficult themes, such as bullying and bereavement, with sensitivity and compassion and it was an enjoyable read from beginning to end....
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Murder on the Safari Star
Name: Donna Ritchie
25 November 2021;Genre: Adventure
I couldn’t wait to start reading Murder on the Safari Star - the third journey of the Adventures on Trains series. I wasn’t disappointed! It is the most dangerous one so far! Thoroughly love this series; different book/different location. If you have not read any of these book...
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Danger at Dead Man's Pass
Name: Donna Ritchie
25 November 2021;Genre: Adventure
Book 4 in the series, Danger at Dead Man's Pass, starts at the beginning of the Easter holidays and follows Hal and Uncle Nat as they travel through Europe to Germany. This is a little darker than the previous books - with quite a twist!!! So far the series has given us theft,...
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How I Became a Dog called Midnight
Name: Emma Nelson
24 November 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
How I Became a Dog called Midnight is a heart-warming story and is perfect for a whole class shared read. George lives in a cottage in the grounds of a large home with his Dad who is the groundskeeper. The home is owned by Lady Jane and her daughter Koko who happens to be Geor...
