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Name: Carol Carter
10 January 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
Little Bird Flies is a stunning historical novel for 9+ telling the story of one family's life on a Scottish island during the 1860s.Little Bird, Bridie MacKerrie, has the same life and same future laid out for her as all of the other children on the island of Torn...
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Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World
Name: Bryony Davies
06 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World is a delightful anthology of stories written by children from every corner of the Earth. These stories provide interest, humour, culture and fun while an engaging section on the UN's Sustainable Goals provides educational background to the proje...
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Moth
Name: Bryony Davies
03 January 2019;Genre: Non Fiction
Moth, An Evolution Story is a clever hybrid. Part picture book and part non-fiction, the author has cleverly woven scientific fact about adaptation and evolution with a message of hope. Visually, this text is stunning. Every page provides a new response and delight. The text i...
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You Ain't Seen Nothing Yeti
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
02 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Fans of The Nothing To See Here Hotel by author/illustrator duo Stevens Butler and Lenton will be thrilled to know that the delightfully madcap fantasy series is back with You Ain't Seen Nothing Yeti, and it does not disappoint! We return to the leading hotel destination for magical creatures, s...
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Flamingo Boy
Name: Esme Age 9
18 December 2018;Genre: Historical Fiction
I really enjoyed flamingo boy as it was full of excitement and jumps. I like the way this book was written as there wasn't one boring sentence. Once I picked up this book I could not put it down again. I recommend this to everyone aged 9+ who loves a story based on real life with twists at every...
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Warrior Boy
Name: Olivia H
15 December 2018;Genre: Adventure
I thought that Warrior Boy was a gripping, thrilling, moving and adventurous story. I could not put the book down and I can truly say it is my favourite book of all time. It was particularly gripping and moving because I used to live in Kenya - add to that my little brother is called Kip as well....
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Warrior Boy
Name: Rebecca Narracott
13 December 2018;Genre: Adventure
Warrior Boy, Virginia Clay's debut novel for young readers, was a delight from start to finish. Following the journey of schoolboy Ben from London to the wilds of the Masai Mara in Kenya, he reconnects with his warrior father's side of the family and, in doing so, comes away from his journey a st...
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Warrior Boy
Name: Edith H
13 December 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is the first book that I have ever properly enjoyed reading. I loved the way that Ben had many challenges to become a warrior and prove himself to his grandfather. It made me want to keep reading to see whether he would be able to do it. Having lived in Kenya all my life, I thought that it...
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The Ice Monster
Name: Linda brown
09 December 2018;Genre: Adventure
Mr Walliams has created another humorous adventure with The Ice Monster. The story follows the sad life of 10 year old Elsie, who is an orphan during the Victorian period. Elsie escapes the horrid orphanage that she has suffered abuse in thinking she has more chance of surviving on the cold stree...
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There's A Yeti In The Playground!
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
03 December 2018;Genre: Adventure
The arrival of any book by Pamela Butchart is always greeted by a great deal of squealing and general excitement by our Year 3 and Year 4 pupils and I fully anticipate that There's A Yeti In The Playground will have the same magical effect! In this latest adventure, Izzy and her friends Jodi, M...