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Death in the Spotlight
Name: Elizabeth Harris
22 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
Death in the spotlight by Robin Stevens is part of A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery series. Wells and Wong are my favourite detective duo and their latest case is really rather splendid and one of their best. The detectives are spending some time in London with Daisy's uncle. To keep them out o...
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Three Strikes
Name: Amanda Allen
21 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
Three Strikes is a collection of three different stories aimed at YA. All three are very different and may not appeal to everyone but all have a chilling and eerie theme. The Darkness is about a group of young people who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law, they have joined 'T...
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Wonder
Name: Scarlett Age 11
20 November 2018;Genre: Bullying
It is full of real life problems and twists and turns throughout the book. I liked the characters in this book. Wonder is very well written and gives lots of different points of view. August is written as a very likeable character and is just trying to survive Middle School, but it's not as easy...
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The Survival Game
Name: Jane Welby
20 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
How do you communicate when you have no words? How do you survive when you have no hope? How do you live when you have no home, you have no family - and yet the best way to survive is to be alone? Mhairi has learned to be independent, to live in the shadows, to live off her wits in a hostile env...
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Mortal Engines
Name: Matthew Age 11
17 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
It is a book for all, it is so exciting with lots of tiny little details in it. It has some tech in for those who like lots of adventure and battles. I recommend it for all.
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The Boy who Lived with Dragons
Name: Sam Phillips
16 November 2018;Genre: Magical Realism
I throughly enjoyed Andy Shepherd's first book, The Boy Who Grew Dragons, and was keen to share it with some of my young friends, knowing they too would love to be a part of Tomas's adventures with his dragon, Flicker. S...
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You're called WHAT?!
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
15 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
Hands up if you have ever wanted to change your name to something else. In this gloriously funny picture book by author Kes Gray and illustrator Nikki Dyson, we meet a collection of strange animals from around the globe who are sick and tired of being known by their odd and sometimes embarrassin...
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Absolutely Everything! A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Robots, Rulers and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention...
Name: KERANJIT KAUR
13 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
Absolutely Everything! A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Robots, Rulers and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention...is a great book for any child or adult who asks themselves lots of questions about all of those subjects and others. Did you know that approximately 1,000 cities and settlements were f...
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Abomination
Name: Ruby B
13 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
Martha is bullied. At her school, she is picked on by the other kids for her clothes and how she is, especially by Tracy Stamper. But a new boy, Scott, starts in her year, and everything begins to change. Will her parents find out who she is seeing at the park, or will Scott find out about her pr...
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Soulbinder
Name: Linda Brown
06 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
Soulbinder is book four of the fantastic Spellslinger series. Each book engages the reader in a journey of deception, magic, betrayal, loyalty and trust that the main character Kellen and his trusted 'business partner' Reichis ( who is a murderous squirrel cat) have to deal with in the search for...
