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A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil, Book 5)
Name: Linda Brown
07 March 2019;Genre: Fantasy
Oh, the drama of this book! As you read through this wonderful series it gets better and better. I only started this book a few days ago and I could not put it down. I thought book 4, Quests for Glory, was a rollercoast...
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Pog
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
I have to confess to being almost frightened to read Pog. I loved Tin so much that I was almost scared I'd be disappointed by Padraig Kenny's next book. Whilst I think that Tin will remain one of my all-time favourite children's books, Pog is absolutely excellent and a cracking good read. One of...
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She is Fierce
Name: Eileen Armstrong
03 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
Poetry is enjoying something of a revival at present with verse novels by writers such as Sarah Crossan and Kwame Alexander gathering awards and illustrated collections for younger readers such as The Lost Words and I Am The Seed That Grew the Tree attracting wide press coverage and book gifting....
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Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
02 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
Strange events have been taking place recently in the Alpine town of Schneedorf-on-the-Peak. Young Deiter Strudel's beloved hamster, Colonel Tuftybum (I challenge you to say that name without sniggering!) has vanished, along with all the other hamsters in the town. Could there be some connectio...
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Vicky Angel
Name: Raynee Age 11
01 March 2019;Genre: Friends and family
I love this book so much as I relate to it.
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Dustbin Baby
Name: Raynee Age 11
01 March 2019;Genre: Real life
I like everything about this book.
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Asha and the Spirit Bird
Name: Clare Wilkins
01 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
Asha and her family live in the foothills of the Himalayas. Surviving on wages her father sends from his factory job in the City, they manage their farm in his absence and yearn for him to return. But suddenly the money and Pa's letters stop arriving; and as the months go by Asha's desperate moth...
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Name: Linda Brown
01 March 2019;Genre: Fantasy
Monsters in the Mirror is book one of a beautifully creative fantasy series. I enjoyed every pacey chapter (as old as I am! ), routing for the main characters - who are quirky and at times quite funny - until the very last page.Darwen Arkwright has had to move from...
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The Story of People
Name: Lucy Newton
28 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
This is a fantastic book which summarises our Earth's journey through time, from the 'Big Bang' to now. A brilliant explanation of one theory of how our Earth has developed to the way it is today. Each page has a time tag on to show how many years ago each event happened and they are filled with...
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28 February 2019;Genre: Real life
This is a simply marvellous book; beautifully written and crammed with detail and richness. I would recommend it for older readers as there is a huge amount that is never spelled out but is not really suitable for younger children, possibly not even the oldest and most mature Year 6.<br...
