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Max and the Millions
Name: Max Age 10
16 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
It introduces an amzing storyline right from the beginning to keep any reader carrying on and shows all the fantastic elements every story needs to make you carry on. It includes small amounts of humour while continuing with the outstanding story and allowing new things to fall into place as you...
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What Lexie Did
Name: Chloe Age 10
16 April 2018;Genre: Friends and family
This loving story twists and turns throughout the book, every page a whirl of reality. A kind, caring Greek family, who eagerly carry out tradition over many years, face a series of challenging moments when an unexpected death occurs to a loved one. I really enjoyed this story line, which includ...
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Monster Orphan Spy
Name: Clair Bossons
16 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
Sarah is a Jewish teenager living in Nazi Germany. She attempts to flee with her mother but finds herself orphaned at a soldier checkpoint. Now Sarah is alone in a hostile society. She is reliant upon her acting skills and powers of observation to survive. Sarah helps a British Spy and is tak...
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In Your Light
Name: Melanie Chadwick
16 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
Mella, a beloved sister and daughter, disappears. Since she had a history of running away, had recently been troubled and dropped out of college, the police soon give up the search and conclude that she just doesn't want to be found. Lil, her sister, never gives up hope that Mella will be found...
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt - Let's Discover Birds
Name: Nikki Stiles
15 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
A little gem! This activity book - and it's pairing in the series, Let's Discover Bugs - are great for inquisitive minds. The book is designed to be a carry-along guide for children and adults whilst on their adventures discovering birds. I really like that this book is lightweight and a great si...
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A Bottle of Happiness
Name: Louise Gahan
14 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
A Bottle of Happiness is a book about two villages; one rich and wealthy, where the people work hard to get richer, the other where the people had just enough to get by and loved to share the same stories over and over again. Their villages are separated by a huge mountain, but one day a child ca...
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What Makes me a ME
Name: Jane Rew
13 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
I wanted to like this book, to heap praises upon its talented creators. However, it did fall short of my expectations, not so much for the illustrations which are varied and contemporary but on account of rhymes which didn't quite scan and because the answers to a profound question didn't quite h...
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Boy 87
Name: Emma Long
13 April 2018;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Boy 87 is an accessible if often difficult story that reminds us that, behind every refugee statistic, is a real person with an often desperate story.The Boy 87 in this story is Shif, a 14 -year-old boy who is numbered the day he and his friend, Bini, are arrested...
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A Bedtime Alphabet
Name: Louise Gahan
11 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
An alphabet story book with a difference. Each letter is simply and creatively illustrated to capture any young reader's attention and with each letter, the reader will find simple statements, captions or questions around sleep. Whether it is learning about hibernation, or how many days leopards...
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The Jackal who thought he was a Peacock
Name: Louise Gahan
11 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
This story is retold from the 13th-century Persian mystic and poet, Rumi. It is about a jackal who thinks his brown and grey fur is boring and wants to be a peacock. So in his quest to transform himself he begins to collect colourful things to stick to his fur so he, too, could be as beautiful an...
