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It Only Happens in the Movies
Name: Linda Brown
15 October 2017;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Yet again, It Only Happens in the Movies is another awesome book from this author. Holly Bourne just knows how to delve in teenage issues that are normally ignored and keeps the YA reader engrossed with her wonderful, emotional, funny and thought provoking writing. This...
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The Red Ribbon
Name: Lorraine Ansell
10 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Ella loves sewing and is delighted to land her dream job of designing and making stylish clothes. But this is not an ordinary sewing shop but the Upper Tailoring Studio of Birchwood, a concentration camp, where jobs are all important. Consumed by her love of fashion and helped along by her friend...
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A Dog With Nice Ears
Name: Marie Berry
09 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Lauren Child has created another excellent Charlie and Lola adventure in A Dog With Nice Ears. In this story, Charlie explains how his sister Lola really wants a dog. She plays dogs, pretends to be a dog, pretends Charlie is a dog and talks endlessly about the type of dog she wants. However, t...
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You Choose - In Space
Name: Marie Berry
09 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart have written a great book in You Choose in Space. This is the first You Choose I have read and I have to say I was very impressed with it. As a stand-alone read, it was a great one to share with my children and generated lots of discussions and chat about the...
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The Wizards of Once
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
09 October 2017;Genre: Fantasy
My review copy of Cressida Cowell's The Wizards of Once was barely out of its packaging when an eager Year 5 reader, desperate to read it, asked whether she could borrow it first. She devoured it in two days flat and declared it to be 'entrancing and mysterious'. How right she...
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One Dark Throne
Name: Linda Brown
09 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is the second book in this series about the Queens of Fennbrin and in my opinion the best. Action packed and fast paced from the start, prepare yourself for a rollercoaster ride this is everything I wanted the first book to be. The three main characters Katherine, Mirabella and Arsinoe have...
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The Beast is an Animal
Name: Sam Pett
08 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is a mixture of myth, fairy tale and folk lore based around a scary rhyme about the Beast who comes when it is dark. The small isolated village communities of this world fear the soul eaters who haunt the night time and drain people of their life essence. Alys and the other children escaped...
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The Dollmaker of Krakow
Name: Josie Age 10
06 October 2017;Genre: Historical Fiction
I would rate this fabulous book 10/10!!!! An emotional story of magic, friendship and hope, yet also the shocking reality of life in 1939 Poland. It is a lovely read for 10+. A unique combination of fantasy and history - with a tragic ending which reflects how many stories ended during World War...
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The Spectre Collectors: Too ghoul for school
Name: Joseph Age 10
06 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
I found this book easy to understand and it was well written. The characters were funny and interesting. I liked the ending because it was tense and exciting.
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We See Everything
Name: Clare Wilkins
06 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
William Sutcliffe's new novel is a compelling and disturbing tale set in a stark, futuristic London. Lex lives on The London Strip, a battle-scarred area of land that is home to those left after a series of bombardments. Living in constant fear of a new attack, life is grim and unrelenting. As p...
