Families Book Reviews

Name: Catherine Purcell
09 September 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Ant and her brother Mattie are in prison for crimes their parents committed. They are 'heritage criminals', guilty of heritage crime: a previously undetected crime committed by your parents or grandparents for which you are held responsible. Sounds a little harsh, doesn't it? Children atoning...

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Name: Carol Williams
07 September 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Not my favourite by Kevin Brooks, but still pretty good. It is far less grim than Bunker Diary, and is tense and gripping. Elliot, who tells the story, has a severe anxiety disorder, hardly ever leaving the house. When his mother doesn't return on Christmas Eve, from going to collect his essenti...

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Name: Carol Williams
07 September 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Four friends meet to open a time capsule they have left at their school five years ago, to be opened when they are all 18. Only the fifth, Millie, won't be there, as she has died of cancer, and the four haven't met for a long time, so wonder what they still have in common. Narrated in the present...

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Name: Kathy Slater
06 September 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Princess Smartypants, of picture book fame, stars in her first adventure for older readers. As before, she is resolutely single and uninterested in marriage, but is tasked with organising a joint engagement party for Snow White, Cinderella and Rapunzel. Everyone is invited - except the wicked wit...

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Name: Jane Welby
05 September 2016;

Genre: Friends and family

Maybe every teenage girl's fantasy...to be suddenly catapulted into the lives of the rich and famous. Jessie is a fairly typical teenager, coping with the sudden and traumatic death of her mother and lashing out at those closest to her as a way of coping with the pain. The mystery about who her b...

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Name: Tore Walton
04 September 2016;

Genre: Adventure

What a mess! Cat has made an awful mess in this book, but who is going to tidy it up? Certainly not Cat! Dog tries to get Cat to tidy, but Cat has got other ideas: shoving it over there; hiding it under that; jumping on it! Each of Cat's ideas for 'tidying up' just passes the mess on to someone...

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Name: Lizi Coombs
04 September 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Another fantastic serving of that lovable, funny dog - Claude! This time, Claude and his trusty friend Mr Bobblysock find themselves on the set of a film! After causing a few...problems... they then find themselves starring in the film too! I've read many 'Claude' books, and have a collection in...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
31 August 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I remember reading Princess Smartypants growing up and finding it hysterical, and this new addition to the Princess Smartypants collection definitely did not disappoint. Set in Totaloonia, Princess Smartypants needs to find the missing Princes of her dear friends Snow White, Cinderella and Rapunz...

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Name: E Ball
28 August 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Children need to learn how to identify and recognize their own feelings, figure out how to manage them, express what's happening, adapt their emotions to their environment and along with this, develop empathy for others. This development of emotional literacy is an important life skill and one th...

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Name: Elaine Ball
28 August 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Brimming with interesting facts and information, Wilderness takes readers on 'an expedition through a world of nature filled with surprises'. Visit a rain-forest, go on safari, see the ocean, fresh waters, the desert, mountains, forests and polar regions. Readers will learn about various habitats...

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