Families Book Reviews

Name: Lucy Newton
26 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

This is a lovely story about a young girl who learns to accept a new member into her family and conquers her fears. It would be a useful book to open up a discussion about different family situations including the breakdown of relationships and how they can be rebuilt positively. The book feature...

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Name: June Hughes
22 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Alice loves to write stories but she always has to finish them. Experience has taught her that, if she leaves a story unfinished, her characters step out of the story and go in search of their own ending. This might prove to be fun and entertaining but what would happen if the character that l...

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Name: Lucy Newton
21 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

This is an interesting story about friendship. The story is about a girl named Immi. She lives by herself in a frozen, white land with nobody else to talk to. She spends her time fishing and sometimes catches extra fish in the hope that she will have some visitors, but they never come. One day, I...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
21 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

'Watching Shakespeare's plays is like being invited into a house full of amazing rooms...' In this book, Michael Rosen sets out to answer many questions about the life and times of the amazing William Shakespeare. Perfect for dipping into or for reading cover to cover, this is a lively and acces...

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Name: Aaliyah Age 13
21 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Everything in the book isn't sugar-coated. It's all very straightforward and tells the story in a way that just makes it feel like you're in Rosie's shoes, which I think the author wants. Overall, the book is just amazing. I didn't think I'd like it when I picked it up, but I gave it a chance...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
20 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Set in the 1950s, Annabel - lover of science fiction - is living under an evil spell. Cursed on her first birthday by a spiteful witch to prick her finger on a needle and die, Annabel lives with her two aunts, who have done their best to lessen the spell. Despite their care, she does prick her fi...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
18 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

'On the night it began, a full moon hung over Brick Lane.' Amber is an original. She has different ideas, different inspirations and a different image from those around her. Bullied at school and inspired by Oscar Wilde, she decides to create 'The Moonlight Dreamers'- a secret society for like m...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
18 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

A day out at the beach turns into the most amazing piratical adventure as Jack and his shipmates let their imaginations run wild. Told in rhyme, the story follows the boys as they create their galleon and set off across the ocean to face whatever lies ahead. The language is rich and stimulating;...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
18 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

A mixture of elements of Sleeping Beauty and elements of Snow White, The Sleeper and the Spindle is a very Neil Gaiman twisting of these fairy tales. No reference is made to these tales for 'names are in short supply in this telling'. Princes are very much in the background - hanging in the rose...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
16 June 2016;

Genre: Real life

In this wordless book, a little girl collects flowers as she makes her way home with her father who pays no attention to her or to their surroundings. She gives the flowers as gifts to those she passes, touching their lives in a variety of ways. This is a beautiful book, both in sentiment and il...

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