Families Book Reviews

Name: Clare Humphreys
09 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Broken Sky is set an alternate 1940s and definitely has a futuristic feel to it. The concept and protagonist were intriguing and the book had many twists and turns throughout. Broken Sky is different from the usual array of Dystopian fiction out there, it certainly captivates its audience, lea...

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Name: Lizi Coombs
06 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

This story follows some little pirates who live in a toyshop as they explore the world. In this story, Buttons the cabin boy sneaks off outside to explore, this eventually leads to the whole crew venturing out and getting swept down a drain! After many shenanigans, they all eventually fiend thes...

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Name: Camila
06 May 2016;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

I do recommend this book and enjoyed reading it. The story explores many issues and is able to present the realistic characters in a way that truly gets you to understand their thoughts and feelings.

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Name: Daisy
06 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I really wanted to like this book. Unfortunately, I just could not engage with Nick Lake's writing style, so I found reading it to be a chore - an exciting one - but still. I found the story's twists completely out of the blue, which should be a good thing, but I just found them entirely out of p...

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Name: Kimea
06 May 2016;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

It is a great book at teaching about how white people first acted towards segregation. It is well written and has me entertained for the whole story. It can be a bit hard to read in sections because of the way some racist slurs are used.

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Name: Kate M
06 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

This book was well written and overall - the parts I read - very descriptive. However I found it very hard to connect with the characters and at times I struggles with the story line. Especially the first paragraph of each chapter which was referring to a separate story line all together. This...

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Name: Amanda Allen
06 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I didn't like the start of this book, I am not a fan of books written in an American style with Mom etc. but his book soon became enjoyable. Shelby has been home schooled and brought up by her mother who is extremely overprotective, Shelby thinks that her dad died when she was a baby but when...

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Name: Amanda Allen
06 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I was really looking forward to reading this as I loved Frances Hardinge's earlier novel, Cuckoo Song. I wasn't disappointed; the story was gripping and dark. It tells the story of Faith and her family who move to the remote island of Vane to escape a scandal surrounding her father's career. R...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
06 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

After The Final War had devastated much of the world a neutral organization, World for Peace, was set up to resolve conflicts by Peacefights, Tier 1,2 or 3. All other weapons are forbidden and countries send their pilots, one on one, to fight at designated places. Amity Vancour is a Tier 2 pilot...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
04 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Tamsin and the Deep is a graphic novel, excellently illustrated by Kate Brown and published by David Fickling Books in partnership with The Pheonix Comic. As a prolific reader of comics and graphic novels (Calvin and Hobbes was a particular favourite) when a teenager myself I can honestly say thi...

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