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Lyttle Lies - The Pudding Problem
Name: Lauren Maidman
29 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
Sam Lyttle is a compulsive liar, who obviously cannot help it! The story shows the tales of Sam who keeps lying at home and school, which has led him into big trouble with the school bully, Feeny. Sam tries to get his way out of situations through lying, only making them worse. Not only has he go...
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The One Memory of Flora Banks
Name: Natalie Plimmer
25 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
Prepare to meet Flora Banks: you don't have to be brave - but she does and as you enter her world your curiosity will develop as you get to grips with exactly just how courageous she must be and why she must have the message 'Flora be brave' permanently inked on her arm. Flora may be an unreliab...
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Radio Boy
Name: Jane Allen
24 January 2017;Genre: Friends and family
Radio Boy, by DJ and stand-up comedian Christian O'Connell, is a funny and also very real story about friendship, homework, and following your dreams. 11-year-old Spike's favourite hour of the week is when he's running his hospital radio programme, so when he loses his program...
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I Don't Know What to Call my Cat
Name: Jane Allen
24 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
This picture book takes a dilema children often face - the best name for a new pet - and takes it into very different directions. The pet in question is a very clever kitty who arrives on a young girl's doorstep one day, looking hungry, and she takes it in, delighted to have a new pet. There's ju...
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Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
Name: Selin Age 9
22 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
This book just makes you want to read on.There wasn't a single page that was boring.J.k.Rowling uses amazing vocabulary to describe the characters and settings in her story.I recommend this book to people that like magic and a bit of scariness.
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Name: Linda Brown
22 January 2017;Genre: Historical Fiction
Evie's Ghost is a low fantasy book written in the same vein as Tom's Midnight Garden. It tells the story of a young girl named Evie, who feels that life is being very unfair to her as her mom has recently re-married, gone on her honeymoon and left her with a very elderly godmo...
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Malory Towers
Name: Selin Age 9
21 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
I liked this book because the way Enid Blyton links the whole story together is just phenomenal. It just makes you want to read on more. I would say people that like adventure stories should read this book.
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The White Tower
Name: Sue Wilsher
21 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
When her father gets his dream job as librarian at Temple College, Livy finds herself struggling to fit in. Still lost in the grief of her best friend's death, the prestigious school and its elite students are completely alien to her. Drawn to the roof and the mysterious Sentinels, huge statues l...
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A Poem for Every Night of the Year
Name: Alison Kelly
20 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
Allie Esiri has set herself an ambitious task in undertaking to provide a poem for every night of the year. The introduction promises 'a sequence of beautiful poems to share at bed time, a journey through culture and history and the seasons'. Esiri's choices - there are 366 of them as it's a L...
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Who Let the Gods Out?
Name: June Hughes
17 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
Elliot is finding life difficult. His mother is ill, they have no money, final demands are piling up and the next door neighbour is after their farm. School is no better either as Elliot turns up in less than perfect uniform and falls asleep in lessons, but dare not tell his teachers of the diffi...
