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The Lie Tree
Name: Helen Swinyard
11 April 2015;Genre: Adventure
From a new Carnegie-shortlisted author comes some clever, well-researched and careful writing which tells the story of Faith's hunt to gain her father's favour and then to solve the mystery of his secret work and who wanted him dead to gain his secrets. Set in Victorian times, feisty Faith is a g...
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Secrets
Name: Gregorio
10 April 2015;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Secrets by Jacquline wilson illustrated by nick sharrat. I really liked this book because it was funy. My favorite bit was when she started dance classes. I would like to recomend this to friends that live close to my house.
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Foxy Tales: The Great Jail Break
Name: Lizi Coombs
10 April 2015;Genre: Adventure
I was excited to pick this up; I'm familiar with Alex T Smith, having seen him whilst doing my teacher training - I enjoy his Claude series, and so do my current class of year 3s! The story itself is entertaining. The characters, Foxy Dubois and Alphonso the Alligator, are well introduced and su...
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Pants
Name: Blake
10 April 2015;Genre: Humour
Pants by and illistrated by Nick Sharret. I really liked this book because it is funny. My favourite bit was when it says hairy pants. I would recommened this to a friend because it is funny and a good book.
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When Mr Dog Bites
Name: Carol Williams
22 March 2015;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
When Mr Dog Bites is a Carnegie-shortlisted book, with Dylan, a Tourette's sufferer, as the main character. Dylan struggles all the time to keep the 'bad stuff' inside, with varying success; when 'Mr Dog' comes out, at moments of stress, he loses control, growls and swears, bu...
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The Astounding Broccoli Boy
Name: Jodie Brooks
19 March 2015;Genre: Adventure
Rory Rooney is remarkably normal in every way; normal home, average school, puny muscles and he's even typically bullied to boot. This all changes one day when Rory takes a head first dive into a stinky pond on a school trip and emerges bright green. Not spinach green or peppermint tea green, but...
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Denton Little's Deathdate
Name: Catherine
17 March 2015;Genre: Adventure
'I don't think this is my bed.' And so begin the frenetic last days of Denton Little's life! ...which might sound like a sad read, right? Wrong! It's funny...we're allowed to laugh at death. It starts with the premise that, thanks to the field of AstroThanatoGenetics, everyone knows the date of t...
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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
Name: Bailey Age 11
17 March 2015;Genre: Humour
I recommend this book because its very funny and will suck you in.
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Gone
Name: Jaime Age 12
17 March 2015;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
I liked it because it's strange and random and my friend is random.
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The Bell Between Worlds
Name: Carol Williams
16 March 2015;Genre: Adventure
This is the first in what promises to be an interesting series,The Mirror Chronicle. Sylas lives in our present day world, although his lonely orphaned existence has rather a Dickensian feel about it. After being given a mysterious book, Sylas is drawn by the tolling of a huge bell into an altern...
