Families Book Reviews

Name: Dawn Woods
10 August 2015;

Genre: Friends and family

Grace and Tippi are conjoined twins, something most people would dread. Living in America, they have been home educated by tutors and with that and hospital fees, finances are stretched. When their Father loses his job because of health issues, their Mother refuses to stop the counselling, so...

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Name: Rose Palmer
10 August 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Dogs and dinosaurs! A winning combination! Young children will love this tale of Scruff the dog who is homeless and friendless, but who nevertheless exudes positivity and energy. He loves to dig , anywhere and everywhere, much to the disapproval of other - better brought up - dogs and their owner...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 August 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Someone has stolen the Golden Cuckoo Award statues and when William receives a plea for help from the glamorous Audrey Mieowski, he heads off to Hollywood to solve the case. Hancock's very distinctive artistic style somehow lends itself to portraying feline grace and elegance. Each spread is full...

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Name: Rose Palmer
31 July 2015;

Genre: Young fiction

This is the second book in the Knight in Training series but the first that I have read. I will definitely look out for number one and look forward to numbers three to six! A Horse Called Dora sees our hero , Sam J Butterbuggins, musing over his diary about such things as trees that wave (in a 'h...

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Name: ReadingZone
31 July 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Lauren St John's breathtaking new novel, The Glory, pits two teenagers against each other in an epic race across the American West. Alex, a troubled teenager from the UK, and Will, desperate to win the prize money to pay for his dad's life-saving surgery, are both determined to win The Glory, a 1...

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Name: Lois Age 12
31 July 2015;

Genre: Fantasy

This is an enjoyable book as it is a great fun adventure where anything can happen. It combines the modern day world that we know with fantastical creatures based on myth and legend.

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Name: Jo Clarke
30 July 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Grandad's Island tells the story about the relationship between a young boy and his Grandad. One day Syd goes to visit his Grandad and he takes him through a mysterious door on a journey across the sea to a beautiful island. The Island is a tropical paradise where Syd and his Grandad have an amaz...

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Name: Lizi Coombs
29 July 2015;

Genre: Adventure

This is an easy to understand book that tells the story of Rama and how he defeats the evil king of all demons, Ravana. This is a story shared in many schools as children learn about Diwali and Hinduism - because of this, I'm familiar with a few versions of the story, and find that this particula...

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Name: Lizi Coombs
29 July 2015;

Genre: Adventure

This book has no words; just fantastically detailed images. The book starts with a little boy witnessing a variety of quite distressing events, planes with bombs attached flying over his town, tanks rampaging through the streets, businesses being shut down, soldiers breaking down doors... pictur...

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Name: Kerra Dagley
29 July 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Another amazing social and environmental piece from Gill Lewis, set deep in the African jungle, we are caught in the midst of war, murder, gorilla trading and environmental destruction in the name of progress. Powerful and thought-provoking from the start, I read it straight through to the end, u...

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