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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...
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The Winter Wolf
Name: Angel Hunter
16 March 2015;Genre: Animals
I really liked this book because I like adventure stories. The Winter Wolf is a story about a girl called Amelia who has an adventure finding a wolf's mother. In the story there is also a boy called Noah who wrote a diary which Amelia read. My favourite characters were Amelia and the wolf pup....
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Frida and Bear
Name: Natalie Plimmer
13 March 2015;Genre: Adventure
This lovely picture book is a celebration of art, imagination, and creativity as Browne collaborates with Bartholin to play his Shape Game, which has already been the subject of some of his previous books. Bear and Frida the elephant take it in turns to draw a random shape and then turn it into...
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Harry and Hope
Name: June Hughes
12 March 2015;Genre: Animals
Hope is twelve years old and lives in France with her artist mother, her mother's boyfriend, Frank, and Frank's donkey, Harry. An unusual set up, perhaps, but one in which Hope feels loved and secure, until Frank suddenly leaves and Hope has to take over the care of Harry. A strong bond...
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I'll Give You the Sun
Name: Karen Poolton
11 March 2015;Genre: Adventure
This is the story of a tragic period in the lives of teenage, American twins, Jude and Noah. It is about art, first love, jealousy, family and maybe, above all, about the relationship between the twins. The story is told alternately by Noah and Jude. Noah is an introverted 13 year old, his mothe...
