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  • Classic boxed set

    hunger games

    Name: Elizabeth Age 13
    27 May 2014;

    Genre: Adventure

    WOW! IT'S SO GOOD! I WANT SUZZANE TO WRITE ANOUTHER BOOK! I HAVE READ ALL 3 AND HAVE WATCHED 2 FILMS! HAVE YOU????? ANYWAY... READ IT NOW! AFTER I HAD READ IT I JUST WANTED TO READ ANOTHER BOOK LIKE THE HUNGER GAMES!!!! GO ON READ IT NOW!!!!!

  • Shadow of the Zeppelin

    Shadow of the Zeppelin

    Name: Graham Marks
    18 May 2014;

    Genre: Adventure

    It is now a hundred years since World War 1 broke out, and this is the turbulent backdrop against which Bernard Ashley's latest novel takes place. It was a time of great change - Man had only very recently taken to the air and, with the world now at war, also a time of huge uncertainty. The story...

  • Shift

    Shift

    Name: Louise Ellis-Barrett
    07 May 2014;

    Genre: Adventure

    For Rev (who was there just to spend an hour looking at Johnson), Billie (who would rather be in Boots buying make-up), The Ape (who isn't really bothered either way), GG (so laid back he is almost horizontal), Johnson (man of mystery and good looks), Carrie (the human knitting needle), Lucas and...

  • Barry Loser: I am Not a Loser: Tom Fletcher Book Club 2017 title (The Barry Loser Series)

    I Am Not a Loser

    Name: Ameenah Age 9
    30 April 2014;

    Genre: Humour

    I like this book because it's humorous but different.

  • Double Act

    Double Act

    Name: Aishah Age 10
    30 April 2014;

    Genre: Friends and family

    I liked the bit about when Ruby said Garnet wet herself in their play and she was a laughing stock!

  • The Worst Witch All at Sea

    The Worst Witch All At Sea

    Name: zahra Age 9
    30 April 2014;

    Genre: Young fiction

    I liked the mischef and the amazing witch world and the school, plus the imagination Jill Murphy puts in your mind

  • Charlie Merrick's Misfits in Fouls, Friends, and Football

    Charlie Merricks Misfits in Fouls, friends and My World Cup

    Name: Melanie Chadwick
    30 April 2014;

    Genre: Real life

    Full of action, both on and off the pitch, this book is bang on target. Charlie Merrick's bunch of misfit friends love football, but they're just not very good at it. Their team, North Star Galaxy, are desperately fighting the battle against relegation in the under 12s league. Their chances do...

  • Marooned in Manhattan

    Evie Brooks is Marooned in Manhattan

    Name: Melanie Chadwick
    29 April 2014;

    Genre: Adventure

    I liked the way the book hooks you in by starting with an action-packed scene from near the end of the book where Evie is stuck in a rubbish shoot trying to escape security guards. The rest of the book builds up to that moment and explains why she gets into such a predicament. Evie's mum has di...

  • Stars in Jars: New and Collected Poems by Chrissie Gittins

    Stars in Jars

    Name: Alison Young
    28 March 2014;

    Genre: Adventure

    The lovely, rhythmic opening poem ('Sky-High' p. 9) in this collection gives the book its title: William's rocket trip to the moon and beyond sees him returning with a 'trail of stars' that he brings home to keep them 'safe in jars'. It's an appropriate metaphor for the poems in this book as they...

  • Oi Frog!

    Oi Frog!

    Name: L Voisey
    24 March 2014;

    Genre: Adventure

    If you've not yet had the pleasure of Oi Frog, then do try to seek out a copy. Oi Frog is a great story for reading aloud and early readers will also be able to manage it. As well as being a tongue-in-cheek look at phonics (frogs sit on logs; woe betide the frog that wants to sit on something mor...