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My Funny Family's Got Talent
Name: Lucy Russell
19 March 2014;Genre: Adventure
Mattie is part of a large and chaotic family, where money is in short supply but love and affection certainly is not. This story continues the ups and downs of daily life with Mattie deciding to organise a 'Royal Variety Performance' for her mum's birthday. As she goes about recruiting acts and t...
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A Room Full of Chocolate
Name: Mikeala Morgans
12 March 2014;Genre: Adventure
Grace's dad has moved out and her mum needs to go to hospital. Try as she might to convince her mum to let her stay, she is sent to live on a farm in Yorkshire with her temperamental estranged Grandfather. She quickly meets and forms a strong bond with the free spirited Megan, her pig - Claude...
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Half Bad
Name: Melanie Chadwick
12 March 2014;Genre: Adventure
Although most humans dont even know of their existence, White Witches and Black Witches are at war with each other within modern society. Nathan is persecuted at school, has his movements restricted and is constantly watched because he is a Half Code; half White and half Black. He is 14 when he...
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The Everest Files
Name: Melanie Chadwick
10 March 2014;Genre: Adventure
Ryan, a gap year student, is delivering medical supplies to a remote village in the Himalayas when he stumbles upon a mystery. He meets Shreeya, a young Sherpa girlwhose boyfriend Kami was employed on an Everest expedition but who never returned; all she has is reports that he is neither alive n...
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My Name is Parvana
Name: Tracy Hart
23 February 2014;Genre: Adventure
Through the experiences of a young girl, 15-year-old Parvana (Deborah Ellis has introduced her previously in The Breadwinner, Pavana's Journey and Mud City), the reader learns what life is like for the people, particularly women, of Afghanistan. Suspicion surrounds a land that has been divided...
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Blackberry Blue
Name: Charlotte Eilenberg
18 February 2014;Genre: Adventure
Blackberry Blue is the title story of one of six magical fairy tales in Jamila Gavins inventive new book of the same title. Drawing on the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson, these adventurous tales interweave the traditional with the culturally diverse, to give them a more modern flavour...
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Fool's Gold
Name: Dominique Doyle
15 February 2014;Genre: Books set in the past
Was drawn right into this story! Excellent pace, intelligent plot, great characters and a fascinating insight into the medieval world of 1454 in Venice.....religion, alchemy, slavery, economy, romance and mystery...everything a great adventure needs. As someone who struggles to read about history...
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The Dark Inside
Name: Alison U
14 February 2014;Genre: Adventure
Do you believe in monsters? I love when an author asks their readers big questions, and this richly rewarding book certainly does; challenging you to think deeply about the human condition. Whenever his stepfather becomes abusive, thirteen year old James escapes to a deserted house on the outski...
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Finding Jennifer Jones
Name: Dawn Woods
01 February 2014;Genre: Adventure
Do I feel more sympathy for Jennifer Jones now? Am I still willing her to speak out and tell about being frightened to have her photo taken by the creepy Mr Cottis? Has this sequel raised more questions than provided answers? Jennifer Jones is older. She's been moved on from her previous placeme...
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The Dark Inside
Name: Lorraine Ansell
20 January 2014;Genre: Adventure
The Dark Inside is a sinister, compelling read that I could not put down. The two main characters, Webster and Jamie, meet by chance and then embark on a journey to try and find a cure for Webster's 'curse'. They are relentlessly pursued by a gypsy fairground owner and his horrifying mother who p...
