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Asha and the Spirit Bird
Name: Clare Wilkins
01 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
Asha and her family live in the foothills of the Himalayas. Surviving on wages her father sends from his factory job in the City, they manage their farm in his absence and yearn for him to return. But suddenly the money and Pa's letters stop arriving; and as the months go by Asha's desperate moth...
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When We Were Warriors
Name: Janet Fisher
24 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
When We Were Warriors, a collection of three interlinked stories set in World War Two, is Emma Carroll's ninth book. The first story tells of Stanley, evacuated to Frost Hollow Hall (the setting of Carroll's first book), together with his sisters, June and Maggie; the reader w...
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Against All Gods
Name: Nicki Cleveland
22 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
To be honest, when this landed in the post, I still hadnt quite forgiven Maz for the tears and torment caused by book 3, the brilliant Beyond The Odyssey. So, I did the only thing I could. I locked myself in my bedroom with a loo roll to hand (Id run out of tissues), tried to banish the title ind...
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The Truth about Martians
Name: Salliann Coleman
16 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
This book is set in 1947 in New Mexico and relates to the Roswell UFO incident; there are references throughout the book to specific aspects of the times, for example listening to Superman on the radio and reading about Martians in comics. Some of these may require explanation to the modern-day...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
07 February 2019;Genre: Magical Realism
A Pinch of Magic is a lovely book, and it has been a delight to read and review it. Betty Widdershins lives with her Granny, and her sisters Fliss and Charlie, in the Poachers Pocket Inn in the village of Crowstone. Their mother is dead and their father is imprisoned in Crowst...
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The Shield of Lies
Name: Azra Age 11
30 January 2019;Genre: Fantasy
This book follows Crystal Run which I loved. I loved this book because there is always a mystery that needs to be revealed and a ending to be discovered. In this book, the main characters Kaia and Joe have been taken prisoner but have to escape back to Carcassia, to stop other Runners from being...
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The Dreadful Tale Of Prosper Redding
Name: Azra Age 11
30 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
The more you delve into this book the better it gets and there is always a mystery to solve - a demon's curse has to be broken. You won't be able to put the book down!
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Pages & Co: Tilly and the Book Wanderers
Name: Lola Age 11
28 January 2019;Genre: Fantasy
I liked this book because of the mysteries - it shows that magic doesn't just solve problems. Many people believe Tilly is just seeing things when she says she has seen Alice from Alice in Wonderland and Anne from Anne of Green Gables - then she discovers the Book Wanderers...
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Agatha Oddly
Name: Catherine Age 10
27 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
I like this book because tons of events happen and surprises pop up along the way. It was filled with secrets and it was soooo good - I found it hard to put the book down.
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Head Kid
Name: Catherine Age 10
27 January 2019;Genre: School Stories
I liked this book, although it wasn't my favourite, but it was funny and I laughed throughout the whole story. I would recommend this to anyone who likes a good laugh-out-loud story. He was warned there would be consequences.... Then the naughtiest boy finds himself turned into the head teache...
