Schools & Libraries Book Reviews
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Kat Wolfe Investigates
Name: Emily Age 10
11 June 2018;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I liked this book because it is very mysterious... When Kat and her mum move to Bluebell Bay ,Kat starts up a pet-sitting agency. But something feels strange when she goes to feed Bailey, Ramon Corazon's yellow-crowned Amazon parrot. Something mysterious...
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A place called Perfect
Name: Emily Age 10
24 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
I loved this book because it is super mysterious and you can't guess what is going to happen. When Violet moves to Perfect weird things start to happen; everyone has to wear glasses to stop them going blind. What are the Archer brothers - who run Perfect - hiding?
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Chicken on the Roof
Name: Alison Kelly
22 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is Matt Goodfellow's second anthology: it brings together humour, lyricism and contemplation with a voice that never fails to engage. As well as writing poetry, he is well known for his performances so it's not surprising that so many of the poems lend themselves to joyful and robust perform...
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Elizabeth and Zenobia
Name: Emily Age 10
16 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
I love this book because Elizabeth is timid and Zenobia is outgoing. When the girls arrive at Witheringe House something is in need of their help.
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The Chocolate Factory Ghost
Name: Emily Age 10
16 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
I liked this book because it's a mystery and mysteries are one of my favourite type of book. When Archie arrives at his new home, Honeystone Hall, things are not as they seem.
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The Children of Castle Rock
Name: Emily Age 10
16 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
When Alice, Jesse and Fergus go on the Great Orienteering Challenge, Alice sees her chance to venture onto the island of Nish.
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Name: Donna Burket
03 May 2018;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
In a community centre in a run down area of Manchester where 'Manchester welcomes refugees', 11-year-old Aya sits day after day, hour after hour, to see the case worker who can hopefully help them to claim asylum. Her mother speaks little English and is withdrawn and poorly. Around her is a ho...
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Name: Clare Wilkins
01 May 2018;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
In No Ballet Shoes in Syria, eleven-year-old Aya is a dancer. Her head full of dreams of ballet, music and her wonderful teacher, Madame Belova. She is also an asylum seeker. Recently arrived in Britain from Syria, she and her mother and baby brother find themselves entangled...
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Name: Lucy Russell
25 April 2018;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Eleven-year-old Aya has arrived in Britain from Syria. She has left her homeland behind, lost her father and is holding the rest of the fragile family together, responsible beyond her years. When she glimpses the dancers in the community centre's ballet class, she longs to dance again - ballet...
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Scarlet and Ivy :The Curse in the Candlelight
Name: Caroline Gosden
17 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
It's the start of a new term at Rookwood School, with the reuniting of old friends and arrival of new ones. Ariadne is dismayed at the arrival of Muriel Witherspoon, her former bully from her previous school. Muriel seems to be nice enough now, but can she be trusted? Another new girl Ebony Mc...
