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Funny kid stand up
Name: Max Age 10
12 March 2018;Genre: Humour
I love all the humour they fitted into the writing - it made me laugh out loud on every page, while carrying on with the plot and adding a good twist at the end.
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The Family Fiasco
Name: Maddie Age 10
27 February 2018;Genre: Humour
This fantastic, crazy book will fill your mind with ideas for the future. I promise that while you are reading it you will burst out laughing! Here is a list of all the characters in this book.Skye, Harris (Sky's little brother), Mum (embarrassing and weird), Rob (the man from next door who mum...
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The Secret Cooking Club
Name: Maddie Age 10
27 February 2018;Genre: Friends and family
This fantastic, cool book is great for anybody with a sweet tooth! It is filled with loads of scrumptious colours and flavours! Mum (Claire) is engaged to EM-K, Scarlett's Stepdad to be.They manage to organise a wedding in a very short space of time. Then something goes horribly wrong! Can Scarl...
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The Light Jar
Name: Maddie Age 10
27 February 2018;Genre: Adventure
A mysterious page turner, The Light Jar is a great read for ages 10 plus. This heart warming story shows the true meaning of friendship, love and hope. Nate and his mother have run away and when mum heads off for food and doesn't return, that leaves him worrying about all sorts of things. Until...
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The Hippo at the End of the Hall
Name: Linda Brown
26 February 2018;Genre: Adventure
What a wonderful magical, mysterious adventure. Ben, our main character, receives an invitation to The Gee Museum, which has been delivered to him by some bees! It arrives with the milk early one morning. Ben opens the envelope and his magical adventure begins. Even though his mom doesn't want hi...
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Matt Millz
Name: Max Age 10
25 February 2018;Genre: Humour
The humour, jokes, routines and tips for young comedians who want to improve. I also enjoyed the famous comedians that they mentioned in the book and facts that helped them become a success. The plot was also very fun and I always wanted to know what happened next!
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Battle of the Beetles
Name: Janet Fisher
22 February 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is the third part of the trilogy following on from Beetle Boy and Beetle Queen and moves the story into a darker and more mature phase. Lucretia Cutters plans to take over the world by infesting areas with beetles doing great damage to crops, involve breeding giant beetles and to this end s...
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The Butterfly Club
Name: Elisha Age 8
05 February 2018;Genre: Friends and family
I like that all four of them became friends in the end. Although it was quite sad, it was good.
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Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book One)
Name: June Hughes
02 February 2018;Genre: Magical Realism
This is the first book in The Wild Magic trilogy by Celine Kiernan and the reader will be hooked from the very first sentence. Within the first chapter we learn of Mup's life with her family and we are introduced to the forces that are about to change that life dramatically.<b...
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The 1,000-year-old Boy
Name: Nicola Cleveland
01 February 2018;Genre: Friends and family
In The 1,000 Year Old Boy, Alfie wants to be like any other 11 year old, which is a bit tricky when he's actually over a thousand years old. He longs for a friend, but knows the only way he and his mother can stay where they are is to keep themselves to themselves. When Roxy...
