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Malory Towers
Name: Selin Age 9
21 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
I liked this book because the way Enid Blyton links the whole story together is just phenomenal. It just makes you want to read on more. I would say people that like adventure stories should read this book.
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The White Tower
Name: Sue Wilsher
21 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
When her father gets his dream job as librarian at Temple College, Livy finds herself struggling to fit in. Still lost in the grief of her best friend's death, the prestigious school and its elite students are completely alien to her. Drawn to the roof and the mysterious Sentinels, huge statues l...
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Who Let the Gods Out?
Name: June Hughes
17 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
Elliot is finding life difficult. His mother is ill, they have no money, final demands are piling up and the next door neighbour is after their farm. School is no better either as Elliot turns up in less than perfect uniform and falls asleep in lessons, but dare not tell his teachers of the diffi...
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Alice Jones: The Ghost Light
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
Alice is back to solve another mystery - this time in the theatre her sister is performing in. Spending the summer helping her mother and sister at the Beryl Theatre isn't Alice's first choice of things to do - there's a copy of Fermat's Last Theorum that needs reading for a start. But things st...
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Pig Heart Boy
Name: Wesley Age 12
28 November 2016;Genre: Personal Growth
It has an amazing plot and can be humerous, dark, scary and very much true to real life.
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50 Things You Should Know About Prehistoric Britain
Name: Sue Wilsher
17 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Covering events in Britain from the Old Stone Age to the Roman invasion, this title looks at the development of the human race and every day life during this period. Full of fascinating facts, this book offers an excellent starting point for work on this period of history. As well as explainin...
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The Accidental Pirates: Voyage to the Magical North
Name: Mikeala Morgans
27 September 2016;Genre: Adventure
Plucked from the sea as a baby, Brine Seaborne doesn't know where she came from or quite where she belongs. She has resigned herself to life as the servant of magician Tallis Magnus on the Minutes islands, even though magic makes her sneeze! Brine's friend, Peter, is the magician's apprentice an...
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The Other Alice
Name: June Hughes
22 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Alice loves to write stories but she always has to finish them. Experience has taught her that, if she leaves a story unfinished, her characters step out of the story and go in search of their own ending. This might prove to be fun and entertaining but what would happen if the character that l...
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Storm Walker
Name: June Hughes
04 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Twelve year old Owen and his Dad are coming to terms with life a year after the death of Owen's mother. Or rather, they are not - her ashes remain in an urn on the mantelpiece; Owen's Dad, a published author, has not written a word since she died; home life is a disorganised jumble of takeaway...
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The Rest Of Us Just Live Here
Name: Kate M
06 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
This book was well written and overall - the parts I read - very descriptive. However I found it very hard to connect with the characters and at times I struggles with the story line. Especially the first paragraph of each chapter which was referring to a separate story line all together. This...
