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Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse
Name: Sam
09 February 2016;Genre: Adventure
Good book about ghost mice, monkeys, vampires, sirens, centaurs, talking goats and does mention werewolves, mummies, minotaurs and vampire pirates. Warning - this story is not scary
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Usborne Illustrated Canterbury Tales
Name: Rose Palmer
09 January 2016;Genre: Adventure
What a great idea to produce a children's Canterbury Tales. This is a beautifully presented 210 page retelling of this classic English literature. This book is a wonderful first introduction to Chaucer, topped and tailed with a most useful explanatory preface and information about Chaucer the man...
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Sandrider
Name: Clare Wilkins
07 January 2016;Genre: Adventure
Sandrider by Angie Sage's Sandrider is the second Magykal adventure in her TodHunter Moon series. A spin-off of the bestselling Septimus Heap sequence, the book follows the exhilarating escapades of the ExtraOrdinary Apprentice Alice TodHunter Moon and a sparkling support cast. In the vast Dese...
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Time Travelling with a Hamster
Name: Sue Wilsher
31 December 2015;Genre: Science Fiction
When Al Chaudhury discovers his (dead) father's time machine, he is set a challenge which involves going back to the 1980s. He quickly finds himself involved in breaking and entering, setting fire to a school, lying, stealing, and trying not to lose his hamster, Alan Shearer. Ti...
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Usborne Illustrated Canterbury Tales
Name: Daniel Katz
23 December 2015;Genre: Adventure
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales has a revered place in British culture - it is often said to have heralded the birth of modern English Literature. First written in 14th century, it is essentially a short story collection - it follows a group of strangers who start a story-telling competition to help p...
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billionaire boy
Name: Kirsty B
08 December 2015;Genre: Humour
this book is about a boy called Joe spud, his dad is rich, but Joe isn't really impressed because his dad is only rich because he invented a new type of loo roll. Joe has no friends at the school for posh children so he moves to a normal school.
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The Imaginary
Name: Lorraine Ansell
05 November 2015;Genre: Friends and family
Rudger is Amanda's imaginary best friend and together they have the most amazing adventures, where objects are brought to life and new worlds created by Amanda's extraordinary imagination. Rudger happily lives in her house until one night when the sinister Mr Bunting and his shadowy accomplice...
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Binny in Secret
Name: Hayley Nicholson
30 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
There is an innocence to this book, much like the feeling with any Famours Five or Secret Seven adventures, although this one has mobile phones. Binny is not your normal lead character. She's clumsy and stroppy, and sometimes gets herself into trouble just by acting without thinking, but she has...
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Urban Outlaws: Lockdown
Name: ReadingZone
22 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
Fans of series including Alex Rider and TimeRiders will thoroughly enjoy these fast-paced, gadget-laden stories in which a group of highly talented and motivated teenagers - the 'Urban Outlaws' of the piece - grapple with computer viruses, shadowy mentors and some very bad guys. Lockdown is the t...
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The Misadventures of Charles Darwin
Name: Dawn Woods
05 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
An accessible biography of Charles Darwin with chapter headings to entice and interest children. From stinky schoolboy to seasick sailor, Darwin's life is told and the importance of his discoveries in the context of the time explained. This latter is important as children will not necessarily be...
