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  • The Astounding Broccoli Boy

    The Astounding Broccoli Boy

    Name: Jodie Brooks
    19 March 2015;

    Genre: Adventure

    Rory Rooney is remarkably normal in every way; normal home, average school, puny muscles and he's even typically bullied to boot. This all changes one day when Rory takes a head first dive into a stinky pond on a school trip and emerges bright green. Not spinach green or peppermint tea green, but...

  • The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

    The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

    Name: Bailey Age 11
    17 March 2015;

    Genre: Humour

    I recommend this book because its very funny and will suck you in.

  • The Winter Wolf

    The Winter Wolf

    Name: Angel Hunter
    16 March 2015;

    Genre: Animals

    I really liked this book because I like adventure stories. The Winter Wolf is a story about a girl called Amelia who has an adventure finding a wolf's mother. In the story there is also a boy called Noah who wrote a diary which Amelia read. My favourite characters were Amelia and the wolf pup....

  • Harry and Hope

    Harry and Hope

    Name: June Hughes
    12 March 2015;

    Genre: Animals

    Hope is twelve years old and lives in France with her artist mother, her mother's boyfriend, Frank, and Frank's donkey, Harry. An unusual set up, perhaps, but one in which Hope feels loved and secure, until Frank suddenly leaves and Hope has to take over the care of Harry. A strong bond...

  • The Dreamsnatcher

    The Dreamsnatcher

    Name: Janet Fisher
    09 March 2015;

    Genre: Adventure

    This is an extraordinarily confident first novel, beautifully written and planned out. Moll Pecksniff lives with the gypsies but never feels she belongs. One night when she had planned to try to rescue her cob Jinx who had been stolen, she wakes from a dream to find herself out in the forest, on...

  • The World of Norm: Must Be Washed Separately: Book 7

    The World of Norm: Must be washed separately

    Name: Linda Brown
    28 January 2015;

    Genre: Adventure

    I have never read any of the books from this series before even though they are in my Library. I love the way they are presented. The pages are not text heavy, have attractive funny illustrations and have key words presented in bold, which all go towards helping readers visualise what is going on...

  • A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets

    A Street Cat Named Bob

    Name: Lauren Age 11
    13 January 2015;

    Genre: Information books

    James and Bob are inseparable and Bob is a very cute and clever cat! Bob has helped James through his addiction to Drugs. Bob has also gained some more money so they can lived a good life. I love this book and its the best because its like a Diary and it's a real life story! :)

  • A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets

    A Street Cat Named Bob

    Name: Jessie Age 12
    13 January 2015;

    Genre: Information books

    I like it because the cat called Bob helped James through the hard times of living on the streets of London. Bob was a homeless cat and james was also homeless.

  • Joshua Files: #5 Apocalypse Moon

    Apocolypse Moon

    Name: Josh Weston
    12 January 2015;

    Genre: Adventure

    It is fast paced and keeps you interested it has a great storyline and is the perfect mix between reality and fantasy

  • The Last of the Spirits

    The Last of the Spirits

    Name: Paula Hazlehurst
    09 January 2015;

    Genre: Books set in the past

    An excellent read. It's an alternative view of Dickens' Christmas Carol, seen through the eyes of two waifs, a brother and a sister. The brother is a cynic, hardened by life, whereas his sister hasn't lost her kindness but depends on her brother to look after her. The story follows them through t...