Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Jayne Gould
20 March 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Princess Peony is the youngest of the royal family, with six older sisters, who as all good princesses should, only care about things like pretty dresses and shoes. Peony would rather be finding out and doing practical things, something their strict governess, Miss Beef, with her well-ordered tim...

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Name: Tom
19 March 2017;

Genre: Real life

This is full of fast benders and U-turn that will always keep you hook. Without the boring "wittering" that most books like this fall into. I like the way that this is told through Facebook chat groups and various points of view from all the main characters.

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Name: Tom
19 March 2017;

Genre: Real life

I would recommend this book because it offers a chilling insight into our society and how unstable it can really be.

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Name: Columbia Age 9
19 March 2017;

Genre: Information books

Zubaidah, Tanjina and Lamisha: We enjoyed the Rainbow Fields because the illustrations are so colourful. Doing all the tasks made us feel involved in the story. We liked the Zeebies in their colourful suits, floating around space and enjoyed helping them fix their rocket.

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Name: Columbia Age 9
19 March 2017;

Genre: Information books

Nabila, Eva and Ava: we loved searching for the magic objects on the beautifully illustrated pages. We especially enjoyed the Hidden Lagoon challenge, looking for the glow-worm that didn't shine as brightly as the rest. We liked going round the path and doing the challenges.

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Name: Eva Age 10
19 March 2017;

Genre: Humour

I liked it when Bobby became a dog named Trumpy. My favourite character was Miranda because she's really exciting and always happy. I also liked the cartoon-style illustrations by David Roberts with speech bubbles. You know the book is going to be fun from the zany front cover.

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Name: Emma Roberts
19 March 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Sunk! is a real treat - especially for fans of Blown Away, the picture book that preceded it. As in the first book, Penguin Blue is on his travels, this time on the look out for a pirate adventure! You'll recognise some of his old friends from Blown Away - the...

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Name: Alison Gray
19 March 2017;

Genre: Adventure

The New Adventures of Mr Toad bring Kenneth Grahame's irrepressible Mr Toad from The Wind in the Willows back to life in an adventure that has bags of charm and car-fulls of adventure.... Whether or not children have read the original stories on which this new series is based, this story about fr...

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Name: Zaina Age 13
18 March 2017;

Genre: Adventure

It was amazing

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Name: Janet McCarthy
16 March 2017;

Genre: Friends and family

Elektra Jones, 15, lands a starring role in a film but it doesn't go to plan. This is a heart warming story about teen romance, family and friendship. It'll make you laugh, feel angst but ultimately leave you happy and glad that you read the book. I really enjoyed it. Elektra finally gets toget...

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