Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Marie Berry
09 October 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Lauren Child has created another excellent Charlie and Lola adventure in A Dog With Nice Ears. In this story, Charlie explains how his sister Lola really wants a dog. She plays dogs, pretends to be a dog, pretends Charlie is a dog and talks endlessly about the type of dog she wants. However, t...

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Name: Marie Berry
09 October 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart have written a great book in You Choose in Space. This is the first You Choose I have read and I have to say I was very impressed with it. As a stand-alone read, it was a great one to share with my children and generated lots of discussions and chat about the...

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Name: Emily Marcuccilli
09 October 2017;

Genre: Fantasy

My review copy of Cressida Cowell's The Wizards of Once was barely out of its packaging when an eager Year 5 reader, desperate to read it, asked whether she could borrow it first. She devoured it in two days flat and declared it to be 'entrancing and mysterious'. How right she...

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Name: Linda Brown
09 October 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This is the second book in this series about the Queens of Fennbrin and in my opinion the best. Action packed and fast paced from the start, prepare yourself for a rollercoaster ride this is everything I wanted the first book to be. The three main characters Katherine, Mirabella and Arsinoe have...

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Name: Sam Pett
08 October 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This is a mixture of myth, fairy tale and folk lore based around a scary rhyme about the Beast who comes when it is dark. The small isolated village communities of this world fear the soul eaters who haunt the night time and drain people of their life essence. Alys and the other children escaped...

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Name: Josie Age 10
06 October 2017;

Genre: Historical Fiction

I would rate this fabulous book 10/10!!!! An emotional story of magic, friendship and hope, yet also the shocking reality of life in 1939 Poland. It is a lovely read for 10+. A unique combination of fantasy and history - with a tragic ending which reflects how many stories ended during World War...

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Name: Joseph Age 10
06 October 2017;

Genre: Adventure

I found this book easy to understand and it was well written. The characters were funny and interesting. I liked the ending because it was tense and exciting.

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Name: Clare Wilkins
06 October 2017;

Genre: Adventure

William Sutcliffe's new novel is a compelling and disturbing tale set in a stark, futuristic London. Lex lives on The London Strip, a battle-scarred area of land that is home to those left after a series of bombardments. Living in constant fear of a new attack, life is grim and unrelenting. As p...

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Name: Emily Marcuccilli
05 October 2017;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Sky Dancer is a bold and beautiful tale of friendship, nature and community. It is a story about three young people from very different backgrounds who find themselves swept up into a complex world of communities at war with one another over issues of tradition, conservation a...

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Name: Szymon Age 12
04 October 2017;

Genre: Humour

I enjoyed this book because it if full of humour

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