Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
28 November 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Everyone has feelings, no matter how brave and fearless they might seem. This book explores how important it is for those feelings to be expressed. Such an important message is contained in this story. Each page shows a different 'tough guy' and emotions that they are feelin g- missing family, be...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
28 November 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Toby, the little bison, explores the Ice-Age tundra, meeting some of the other creatures who inhabited the planet. This is an excellent way of presenting facts to young children. On one level, we have Toby, a young bison who thinks he is big enough to explore on his own and we follow his adventu...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
28 November 2015;

Genre: Adventure

A little girl called Imelda lives behind an enchanted forest where she spends her days playing with the fairies. However, the arrival of the horrible goblin king, who bullies everyone and kidnaps the fairy queen, means Imelda and her fairy friends have to work together to defeat him and rescue th...

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Name: June Hughes
25 November 2015;

Genre: Adventure

This is the third book in the Goth Girl series and, like the others, is an absolutely beautiful book to look at. From the hardback cover to the finish of the pages which show up metallic blue when the book is closed, to Chris Riddell's numerous illustrations along the way and not forgetting the e...

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Name: Emma Age 14
22 November 2015;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

Just as good as the 1st, a lot more adventure and fun.

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Name: Emma Age 14
22 November 2015;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

Yes, I would recomend this book as it has facts every 2 pages, and I can relate to Harriet Manners as I am a bit of a geek myself.

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Name: Lizi Coombs
21 November 2015;

Genre: Adventure

I really enjoy Roger McGough's poetry, so was quite excited to read this book! The story follows the escapades of a boy who is a given a puppy; a puppy who goes missing and goes on adventures with him! There is nothing out of the ordinary in this book, it has lots of normal things that most ch...

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Name: Jennifer Hambleton
21 November 2015;

Genre: Adventure

Boy 23 is an innocent. He has spent his life in isolation; his only contact being The Voice, a disembodied entity which provides everything for him from food to video clips. One night, Boy 23, named Jesper by The Voice, wakes up bound, gagged, in darkness and surrounded by unfamiliar noises. Lef...

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Name: Hayley Nicholson
20 November 2015;

Genre: Adventure

The superhero story is one that has been told many times, and the heroes, or Zeroes, of this book are nothing new to the genre. What is new though is how this group of teenage misfits respond to having such powers. The fact that they call themselves Zeroes doesn't just refer to the fact that they...

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Name: Tom Age 15
18 November 2015;

Genre: Books set in the past

I would recommend this book because it shows world war 2 from a child's prospective mixed with an tale of mistrust between adults and children.

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