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Blown Away
Name: Class 6
14 January 2015;Genre: Picture Books
Jack (aged 7) The book is about a penguin, a seal and a polar bear that go on an adventure on a kite. I think that I would recommend this book to somebody that has a sense of humour, because it is a funny book! Francesca (aged 7) This book is about a penguin who flies away with other an...
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Paddington
Name: freya Age 12
13 January 2015;Genre: Adventure
I like the bit where Paddington uses the bathroom where he stays and floods the bathroom and goes swimming and when Mr brown [the person he stays with] opens the door he gets a tidel wave of water!
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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! :)
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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.
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The Maze Runner
Name: Holly Age 11
12 January 2015;Genre: Adventure
This book is very fast paced and adrenalin fuelled. There are many twists when a girl enters the Glade.
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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
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Blown Away
Name: Lizi Coombs
10 January 2015;Genre: Picture Books
This book is beautiful to look at; the cover is simple but intriguing, my class and I all couldn't wait to start reading it! My class of 7/8 year olds easily followed the plot of the story, and enjoyed the rhyme scheme, which was captivating but not repetitive! The story itself is humorous and...
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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...
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More Than This
Name: Holly Davies
09 January 2015;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Patrick Ness' book More Than This is about a boy, Seth, who dies and wakes up in what he thinks is an afterlife. But the reality is, he woke up in England. A place where he and his family ran away from after a terrible problem that Seth and his family blame him for. He is in a wasteland with only...
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the art of being normal
Name: Lorraine Ansell
05 January 2015;Genre: Adventure
The Art of Being Normal is one of those books that has you hooked from the very beginning. David and Leo are two boys at the same school who stand out for different reasons but ultimately form a tentative friendship. Lisa Williamson has managed to introduce an extremely sensitive, largely unknow...
