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Beasties in my backyard.
Name: Marie Berry
09 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
Beasties in my Backyard is an amazing insect information book. At first glance, I thought this book was more suitable for older children, but when I began reading it with my six year old I found he was engaged and also keen to read lots of it by himself. It introduced lots of technical vocabula...
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Migloo's Day
Name: Marie Berry
09 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
If you love Where's Wally, then Migloo's Day (now available in paperback) is one for you. In this search and find story book, Migloos day unfolds with lots of great tales of everyday adventures. The search and find pages are great fun and offer lots of discussion opportunities. These books wo...
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Broken Sky
Name: Clare Humphreys
09 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
Broken Sky is set an alternate 1940s and definitely has a futuristic feel to it. The concept and protagonist were intriguing and the book had many twists and turns throughout. Broken Sky is different from the usual array of Dystopian fiction out there, it certainly captivates its audience, lea...
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Pocket Pirates; The Great Drain Escape
Name: Lizi Coombs
06 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
This story follows some little pirates who live in a toyshop as they explore the world. In this story, Buttons the cabin boy sneaks off outside to explore, this eventually leads to the whole crew venturing out and getting swept down a drain! After many shenanigans, they all eventually fiend thes...
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Lies We Tell Ourselves
Name: Camila
06 May 2016;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I do recommend this book and enjoyed reading it. The story explores many issues and is able to present the realistic characters in a way that truly gets you to understand their thoughts and feelings.
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There Will Be Lies
Name: Daisy
06 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
I really wanted to like this book. Unfortunately, I just could not engage with Nick Lake's writing style, so I found reading it to be a chore - an exciting one - but still. I found the story's twists completely out of the blue, which should be a good thing, but I just found them entirely out of p...
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The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Name: Kimea
06 May 2016;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
It is a great book at teaching about how white people first acted towards segregation. It is well written and has me entertained for the whole story. It can be a bit hard to read in sections because of the way some racist slurs are used.
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The Rest Of Us Just Live Here
Name: Kate M
06 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
This book was well written and overall - the parts I read - very descriptive. However I found it very hard to connect with the characters and at times I struggles with the story line. Especially the first paragraph of each chapter which was referring to a separate story line all together. This...
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There Will Be Lies
Name: Amanda Allen
06 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
I didn't like the start of this book, I am not a fan of books written in an American style with Mom etc. but his book soon became enjoyable. Shelby has been home schooled and brought up by her mother who is extremely overprotective, Shelby thinks that her dad died when she was a baby but when...
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The Lie Tree
Name: Amanda Allen
06 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
I was really looking forward to reading this as I loved Frances Hardinge's earlier novel, Cuckoo Song. I wasn't disappointed; the story was gripping and dark. It tells the story of Faith and her family who move to the remote island of Vane to escape a scandal surrounding her father's career. R...
