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The Beginning Woods
Name: Ellie Shepherd
28 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
This is a sophisticated and well-crafted novel that will suit the dedicated reader. It begins with 'the Vanishings', cases where people have simply vanished for no obvious reason, and as the vanishings persist, the the greatest scientists' minds are put to solve the mystery. They attempt to do so...
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Pig Heart Boy
Name: Wesley Age 12
28 November 2016;Genre: Personal Growth
It has an amazing plot and can be humerous, dark, scary and very much true to real life.
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Crongton Knights
Name: Carol Williams
25 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
McKay and his friends are 14 year olds growing up and finding their way in South Crongton, a tough housing estate, where gangs are at war with each other and it is almost impossible not to get involved. However, get by they do, and it is their friendship, and the strength of their families, that...
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The Diabolic
Name: Charis
25 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
This book contains conflict, romance and murder. Although initially difficult to understand, The Diabolic is an engaging, well thought out book. I could not tell at any point what would be coming next so I just couldn't put it down. I liked how independent and strong minded Nemesis was.
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Our Chemical Hearts
Name: Melanie Chadwick
25 November 2016;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Henry Page is a good, but not brilliant, student in his last year at school. He's well-mannered, has buttered up the right teachers and aims to get into a good college. He lives with his cool parents who are laid-back, funny and totally in love with each other. He has two fantastic friends Mur...
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Stealing Snow
Name: Lorraine Ansell
24 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
Snow is a patient in a psychiatric hospital, placed there by her mother as a young girl. Apart from her relationship with her main 'White Coat' Vern, the only other person she cares about is Bale, her best friend and an arsonist. Her days are governed by which pill she chooses and aided by her lo...
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Lesser Spotted Animals
Name: Alice Green
15 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
While there are many books about endangered species, what makes this new book by Horrible Histories illustrator Martin Brown stand out is that these are the 'brilliant beasts you never knew you needed to know about'. And the humour - there are some lovely, funny moments throughout the book, light...
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Would you rather....shake like a dog or climb like a cat?
Name: Kyle Matravers
13 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
The domestic pet edition of the 'would you rather...' series allows children to learn more about the pets that they may share their house with or wish they did. Following the same model as others in the series, children are faced with a choice of questions where they control the direction of the...
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Would you rather....Have teeth like a T-Rex or Armour like an Ankylosaurus?
Name: Kyle Matravers
13 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
This book is one of the 'Would you rather...' series and offers children the chance to learn all about dinosaurs. The idea behind the book is children are faced with a series of multiple choice 'would you rather' questions which lead them to learn something about a dinosaur with a particular ski...
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Green Gobbler
Name: Lynnette Voisey
13 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
What a lovely idea to include non -sense words within a story. I read Green Gobbler to the class who have only been in school for 3 months and it was interesting to see who could hear the phonemes and blend them in their heads in order to say the word. At this stage of the year they are developi...
