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The House on the Edge
Name: Jan Blagden
04 October 2021;Genre: Friends and family
House on the Edge by Alex Cotter - From the opening of this book, I was hooked and wanted to read on to discover who the characters were and what had happened to them. This story deftly weaves together the history of Dorset wreckers, ghosts seeking restoration of their treasur...
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If the World Were 100 People
Name: Sharon Porter
04 October 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
The information in If the World Were 100 People is so interesting. Each double page spread is chock full of information about how the world's population and the comparative data is so beautifully presented by Aaron Cushley. My class were particularly surprised to learn that on...
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Secrets and Spies
Name: Kelly Buxton
04 October 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Prepare to enter the underworld of covert operations, secret missions and classified information! Secrets and Spies is a non-fiction book presented as a graphic novel giving it that extra element of mystery. Secrets and Spies immerses the reader in a historical journey through...
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Precious Catastrophe
Name: Linda Brown
04 October 2021;Genre: Supernatural
The sinister, mysterious story continues in this sequel book, it's not as gory as Perfectly Preventable Deaths but it's just as compelling. This author knows how to keep her audience engaged until the very last page... Precious Catastrophe begins a year after the tragic...
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Everything you Know about Dinosaurs is Wrong
Name: Sharon Porter
01 October 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
The whole premise of dispelling the common myths about dinosaurs is really simple yet so cleverly done in Everything you Know about Dinosaurs is Wrong. Although we don't study 'dinosaurs' in key stage two, this book is a great read showing how to set out factual information. T...
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My Beautiful Voice
Name: Jan Blagden
01 October 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
This is a special book. Joseph Coelho's narrative poem captures the positive effect that a brilliant, caring teacher can have on each pupil. Miss Flotsam is a force of nature, inspiring her pupils with her stories and poetry. It is written in the first person, describing the experience of a yo...
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Rita Wong and the Jade Mask
Name: Kristen Hopwood
01 October 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Rita Wong has recently moved to Morecambe and lives an ordinary life, but feeling homesick, she longs for a little adventure. One day, she finds herself following a dragon and stumbles upon the entrance to the mysterious Neon City. The dragon is Lester Thyme and he has fallen on hard times. Ri...
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Saving Sorya - Chang and the Sun Bear
Name: Donna Ritchie
30 September 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Wow!!! One of the best graphic novels for KS2 I have ever read! Saving Sorya - Chang and the Sun Bear is so beautifully illustrated by Jeet Zdung. The story, which was influenced by Trang Nguyen's (the author) own childhood, growing up in Vietnam when she met a moon bear....
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Everything You Need for a Treehouse
Name: Jane Rew
30 September 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Everything You Need for a Treehouse strikes me as a very conceptual book, with vocabulary that will be unfamiliar to many of its readers, as well as a poetic style that some would find difficult. And some of the illustrations don't even make sense - or is that me? Howev...
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Horror Heights: The Slime (Book 1)
Name: Samantha Phillips
30 September 2021;Genre: Horror
In Horror Heights: The Slime, 11 year old Connie has yet to find her niche at Secondary School, and while some children are known for their academic or sporting ability, just like many young girls, Connie still feels unrecognised by her peers! Connie is so keen to be known, th...