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Name: Eileen Armstrong
10 February 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Some children just aren't cut out for school and Dylan is one of them. Falling behind with work, labelled a failure and permanently angry, everything gets too much to handle and finally he is permanently excluded at the start of Year 8 for punching another student.With his single m...
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Name: Kyle Matravers
10 February 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
With A Shelter for Sadness, Anne Booth has created a text which invites children to explore and accept sadness. With mental health a key agenda across all ages, this text can go a long way in providing younger children with a perspective of how to live with sadness.The text centres...
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Name: Catherine Purcell
10 February 2021;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
First off let me confess something...in a rare moment of cleaning - I usually just sweep the room with a glance - I've tidied away my notes on this read. I say 'tidied' but I think my enthusiasm with the task may have led to a total recycling of them as they're nowhere to be found since that e...
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Name: Ruth Cornish
10 February 2021;Genre: Fantasy
The Gilded Ones is brilliant! Gripping, full of threat, peril and totally absorbing, this debut novel has been written by new author, Namina Forna, to represent heroic girls.The Gilded Ones is a fantasy based in another world dominated by powerful men. The characte...
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Name: Linda Canning
10 February 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
A rip-roaringly funny read from the queen of comedy, Rachel Delahaye. Mort the Meek and the Ravens' Revenge is a totally bizarre yet hilarious read which will be enjoyed by children of all ages.Mort is a pacifist living on Brutalia, an island where violence is celebrated and only t...
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Name: Saoirse Age 9
10 February 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
A pacifist and he had to kill his friend! I love Mort the Meek. I would rate it 5/5. I really liked it because he was a pacifist and he had to kill his friend! It was a side-splittingly funny story. I would recommend it to comedy lovers and anyone who needs cheering up!
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds
Name: Ashin Age 10
10 February 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This book is a very funny and energetic book that really made me think through all the clues and it really fitted together, so I think it was well-written. I really loved it and it switched on my detective instincts, so I got all good detective vibes while reading it.
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Name: Ailbhe Age 9
09 February 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
About a boy who has to kill his friend. I love Mort the Meek because when there is a new chapter, I like when the ravens speak because they are really funny and greedy! I have never read anything like it and I think other children will love it. I would rate it 5/5.
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The Storm Keeper's Battle
Name: Linda Brown
09 February 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
The Storm Keeper's Battle is the last book in the wonderful Storm Keepers Trilogy and it doesn't disappoint. The author, through her wonderful writing, transports the younger reader into this magical, windswept fantasy.Fionn has one last battle with the evil Morrig...
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Name: Cheldane Age 9
08 February 2021;Genre: Fantasy
I liked this book. I feel like it is a little bit sad because Vega's family are very much apart compared to other families. There are some words I don't understand yet. There is like a cliffhanger at the end of each chapter. I like it because it is in the first person. Before, I did not like t...
