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The Magic Misfits
Name: Emily Age 11
11 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
I liked this book because it was really good; you had no idea what the solution to the mystery was going to be! When Carter runs away and ends up in Mineral Wells, it's like he was supposed to end up there! He meets the Magic Misfits, a group of young magicians and feels like he truly fits in.But...
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Fing
Name: Linda Brown
11 March 2019;Genre: Humour
Meet Myrtle Meek, well you may not really want to as she is the worst possible child anyone could imagine! Nothing pleases this girl, all she wants is more, more and if possible even more. Her parents are quite unassuming and go to extreme lengths to give Myrtle what she asks for. This is where F...
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Lubna and Pebble
Name: Kyle Matravers
07 March 2019;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Lubna and Pebble is a story that really shows off the power of friendship and how having one person in your life who cares is really all you need. From the inside cover illustration, it is clear to see that this text is going to deliver a powerful message. Daniel Egneus has c...
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A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil, Book 5)
Name: Linda Brown
07 March 2019;Genre: Fantasy
Oh, the drama of this book! As you read through this wonderful series it gets better and better. I only started this book a few days ago and I could not put it down. I thought book 4, Quests for Glory, was a rollercoast...
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Pog
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
I have to confess to being almost frightened to read Pog. I loved Tin so much that I was almost scared I'd be disappointed by Padraig Kenny's next book. Whilst I think that Tin will remain one of my all-time favourite children's books, Pog is absolutely excellent and a cracking good read. One of...
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She is Fierce
Name: Eileen Armstrong
03 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
Poetry is enjoying something of a revival at present with verse novels by writers such as Sarah Crossan and Kwame Alexander gathering awards and illustrated collections for younger readers such as The Lost Words and I Am The Seed That Grew the Tree attracting wide press coverage and book gifting....
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Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
02 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
Strange events have been taking place recently in the Alpine town of Schneedorf-on-the-Peak. Young Deiter Strudel's beloved hamster, Colonel Tuftybum (I challenge you to say that name without sniggering!) has vanished, along with all the other hamsters in the town. Could there be some connectio...
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Vicky Angel
Name: Raynee Age 11
01 March 2019;Genre: Friends and family
I love this book so much as I relate to it.
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Dustbin Baby
Name: Raynee Age 11
01 March 2019;Genre: Real life
I like everything about this book.
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Asha and the Spirit Bird
Name: Clare Wilkins
01 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
Asha and her family live in the foothills of the Himalayas. Surviving on wages her father sends from his factory job in the City, they manage their farm in his absence and yearn for him to return. But suddenly the money and Pa's letters stop arriving; and as the months go by Asha's desperate moth...
